Greg Wrubell's Cougar Quiz #6

[hawkwing]

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=40311422&nid=498

[frdbtr]

I got 90% and I talked myself out of the correct answer for the only question I missed. (who ended BYU's 25 game winning streak).

[BOID]

I got 90 percent also. I missed the one about Cody Hoffman exceeding 5000 yards. Thought it was Harvey Unga.

[BOID]

I remember, UCLA needed a pick 6 to get by BYU then. It's too bad that BYU didn't hold on.

Also, Ohio St needed a BYU TD nullified by officials to get by BYU in the bowl game that year. Vai Sikahema fumbled AFTER breaking the plane of the goal line. It was clearly a TD, and would have put BYU over OSU 14 to 10. OSU also needed a pick six in that one to win, since their offense was held to only 3 points.

That 1985 team was a legitimate national contender. If Bosco's shoulder hadn't gotten compromised, maybe they would have gone undefeated again. I still don't know how they managed to lose to the UTEP Miners, however.

[frdbtr]

I remember, UCLA needed a pick 6 to get by BYU then. It's too bad that BYU didn't hold on.

Also, Ohio St needed a BYU TD nullified by officials to get by BYU in the bowl game that year. Vai Sikahema fumbled AFTER breaking the plane of the goal line. It was clearly a TD, and would have put BYU over OSU 14 to 10. OSU also needed a pick six in that one to win, since their offense was held to only 3 points.

That 1985 team was a legitimate national contender. If Bosco's shoulder hadn't gotten compromised, maybe they would have gone undefeated again. I still don't know how they managed to lose to the UTEP Miners, however.

Unfortunately for me, I didn't pay attention to BYU sports during the Bosco years. I remember my uncle being excited about the national championship but it didn't really register with me about the importance of that. I was into motorcycle riding and didn't care about sports in general and watching it on TV held no interest for me. I got into BYU football during the Ty Detmer years. So any question I answer before then is a bonus for me.

[BOID]

It sounds like some great years that you had. Team sports are not all there is, for sure.

[frdbtr]

It sounds like some great years that you had. Team sports are not all there is, for sure.

I still love riding motorcycles. Added BYU football to it. Made life even better.

[Schmoe]

I still don't know how they managed to lose to the UTEP Miners, however.

UTEP cheated.

[frdbtr]

I still don't know how they managed to lose to the UTEP Miners, however.

UTEP cheated.

I've heard interviews from guys on the 85 team who lost to utep and all of them said that there was no cheating. They said that utep had planned to stop the pass at all costs and BYU was so arrogant that they were going to throw on them anyway and it backfired. They could have adjusted the game plan and ran on utep until they stopped it but they were arrogant and wanted to throw on them to prove that they could and lost.

[EM_Puma]

1 got an 80%, which is my highest score this season. tough questions, but finally this week not so obscure.