10 years ago today: TCU 32 BYU 7

[LVH]

Where does this game rank up there in terms of big wins for the program.

I think it was a turning point game. Dalton returned after missing the last 2 games and was a different QB. After his mediocre freshman year and average start to the 2008 season, this was kind of his coming out party. Yeah we lost at Utah a few weeks later but this win was still big as BYU had owned us the past 2 years and was on a huge conference winning streak. Not to mention Kerley tearing things up in the wildcat and Hughes having a big game as well.

I feel like this win was the table setter for the next few years through the Rose Bowl.

 

[Bonner4Prez]

I wonder if the guys that rushed the field still have permanent damage from the cops beating them up

 

[dawg]

I have fond memories of this game. BYU game in ranked, IIRC, in the top ten and had plastered us pretty good the previous two seasons. The final score did not do justice to the can of whupass we opened up on them.

2008 definitely paved the way for 2009, and the bitter losses to Utah and Boise definitely led to the greatest football moment most of us have experienced.

 

[Bob]

AB says Bye-Bye

 

[froglep]

Was this the Thursday night game where Jerry Hughes made Max Hall his beotch?

 

[froglep]

After checking...yes. Yes it was the same game. My how a lot has changed...

 

[StigFrog]

"The Quest" came to an end that night. I enjoyed the byu fan's stunned faces. Max Hall still has nightmares.

 

[Frog45]

I proposed to my wife the night after that game. I literally picked up the ring minutes before parking at the stadium. I was scared s---less to leave it in my car, and also terrified I was going to have it fall out of my pocket at ACS. Never took my left hand out of my pocket the whole game.

 

[MTfrog5]

I remember watching BYU in pregame warm ups thinking their OL looked really slow. Well Jerry Hughes and company proved my thought to be correct. Was a fun game for sure but I remember the 2009 game at Provo more for whatever reason.

 

[froglep]

So many studs on that team.