Bear Bachmeier throws 4 picks as Utah beats BYU
TLDR: No. 3 Utah beat No. 9 BYU 28-20 in the Holy War after picking off Bear Bachmeier 4 times, including on 3rd and goal late and on the final heave with 2 seconds left.
For about 15 minutes of football this one belonged to Bear Bachmeier. Utah jumped out 14-3, and then BYU found the home-run ball.
That bomb kicked off 17 straight BYU points in the 2nd quarter, and the Cougars went into the half at Rice-Eccles up 20-14. Dave Portnoy, who has picked BYU as his team for the year, was all in on it.
Rico Bosco didn't buy it. All afternoon he kept saying Bachmeier was throwing balls Utah should have caught, and by the second half the picks were showing up on the stat sheet.
Things got worse from there. BYU didn't score again after halftime, and Devon Dampier threw a touchdown pass and ran for another to put Utah back ahead 28-20. BYU still drove all the way to the goal line with a chance to tie. On 3rd and goal with 4:45 left, Bachmeier threw it right to a Utah defender.
That was Trey Reynolds, according to KSL. BYU got 1 more shot in the final seconds, and Bachmeier's desperation throw to the end zone was picked off by Nate Ritchie with 2 seconds left. That made 4 interceptions on the day. Utah moves to 9-0, ends a 3-game Holy War losing streak and is the only unbeaten team left in the Big 12. Portnoy needed about 30 minutes to write the season's obituary.
Is that true? Not technically. CBS framed it as BYU's road to the Playoff narrowing, not closing, but BYU already lost at UCF in October, and now it has lost the head-to-head with the Big 12 favorite too. Utah is one step from a conference title game spot, and ESPN's numbers have the Utes at roughly 90% to make the CFP. BYU now needs help. A 75-yard bomb gave BYU the halftime lead, but 4 picks decided the game, and Bosco called it before most of them happened.
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