TWTW: BYU Passes Jacquizz 42-20 In Vegas

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Max Hall threw for 192 yards and three TDs leading Number 15 BYU past Number 16 Oregon State 44-20 in the Las Vegas Bowl.

Hall gave the Cougars their third win in five straight bowl appearances in Vegas and ended the Beavers' run of five consecutive bowl wins.

So, I guess we figured out which version of the Cougars showed up...
The one that didn't lose to Florida State...

Here's your highlights from our friends at KSL-TV...

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All that those of us at OSG HQ can think of now is at the 3:58 mark...
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MOUNTAIN WEST RIVALS LIKE WHAT THEY SAW IN VEGAS:

It's long be an argurment here at the OSG HQ that the Mountain West Conference should be in the BCS. All the conference's member institutions do is kick the ass of the only Western league in the BCS, the Pac 10.

Colorado State head coach Steve Fairchild watched the game and tweeted this:

"Outstanding job by Coach Mendenhall and BYU, embarrassing a ranked Pac 10 team in Vegas Bowl. BCS can't continue to keep us out! rediculous!"

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TWTW: Max Hall Does Not Like His Utes...

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They call this the "Holy War."

They may have well just called BYU QB Max Hall's post-game the "Holy S***"
He's a senior and doesn't care what he says about the other school... especially after throwing the game-winning TD in overtime for the 26-23 win...

Rick Aaron starts your postgame and Hall starts mouthing off at the 2:00 mark or so... fun stuff for a change...

But we do figure that Max will be receiving a letter in the mail signed by Craig Thompson some time very soon...

 

TWTW: TCU Asserts BCS Buster Move, Takes Out BYU 38-7

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Andy Dalton passed for 241 yards and three touchdowns and No. 10 TCU remained unbeaten with a 38-7 win over 16th-ranked BYU on Saturday.

The Horned Frogs (7-0, 3-0 Mountain West) continued their march to what they hope is a BCS berth with their eighth straight victory and routed the Cougars (6-2, 3-1) for the second year in a row.

BYU, which had won 13 straight conference home games, was hoping to avenge a 32-7 loss at TCU last year that ended the Cougars' 16-game winning streak.

Here's Rod Zundel standing in front of a green screen with some fancy graphics...

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BYU Shakes Things Up With Win Over Oklahoma

25 years ago BYU won the national championship. The Cougars seem to making a run to win another. Saturday in Dallas 20th ranked BYU got the job done by defeating 3rd ranked Oklahoma 14-13.

Yes Sam Bradford hurt his shoulder late in the first half and I'm sure that contributed to BYU's win but Max Hall proved he's a pretty good quarterback to. The Oklahoma defense beat the tar out of Hall but when the Cougars needed a play, Hall was there.

In some sense Hall had to be. He was picked up by the ESPN cameras and microphones saying, "We are going to win, we are going to win," while running into the locker room at halftime.

Hall's late 4th quarter touchdown drive will be talk about in Provo and throughout Utah for a long time. OU's defense was getting the best of the Cougars in the 2nd half. Yet Max Hall was cool and competent when his team needed him to pull it off. The 16 play 78 yard drive late in the 4th quarter that resulted in the difference of the game was stuff of legend.

"It wasn't just me, man," Hall told the Salt Lake Tribune. "We pulled it off man. This is going to be one of the greatest wins in BYU history, and I feel very proud to be a part of the team that did it."

While its a big win for BYU its another feather in the cap for the Mountain West Conference. The league keeps taking advantage of playing the big boys and coming through with wins.

"One more positive acknowledgment for our league that can't be overlooked," said BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall.

One more reason why the Mountain West Conference deserves BCS status.

Photos Courtesy: Chris Detrick/Salt Lake Tribune