BYU CRANKS IT UP IN OPENER : SARKISIAN: 6 TDS, 536 YARDS VS. TEXAS A&M'S `CREW'.Byline: Bob Mims Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Steve Sarkisian Steve Sarkisian (born March 8, 1974) is a coach and former player of American football. He played the quarterback position, and has worked with quarterbacks during most of his coaching career. He is of Armenian descent. wrecked the ``Wrecking Crew.'' The Brigham Young quarterback threw six touchdown passes Saturday as the Cougars came from behind to upset No. 13 Texas A&M 41-37 in the Pigskin Classic The Pigskin Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Anahiem Stadium from 1990-1994, and continued from 1995-2002 at various stadiums. It was initially created as a west-coast counterpart of the Kickoff Classic and hosted by the National Association of , the opening game of the college football season. ``One thing to remember is when BYU BYU Brigham Young University BYU Bayou BYU Bob's Your Uncle BYU Bayreuth, Germany - Bindlacher Berg (Airport Code) BYU Beyond Your Understanding gets rolling on offense, it's kind of hard to stop the train,'' said Sarkisian, who completed a career-best 33 of 41 passes for 536 yards against A&M's vaunted vaunt v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts v.tr. To speak boastfully of; brag about. v.intr. To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast1. n. 1. ``Wrecking Crew'' defense. Sarkisian threw the winning, 46-yard TD pass to K.O. Keahaluhi with 1:07 remaining. Two of Sarkisian's TD tosses went to Kaipo McGuire, who finished with seven catches for 146 yards. Keahaluhi gained 151 yards on six catches. ``This was a great victory for us ... (but) we've always stepped up for big games,'' said BYU coach LaVell Edwards, referring to upsets of Miami in 1990 and Penn State in 1991. The loss was the first in eight season-openers for A&M coach R.C. Slocum. ``We knew going into the ball game that we had a real vulnerability in the secondary,'' he said. ``We lost three out of four of our starters. Also, we had a lot of respect for BYU's capability to exploit that.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: BYU's Ben Cahoon gathers in a fourth-quarter pass fr om Steve Sarkisian for a 33-yard gain against Texas A&M defender Andre Williams. Associated Press |
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