Utah Utes quarterback Jon Hays (9) is sacked by Brigham Young Cougars linebacker Spencer Hadley (2) in Salt Lake City Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
PROVO — Heartache.
That's the word BYU quarterback Riley Nelson used to describe his emotions after the Cougars fell to Utah 24-21 Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
But in the aftermath of one of the craziest BYU-Utah finishes ever — and that's saying something — the Cougars said they can't dwell on that bitter defeat.
That's because they visit No. 24 Boise State Thursday (7 p.m., MT, ESPN).
"There's no time to feel sorry for ourselves," said coach Bronco Mendenhall. "There's a lot of time, though, to assess what we can do better, need to do better, and then hopefully apply it in a very quick turnaround against a good team."
BYU will hold just two practices, Monday and Tuesday, before making the trip to Boise on Wednesday.
Boise State (1-1) won its first game of the season on Saturday with a 39-12 victory at home over Miami (Ohio). The Broncos returned to the top 25 in the Associated Press poll on Sunday.
BYU (2-1), meanwhile, lost in a wild game that finally ended with Riley Stephenson's 36-yard field goal drilling the left upright with no time remaining on the clock. As expected, the Cougars, who entered the weekend ranked No. 25, dropped out of the AP poll on Sunday.
So how do they put that disappointing loss to their arch-rivals behind them?
"We do. That's it. I'm going to talk to you guys, and then it's over," Nelson told reporters after the game. "Because if we start feeling sorry for ourselves, or walk around all morose, Boise State is going to put it on us. We're in their place. Some things we can take away from (Saturday's game) is we were exposed that we can't handle noise (from the fans). I've played up in Boise. I played there when I was at Utah State (in 2006). It's just as, if not more, noisy. That will be an emphasis this week in practice."
Nelson added that he and his teammates had already turned their attention to the Broncos, and right after the game, they had game film of Boise State loaded on IPads.
"We lost to a good football team (Saturday)," Nelson said. "It's a quick turnaround. We travel on Wednesday morning. So let's go. The Broncos are good, and if we don't come in there ready to play, they'll embarrass us."
Against Utah, mistake-prone BYU found itself trailing 24-7 in the fourth quarter before scoring a pair of touchdowns to cut the deficit to three with 3:39 remaining.
17 Sep, 2012
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Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765604669/BYU-football-No-time-for-feeling-sorry-Cougars-thinking-Boise-State-Broncos.html
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