Rocky has a point, what a ticky tack call, but that being said, look at all the no calls, the NM take downs of the Y D-Line was sorely overlooked. But...that's football, the ref's taketh and the ref's giveth away.

I felt bad for New Mexico on this call, even though I am a BYU fan. It was an absolutely terrible call. BYU lucked out. The Offensive PI in the endzone on Collie was a bad call to, although not as critical. The refs blew. Hats off to New Mexico for not going away, and it should have been closer. I'm glad we got a chance to play a lot of run defense, because it will prepare us for TCU defensively. I also felt the speed of the Lobos secondary was a good test for the offense. Any predictions on the BYU vs TCU game? Mine is BYU 31 TCU 24

BYU 31, TCU 10. Don't underestimate BYU's defense. They simply need to be given credit. They've given up 17 points in the last 4 games, with 14 of those meaningless 4th quarter points in a 34-0 blowout over Utah State.

By that point & time the score should have reflected BYU’s offensive ability. The play calling for the cougar's is hideous (terrible).
Amazing - “Unga bowling over Lobos” was so obviously successful, well at least to a moron / couch potato like me. How the heck did it escape the offensive coaching staff. Wait just a minute, was CROWTON on the phone calling the plays?

When you live right and do the right things, the refs will give you a call here and there throughout the season.

all coog fans should repent for this bad call. this is yet another call that pushed you to another win. like they always say, you're luck will run out.

going to end at TCU. They can't rely on bad calls and other miracles (e.g. the last two wins over Utah) forever. I suspect that they are going to get a few game changing calls against them at TCU. What comes around goes around. They will have to play a flawless game to overcome this. TCU 28 BYU 14.

its nice when byu fans get a lucky call they point out their 'guys were holding us all game'....hey news flash, your offensive line holds every play!!!!!!big, slow, bear hug thugs....what a great technique you have been taught by lance reynolds and company...no wonder hall never gets sacked, rocky is right, the way you guys hold opposing defensive lineman is criminal

Yeah, I'm gonna repent: I promise I'll never do it again...wait, what is it again I'm not gonna do? Oh, that's right--cheer when a call goes our way. And I promise (cross my heart, hope to die) that I won't boo when a call goes the other way.

LOL...as Agree pointed out, the refs give, the refs take away--and every team gets both sides of the equation. It's nice when you play like they did at the beginning of the season, then you don't need to worry about a call or two going the other way.

Go Cougs!!!

Funny how a call that you didn't like is so horrible and worthy of bemoaning the refs. I wonder why there isn't any complaining about the obvious holding calls through out the game and the ridiculous PI call against Collie? Hmmmm....

good teams don't need help from refs to win games. byu has needed help a couple of times this season. I wish they would play a real team so we could see them get exposed for what they really are.

Long is right about one thing: the call did change the momentum of the game. But he's wrong in another thing: the refs didn't "give" BYU the call. A penalty is a penalty. He should harp on his own player for committing that foul. A call is a call... C'mon, let's play the game!

So let me get this straight....the Cougars are at fault for the call, and need to repent. OK......so we are now holding others responsible for someone else's decisions. Wow, such a convoluted line of reasoning. I'm not sure I can follow it.

Listen everyone - the biggest complaint yewt fans have about BYU is that God doesn't care about football. Know what? You're right - He doesn't care, so how would fans repenting have any impact whatsoever. Please.

it has been a well known fact for years that byu will
ALWAYS get the calls at home, its just a fact of life
that opponents have to deal with

I see we have a few cry babies complaining. If you watched the game you would of seen several bad calls. Even my 14 yr old daughter who happens to be a Utah fan, I do not know haow that happened, seen the back calls through out the game. The pi on Collie was a back call. Also the personal foul that kept New Mexico's drive alive. How about when the BYU defensive back was going to intercept the ball in the end zone and the NEW Mexico receive grab him and throw him down.

Their sure was a lot of holding going on out their, The refs sure have some blindness going on.

If BYU beats TCU this Thursday I will feel better about the BYU-Utah game. I think BYU has not played a quality a opponent like TCU yet. This will be a huge test...and on the road too. My heart says BYU 21, TCU 20. My brain says TCU 24, BYU 10.

Seriously, this is another ridiculous non-issue regarding a call.

How about the HORRIBLE offensive passing interference call against Collie in the End Zone earlier in the game? That was not a penalty.

On this call, the NM player hit a BYU player in the back. That's a penalty.

There are questionable calls in every game in every sport. There were plenty of questionable calls in the BYU-NM game yesterday on both sides of the ball. That's life.

There are sssooooo many reasons to be thankful for BYU football. Chief among them is that it gives Utes fans a reason to get up in morning.

BYU wins a game, Utes fans go nuts and post infantile comments. Well, it is football I suppose.

As for the bad call. Wasn't it just a week or so ago that a blown call gave the Utes a win over Oregon State? Some imaginary pass interference or something? And that imaginary penalty gave you a second chance, directly leading to your win. As in, without that imaginary penalty you would have lost to the mighty ducks.

