Weber State Survives a Blocked Extra Point to Beat Northern Colorado 30-29
Two blocked extra points. One-point game. That is the whole story, and Weber State will take it.
The lead changed hands four times. Mathias Price ran 31 yards as the first quarter ran out to make it 7-3, and Kenny Lueth's 2-yard run late in the second put the Bears up 13-10, though that extra point was blocked. Weber State kept answering. Noah Kjar caught a 15-yard touchdown from Devin Brown early in the second, and a 34-yarder with a minute left in the half for a 17-13 lead. David Dellenbach added field goals of 42 and 39 yards in the third, and it was 23-13.
Northern Colorado kept coming. Lueth scored again early in the fourth, Mapa Vaenuku answered with a 1-yard run for a 30-20 Weber State lead, and Benson Ashley kicked a 23-yard field goal to make it 30-23. Then Lueth threw 12 yards to Trey Olsen with 3 seconds left, and the extra point was blocked again. It ended 30-29. Make either blocked kick and it is 30-30, and we are playing overtime.
The yardage was lopsided in the wrong direction. Northern Colorado gained 485 yards (259 on the ground on 46 carries) to Weber State's 371, and had no turnovers, while Brown threw one interception for Weber State, which also sacked Northern Colorado twice. The Wildcats started 1-0, the Bears 0-1, and I am not sure either team can explain it.
Fantasy managers who started Lueth got 36.0 points, and still did not get the win.