@drewjay

BYU football beat writer and general assignment/commentary sportswriter for the Deseret News and https://xitter.cf/t.co/c7nLkb6RSd. Email is [email protected].

 Salt Lake City, Utah
Joined September 2008
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Analysis: Wild and crazy ending aside, No. 2 BYU was outplayed by middling UCF in loss Story by @drewjay deseret.com/sports/2026/10/2…

Analysis: Wild and crazy ending aside, No. 2 BYU was outplayed by middling UCF in loss

A cavalcade of uncharacteristic mistakes and UCF’s grit and determination ruined BYU’s perfect season Saturday in soggy Orlando

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Dan Wolken
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Uh, about that roughing the kicker call… I dunno. Actually, I do know. Awful call. Big 12 about to issue another apology
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BYU's Cade Uluave: "There's some key tackles that i missed ... That was an unacceptable performance by me."
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Kyler Kasper: "It was a bloodbath and they ended up getting the win at the end."
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Kalani said that OL Trevin Ostler went down and didn't return, but starting right guard Kyle Sfarcioc should be back next week.
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Kalani: "These mistakes shouldn't be happening midseason; That's on me."
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BYU's Kalani Sitake: "I don't mind them rushing the field; They allowed us to get off the field (first)."
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Kalani: "UCF put us in the position to make mistakes. .. they earned it."
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Kalani: "This will be humbling for us, and we have to learn from it; That is all of us."
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Kalani: "They were more fundamentally sound, didn't make a lot of mistakes."
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BYU's Kalani Sitake: "They deserved the win."
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Big-time stop on that third-and-1, though. Anisi Purcell with the TFL.
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Defensive line is just getting demolished
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Can Kelly Poppinga's defense rise up and get a stop here? Or has UCF figured it out
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Clutch 47-yard field goal by Matthias Dunn knots the score at 24-24 in Orlando; Rain has subsided, but that's still a big-time kick for the rookie kicker on the road.
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End third: UCF 24, BYU 21 Cougars face a 2nd-and-7 at their 38 when 4th quarter begins.
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UCF converts on a third-and-17 with a 56-yard run (Hornes busted two tackles) and eventually takes a 24-21 lead with a 1-yard QB sneak TD. UCF up 24-21 with 3:06 remaining 3Q.
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BYU's tackling has left a lot to be desired today.
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Sione Moa with the 1-yard TD run caps a 9-play, 75-yard drive for BYU. Took 5:15 off the clock. BYU regains the lead, 21-17.
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Kyler Kasper: 5 catches, 112 yards
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