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2005
Week 6
at Rutgers (L, 21-27)
2-2, 1-0
Well it was a see-saw battle all the way, but in the end Rutgers came out on top. An impressive 4th quarter rally allowed them to overcome a 21-14 deficit. BYU's offense seemed pretty stagnant this week; the top receiver was FB Darrin Money with 36 yards, and two of BYU's three touchdowns were via interceptions. Herb didn't have any FG attempts, so he couldn't really help the cause.
Week 7
vs. Wyoming (W, 52-7)
3-2, 2-0
Not only was it a conference win, but it was an absolute slaughter. BYU was up 21-0 at the half, and things only got uglier and uglier. Wyoming QB Spooner went 8-for-17 with 56 yards. And their rushing game was plagued by 4 fumbles. Seriously, this one was more one-sided than the opening game vs. Bellingham.
Herb helped out the cause in the 3rd quarter with an easy 23-yard field goal. But in the 4th quarter, with the ball on Wyoming's 16 yard line, Herb was brought in to attempt a 33-yard FB...and missed wide on his second attempt of the day. That means he's 1/3 in attempts over 30 yards. That's definitely not good.
Week 8
at San Diego State (W, 24-9)
4-2, 3-0
Another easy win...and another tough day for Herb. He kicked a 34-yard FG in the 1st quarter to tie the game at 3-3, but missed a 32-yarder late in the 4th quarter. Of course, the game was already decided at that point, but you just can't miss easy field goals like this. This one was wide left, but again no wind or anything.
In fact, I've checked and the only game BYU has played so far where there was significant was Week 6 at Rutgers...the only game where Herb didn't attempt a FG, so that doesn't explain his poor start.
On a lighter note, Herb does seem to be doing pretty well in school so far. His courseload is a strange one: Nuclear Engineering, Political Science, Statistics, and Linguistics are 4 of his classes (the 5th is Kinesiology, his major). He's at about a 3.5 GPA at this point, and hardly spends any time in "study hall". Did he just pick those classes at random or something?
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