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Article: BYU serves up turnovers, gets creamed in the process

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September 20, 2009
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So, what happened to that snazzy No. 7 ranked BYU football team that outplayed and upset Oklahoma and destroyed Tulane on the road before dropping its first home game of the season in Provo of all places?

Simple.

The Cougars met up with an opponent with an offensive line 10 times better than the Sooners and 11 times superior to Tulane. And the defense wasn't ready.

BYU's defensive front seven, who looked so lively in Dallas and New Orleans, were totally neutralized by Florida State blockers. Those guys clamped down and locked like wolverines on a femur.

"They were a better team than we were tonight," said BYU senior QB Max Hall.

In a shootout with the Seminoles, the Cougars imploded with ...

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