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SALT LAKE CITY -- There were plenty of points left on the field when Utah and BYU earned season-opening wins last week and both coaching staffs want to see that corrected this time around.Only one will be satisfied after the two rivals meet on Saturday.BYU pulled off an 18-16 win over Arizona and things dont get any easier this week. The Utes were the lone Power 5 team in the country to pitch a shutout last week and they bring a defensive line that should be among the best in the country.There were a few missed assignments and a few dropped balls and stuff like that that killed drives where we really could have shifted the momentum, BYU quarterback Taysom Hill said. There were a few penalties that caused the same thing, that killed drives and if we dont have those mistakes it wouldnt have been close. I think those are the things that offensively we need to clean up.Hill threw for 202 yards and a touchdown in his first game back from a season-ending foot injury.Utah also struggled to finish drives in a 24-0 win against Southern Utah. The Utes missed a field goal at the end of a 12-play drive and lost a fumble that killed an eight-play drive on the verge of the red zone. They were also eight of 17 on third down conversions.Utah Quarterback Troy Williams threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns in his first start after transferring from Santa Monica College.We want to make a statement this year, Williams said. Knowing we were last in the Pac-12 last year passing the ball, so we want to make a huge statement this year and show everybody we have the guys that can do it and were going to continue to put the ball in the air and make plays. A lot more execution. Try to score more points, for sure. Finish our drives. Thats the main point.Things to watch when Utah hosts BYU:HELP WANTED: The BYU receivers have to provide some help for Hill and running back Jamaal Williams, who ran for 162 yards against Arizona. BYU has waited for 6-foot-6 speedster Nick Kurtz to shine since he arrived in 2014. This would be a good week for him, Jonah Trinnaman, Colby Pearson, Mitchell Juergens and Moroni Laulu-Pututau to have a big night. The Utes have a veteran secondary highlighted by first-team All-Pac-12 safety Marcus Williams.RUNNING UTES: Joe Williams is the starter, but that may not last long. Williams was considered the heir apparent to Devontae Booker, but he was unspectacular after Booker was hurt in 2015 and the senior managed just 49 yards and a fumble on 12 attempts against Southern Utah. Troy McCormick could steal the job with a second consecutive strong outing.ENCORE: Defensive improvements have been expected since BYU hired defensive-minded coach Kalani Sitake, but the season opener exceeded those expectations. The Cougars held coach Rich Rodriguezs offense to just 16 points and 328 yards.You give up 120-something (rushing) yards to Arizona and youre doing backflips, BYU defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki said. Ive been on teams where weve given up 300-plus against those guys. Definitely pleased with the way that they played.LAST TIME: The two teams took two years off from playing in the regular season to the dismay of fans. They met, however, in the Las Vegas Bowl at the end of last season and the Utes held on for a 35-28 win after jumping out to a 35-0 lead. Utah has won five straight against BYU.AVAILABILITY UPDATE: Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said cornerback Dominique Hatfield, who missed last game with a leg injury, was progressing, but didnt confirm if he would play.---AP college football site: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Kareem Copeland on Twitter: www.twitter.com/KareemCopeland Cavaliers Jerseys From China .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Cheap Lebron James Jersey . Paul Pierce couldnt believe he missed at the end. Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. http://www.cheapcavaliersjerseys.com/... . With Parker having a quiet game for once, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw provided the scoring as France won its first major basketball title by beating Lithuania 80-66 on Sunday. 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I think we were 78-4 at home the last two years. ... So basically the only reason fans would leave is if we were ahead. It was a weird night all the way around. Were not used to that. Were not used to losing at home, much less losing by 29 points.A day after that embarrassing 129-100 defeat to San Antonio in the season opener that sent a sellout crowd flooding the exits early, the film showed all the flaws of the Warriors most lopsided loss at home since falling 130-97 to the Lakers on Nov. 28, 2009.I didnt have our guys ready to play, Kerr said. That was apparent on the tape.Yes, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and the Warriors team considered almost untouchable took a pounding at the hands of Kawhi Leonard -- he had a career-high 35 points -- and San Antonio. And it might be the best start Golden State could have asked for to take some pressure off before hitting the road for a tough stretch.The Warriors will be away four of the next five games, beginning Friday in New Orleans. Their only home game over the next nine days is against Durants former Oklahoma City Thunder next Thursday night -- another cant-miss game on the schedule. That starts a back-to-back concluding with a matchup against former top assistant Luke Walton and his new Lakers team in L.A. on Nov. 4.With such a star-studded lineup, Golden State certainly will now be villains instead of fan favorites outside of Oakland.Thats all right, maybe that will motivate us, Kerr said. This stretch of games is good for us, probably good to get out on the road, bond a little bit and get our game going.KD was impressive in his Warriors debut: 27 points on 11-for-18 shooting, 10 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and twwo steals in nearly 37 minutes.dddddddddddd But Splash Brothers Curry and Klay Thompson struggled to connect from long range with any accuracy, their team went 7 for 33 on 3-pointers overall, and the Spurs outrebounded Golden State 55-35 . The Warriors committed 16 turnovers that led to 17 points for San Antonio.It felt like not that we were going to show up and win but if we just show up and play semi-hard were going to win. Thats not the case in the NBA, said Thompson, who was 1 of 6 on 3s. Not against a team like San Antonio. It was a good wakeup call for us. We realize its a long season and we dont want to peak in November, December. We want to peak in May and June.For those keeping track, Golden State has dropped four straight games dating back to June. The Warriors squandered a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals and lost Game 7 to LeBron James and the Cavaliers, missing out on a repeat championship.Im sure the story tomorrow will be KD broke up the chemistry and we cant win with KD and all these other things, which is going to come with the territory, Draymond Green said after Tuesdays loss. Were looking forward to that. We already know thats coming. At the end of the day, its one basketball game. Whether we lost by one point or 30 or 40, its still one game.Kerr fully expected it to take time for his All-Star roster to mesh , yet even Tuesday was a surprise that everything was so out of sorts.The main thing was we didnt look ready to play from the beginning with the effort and intensity it takes to win an NBA game, he said. Weve spoiled ourselves in some ways the last couple years. Weve dominated our home floor. I felt like we kind of expected that to continue, but we were playing one of the best teams in the league that executed like crazy, like they have for many years. And we looked like a team with a lot of new guys trying to figure out where to go. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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