BYU Takes Down Falcons

After dealing with playing in snow for two consecutive games BYU was happy to play on a sunny afternoon. and the offense didn't disappoint in the great conditions. BYU jumped out to an early lead on this pass.

Meanwhile the Cougar defense smothered the Falcons offensive attempts and kept them from getting a single first down in the first half. Great open field tackling kept the Falcons from getting any traction. Giving the BYU offense a short field to work with.

Last season the Cougars lived and died with the pass but with a renewed emphasis on a balanced attack they found the end zone on the ground to take a 12-0 lead into the half.

The Falcons kept the game close with the Cougars missing the extra-point attempts and the BYU offense being bogged down by an ever muddier field. The Cougar defense though didn't miss a step in the second half as they swarmed to the ball stifling anything the Falcons threw at them.

With memories of the Falcons near comeback last season the Cougars went out to slam the door shut on any hope remaining for the team in white. BYU went to the air to seal the deal and finally connected on a long bomb that knocked the Falcons out of the contest.

BYU improved their record to 1-0-1 and the Falcons fell to 0-2. The Falcons open up UTFL week 3 action with a 9 am contest against the Spartans and BYU will get a rematch of last season championship game against the Iron Wolves (formerly Black Knights) at 1 pm. Both games will be held at Orem Elementary school.

For more pictures from this contest go to our facebook page or check out a highlight video on YouTube. Be sure to go to www.hitsomeone.com to catch up on all the UTFL action.

Stalement in the Snow

Finally the UTFL spring season is upon us and Get Off The Bench Utah is going to be back in full force. It didn't look like a spring game as the BYU Cougars kicked off the season against familiar foe Utah Warriors. They met twice during the fall splitting the two games and with the added in climate weather this looked to be another great match up.

The defense's started strong swapping four and outs several times as both offenses struggled to get the ball moving in the snowy conditions. The Cougars finally gained some traction with the short passing game.

The team moved the ball down the field with short passes and QB scrambles leading to this touchdown.

BYU held on to their 6-0 lead for most of the game. Coming close to scoring several times but the wet ball lead to fumbles and dropped passes that killed drives. Late in the second half deep in their own territory BYU was forced to punt the ball away. The slippery conditions took another toll with a low punt right into the hands of a Warrior defensive lineman. He made a spectacular catch on the line drive punt and was able to carry the ball deeper into BYU territory. 

 

With the short field and messy footing the Warriors decided to pound away at the Cougar defense to reach the end zone. With under two minutes to play they punched it in tying the game at 6.

BYU's defense held strong on the extra point attempt to avoid last seasons week one heart breaking defeat. The offense went to the air and broke out the trick plays in an attempt to score. Despite the success on the trick play BYU was unable to find the end zone leaving the games final score a 6 all tie. So in three games against the Warriors BYU is 1-1-1 and starts the spring season 0-0-1. Next week BYU will be playing at Lakeridge Jr. High School in Orem with a 1pm kickoff against the 0-1 Falcons.

See pictures from this game and more on Get Off the Bench Utah's Facebook page or highlight videos on YouTube. If you want to know more about the Utah Tackle Football League or want to play check out www.hitsomeone.com. Thanks everyone for reading.

UVU, UIFL, and UTFL

Hey all it has been a long time sense I have updated the page and I will let you in on what I have been up to.

First I played on a team in the UIFL (check out there website http://www.eteamz.com/uifl/). The UVU Wolverines went 5-1 in the regular season and lost our only playoff game in triple OT. Being a full 11-man league it was too much for me to play and also blog about the games. Too much to remember after banging around for an hour. However this did not stop my lovely wife from taking pictures and videos of the games. Check out the pictures at the Facebook page and I compiled the videos and you can see them on YouTube.

On a more positive note the UTFL spring season starts up on the 23rd of February and I will be returning to the BYU team. Check out the league at www.hitsomeone.com or on their Facebook page. If there are interested players out there I am sure their are spots for you somewhere. Just say I, Michael Ward, referred you.

As far as the blog goes I will be trying to do weekly game updates for the BYU team and I want to start doing an All-Time Team blog in which I go through each of the NFL's 32 teams and create an All-Time team. I think I will just go by NFL draft order and start with the Kansas City Chiefs. I will take requests though and would love input on the blog. I know this ventures from the amateur focus of the blog but high school and college is out of season.

Thanks for reading everybody and remember to get off the bench.