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Bing-bang-boom, 3 scores in 60 seconds
By Jasen Asay (Standard-Examiner staff)
http://www.standard.net/topics/sports/2009/10/10/bing-bang-boom-3-scores-60-seconds
CHENEY, Wash. -- It probably was not the best time for television viewers to take a quick bathroom break.
Within a span of 60 seconds late in the first half of their 31-13 win over Eastern Washington on Saturday, the No. 21-ranked Weber State Wildcats scored three times. That feat was impressive enough, but the scoring stretch is a little unique since the scoring came in three different ways.
Mike Snoy kicked a 21-yard field goal with 1:32 left in the second quarter, giving the Wildcats a 13-7 lead over the No. 14-ranked Eastern Washington.
But that lead wasn't good enough for the Wildcats and after three incomplete passes from Eagles quarterback Matt Nichols, one that was nearly picked off by WSU's Taylor Sedillo, EWU had to punt.
"That was big because I would have thought they'd try to run the clock out," said WSU coach Ron McBride. "But they threw the ball and we stopped them."
WSU got a fortunate break on fourth down when the snap sailed over EWU punter Cameron Zuber's head into the end zone. Zuber knocked the ball out of the end zone, preventing a possible Wildcat touchdown and giving WSU a safety and a 15-7 lead with 1:08 left before intermission.
Those two points earned by the defense inspired what was about to come.
"The defense was playing so hard out there, locking down in the safety and it's unreal how much of a boost that is for our offense," said WSU wide receiver Tim Toone. "When they start doing well then we're going to do well."
That lead still wasn't good enough as the offense showed how big a boost the safety was.
The Wildcats got the ball back and Cameron Higgins hit Mike Phillips with a 30-yard touchdown pass, completing a five-play, 56-yard drive that took just 36 seconds. Phillips took the ball out of the arms of EWU safety Kevin Hatch in the air to get his second touchdown of the game.
WSU lead 22-7 with 32 seconds left in the half and went into the locker room at a much happier team than it had been just two minutes earlier. The Eagles, however, knew they had just made the game more difficult to win as the Wildcats doubled their lead in such a short time.
"Sometimes in football you go through stretches where things change in a hurry," said EWU head coach Beau Baldwin. "We were obviously on the wrong end of that. It was a pivotal part of the game and put us in a deep hole going into halftime."
By Jasen Asay (Standard-Examiner staff)
http://www.standard.net/topics/sports/2009/10/10/bing-bang-boom-3-scores-60-seconds
CHENEY, Wash. -- It probably was not the best time for television viewers to take a quick bathroom break.
Within a span of 60 seconds late in the first half of their 31-13 win over Eastern Washington on Saturday, the No. 21-ranked Weber State Wildcats scored three times. That feat was impressive enough, but the scoring stretch is a little unique since the scoring came in three different ways.
Mike Snoy kicked a 21-yard field goal with 1:32 left in the second quarter, giving the Wildcats a 13-7 lead over the No. 14-ranked Eastern Washington.
But that lead wasn't good enough for the Wildcats and after three incomplete passes from Eagles quarterback Matt Nichols, one that was nearly picked off by WSU's Taylor Sedillo, EWU had to punt.
"That was big because I would have thought they'd try to run the clock out," said WSU coach Ron McBride. "But they threw the ball and we stopped them."
WSU got a fortunate break on fourth down when the snap sailed over EWU punter Cameron Zuber's head into the end zone. Zuber knocked the ball out of the end zone, preventing a possible Wildcat touchdown and giving WSU a safety and a 15-7 lead with 1:08 left before intermission.
Those two points earned by the defense inspired what was about to come.
"The defense was playing so hard out there, locking down in the safety and it's unreal how much of a boost that is for our offense," said WSU wide receiver Tim Toone. "When they start doing well then we're going to do well."
That lead still wasn't good enough as the offense showed how big a boost the safety was.
The Wildcats got the ball back and Cameron Higgins hit Mike Phillips with a 30-yard touchdown pass, completing a five-play, 56-yard drive that took just 36 seconds. Phillips took the ball out of the arms of EWU safety Kevin Hatch in the air to get his second touchdown of the game.
WSU lead 22-7 with 32 seconds left in the half and went into the locker room at a much happier team than it had been just two minutes earlier. The Eagles, however, knew they had just made the game more difficult to win as the Wildcats doubled their lead in such a short time.
"Sometimes in football you go through stretches where things change in a hurry," said EWU head coach Beau Baldwin. "We were obviously on the wrong end of that. It was a pivotal part of the game and put us in a deep hole going into halftime."
