Utah Utes defensive back Mo Lee (5) knocks the ball away from Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Riley Nelson (13) in what was first called a fumble but reversed to an incomplete pass as the University of Utah and BYU play football Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Tom Smart, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Just when you thought a Utah-BYU game couldn't get any crazier, along came Saturday night's game that combined several memorable moments from games of recent years.
Let's see, we had the unlikely BYU last-minute 4th-down pass from inside the 20 from Riley Nelson to Cody Hoffman for 47 yards that was shades of 2000 — Brandon Doman's 4th-and-13, 34-yard pass to Jonathan Pittman, and 2007 when Max Hall found Austin Collie on a 4th-and-18 pass for 49 yards, which both led to BYU victories.
We also had the last-second blocked kick by Utah that apparently ended the game (before fans rushed the field), similar to Brandon Burton's block in 2010 that preserved a Ute win.
Then there was Riley Stephenson's field goal try on the final play of the game, which doinked off the upright, shades of 1998 when Ryan Kaneshiro's potential game-winning field goal try for Utah hit the upright.
A few more thoughts on Saturday night's thriller …
Immediately after it happened, some folks in the press box were comparing the ending of the game to the 1972 Olympics gold medal basketball final when the Russian basketball team was given three chances in the final seconds against the United States to throw a length-of-the-court pass.
The difference was that the Russians succeeded on their third try and beat the Americans by one point in what is still a very controversial outcome. BYU's third try didn't turn out quite so well.
Many tweeters and bloggers have pointed out a possible reason why BYU missed its last-second field goal that could have forced overtime.
The kick came just a couple of minutes before midnight, so if it had been good, the game would have gone into overtime, necessitating play on Sunday, a no-no for BYU teams.
However, when the goalpost got in the way of Stephenson's potential game-tying kick, that made sure the Cougars didn't have to be competing on the Sabbath.
Do you think it's about time Utah coaches acquaint their special teams on exactly what they're supposed to do on blocked field goal attempts?
In 2010, when Burton blocked a kick that ended up in front of the line of scrimmage, the Utes should have let the ball go because it couldn't be advanced by BYU. Instead, a couple of Utes ran to jump on the ball, which if they'd missed could have given the Cougars the chance to pick up the loose ball.
17 Sep, 2012
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Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765604668/Leftover-thoughts-from-Utah-BYU-game.html
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