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Wyoming coach: 'Everything (BYU) touched turned to gold' |
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JaredCowley | Friday, November 10, 2006, 7:30 am
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Phillip Morgan
DAILY HERALD
After an 84-yard kickoff return by BYU’s Nathan Meikle, the Wyoming Cowboys knew that they would be in for a long cold night in LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Before two minutes had gone off the game clock, the Pokes found themselves with a 7-0 deficit and the game didn’t get much better as the Cougars went on to roll 55-7 to clinch a share of the Mountain West Conference championship.
“Both teams had the Midas touch,” said Wyoming coach Joe Glenn. “Everything they touched turned to gold and everything we touched turned to mufflers.”
Redshirt freshman Karsten Sween struggled against the stifling Cougar defense, completing 14 of his 27 passes for 102 yards and throwing two interceptions.
The Wyoming running game didn’t fair much better, with 144 yards on 23 carries. On many occasions in the first half, the BYU defense was in the backfield to wrap up the Cowboys’ running back and drop them for a lose.
The lone bright spot came late in the game, when Devin Moore took the ball around the right side and sprinted 71 yards to help Wyoming avoid the shutout.
“BYU’s defense is brutal,” Glenn said. “They have a good team and tonight they were on top of their game.”
After being on the winning side of the football at Northern Colorado and Montana, Glenn knows what it is like when thing go the way the team would want them to go.
“I’ve been on both sides of it,” Glenn said. “When you come out the way they did, it’s hard for the other team to fight back from that.”
Going 1-for-11 on third down didn’t help, either.
The lone successful third-down conversion came when Sween completed a pass to Michael Ford for a 9-yard gain. From there, the Cowboys threw on eight of the last 10 third-down plays.
The Cowboys now travel to Las Vegas to take on the Rebels of UNLV, looking to secure a winning record.
“We have to bounce back,” Glenn said. “We came back from the TCU loss and won at San Diego State, and we’ll have to do the same in Vegas.”
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