LJ Martin Runs for Three Scores as BYU Rolls Colorado State
337 rushing yards to 82. That is the whole story, and the rest is detail. BYU beat Colorado State 41-23, went to 3-0, and left the Rams at 2-1.
It started on the first big play. LJ Martin ran 56 yards for a touchdown with 14:11 left in the first quarter, Colorado State tied it at 7-7 with a 7-yard pass from Hauss Hejny to RJ Vick, and that was the last time the game was level. Martin scored again from two yards and then from eight, and BYU led 21-7 after one quarter. A Matthias Dunn field goal and a 5-yard Legend Glasker run made it 31-7 at the half, and Preston Rex pushed it to 38-7 in the third.
Colorado State scored the last two touchdowns of the day, both with two-point conversions, to make it 41-23 with 1:58 left. Do not read much into that. The Rams were down 38-7 before they got going, and BYU answered the first of those with a 26-yard Dunn field goal. Bear Bachmeier only needed 12 completions on 16 attempts for 227 yards, and BYU's 564 total yards beat the Rams' 302 by 262. The Cougars threw two interceptions and it did not matter in the slightest.
For fantasy, Martin had the kind of afternoon that wins a week: 15 carries, 176 yards and three touchdowns. Glasker caught five passes for 131 yards and added a score on the ground, which is a very good use of three carries. Vick was the lone Ram in the top three, and he got there on one touchdown catch.