FRIDAY FLASHBACK: 4th & 18
by lars.ON on Jun 10, 2011 7:39 AM PDT
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Back in 2007, BYU and Utah were stuck in a defensive battle that the Cougars led most of the way. After the Utes drove the length of the field and put in their only touchdown with a minute and thirty to go. After three different poorly executed plays (or lack there of) Max Hall was left a 4th down and the sticks 18 yards away. Utah set up in a prevent defense to keep the Cougars many weapons in front of them. Unfortunately for them, they forgot about one Austin Collie. So the ball was snapped, then this happened...
4th & 18...Collie is still open (via sportsplays10)
The Cougs drove down and Harvey Unga punched in the winning TD.
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Another dagger to my heart
I was PISSED about the 2006 game thus I had revenge on my mind. After we got a sack just prior to the big play I was thinking “boo ya, try and get out of this suckers!”. I will never forget the smug look on my brothers face when Hall hit Collie deep. (he’s not a Coug fan, he just roots for them to spite me).
In all reality that play was the knockout punch, even though Collie didn’t score, the momentum of the play (and a few boneheaded penalties by Utah) gave the Cougars excellent field position to allow Unga to score the easy TD giving BYU their second strait escape when all hope seemed lost. The 2006 game was a dagger but the 2007 game was someone twisting it and pouring lemon juice on it for good measure.
Thankfully my suffering was ended the next year in the 2008 blowout.
Even though my team lost, this game was one for the ages.
"Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."
Vince Lombardi
When he caught that pass
I could have sworn he was going in for the touchdown! When he got pushed out of bounds I was scared we wouldn’t make it, soooo nerve wracking. But hey, Magic Happens.
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