I've already written my opening-game predictions on this page. This entry is about specific things I believe will happen on Saturday as BYU tangles with UNI to open a promising 2008 campaign.
Here's five things that'll happen between 4 and 7:30 p.m. MDT Saturday.
1. Vic So'oto will have a sack, but will also miss an assignment that leads to a long play by Northern Iowa.
2. O'Neil Chambers will mishandle and drop one kickoff and/or fumble the ball on a return. Greg Wrubell has warned us about how Chambers catches the ball up around the face mask. Chambers may fulfill his guarantee of a kickoff/punt return for a TD this fall, and he'll have one great return Saturday. But he'll also commit a key miscue.
3. Austin Collie will take five snaps at QB. He'll run four times and throw once with some success.
4. BYU will lose one offensive lineman for the game, but not the season-ending variety of injury.
5. UNI quarterback Pat Grace will have more success running than he does throwing. RB Corey Lewis will run for 80-90 yards and one score as UNI reaches double-figure scoring.
Most importantly, BYU wins the game. Today I'll say 42-17.
1 comment:
Nice score prediction. Too bad they blocked the one extra point.
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