GRR: BYU
BYU made the trip to Ellensburg, Wash. and handed Central Washington a tense 22-17 defeat Saturday.
The Cougars bounced back from a loss at Saint Mary's last week, and this time overcame a red card to prop Billy Tenney in the first half to hold off a Central Washington comeback.
The nuts and bolts of the Saint Mary's win over BYU are pretty straightforward.
Tayson Hammer scored early for the Cougars, and converted before the Gaels replied with two tries and a 12-7 lead. With Saint Mary's No. 8 Kaipono Kayoshi in the sin bin BYU scrumhalf sniped over from short range and Hammer's conversion gave them a 14-12 lead.
D1A teams are getting active with 13 games involving at least one D1A team, and seven conference games.
BYU won the Rocky Mountain Conference title Saturday with a convincing 62-0 victory over Colorado State.
BYU has given up just one try this fall while winning five games by fairly enormous scores, so it’s no surprise, really, that you haven’t heard about it.
What with Head Coach Steve St. Pierre wanting to stay below the radar, and the games offering very little in the way of drama,