Gordon Monson: BYU is shocking the college football world, but not the Cougars themselves
If BYU intended to stay undefeated on Saturday against UCF, the Cougars were required to successfully keep three important words front of mind, back of mind, left of mind, right of mind, middle of mind. If the three words remained out of mind, no way BYU could keep a bagel on the back end of its record.There were three other words, even more important that we’ll get to in just a minute.
Time of possession doesn’t always write the script, but on this occasion, it told a compelling story: BYU 40:28, UCF 19:32. The strange happenings that helped BYU along earlier this season, such as its offensive, defensive and special teams scoring contributions against Kansas State and other opponents, too, turned out to onlystrange. As has become apparent, the Cougars earned those happenings, forcing turnovers, taking advantage of fumbles and interceptions, playing legitimate defense, and smoothing its potent attack, hitting on clutch plays when the moment called for them.
On the season, Retzlaff’s stats look like this: 229 throws, 137 completions, 1,872 yards, 18 touchdowns, 303 rushing yards. The defense did lapse against Oklahoma State, but did what seemed necessary against UCF … you-know-what. If it didn’t stop the run, it slowed it. But there’s more, a kind of collective energy emergent in this team.
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