San Jose (2-4) at Brigham Young University (4-2) played 10/8/11

This week I wanted to choose two teams that are within one point on the ranking scales, just to show that every game isn't boring like the last two games that I have covered. Unfortunately, as I was watching the games on Saturday and Sunday I noticed that not many of the top 25 teams played others that were also part of the top 25. My second choice was to cover a game that ended in an upset (where the worse team beats the better team), then I noticed that didn't happen either. So I said whatever, I will just cover Brigham Young again. Why not, so here we go:

The first points on the board game with a safety from San Jose, putting BYU up by 2 early in the game. BYU seemed to control the game as if San Jose didn't even matter, putting seven on the board with a 21 yard pass from quarterback Riley Nelson to receiver Richard Wilson, putting San Jose down by 9 with a lot of game to play in the first quarter. San Jose finally found some room to put a score on the board before the end of the first quarter, but the drive resulted in a twenty-four yard field goal by kicker Jens Alvernik.
The second quarter was once again dominated by the Cougars (BYU) who eventually went up twenty at the end of the quarter. Two scoring drives resulted in this large lead, first with a 1 yard pass from Nelson to receiver Bryan Kariya for 7 points, and an impressive 40 yard pass from Nelson to McKay Jacobson to put the Cougars ahead 23-3 with a lot of game to play. San Jose once again put themselves on the board with a fieldgoal in the diminishing seconds of the half from kicker Jens Alvernik from 40 yards. The score at the end of the half was 23-6.
The second half started off with what the commentators and myself to believe that San Jose would come back, seeing as BYU is known for their second half let-down losses. This started to become a reality when (in a San Jose dominated quarter) San Jose finally recorded their first touchdown, which put them within ten of the Cougars. The drive ended with a run from halfback Jason Simpson to put the score at an intimidating 23-12. BYU and San Jose basically flipped roles in the second half, at the end of the third quarter BYU sent on their kicking team to put three through the uprights from 42 yards by the Cougars most impressive kicker Justin Sorenson (Sorenson has kicked for 40 points in the season).
The fourth quarter turned out to be a let down by both teams, seeing as both teams only scored one field goal each. First, San Jose with a 43 yarder from kicker Alvernik. Then an impressive 45 yard kick from BYU kicker Sorenson. Ending the game with a score of 29-16
San Jose had a great chance to come back and maybe pull a win over the struggling BYU Cougars. Although, their offense and their defense let down the comeback. Not saying that BYU's offense and defense were performing at top notch. Although, until the fourth quarter this was a very entertaining game to watch.