And even die-hard Ute fans admitted that it was a blown call.

Pot calling the kettle, or something like that. Or how about glass houses? Lots of useful cliches we could go with here.

In the totality of life BYU will have as many good calls as bad calls. I still remember Utah losing to Arizona a few years back when the obviously biased Pac-10 refs called back a CLEAR TD. Even the replay showed it was a TD. Remember that?

Sportsman ship requires class. Be happy for the Oregon State call, otherwise no #14 ranking.

careful ute fans, your time is coming. the refs already know what your reactions are whenever you lose to byu. we own them. It is fun to watch. they have as much fun watching your reaction after the game as we do.lol

to good teams: I am assuming you don't think the ute teams of yesteryear have been very good?

BYU will just have to wait until the Fiesta Bowl to play a real team so they can prove themselves.

He doesn't care,

Are you serious? TrooBloo is using sarcasm. Ever heard of it?

and yes, they are getting some calls that have helped them considerably. They still may have beat both Washington & UNM even if those bad calls aren't made but it does makes you wonder (like Long said) if BYU gets the benefit of the doubt at least in conference games on some questionable calls.

Not only was the call against Bell horrible, BYU mugged UNM's receiver on a no call PI in the endzone on the next play. I was scratching my head after that thinking if that were BYU, would they have called it? They called two against Utah in 2006 that handed BYU the game that were less questionable then the one BYU got away with yesterday.

It just looked bad, BYU fans. That was an ugly win. At the beginning of the year I thought BYU looked unbeatable. After yesterday, I'm starting to wonder if they are a paper tiger. I think we'll know a little more after this next's weeks game.

I am worried about TCU. They too have a great defense - the equal of BYU's at a minimum - and no team can keep winning indefinately. So to say that BYU has the nation's longest winning streak just proves the point. Sooner or later, all teams have to lose. Thursday night in Ft. Worth is a good possibility.

Or, like two years ago, they could go into their house and dominate them.

You just never know ....

The refs are always looking out for the best interest of the MWC, and negating a potential score that could have sent BYU to their first loss was what they thought the conference needed. They want BYU to be undefeated at the end of the season and so they will favor BYU in ALL their conference games. It's nothing worse than what referees in all other conferences do. It's all politics.
Football fans have to suffer though, as each and nearly every game is not true football cuz of the politics. The world we live in and BYU is constantly wanting to be recognized as part of that world.

The personal foul called on fowler was what set up the score that got called back. The replay shows the guy was still in bounds when he got hit. What goes around comes around even in the same game.

Maybe the block in the back was a bad call and maybe the pi on Collie was a bad call, but Collie will push off on just about every play, as will any other good receiver. The fact is after the calls New Mexico missed a wide open receiver on the next play. Maybe that is the difference between Rocky and Bronco, two classic football names by the way. Bronco talks about execution and making plays.

The only bad call against New Mexico that I can recall throughout the entire game was the admittedly bogus block-in-the-back call. And it definitely affected the final score. However, I can think of at least two equally horrible calls that went against BYU that also would have affected the score: the aforementioned offensive PI call against Collie that pushed the ball back 15 yards to the 32, where Sorenson missed the field goal wide left, and the personal foul call on a late hit on a ball-carrier who put one toe on the line as he was simultaneously hit, which kept a NM drive alive and pushed them well into BYU territory. In addition, there was, what I thought, a make-up call for the controversial clipping call in the ensuing BYU drive, which they overcame. I will leave out all of the no-calls for now, that I think went more NM's way than BYU's way.

In short, the calls definitely went both ways, and were overall in NM's favor.

On the next play after the penalty, the NM QB missed a wide open receiver for what would have been a sure TD. It was a great play call at the right time, and the QB couldn't execute it. If Rocky wants to blame that on a bad penalty call the play before, then he can continue losing big games.

Great teams maintain composure in the face of adversity and find ways to win. The others lose their cool, then lose the game, then blame it on the refs.

Personally, I thought NM came in with an excellent game plan, and executed it fairly well. Then still got beat by 18 points. BYU is legit, until proven otherwise on the scoreboard.

Stop the talking as it is time to see who is ready and willing to separate themselves from the pack.

TCU gets BYU and Utah in the next three weeks. The winner of BYU-TCU will deserve to crow loudly. Utah will wait anxiously.

Get off you high horse Bob. You are the reason so many people dislike the Y for the holier than thou attitude you just showed.

I will show you two bad calls that kept your drive alive against the U last year. Maybe BYU still scores to win, but you got 30 yards from the refs on that drive, otherwise no top 10 ranking this year.

re: good teams.

Maybe you dont understand how the bowl games work. The Fiesta Bowl is for the big kids (The Utes) and the VEGAS Bowl is where the Cougs will be playing. Maybe you can have a rematch against Washington.

WHO ARE THEY? BYU IS EXACTLY WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!!! THEY'RE EXACTLY WHO WE TH"OUGHT THEY WERE!

That pass interference call was hardly controversial. Not even Oregon State's head coach questioned it. Watch the replay, because you are speaking out of utter, utter ignorance.

