It's time to determine the greatest BYU football game ever ? and it's all up to you.
This matchup features the No. 1 and No. 4 seeds in the Home Games region, a triumph over a defending national champion and a victory over one of the winningest coaches in history.
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Which one will move on and which one will be eliminated? Be sure to cast your vote in the poll on the right side of the screen to decide which of these was the greater moment for BYU football.
Here is a look at today's matchup:
No. 1 seed
BYU 28, Miami 21 (1990)
Records and AP ranking (entering the game): BYU 1-0 (No. 16), Miami 0-0 (No. 1)
What happened: The Cougars welcomed the top-ranked Hurricanes, who were also the defending national champions, to Provo. BYU started moving the ball up and down the field on the vaunted Miami defense on its way to nearly 500 yards of offense, but five turnovers made it a see-saw battle. With the fans in LaVell Edwards Stadium urging their team on, the Cougars took the lead on a TD pass from Ty Detmer to Mike Salido late in the third quarter. A pair of huge pass breakups near the goal line preserved a signature win for BYU.
Signature play: In on the touchdown pass to Salido, Detmer dropped back, slipped out from between two Miami defenders who crashed into each other, rolled to his right, waited for the Hurricanes to converge and then passed to Salido. Salido had originally stayed in to block but slipped out of the backfield to make the TD catch.
What it meant: The victory marked the only time the Cougars have ever defeated the top-ranked team in the country and set Detmer on a course the would result in him winning the 1990 Heisman Trophy. Miami ended up ranked No. 3 at the end of the year.
No. 4 seed
BYU 30, Penn State 17 (1992)
Records and AP ranking (entering the game):?BYU 4-4 (NR), Penn State 6-2 (No. 14)
What happened:?The Cougars surprised everyone as they took on a talented Nittany Lion squad and outplayed them for most of the game. BYU was coming off a big loss to Notre Dame but a trio of touchdown passes by Cougar quarterback Ryan Hancock and a rushing score by Kalin Hall gave BYU an impressive 27-3 lead at the half. Penn State rallied late behind the play of quarterback Kerry Collins but could never get close enough to threaten.
Signature play:?Late in the first half, Hancock went deep to speedster Tyler Anderson, who made the catch and went all the way for an 80-yard score.
What it meant:?In a season that saw four different QBs play for the Cougars, BYU never found its rhythm but still came up with a signature win against Joe Paterno and his Nittany Lions.
Jared Lloyd's Take
I don't know if there is much of an argument with this one as the win over a decent Penn State team was nice ... but it's not in the same stratosphere as the titanic victory over the Hurricanes.
The Pick: BYU 28, Miami 21 (1990)
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