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From: tonym@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Tony Martinez)
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Subject: BYU - Michigan Game
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Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 12:00:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 24 12:00:16 1984
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     The saddest thing about BYU's victory over Michigan in the Holiday Bowl,
is that people who don't know much about football, or who did not see the
game will say, "See, they had a tough time against Michigan."
     The adversity which BYU faced and still came out victorious is amazing.
They had 6 turnovers, while Michigan only had one on the game's second to
last play.  A field goal was blocked.  Their quarterback was injured, forcing
them into a shotgun, which forced them to throw out half of their offense,
along with the fact that Bosco was not at 100%.
     The other teams in the nation, who would claim the number # 1 spot, were
not able to overcome the adversities when they lost their games; i.e. OU lost
there quarterback against Kansas, and then lost the game.
     The BYU offense moved at will in the game, except when they stopped
themselves.  They only had to punt once, and that was when Bosco was on the
bench.  BYU could have won by a large margin if the breaks hadn't been so
one sided.  BYU had 32 first downs compared to 13 for Michigan.  They also
had 483 total yards compared to 202.  The stats would have been much more
one-sided without the turnovers.  Also, only two of the turnovers could be
claimed as having really been caused by Michigan.  The others were just cases
of the dropsies.
     I don't think that any other team in the nation could have beat Michigan
after having so many turnovers.

Tony Martinez                                                tonym@sdcrdcf