I remember knowing Staley would be out. I don't recall why else I felt we were

Dec 8, 2021
3:55:01pm

Zooropa All-American

completely doomed even before kickoff, but my buddies and I definitely felt that way all week. Were there other factors leading to grave pessimism? Anyone remember?

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Twenty years ago today

Sea Chicken Freeloader

12/8/21 3:33pm

RE: Twenty years ago today

CommodoreCoug

12/8/21 3:34pm

#firetuiaki

shoganai

12/8/21 3:35pm

no schmidt

Sea Chicken

12/8/21 3:36pm

Ash Lee Le Lee...

Iman23

12/8/21 3:36pm

I was in the MTC. A dude with connection to the outside world kept running the halls and shouting out the score. It was

Pimpin4Paradise

12/8/21 3:37pm

Me too. I’m glad he wasn’t running my halls. I would have been pissed w/ score

cougstyle

12/8/21 4:35pm

This never happened

All-American

12/8/21 3:38pm

Indy already did this.

BlueVU

12/8/21 3:43pm

RE: Indy already did this.

Sea Chicken

12/8/21 3:49pm

We were at the game. It was no bueno.

ArcticKat

12/8/21 3:44pm

9 fumbles with 6 lost? What in the world?

SierraCoug

12/8/21 3:45pm

That was the stat that stuck out to me. Everything else was pretty close.

Benfica1

12/8/21 3:56pm

Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play?

MaroonCoug

12/8/21 3:45pm

100+ yards of penalties EACH? What a mess.

8-track

12/8/21 3:46pm

The name Chad Owens still haunts me

Duke Silver

12/8/21 3:47pm

352 individual special teams yards must be a FBS record.

Zooropa

12/8/21 3:57pm

Tell us again in another twenty years.

lightmann

12/8/21 3:49pm

That game was awful.

LyleLanley

12/8/21 3:50pm

I remember knowing Staley would be out. I don't recall why else I felt we were

Zooropa

12/8/21 3:55pm

If I recall correctly we had a lot of injuries on defense. A defense that wasn't great to begin with.

kimdaddy35

12/8/21 3:56pm

And rolovich was coming off 3 straight 500+ yard passing games. It was a recipe

robin

12/8/21 4:43pm

The committee had announced that BCS was a no-go for BYU.

Sea Chicken

12/8/21 3:58pm

Yes, we were emotionally deflated. It's hard to believe our defense was so bad

Zooropa

12/8/21 4:03pm

I remember Reno Mahe playing days after an emergency appendectomy and a PH blessing from Brandon Doman.

IdahoCoug

12/8/21 3:59pm

nvm. That was before the Utah game. Sorry.

IdahoCoug

12/8/21 4:00pm

Watching Ned Stearns run the ball was painful

SurfCoug

12/8/21 4:17pm

We had no RBs and Doman was playing with bruised ribs

Pro Logic

12/8/21 4:30pm

RE: Twenty years ago today

OriginalBlue

12/8/21 5:47pm

So glad I was on the mish for this.

Bluedarts

12/8/21 6:41pm

It was a thrilling season untill that week.

Zooropa

12/8/21 6:57pm

I remember following it in the library every week 🤣.

Bluedarts

12/8/21 9:18pm

On East Coast, some games could only be seen on stake center satellite. We

Zooropa

12/8/21 9:26pm

Somehow we could pick up KSL all the way up in Ft Mac AB, which is insane. We

Bluedarts

12/8/21 11:47pm

Heard players were out surfing and playing on beach before game

All-American Coug

12/8/21 7:06pm

You just HAD to bring that up! Actually, umm waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over that 😉

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