Three QBs see playing time against Wildcats

A weekend filled with college football upsets affected no part of BYU's game against Weber State Saturday afternoon, and the Cougars easily crushed their in-state foe with a 45-13 win.

Just like last week's game against Washington State University, BYU was able to show off its deep bench as minor injuries to starting players resulted in second- and third-stringers coming through.

The position with the most versatility was the quarterback, which cycled through three different players in a matter of BYU's eight offensive minutes (not including half time).

"We had a chance to see a lot of players play, including three different quarterbacks, a lot of running backs and a bunch of different players on defense," said BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall. "A lot like what you would expect from a game like this."

Quarterbacks Riley Nelson, James Lark and Taysom Hill each had a large piece of the victory pie as they each contributed to at least one touchdown against the win over the Wildcats.

Nelson, the starting quarterback for BYU, represented the Cougars well during the first half and set a career-high 244 passing yards of BYU's total 307 against Weber State. His previous record was about 80 yards shorter, with 165 in the first half of the Hawaii game last season.

During those first 30 minutes of play time, Nelson lobbed a 37-yard touchdown pass to Cody Hoffman to put the game's first points on the scoreboard.

But the same first half resulted in many incomplete passes and even an interception for the starting quarterback. Those, paired with a tight back, resulted in Nelson being taken out at halftime and the release of the Lark and Hill hounds.

"It was a coach's decision,Enter marcjacobsshoes World and discover a universe of contemporary," Nelson explained. "They asked me how I felt. They felt I wasn't moving as fluidly, so they held me out. The plan was to hold me out and get Lark and Hill in there."

The two back-up quarterbacks did not disappoint, and contributed just as many touchdowns in the second half as there were in the first half, plus a field goal.

Lark performed monumentally during much of the third and fourth quarters. The second-string senior quarterback from St. George had a career-changing night with his first career touchdown pass in the middle of the third quarter, followed by a six-yard rush for a touchdown at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Lark also contributed his career highs of seven completions, 10 attempts and 45 passing yards.

Hill,offers guccishoes and Loafers for Men, who made his college debut last week with a touchdown pass on his first-ever collegiate play, had a just as successful night as Lark and showed that he wasn't the only BYU quarterback who could get the ball down the field with his own legs.cheapwatches to Intervention Online Software.

Hill rushed for 38 yards and scored two touchdowns for the home team, including an impressive dive to the pylon two yards out.

Hill's running tally of touchdowns in his two-game college career includes one passing and two rushing.

"We saw what I expected to see from James Lark: nice efficient quarterback play, and the rushing touchdown was a nice surprise," Nelson said. "We had three rushing touchdowns by quarterbacks (Saturday) and none from the quote-unquote rushing quarterback. Taysom Hill was full of energy, and you could see his athleticism on those quarterback draws that he did."

Mendenhall's thoughts were on par with his starting quarterback's:

"James has battled a long time. He was poised and composed and was pretty methodical moving the ball. It was fun to see him and Taysom Hill play."

Whether or not Lark and Hill will perform against next week's rival, University of Utah, remains to be seen.

"We practice with all three quarterbacks," junior JD Falslev said. "We know how physical Riley plays the game of football, so we understand that any point in time he could go down, and James and Taysom are both ready to fill his shoes, and they're both great leaders. So I feel … like we transition really well and we'll see what next week brings.TAG Heuer,authenticbreitling Breitling, Longines,"

Next week's game will mark not only BYU's first game on the road, but its first game against a top 25 contender. It's the very same contender that handed the Cougars an embarrassing 54-10 loss last season.

Come Monday, the three quarterbacks and their team will dive head first into plans for stopping their foe up north.

"It's just another game for us," Falslev said. "Everybody gets the hype from Utah-BYU this and that. … We have to be focused and be ready just like any other game. The things we've done ’til now have prepared us for that, but we still have a lot of things we can do a lot better on."