CALLS OF THE GAME || BYU vs Southern Illinois || BYU FOOTBALL

good evening cougar football fans and welcome back inside Lavale Edwards Stadium on the beautiful Brigham Young University campus in Provo Utah as BYU's second season in the Big 12 Conference kicks off in a non-conference showdown with the Salukis of Southern Illinois Williams shotgun the hand clap the chest tie snap settles in the pocket pressure comes takes up goes down gets maybe a half yard a positive yardage but it'll be fourth down and a defensive three and out to open the season for the Buu cougars Jack Kelly on the wrap-up the Salukis Blitz the throw is underneath it's complete to Marion for the first down he's got Midfield a gain of 10 on Third and five and the cougs moov the chains short Motion in from tight end left to throw is slat right Roberts the catch another chain mover for BYU the first fourth down conversion of the season in shotgun claps the hands givs to hinley Dives forward breaks the playe and scores the touchdown cougar the Cougars first score of 2024 is a Hinkley roati touchdown run running back in pistol formation play fake pressure and a slap sack by Isaiah B Back Field swing pass to the right screen complete but for a loss of yardage Isaiah glasker makes the tackle of third down five rlof takes a deep drop and fires to an open Chase Roberts who makes the catch at the 35 now the 40 and 43 yd line that connection is firing and hitting on all cylinders early Tackle by number pistol roati behind rlof play fake Jake all kinds of time lofs it up looking for Joe Joe touchdown Joe Joe Phillips 57 yds for the score loss on the play as a tackle in the back field kantes Lewis took it on Jet Sweep and Jay Bryant St wrapped him up and threw him down for a loss of five third down and 14 for SIU back at their own 22 yd line in the pocket Williams pocket collapses John Nelson got him Big John brings him down and did they get it off barely and Southern Illinois thought they had not deep downfield tankson makes the catch the 40 the 35 first down BYU the game couldn't have started any better hasn't gone real well the last half hour or so roati has a nice run going however out to Midfield a 16 yd run for hinley to trips left Jake sets in fires over the middle complete to chase Roberts at the 32 there's the catch with 4 seconds to go the rig snap to vanderhart placement down kick on its way plenty of leg and it is through for three career long 50 y for Will faren and that's how the Cougars end the half first and 10 Deep drop for rlof and he goes deep looking for Maran in triple coverage makes a catch at the 12 yd line and what a grab white jerseys all around him Martin behind RL the give to LJ stringing it out to the left the line to gain the three got to the two and on Fourth and three a gain of four to move the sticks he right tight trips to the right LJ receives the pass on the right flat and shers in for six tou down LJ Martin LJ with the TD and the Cougars score a touchdown on the first possession of quarter number three 43 for DBS third down and 10 pressure immediately on Williams steps out of it but not the second or third tackler as he goes down no gain on a third and 11 directed to par they fake it up bat takes the snap tosses to gilan G is tackled short of the line the gain he got three yards on the run to the right Tanner wall makes the tackle and BYU takes over on offense in SIU territory otions Kingston left to right deep drop for Jake settles throws to the go line touchdown makes the catch to the score what a find we always Cate Williams Gun and hand off Benfield stopped in the back field by Logan loule makes the tackle for a loss on the play rlof takes his drop now forced out to the left waves a receiver downfield will tuck and run and get the first down on a third down an eight running to the near sideline for 11 to Christian tonight Williams throws right flat and well covered pass break up from Mark Collins a play fake on a fake handoff to LJ Martin throws on the Deep out to chase Roberts makes a dive for the catch at the 10 yd line and comes up with it Chase Roberts fla Waits a shot gun snap EPS motions behind Red slot they go left to alj alj's got the open field 10, knocked out of bounds near the line to gain the motion of man from left to right to give to LJ middle into the end zone straight ahead touch touchdown alj Martin for the second time tonight and seventh time in his BYU career the coup take a 37-13 [Applause] lead going deep down the right sideline is Williams and it's intercepted Jacob Robinson with his ninth career pick Robinson tackled at the of SIU the first turnover forc in this game and it comes courtesy of number zero with kick number [Music] nine throw left to Miles Davis Davis in the flat down the sideline tripped up oh he almost went for six between the hash marks the ball placed by vanderhart the kick by Farah on it way plenty of a distance and it is through for three 41-13 is our new score and take a knee and that'll do it final score BYU 41 s Illinois 13 season number nine begins just fine for BYU Kanani's ninth season results in a victory he's now won a season opener eight times in nine games