Las Vegas Bowl 2007: BYU vs. UCLA

Here are some pictures that Brianna took while at the game. She'll blog later about what we actually did during the week while we were down there. I included a lot of her pictures because this was my last game with the team.

Here's me walking on the field before the game. You can see Coach Bronco and Coach Anae to the left:



Here you can see Austin Collie warming up to the left and Max Hall warming up to the right:


Another picture of Bronco and Anae before the game:


This is where the players would enter the field (under the balloons):



Brianna on the sidelines before the game:


The runningbacks warming up. You can see me and Fui Vakapuna (#1):


Me and the runningbacks huddled before the game:


The runnning backs warming up (left to right- Manase Tonga, Harvey Unga, Fui Vakapuna, Issac Taylor, & Joe Semanoff):


Me with a bunch of footballs:


The team warming up. Number 74 is Travis Bright. He would break his leg in this game:


The team warming up:



The scoreboard before the game:


Shawn Hill, me, and John Bramwell:


Manase Tonga waiving the flag as the team runs onto the field:


The next three pictures are of the Haka that the players do before the game:






The game was kind of boring. UCLA went to kick a field goal at the end of the game but we blocked it! The end was really dramatic so it made up for the earlier boring portion. This is a picture taken from the BYU website. To read the article on the game click here. The kick was blocked by both Eathyn Manumaleuna and Brett Denney:



This is the final scoreboard:


Postgame fireworks:




Brett Denney being interviewed following the game:


Bronco on the big screen accepting the Las Vegas Bowl Trophy:


Ben Brown, me, Andrew Mitchell, and Jon Swift (fellow managers):


Me, Brianna, and Dan Czech:


It's been really fun being a part of the BYU football team. I'll really miss it. It'll be weird watching a game from the stands or watching it on T.V. because for the last five seasons that I've been at BYU (2001, 2004-2007) I've had the privaledge of being in the locker room and on the sidelines. Like I said, it's been fun but it's also time to move on.