[Lefty Noob]

Can you believe the Cougars fell to 1-2 with Saturday's loss to Tulsa?

According to the Associated Press, "Senior quarterback Paul Smith passed for a career-high 454 yards and five touchdowns to lead Tulsa to a wild 55-47 victory over Brigham Young on Saturday night... In a game in which the teams with proud passing traditions combined for 1,289 yards, including 1,027 in the air, it was four second-half takeaways -- two interceptions and two fumble recoveries -- by the Tulsa defense and two penalties on a late BYU possession that spelled the difference."

NCAA Football - Brigham Young Cougars/Tulsa Golden Hurricane Recap Saturday September 15, 2007 - Yahoo! Sports

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Can you believe the Cougars fell to 1-2 with Saturday's loss to Tulsa?

According to the Associated Press, "Senior quarterback Paul Smith passed for a career-high 454 yards and five touchdowns to lead Tulsa to a wild 55-47 victory over Brigham Young on Saturday night... In a game in which the teams with proud passing traditions combined for 1,289 yards, including 1,027 in the air, it was four second-half takeaways -- two interceptions and two fumble recoveries -- by the Tulsa defense and two penalties on a late BYU possession that spelled the difference."

NCAA Football - Brigham Young Cougars/Tulsa Golden Hurricane Recap Saturday September 15, 2007 - Yahoo! Sports

wow, sounds wilder than the Bengals-Browns game. Who the heck is Paul Smith?...Is this kid even draft worthy?

[StormChaser]

Who the heck is Paul Smith?...Is this kid even draft worthy?

2003 -- Played in eight games as a true freshman . . . completed 61-percent of his passes for 297 yards and one touchdown . .

2004 -- Sat out the season due to red-shirt status

2005 -- Started all 13 games . . . completed the season by completing 62-percent of his passes for 2,847 yards, 20 touchdowns and just six interceptions . . . ranked second in Conference USA and 24th nationally in passing efficiency . . . also ranked 37th in the nation for points responsible for and 40th in total offense . . . was named the MVP of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl after completing 18-of-27 passes for 234 yards and one touchdown, and rushing for 45 yards and one TD . . . threw for 200+ yards in 10 games, including the final six contests . . .

2006 -- Ranked fifth on the school's single-season passing chart with his 2,727 yards . . . completed 66-percent of his passes for a 141.02 passing efficiency and 209.8 yards per game with 15 touchdowns . . . was named Tulsa's MVP of the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl as he threw for 158 yards and rushed for two TDs . . . named to the Coaches All-C-USA second team and third-team by the media. . . . received ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America second team merits . . . was named to the C-USA 11-member all-Academic team . . . was a finalist for the Wuerffel Award . . . was named C-USA's Scholar Athlete of the Year for football . . . had his first career 300+ passing game with 308 yards vs. Rice . . . threw for 285 yards and three TDs vs. Navy . . . completed over 80-percent of his passes twice, including 16-of-20 (.800) for 229 yards and three TDs vs. Stephen F. Austin and 17-of-20 (.850) for 217 yards and one TD vs. Memphis . . . ranked third in C-USA in total offense and fourth in passing efficiency . . . was named a C-USA Academic Medalist award winner . . .

A three-year letterwinner and two-year starter . . . has played in 34 games and has 26 career starts . . . has thrown for two or more TDs in 10 career games and has 18 200+ career passing games . . . became only the third quarterback in school history to pass for over 2,000 yards in two consecutive seasons . . . ranks second on the school's all-time passing chart with 5,871 yards and 36 touchdowns . . . his 6,418 career total offense yards ranks second on the school's all-time list . . .

2007
GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
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Smith, Paul 2-2 195.95 43-66-2 65.2 761 8 75 380.5