I’m going to give an opinion regarding number 10 and it isn’t going to be popular. But, take off your red goggles for a second and hear me out.
The flag against Vaughn WAS holding. There was an angle posted here earlier that showed him tug the jersey. Was it a blatant hold and was it consistent with how the refs were calling the rest of the game? Absolutely not. Joel Klatt said it best, it was a 50/50 call. Unfortunately, they called it. However, here is a list of reasons that we lost the game that had nothing to do with the refs:
1. BYU fumbled the ball twice and we couldn’t come up with either of them. If we jump on either of those, it’s likely a different outcome.
2. We had two back to back possessions in the second half that started at midfield. We weren’t able to move the ball 25-30 yards to even get into FG range. One more FG and it’s likely a different outcome. We didn’t score a SINGLE point in the second half.
3. Even after the holding penalty on Vaughn, BYU had to move the ball about 50 yards just to get a chance at a FG. The defense allowed it.
4. Calhoun had an Interception literally hit him in the hands. He dropped it. It would have ended the game.
5. This was actually a crucial one that I haven’t seen discussed. Late in the 4th, we had the ball and there was an injury timeout for a BYU defensive player. After the timeout, the game clock began running and the play clock reset to 40 seconds. Rather than huddle up and run some clock, the offense lined up and snapped the ball. There was a good 30 seconds that could have been run.
So yes, the flag on Vaughn was stupid and shouldn’t have been called in that situation IMO. But it was far from THE reason we lost.
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