| Show f J OUT OF THE I j By NORM Chronicle Sports Editor Saturday's tie with New Mexico did little to satisfy Utah's distant hopes for a WAC football Utah needed a victory over the to put them in position for a possible Conference championship provided New Mexico lost to BYU and the Utes beat Arizona Most experts agree that the tie cost Utah a half-game while the Lobos gained a If BYU happens to rise up and hold New Mexico to a tie and Utah defeats strong State the Lobos will cart off the first WAC football BYU Upset Looks Doubtful A BYU upset over the powerful New Mexico team seems somewhat unlikely when takes a close look at the statistics or the two Few people can see the WAC leader in total defense falling apart enough to let a sputtering BYU offense score more than On the other hand can a BYU defense a defense that couldn't hold Utah under 30 points stop the potent running game of the I doubt it and so does Utah's Ray Nagel hasn't forgotten about an possibility by any He can remember the Utah Army game of a few years back when the Utes came within a hair of upsetting one of the finest Army teams of all Upsets are a weekly in college football and all eyes will be on Provo in two weeks when Eldon and company try for the up-set of the Utah Might Have Scored Late in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game the Utes were definitely on the With second down and one yard for a first quarterback Hertzfeldt faded for a pass and then threw As it turned out the errant aerial was intercepted and stopped Utah's last drive of the Nagel was quick to point out that he has no regrets about the was a good call in this particular We try to coach our quarterbacks to eliminate the bad I do not consider a pass in this situation a poor call since we had a free down with second and one Had the pass gone for a touchdown Nagel and Hertzfeldt would have been praised for their intelligent football by all Utah Nagel it turns out now in the eyes of most people it was a poor move on my I will be I but it's one of the hazards of New Coach Nagel lauded the New Mexico team for their fine joined with everyone else praising the Lobos' great Bobby Santiago gave a spectacular effort in the New Mexico drive that eventually gave them their With fourth down and four yards to go on Utah's he went around the right end on a At the line of scrimmage he appeared to be hemmed but literally dove for the first This kind of effort separates Santiago from the mediocre |
