• 1984 Holiday Bowl Avenged! | Dr Sap’s Decals

    For those of you who weren’t old enough to endure the no-holding-calls-ever-made-against-BYU-1984-Holiday-Bowl-disaster, this shutout avenged some of that bitter taste. So you’ll have to excuse me if I enjoy this 31-0 shutout just a little more than any other win this year.  Alright, enough of that – here are your BYU-1st-shutout-of-the-year-Champions: OFFENSIVE CHAMPION – Could have gone several ways here, (OBJ Darboh, De’Veon Smith, heck, O-Line for that matter), but I’m going with the guy under center – Jake Rudock.  Sure, I loved seeing a Michigan QB RUN for two touchdowns, but it was WAAAY more than that.  He looked comfortable running the offense.  He threw the ball well downfield – in part to the kick-start provided by OBJ Darboh – and he had no turnovers against the Cougars.  Do you realize his turnovers have gone down each game this year?  Utah (3), Oregon State (2), UNLV (1) and now BYU (0).  Umm – I’ll take that ANY DAY! DEFENSIVE CHAMPION – Last week I mentioned that Channing Stribling set the tone on D with his early INT.  This week, the D-LINE came out and made a statement against BYU.  Seemed like each series there was a different guy getting penetration and that is a good sign!  When BYU had only completed 2 passes in the first half, I thought…

  • Bo Peels and Plants | Wire Photo Wednesday

    Here’s a candid shot of General Bo in the bowels of the snakepit peeling off his wildly long coaching socks following the 14-3 victory over the Buckeyes on November 25, 1978.  This was the final battle with Woody in the Ten Year War and gave Schembechler the 5-4-1 edge in the series.  To celebrate Bo flashed his feet and treated the media to the gun show: Next up, continuing with the candid shots of Bo, here he’s planting one on Miss Texas Luann Caughey as the team arrived for the 1981 Bluebonnet Bowl. It almost looks like Bo went straight for the lips…but Luann evaded him with a quick lateral move?   Thankfully Bo didn’t enjoy Texas too much.