Get off your high horse, yourself, little Shetland Pony. I'll take your supposed two bad calls on BYU's final drive last year, and raise you the blatant tackle from behind on Utah's fake punt two years ago as BYU was threatening to run away with the game, already up 14-0. Without that, Utah never gains any momentum, never gets back in the game, and Harline is still open never happens.

Those that win, win. Those that don't cry about it. Such is your lot in life, Ute honks.

No, we do understand how the bowl games work, Ute honk. The Vegas Bowl is for the conference champ -- unless they go to the BCS, in which case, Utah might actually get to experience the Vegas Bowl as second fiddle. Otherwise, enjoy another sure invite from the Poinsettia/Emerald,Armed Forces/Poulan Weed Eater Bowl. Of course, Utah has never gone to the Vegas Bowl as a league champ, so it would be a new experience for you.

By the way, I don't think Washington will be anywhere close to fifth place in the PAC-10 this year to earn a Vegas invite. They might not even have a fifth-place team with a bowl-eligible record. In that case, I'd love to see a Utah-Toledo matchup. Didn't they just punk Michigan in the Big House? Those two teams would be evenly matched.

he's right bad call! this coming from a BYU fan

"It's amazing when one team has pull and the other one doesn't," Long said as he walked out of the media room."

What's THAT supposed to mean?

Is he insinuating that the refs called the penalty because BYU was ranked #8?

Puh-lease!....does anybody REALLY believe that any referee crew holds BYU near and dear to their heart? Over the years, it seems to me that no one loves BYU except the current students and alumni.

MWC coffers will be fattened this coming week after the conference reads/hears about Rocky's comments.

Getting beat year after year by BYU seems to bring out the whinning in opposing coaches.

Rocky is forgetting the bogus pass interference at the end of the first half that killed BYU's momentum. You can pick and choose which penalties you want to complain about, but the block in the back was a block in the back, the interference call was completely bogus. So suck it up Rocky and take it like man.

His team lost by 18 points because of the quality of 1 of only 3 penalties called on his team the entire game?

New Mexico wasn't the first team in that game to have a touchdown & scoring drive negated by a penalty. The better team was able to move on and the other wasn't.

New Mexico has an excellent defense and deserves credit for holding BYU to 21 points. BYU will win TCU 20-17.

That call may have been a bad one and would have put the score 14-10, but BYU would have taken it down and scored again to put it 21-10 or 17-10. That would have required New Mexico to score a TD to have a chance and even though they had a fairly good running game that wouldn't have happened.

But if I were Rocky Long I would've been angry too. Let's face it, New Mexico is a solid team-even though the game bored me to tears and made we wonder why I didn't stay home to watch it on TV since it was a cold day.

It is true that refs make bad calls that on both sides of the ball; however, the only bad calls that really matter are the ones that potentially change the outcome of a game. There is no question that the call against New Mexico had the potential to change the outcome of the game. The refs took points off the board, points that would have made it a one score game.

BYU has benefited from 2 bad calls this year. It is unfortunate because they likely would have won the game without them. Two of BYU's wins have been tainted by poor officiating (if you don't believe the victories are tainted watch any national sports program, the big story is the call, not the victory).

On a separate note, I think BYU will have fits against TCU's defense. BYU's offense has struggled with fast DBs. If they run Unga, they should win no problem.

Well I was on the opposite side of the field but from where i was sitting it looked like a BYU defender was right there to tackle him when he was catching the ball. Somehow that defender didn't make the tackle though... Don't know what the replays showed. Would have like to have seen them.

As for the the next play... whats new mexico's excuse??? Don't think they can blame the refs for a wide open receiver dropping a poor pass that was still pretty catchable.

ticket prices. That's why.

We BYU fans never want to win a game like this... with a bad call. It's happened twice now. UNM should've scored. Score would have been 14-10 BYU. BYU would've had the ball, but the lobos would've had the momentum. I doubt BYU would've marched it down the field the way they did, and would've punted. UNM should've had a chance. It was stolen from them. I agree with Rocky, it should've been a heck of a game right to the end.

Ute fan: out-gained (total offense) by Wyoming!? uhhh...heh heh heh...hello??! Ute fan should consider self fortunate thus far, and keep mouth shut till Nov. 22. Actually, if I were U, I'd intentionally throw a game 'tween now and then so when the closet Mormon, hot chocolate drinkin', Y lovin', referees hand the game to the Cougars, you won't be quite so devastated. Enjoy the high ranking for now, though. It's well deserved. Prediction for "Holy $&!+" War: Y26 U17

LOL, "...miracles (e.g. the last two wins over Utah)". Which part of those wins were the miracles-that BYU won both or that Utah completely blew the coverage on Johnny Harline and somehow gave up a 4th and 18 to Collie? A high school defense would never give up a 4th and 18 with the game on the line. Funny how somehow pathetic defense on Utah's part is a "miracle" for BYU.

But hey, gift wrap it for them and I'm sure they'll take it again!