Saturday, May 7, 2011

Game 5: BYU 26, Bears 6


We won again (our fifth straight!), 26-6.

But it wasn’t pretty.

In 24 snaps over 7 possessions, we scored four touchdowns and one 2-point conversion. (The Bears had 27 snaps, in 8 possessions, to  score only once. Their lone TD came during their first possession, with a great “handoff-and-passback-to-the-QB” play we also use effectively.)

We should have scored many more times, but TEN dropped passes got in our way.

Daniel’s passing efficiency was a dismal 5 for 11 (45%). Not a single 2nd half completion lead either to a score or a first down! Daniel did connect with Kyson in the first half, using that same “pass-back” play to make a sweet 2-point conversion, after Daniel’s nice TD run.

Kyson was 1 for 4 (25%) passing, connecting with Daniel for the Cougar’s second TD (our only score by “air mail”). Nice play!

Daniel’s 10-yard, double-reverse run on the third series set up Caleb’s sweet “fake” double-reverse scoring run. The defense nearly fell down trying to catch him!

The Coug’s next four possessions were disappointing, however -- except for Kyson’s awesome TD run which, disappointingly, wasn’t caught on video! Every chance for a Cougar score in the 2nd half was “killed” by a dropped pass. (We need to work on that!)

Looking on the bright side, we suffered no interceptions – in 16 passes! (The Bears threw only once, for a completion that didn’t score.)

Our saving grace was the Coug’s awesome defense. In addition to running the Bears out of bounds on several plays, Caleb, Kyson and Hanyi each are credited with three "solo" tackles; Trenten made 2 fantastic defensive snags in the flat (saving touchdowns); Daniel made a couple of tackles; and Cash made a great mid-field stop that prevented a first down.  (We utterly shut down their best player from scoring. He isn’t bragging anymore, is he!)

We've now outscored our opponents 126-18 and remain undefeated!

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