Sunday, August 31, 2008

College Football Week 1: Success (mostly)

BYU was able to take care of Division II Northern Iowa. However, the win was not completely satisfying as BYU lost 4 fumbles in the 3rd quarter! Turnovers are the difference in many college football games. I guess that is one reason you play an easier team the first week so you can work out your wrinkles. Hopefully BYU will learn from these mistakes. I'm afraid of how much hype is surrounding them and afraid it will make things more difficult for them. As I mentioned in my previous blog, it is not easy to go undefeated in college football no matter how good your team is. There is a lot of parity these days.

Utah looked very impressive against Michigan, especially in the first half. They dominated both sides of the ball and the only reason the score was close was because of turnovers and penalties. However, they began to sleep walk through the second half and ended up letting Michigan back in the game. If they continue to play consistently their best ball, they are going to be a very good team. It would be amazing to see a BYU vs. Utah showdown where both teams are undefeated and trying to get into the BCS. However, lets not get too far ahead, only week one is complete!

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