| Show 4 Big 5 Schools kick off 2005 football season Gerald Narciso The Globe r fr If there is one thing about the first week of school to get excited about its it's the start of college football Over OverLa OverLabor OverLabor La Labor or Day Weekend all of Utah's big 5 schools minus Utah State opened their seasons However the four in instate instate instate in- in state teams that did play went 2 Undoubtedly the biggest in state up match-up was between Utah and Arizona Last year Utah went undefeated undefeated undefeated unde unde- and won the Fiesta Bowl before losing coach Urban Meyer to Florida and star quarterback Alex Smith to the NFL Despite the losses to the program the Utes were able to continue their winning streak by barely squeezing by the Wildcats 23 20 Friday iday night at atRice atRice atRice Rice Eccles Stadium Utah were in control the majority of the game till Arizona made a late run to close the gap to 3 but the Utes were able to make defensive stops at atthe atthe atthe the end to walk away with a victory Running back Quinton Ganther rushed for an impressive yards BYU may have had new uniforms but the result was the same The Cougars got blown out by Boston College 3 20 at LeVell Edwards Stadium Saturday afternoon Rookie Coach Bronco Mendenhall was able to push the I ball all game but failed to convert any of those drives into touchdowns The Cougars should get their first win next week when they host Eastern ern Illinois next Saturday Due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Utah States opener verses Nicholls State was cancelled The Louisiana-based Louisiana college is being used as a refugee camp The will debut their season next week at Utah Former Utah head coach Ron McBride was back roaming the sidelines as the new head coach for the Weber State Wildcats McBride showed he still has it as his team routed little-known little Western State 61 Although there wasn't much of a game there still managed managed managed man man- aged to be a little controversy The coach of the Division II team out of Colorado was upset that Weber State continued continued con con- to throw the ball and keep their starting quarterback quarterback quarterback quarter quarter- back in the game after the game gam was already decided Weber State probably wont won't have the chance to run the score up like that again since they play at Fresno State next week Southern Utah was the first Utah team to open their season as they traveled to Pocatello ID to play Idaho State last Thursday night In last years year's season finale the Thunderbirds got the best of Idaho State but this time around they fell 38 The Thunderbirds stay on the road next week as they face Texas State |
