BYU Looks to Keep Bowl Dreams Alive in Fort Collins

by bhsmarine on Nov 11, 2010 4:24 PM PST in Mountain West Football

Next Game

Saturday, Nov 13, 2010, 11:00 AM PST
Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium

At 4-5 with three games left the Cougars look to get to 6 wins before they face Utah in their season finale. They face off against the 3-7 Colorado State Rams this weekend in Fort Collins. The Rams have been exceptional at home this season at 3-1. The lone loss was to TCU, who was held to their season low of 27 points in that game. On the road the Cougars are 0-4 and have not scored more then 16 points. Steve Fairchild said with a smirk on the Steve Fairchild Show that he is ready to send the Cougars off will a loss before they go independent next year.

This game will feature an freshman quarterback battle with Jake Heaps taking snaps for the Cougars and Pete Thomas for the Rams. Let's take a quick look at some stats with the two freshman play callers.

Catagory	Jake Heaps	Pete Thomas
Games	9	10
Completion %	53.3	66.1
Yards Per Game	150.1	227.3
Yards/Attempt	5.2	7.2
TD - INT	4 - 7	10-10

Thomas also leads in yards with 2273 to 1351, but Heaps does have about 65 less attempts. Looking at Heaps he seems to be turning it around after four straight weeks of not throwing a TD he has thrown three in the last two weeks. Thomas seems to be the better freshman quarterback at this point though. His home stats are pretty good. 7-1 TD Int ratio, 70.2 completion percentage, and 247 yards per game all over four games. Heaps on the road is not so good, but Thomas take a big hit for his road games too.

The Rams will look to bottle up JJ Di Luigi forcing Heaps to win the game on the road. De Luigi is averaging 5.2 yards per carry this year. Mychal Sisson, Ricky Brewer, and Michael Kawulok will look to slow him down from the linebacker spot. Alex Williams looks to be done for the year with a knee injury from last weeks game. The Cougars will have to keep an eye on Guy Miller or Heaps could have a long day.

The Cougars will have to hope the CSU running game doesn't show up which is a possibility. The Rams have been spotty running the ball and no big surprise they lose most of the games when they run poorly. I would look for Leonard Mason to get the bulk of the carries as he has been the best back so far and is having his senior day. Vic So'oto will look to keep the Rams in the back field as he leads the Cougars with 7 tackles for loss.

I hope the Rams destroy the Cougars in their last meeting at Hughes Stadium, its no secret around Fort Collins and probably the Mountain West that no one likes BYU. Here is to ruining the Cougars bowl chances on Saturday!

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i think byu's offense came alive last week vs unlv and put up 55 points.

i think they will win their next two games and then lost to utah by 2 td’s. did you see that uconn beat pitt tonight? it’s possible a 7 win team could win the big east. syracuse has 6 wins but 2 were vs fcs teams. imagine syracuse winning the big east with 8 wins (really 6wins) and going to a bcs bowl? i wonder how bill hancock would spin that?

Why do canadians stick together? The same reason why Chris Horodecki turned his body and face around in his first WEC fight.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Nov 11, 2010 8:36 PM PST reply actions

By saying that the Big East is so good that they beat up on each other.

In otherwords, since all the teams in the BE are so good and they have to play eachother every year, their spot in the rankings will suffer.

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UNLV is going 6-7 this year!
The Colts are going 17-2 this year!
The Suns are going to be 79-3 this year!

;)

by rebelfan1 on Nov 12, 2010 5:10 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

your being sarcastic, right?

Why do canadians stick together? The same reason why Chris Horodecki turned his body and face around in his first WEC fight.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Nov 12, 2010 7:03 AM PST up reply actions

Yes

That exact logic that Bill Hancock will use for the Big East can be used for every other conference in America… Heck the Sunbelt beats up on eachother, If Arkansas State didn’t have to play Middle Tennessee State every year, they’d be undefeated and in a BCS Bowl every year…

UNLV is going 6-7 this year!
The Colts are going 17-2 this year!
The Suns are going to be 79-3 this year!

;)

by rebelfan1 on Nov 12, 2010 9:33 AM PST up reply actions

CSU has improved this season from the start

to last week, where they lost a close game to San Diego St on the road. This will be a good match-up for the Rammies. Will they be able to bounce back at home now that they are eliminated from a bowl game?

CSU has played well all season at home, even holding TCU to it’s lowest point total of the season.

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by Redhawk on Nov 12, 2010 7:31 AM PST reply actions

I picked CSU

Mostly due to the fact that Pete Thomas is an excellent QB and the Rams home field advantage has been important this season.

UNLV is going 6-7 this year!
The Colts are going 17-2 this year!
The Suns are going to be 79-3 this year!

;)

by rebelfan1 on Nov 12, 2010 9:34 AM PST reply actions

CSU at home

Hughes Stadium has been one of the better home field advantages in the Steve Fairchild Era. 9-7 at home, take out last years debacle of a team and you get 7-3. With out 2009 the only teams the Rams have lost to at home are ranked teams with Fairchild at the helm. Add Senior Day and a lil hate for the Cougars and I think you got a winning formula.

Bring back Fum's Song!

by bhsmarine on Nov 12, 2010 11:21 AM PST reply actions