Word: brigham
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proposed library site is now partccupied by Peter Bent Brigham's sing school. The building will be hed soon to make...
When the football players at Brigham Young University, a big Mormon school in Provo, Utah, huddle before the game, they do not pray for victory. "We just pray," says a player wryly, "that we'll come out in one piece." For 21 seasons, the toothless Cougars were the pussycats of the Skyline Conference, winning only 69 of 203 games against such middling opposition as Wyoming, Montana, Utah State. B.Y.U. now belongs to the new Western Athletic Conference, and with only three victories in nine games, it is still the weakling of its league. But this season, the Cougars have...
...highly publicized Quarterback Terry Baker was 287 yds. behind: Miami's Ace Quarterback George Mira was 448 yds. away; and Northwestern's Tom Myers trailed Fortie by 575 yds. Fortie's touchdowns: twelve running, six passing, out of B.Y.U.'s 23. Last week, even though Brigham Young lost to Western Michigan 28-20, Fortie stole the show: he gained 131 yds. on the ground (an average of 5.5 yds. per carry), passed for another 75 yds., and accounted for two touchdowns. "If Fortie were playing for a big-time team, they...
...drew only fleeting interest from college scouts. University of Utah boosters invited him to a recruiting banquet, but the dinner was postponed. Utah State talent hunters asked him to a swimming party, took one look at his skinny body in swimming trunks and crossed him off. When less choosy Brigham Young offered him an athletic scholarship, devout Mormon Fortie jumped at the chance. As a sophomore at B.Y.U., he played second-string T-formation quarterback: last year, as a single-wing tailback, he was a sensation when he played, but he spent almost half of the season on the bench...
...Then. This year Fortie is at peak form-even if his team is not. Against George Washington, he picked up 272 yds. rushing; Brigham Young lost. 13-12. Against Arizona, he ran and passed for 343 yds., and B.Y.U. lost that one too, 27-21. But fortnight ago, when cellar-dwelling Brigham Young took on league-leading New Mexico, Fortie got some unexpected help from the usually leaky B.Y.U. defense. He scored one touch down, passed for two more, and outgained the entire New Mexico team 232 yds. to 107 yds. in an upset 27-0 victory...