Brigham Younger Cougars quarterback Jaren Corridor (3) comes off the sector after the Cougars’ loss to the Notre Dame Combating Irish at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
LAS VEGAS — About the one particular person at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday evening who didn’t assume BYU quarterback Jaren Corridor appeared himself was Corridor himself.
The Cougars (4-2) didn’t get the same old excellent efficiency from their fifth-year junior QB and fell 28-20 to the Notre Dame Combating Irish in entrance of a sellout crowd of 62,742.
Corridor received dinged up in BYU’s 38-26 win over Utah State final week, and though BYU managed to maintain it quiet that he was affected by a shoulder concern, phrase unfold earlier than the sport that he wasn’t fairly proper, and he spent lots of time with trainers in pregame warmups stretching quite a bit and throwing little or no.
“No, no, no. Opposite to in style perception, no shoulder harm. I really feel good.” — BYU quarterback Jaren Corridor.
However after trying simply 17 passes, finishing 9, for 120 yards and two touchdowns, Corridor insisted he was OK.
“No, no, no,” he mentioned within the postgame information convention, when requested if he felt restricted in opposition to the Irish. “Opposite to in style perception, no shoulder harm. I really feel good.”
Requested why he tried simply 17 passes, a season-low, Corridor mentioned it wasn’t as a result of the protection didn’t get off the sector sufficient to supply the offense extra alternatives. BYU ran simply 46 performs, to Notre Dame’s 73.
“It had nothing to do with (the protection) and every little thing to do with us on offense,” he mentioned. “If you get the primary drive of the sport, first play, and throw an interception, that's on the quarterback, that's on me.”
It was Corridor’s first interception, and BYU’s first turnover, for the reason that season opener at USF.
Later within the first half, Corridor was sacked in the long run zone for a security — he had time to throw, however a pair receivers received tousled and he didn’t have any choices.
“All that stuff is on me. I'm the quarterback, with the ball in my fingers,” he mentioned of the offense’s worst efficiency of the season.
“So it isn't on our protection, and then you definitely don’t get a snap just about the entire second quarter, simply one other odd quarter for us, within the first half. It's simply not sustainable and you'll’t rating factors that manner and it's simply actually exhausting to win video games.”
Requested for a second time about his situation, Corridor barely acknowledged that he’s not fully wholesome.
“Everyone is dinged up. Everyone has their factor. I felt 100%. Earlier within the week, a little bit completely different story, however tonight I felt nice. So yeah,” he mentioned.
Head coach Kalani Sitake mentioned he didn’t assume Corridor was 100% however it was nonetheless the most suitable choice to play him.
“I believe he was banged up,” Sitake mentioned. “We have to return and work out what our sport plan was and see what we will do (higher). I believed he made some actually good throws, particularly within the second half.
“We are going to see how he feels after this.”
Receiver Kody Epps, who caught 4 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns, mentioned Corridor didn’t seem restricted to him.
Within the second half, Corridor nearly pulled off extra magic, boosting his passer ranking to 139.3. On the 4th and 1 play that Notre Dame stuffed within the fourth quarter, stopping Lopini Katoa chilly, Corridor mentioned it was the “similar play” that was referred to as earlier than the timeout.
“We've got that play for a brief yardage play in that state of affairs. We've got run it earlier than this 12 months, and it has labored. We simply didn’t make it work,” Corridor mentioned.
The Cougars additionally didn’t get the ball to star receiver Puka Nacua sufficient. He had only one catch, for 10 yards, and dropped a ball on an important third and seven play within the fourth quarter after Max Tooley picked off Drew Pyne.
Nacua was held on the play by a Notre Dame defensive again, however flags didn’t fly.
Each groups have been penalized simply as soon as within the clear, hard-hitting sport.
Corridor needs the Cougars might have a pair performs again, like that one and the fourth-down flop, calling the competition a possibility misplaced for BYU.
“The chance was there for us. We simply let it slip by means of our fingers. Simply didn’t make sufficient performs, so it was very irritating,” Corridor mentioned.
“It breaks your coronary heart. We like to win and play this sport, however generally you lose and also you come up quick. However we gotta battle again and that will likely be a check of what we're made from as a crew.”