Then there was Saturday's starter, Nelson, a blue-collar quarterback if there ever was one. He truly can rush the ball, as he showed by carrying 16 yards on the Cougars' first play. In the fourth quarter, he took a quarterback draw up the middle for a key 12-yard gain.
"You look at Riley, and maybe he's not the most polished passer," Detmer said, "but the guy competes and gives everything he has on every play."
That still wasn't enough to offset Nelson's three interceptions. Thus BYU's wait to beat a Top 10 team continued. Detmer didn't say it, but to him on Saturday, Miami must have seemed a million miles and a thousand years away.
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Ty, please come to be the Head OC and put Doman as QB Coach.
DEW Cougars,
Thanks for saying what I was thinking. Let's give Detmer a chance at OC. He knows how to win and possibly teach a QB how to pass. Furthermore, let's have the D-Line play both ways until we recruit some real muscle More..
Ty,
Run away fast as you can and never look back. It isn't your father's football team is the understatement of the century.
This "program" is no longer interesting nor worth watching, unless you are some kind of More..