USU-BYU 2012: 4th Quarter

First 5 Minutes
A little variety here.  And some movement.  Amazing what a little something different can do.  Eat up some clock, grind Utah State down.  BYU already possessed the ball 30 minutes with 11 minutes to go.  And stupidity on the sideline...are you kidding me?  BYU football...nah, not even close.  This is ridiculous.  Back up 15 yards, then a pick...man.  It's just not even worth watching anymore...take 3 knees, punt, and hope the defense scores.

The CRUCIAL 5 Minutes (so titled before anything has happened, but my lack of confidence is just oozing out right now...wouldn't surprise me to see a 53-yard TD on the first play of Utah State's drive.  Turns out it may have been a presumptive title, Utah State borrowed BYU's kicker)
Utah State is being more aggressive here, attacking BYU where they can: crossing routes over the middle.  Couple of "almosts" for the BYU D, but Utah State converts and crosses the BYU 30.  3rd and 8, and BYU has no one playing the "flat" area leaving a 12-yard out wide open.  3rd and 15, guy runs a 10-yard route and is wide open: higher throw and he runs for the 1st after the catch...as good as the D is, this is one area they need to clean things up (granted, this has been BYU's defensive philosophy for 40 years, but still...).  BYU needs to do one of two things with this possession: long, punishing drive that ends with a TD or a missed 4th down OR play-action bomb to Hoffman for a TD...

Another vanilla possession: screen pass, option run, and...there's the deep pass!  No flag again...amazing.  Good thing he caught it!  I will say: Williams does not look fresh right now: not used to this much game action.  I think Foote, Mendenhall, or Pritchard should go lone-back the next few plays.  Stephenson is great at pinning teams deep...the O needs to get the ball to mid-field more often!  Haha...  5 minutes to go.  Will BYU's D fare better than the 2011 Aggies' D did at the end?  Keeton looked pretty beaten up leaving the field last drive, but I'm sure he'll be energized by the situation.  97-yard game-winning TD drive?  Yes, please!

Last 5 Minutes
Changing the spot?  Little puzzling.  Either way, BYU D has to step up and carry this team...again.  So far, so good for the Aggies.  And again...the front 7 steps up when BYU needs a play.  Big sack...crowd getting loud, false start.  Hey...Utah State must have been watching film of BYU: "let's shoot ourselves in the foot as many times as possible to make a potential win more miraculous.  If we lose in the process, oh well, we'll learn from it..."

BYU just needs to run 6 plays, basically, to ice the game...not confident in that.

Why is it that BYU can rip off 32 yards in the last two minutes of a game but can only manage that a couple of times during the game???  Haha...well, they won.  That's about all there is to say about it.

380 yards and 6 points.  That's 63 yards for every point BYU scored.  That is awful.  I guess it could be worse: Utah State had about 250 yards and 3 points, so 80 yards/play.  BYU is going to have to figure out a way to score some points.  Utah State D was good, true, but BYU O was just so easy to stop AGAIN tonight.  Doman has to take at least 6 risks a game, whether it be a trick play or a deep ball.  One quasi-trick play and 2 deep balls was all tonight.  He's halfway there.  Against the more aggressive defenses (like Utah, Boise State, Utah State, Oregon State, and Notre Dame), Doman HAS to open up the field a little bit!