| OCR Text |
Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 12 BULLINGER Continued from page 7 Two plays later, Nelson throws an incomplete pass. Game clock reads zeroes, and the fans rush the field. But Nelson had spiked the ball on the previous play, yet the clock started before he snapped the ball. So in reality, there was one second left on the clock. So the fans are backed up on the sideline. Everyone has a front-row seat, and they're excited. Justin Sorensen trots out to try a 51-yarder for the Cougars. It gets blocked. This is where things get really interesting. Utah's student section — the 12th man, the MUSS, the "greatest fans in the world," as every player calls them — storms the field again as any self- respecting student section would do in this instance. There's just one problem — the fans are too close to the field to begin with, so they rush the field before the game is actually over. Thus, Utah's amazing fans really do act as a 12th man — they are penalized. Now BYU is 15 yards closer and will try another field goal. Riley Stephenson comes out, and you just know he's going to drill this field goal. But remember, this is a game in which nothing makes sense, including BYU sending out a new kicker. Stephenson's kick bounces off the left upright. Utah, despite the best efforts of their fans, despite a terrible offense, wins. What the hell just happened? One could wax poetic about the Holy War saying that the game was bound to end this way. One could cite Wednesday, April 24, 2013 the law of averages — the first 59 minutes were terrible, so the last minute had to be one that will be remembered forever. Whatever your logic, that last statement rings true. This ending will be remembered forever. It was a fourhour game filled with 22 penalties and not enough offense — ESPN2's ratings surely plummeted — yet it will go down as one of the best endings to a football game ever. Utah is fortunate to have come out on top. It's hard to say it played better than BYU in any measurable area. But on some nights, that doesn't matter. All that counts is that the final field goal bounces off the upright and your fans are able to correctly celebrate the third time around. j.bullinger@chronicle.utah.edu Twitter: @jakebullinger Read more at yuRisahchron° SPENCER SANDSTROM/The Daily Utah Chronicle Jarred Dubois was instrumental in Utah's win against Cal, but was shut down by Oregon during the Utes' loss in the Pac-12 Semifinal on March 17. BASKETBALL Continued from page 8 You asked for it... ) 0/Itig " C Non-Dairy Cheese Vegan BBII Beef Washburn, the trio combined for Utah's first nine points of overtime as Cal could not get a defensive stop. The confetti followed. "I think in overtime, once I saw [DuBois] hit that shot, I felt like I had to back him up," Loveridge said, who finished with 20 points. "I felt like we just needed to turn it on right there. Why not go out and get it? So I felt like, as a team, we huddled up and decided we're here already, we might as well go get it." In a tournament that was expected to be wide open because of the parity in the Pac-12, Utah has emerged as the only team thus far to bust the bracket. Though the Utes are just two games away from an unexpected birth in the NCAA Tournament, DuBois and Loveridge insist they are not looking ahead to that possibility. "We can't look ahead or get ahead of ourselves," Loveridge said. "We're just trying to play every game as hard as we can and try to see how far we can make it." Waiting for the Utes are the Oregon Ducks. Utah beat the Ducks last weekend in the regular season finale at the Huntsman Center. "It's a one-game season," DuBois said. "You win one night, you play the next. Plain and simple." r.mcdonald@ chronicle.utah.edu Twitter: @ryanwmcdonald Now available at allre locations! Pie Underground 1320 E 200 S SLC Dine-In Only. 801-582-0195 Pie Delivery 275 51300 E SLC Take-Out & Delivery Only 801-582-5700 • For more information contact j.bullinger@chiftnide.utah.edu Pie Midvale 7186 S Union Park Ave. Midvale 801-233-1999 Pie South Jordan 10627 S Redwood Road, South Jordan 801-495-4095 -I—A.— A. - Pie Ogden 1225 E Country Hillsilkive, Ogden 801-627-1920 I-kite this font? We're looking for your www.THEPIE.com The Daily Utah Chronicle is hiring page designers. Contact Tyler Pratt. t.prattOchronicle.utah.edu |
