Sampling the headlines from Seattle
Well, it is the day after.
And regardless of what those talking heads on ESPN, Fox Sports Net, etc., said last night, BYU's 28-27 win over Washington still stands.
On the way out of town, I grabbed a couple Washington newspapers, mostly to see what kinds of headlines they had come up with (the articles are easily obtainable online, but sometimes the headlines differ).
The Tacoma News Tribune had "UW Death By Ref" in its masthead on A-1 with the subheads, "Flag Ruins Thrilling Moment," and "Coach Says Call Was Good."
The main headline in the News Tribune's sports section read: "Officially Devastated" with the subhead "Controversial celebration call costs UW shot at OT."
The Seattle Times' A-1 masthead proclaimed, "A Brutal Call Jolts Huskies." Its main sports section heading went, "Nothing To Celebrate" and underneath that, "Locker's controverisal penalty precedes extra-point miss," somehow missing the fact that the kick was actually blocked.
Columnists in both papers railed on the referees, with the New Tribune's John McGrath and the Times' Steve Kelley saying the Pac-10 officials deserved a penalty.
Both papers ran the large photo moved by the Associated Press that shows BYU lineman Jan Jorgensen busting through the line and blocking the kick.
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Couldn't work these comments from Max Hall and Dennis Pitta into our coverage in this morning's paper:
Hall on BYU's drive after Harvey Unga's goal-line fumble:
"I think we knew we could move the ball on them," he said. "I think we figured out things in the second half that were working for us and we focused on that. We had a great drive, and Harvey [Unga] is our guy. I'd have no one else running the ball, but the guy got a good hit on him and he fumbled the ball. So for us to bounce back and have another long drive and go down and score says a lot about our offense and a lot about our guys on the O-line. I was proud of how they played and proud of how we drove the ball, and I'm glad it worked out for us."
Pitta describing the game:
"It wasn't an easy win, we gotta give credit to Washington. They're a good football team. They came out and they played us tough. We made some mistakes, especially out on that goal line, that we can't be making, shooting ourselves in the foot. We had a chance to put away the game and we didn't take advantage of it. We knew we deserved that win, we knew we played hard, and we never doubt ourselves when it comes down to one play. We know we're going to give it our all, and we were able to come up with a big play at the end."
And regardless of what those talking heads on ESPN, Fox Sports Net, etc., said last night, BYU's 28-27 win over Washington still stands.
On the way out of town, I grabbed a couple Washington newspapers, mostly to see what kinds of headlines they had come up with (the articles are easily obtainable online, but sometimes the headlines differ).
The Tacoma News Tribune had "UW Death By Ref" in its masthead on A-1 with the subheads, "Flag Ruins Thrilling Moment," and "Coach Says Call Was Good."
The main headline in the News Tribune's sports section read: "Officially Devastated" with the subhead "Controversial celebration call costs UW shot at OT."
The Seattle Times' A-1 masthead proclaimed, "A Brutal Call Jolts Huskies." Its main sports section heading went, "Nothing To Celebrate" and underneath that, "Locker's controverisal penalty precedes extra-point miss," somehow missing the fact that the kick was actually blocked.
Columnists in both papers railed on the referees, with the New Tribune's John McGrath and the Times' Steve Kelley saying the Pac-10 officials deserved a penalty.
Both papers ran the large photo moved by the Associated Press that shows BYU lineman Jan Jorgensen busting through the line and blocking the kick.
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Couldn't work these comments from Max Hall and Dennis Pitta into our coverage in this morning's paper:
Hall on BYU's drive after Harvey Unga's goal-line fumble:
"I think we knew we could move the ball on them," he said. "I think we figured out things in the second half that were working for us and we focused on that. We had a great drive, and Harvey [Unga] is our guy. I'd have no one else running the ball, but the guy got a good hit on him and he fumbled the ball. So for us to bounce back and have another long drive and go down and score says a lot about our offense and a lot about our guys on the O-line. I was proud of how they played and proud of how we drove the ball, and I'm glad it worked out for us."
Pitta describing the game:
"It wasn't an easy win, we gotta give credit to Washington. They're a good football team. They came out and they played us tough. We made some mistakes, especially out on that goal line, that we can't be making, shooting ourselves in the foot. We had a chance to put away the game and we didn't take advantage of it. We knew we deserved that win, we knew we played hard, and we never doubt ourselves when it comes down to one play. We know we're going to give it our all, and we were able to come up with a big play at the end."
2:15 PM
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2 Comments:
You mean, "the large photo moved by the Associated Press that shows BYU lineman Jan Jorgensen BEING HELD AS HE IS busting through the line and blocking the kick"?
Yes, that photo. By the way, the photo was taken by Scott Winterton of the Deseret News (a fact I learned after I returned home).
-- Jay
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