After BYUfootball went winless in October, BYU’s chance at a bowl game is about as narrow a path as possible.
Brigham Young Cougars running back Lopini Katoa is tackled as BYU hosts East Carolina, NCAA football in Provo on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022.As the clock ticked under four minutes and the offense huddled on the sideline, Lopini Katoa thought to himself what the rest of the stadium already knew.
Less than two minutes of game time later, Katoa was back on the sidelines. The offense went three-and-out and Katoa watched what the beginning of the end looked like. East Carolina, on its final drive, setting up a 33-yard field goal to walk it off at LaVell Edwards Stadium.Now, BYU is 4-5 and wondering if it has any realistic chance at a bowl game. Having to win two of three games in November, after going winless in October, is about as narrow a path as possible.
But it didn’t matter that BYU was closer. It was the same result in a streak of now four losses. An empty, often head scratching, month of October meant that this program didn’t have a margin of error for close losses like this. BYU played the game plan exactly how it wanted to all night. It kept its struggling defense off the field, running the ball for 244 yards and grinding the clock for almost 34 minutes.
The Pirates, on their final drive, did just enough to expose the weaknesses of the defense. They ran the ball to get into BYU territory, as they did all night to gain 227 yards. Keaton Mitchell ended with 176 yards as he bounced run after run to the outside.
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