Dominance

So what do I think about BYU's win over UCLA? Simply dominating.

From start to finish BYU played a dominating football game that proved their ability to compete with the best. From the opening kickoff, it was evident that BYU had their minds set on playing their best football. BYU scored a shocking 35 points in the second quarter alone taking them into half time with a 42 to 0 lead. BYU was so dominating that they started taking their starters out of the game after just two and a half quarters of play.

So what made them so dominant? I saw two things that proved BYU was the better team:

Quarterback play was the first reason BYU dominated. BYU's Max Hall looked as good as any other quarterback in the nation and flat out embarrassed UCLA's quarterback Kevin Craft. Let's take a look at each quarterback's statistics:

BYU's Max Hall: (In two and a half quarters of play)
27/35 (77.1%)
271 yards
7 touchdowns
1 interception

UCLA's Kevin Craft: (In four quarters of play)
23/39 (58.9%)
230yards
0 touchdowns
1 interception

Max Hall played so well that not only did he receive the Walter Camp Foundation player of the week and the Mountain West Conference Player of the week award but he is now being mentioned in Heisman trophy talk.

BYU's Defense was the second thing that made BYU so dominant. Going into this game, most people (including myself) were questioning BYU's defense. They were matched up against a more physical and experienced offense. It was clear that BYU took those question marks to heart and worked hard to prove themselves. They certainly proved themselves by shutting out UCLA. It was especially fun to watch them block a field goal that would have given UCLA some points.

Again, there are probably a lot of different ways or words to describe BYU's performance this week but I'll stick to...DOMINANCE.