The remaining 2:32 of the first half of the 2010 Maaco Las Vegas Bowl contain more action than the entire first quarter. Boise State's post-score kickoff is returned 19 yards, and the Utes set up at their own 25-yard line.
Matt Asiata runs right for a one-yard loss and a five-yard Utes penalty hands Kyle Whittingham's boys second down and 16 yards to convert. Terrance Cain's second-down pass falls incomplete, and on third down Jereme Brooks attempts a left-side run and gets absolutely nowhere, stopped for zero gain. The Utes punt on 4th-and-16, and Chris Potter runs it back 15 yards.
Boise State has the ball at their own 31-yard line with 44 seconds remaining in the half. Kellen Moore goes first to Titus Young, who catches a 4-yard ball, then to Tyler Shoemaker over the middle for a 25-yard gain. A second 25-yard Shoemaker catch gets the Broncos in the endzone; a tricksome two-point conversion attempt fails, and that'll do it for action in the first half of the 2010 Maaco Las Vegas Bowl. Your halftime score: Boise State 16, Utah 3.
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