tonym@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Tony Martinez) (12/24/84)
The saddest thing about BYU's victory over Michigan in the Holiday Bowl,
is that people who don't know much about football, or who did not see the
game will say, "See, they had a tough time against Michigan."
The adversity which BYU faced and still came out victorious is amazing.
They had 6 turnovers, while Michigan only had one on the game's second to
last play. A field goal was blocked. Their quarterback was injured, forcing
them into a shotgun, which forced them to throw out half of their offense,
along with the fact that Bosco was not at 100%.
The other teams in the nation, who would claim the number # 1 spot, were
not able to overcome the adversities when they lost their games; i.e. OU lost
there quarterback against Kansas, and then lost the game.
The BYU offense moved at will in the game, except when they stopped
themselves. They only had to punt once, and that was when Bosco was on the
bench. BYU could have won by a large margin if the breaks hadn't been so
one sided. BYU had 32 first downs compared to 13 for Michigan. They also
had 483 total yards compared to 202. The stats would have been much more
one-sided without the turnovers. Also, only two of the turnovers could be
claimed as having really been caused by Michigan. The others were just cases
of the dropsies.
I don't think that any other team in the nation could have beat Michigan
after having so many turnovers.
Tony Martinez tonym@sdcrdcf
dcm@busch.UUCP (Craig Miller) (12/27/84)
[] (sorry, but I had to respond to this one... I guess you were probably expecting it anyway) > The saddest thing about BYU's victory over Michigan in the Holiday Bowl, > is that people who don't know much about football, or who did not see the > game will say, "See, they had a tough time against Michigan." I totally agree, Tony. Maybe the sports writers will see it that way too. Unfortunately (for BYU) it's true. > The adversity which BYU faced and still came out victorious is amazing. Well, that's debatable. > They had 6 turnovers, while Michigan only had one on the game's second to > last play. A field goal was blocked. Against a team that was 5-6 (or something close to that) at the time, those things don't look good... > Their quarterback was injured, forcing > them into a shotgun, which forced them to throw out half of their offense, > along with the fact that Bosco was not at 100%. I'll have to admit I thought he did a pretty good job, considering his situation. (even though on some of the plays I would swear he wasn't hurt.. but I guess he wouldn't be faking it...) > The other teams in the nation, who would claim the number # 1 spot, were > not able to overcome the adversities when they lost their games; i.e. OU lost > there quarterback against Kansas, and then lost the game. There's not much I can say about this, it's true. Personally I think OU just sat back for one game, and got surprised. Call it a fluke, or whatever you want. But I realize that's a weak argument. But, my argument about OU's record being tougher still stands. > The BYU offense moved at will in the game, except when they stopped > themselves. ....... > . > . > one-sided without the turnovers. Also, only two of the turnovers could be It *should* have been one-sided, considering the caliber of team they were playing... > I don't think that any other team in the nation could have beat Michigan > after having so many turnovers. You haven't seen many OU games in the past, have you? OU has *probably* fumbled more times than anyone. And they still blow alot of teams out. Oh, well. I was impressed with the BYU quarterback (Bosco?), but that was it. It's too bad that they can't come up with playoffs or something so that there wouldn't be any, or at least not as much, question about who's the best... But I still don't think the argument about no losses has any substance to it. I know some junior colleges who can say that... But, then again, I guess they aren't in the same division... (but they probably have tougher schedules than BYU... :-) See you Jan 1. -- Craig Miller ..!ihnp4!we53!busch!dcm The Anheuser Busch Companies; St. Louis, Mo. "Unix(tm): it's not just a job, it's fun."