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It took awhile for the BYU offense to get rolling Saturday night against Hawaii, but once it did, there was no stopping the Cougars. BYU rolled up a season-high 530 yards in a 41-20 pasting of the Warriors. All those yards didn't come in the third quarter; it just seems that way. At 9-3, the Cougars will find out their Armed Forces Bowl opponent in a teleconference Sunday at 1 p.m. MST. Of course, Riley Nelson got the start against Hawaii, and played perhaps the best game of his career, at least from a passing perspective. He completed 25 of 37 passes for three touchdowns with no interceptions. There were a couple of drops, or those numbers would have been even better. Nelson says he knew back on Tuesday that he was going to play and start, even if the coaching staff and trainers said he would be a game-time decision. "Strategic reasons, I guess," he said after the game. Receiver Ross Apo caught two touchdown passes, part of an outstanding performance by BYU's receiving corps. "Riley is an animal," Apo said. "He's such a freak. ... You probably couldn't even tell that he punctured his lungs a couple weeks ago. ... Every time Riley gets on the field, it is always a spark to the team." OK, he really didn't puncture his lungs. Just had one collapse. But you get the picture.———————— After the game, coach Bronco Mendenhall predicted that the one-handed catch by Cody Hoffman that went for a touchdown would make one of the plays of the day on ESPN. He was right. Hoffman caught seven passes for 123 yards and a touchdown. With great size and hands, Hoffman is looking more and more like a future pro. Mendenhall raved about the play Nelson made before throwing the 38-yard TD pass to Hoffman — Nelson ducked under a defensive lineman's grasp, stumbled a bit, and then threw the strike to the streaking Hoffman. A couple possessions before that, Nelson was literally going down when he heaved a ball in Hoffman's direction that Hoffman caught for a 21-yard gain on third-and-8. Two players later, Nelson threw a 12-yard TD pass to Apo for the go-ahead TD, making it 17-13.———————- Another of Mendenhall's favorite plays was the 18-yard run by seldom-used senior receiver Spencer Hafoka. The coach said BYU's offensive coaches designed the play to get the ball into Hafoka's hands and reward him for a career of devotion and unselfishness. He said Hafoka's teammates' reaction to his big play shows how much the native of Kahuku, Hawaii, is liked for his perseverance and selfless attitude.