HOW THEY SCORED
Football
They made a movie about wind in the early 1990s, about a couple of experienced sailors determined to win the America’s Cup yacht race.
You can define most college football bowl games by the roller coaster of your choice. Teams either arrive at the top of the first drop or have already plummeted to its base.
Dennis Pitta admits Brigham Young was “a little flat” in last year’s bowl appearance in Las Vegas, a 31-21 loss to Arizona. … But the Cougars senior tight end insists tonight’s game will be a different story. … No. 15 BYU (10-2) faces 16th-ranked Oregon State (8-4) in the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas at 5 p.m. before a sellout crowd at Sam Boyd Stadium. … The bowl features two ranked teams for the first time in its 18-year history and might be the best matchup outside of the Bowl Championship Series games.
Under the best of circumstances, Oregon State would have its hands full trying to defend Brigham Young quarterback Max Hall.
Tailback Jacquizz Rodgers was stopped at the 1-yard line against UCLA at Pasadena last season, and when he scored on the next play, that wasn’t good enough for his older brother.
As a player and an assistant coach at Oregon State, about all Bronco Mendenhall knew was losing and playing in front of empty seats. The pressure was trying just to win any game.
Thankfully, things might not be as crazy around here as I feared last week.
Brigham Young playing a bowl in Las Vegas is old hat, but this year’s game has a new name and will break fresh ground from a competitive standpoint.
Instead of representing her bowl game Saturday in Provo, Utah, where potential invitees Utah and Brigham Young will meet, MAACO Bowl Las Vegas executive director Tina Kunzer-Murphy will attend alma mater UNLV’s season finale against San Diego State at Sam Boyd Stadium.
When Utah celebrated its stunning victory over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl last January, Texas Christian players couldn’t have been faulted for believing that they should’ve been dancing in New Orleans.
RENO — With expectations as high as they’ve ever been, UNR coach Chris Ault figures to have a pretty good idea how good this year’s Wolf Pack team could be by the time it finally plays its first home game the fourth week of the season.
When he hops on his skateboard after UNLV football practices and wheels to the parking lot, Ryan Wolfe has the look of California cool, and the temptation is to stereotype him as a surfer dude who doesn’t take much seriously.
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