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BYU, Utah Utes football: O-lines may be key to MWC race

Two words Harmon: Dudley LaPorte. Best TE in the MWC.

Finally, a real football article!

Good article, I think that this year has the potential of being very special year for both teams. As a sports fan, you can't ask for anything more... I know that as a state you guys normally dont get the national recondition that it deserves, but take it form me as a visitor... Utah has a great sports environment. Here hoping for a great college football season.

GO UTES!

the utes have the best of every position in the Mountain west. the conference is weak and BYU just brings it down to another level. The utes will go undefeated and The BYU cougars and their fans will go from we are gods team, to what the heck happened to our team. they will go 2-10. UTAH NATIONAL CHAMPS 08!

As a die-hard Ute fan I must admit Mr. Harmon wrote a fairly non-BYU biased good article.

Interesting to note though that there was little to no mention of the defensive side of the ball other than DL. Kind of convenient for Mr. Harmon to leave out LB, safeties, and corners from his pre-season ranking categories. Could that be due to the fact that outside of Jorgenson BYU doesn't have a whole lot of proven talent on defense?

I fully expect some of the new guys to step up, but I will argue that BYU will only be as good as their defense. BYU should not expect to skip through the MWC given road games at both Utah and TCU. If the defense doesn't pull its own weight I wouldn't want to be in a shoot out against Utah come November. Utah has enough talent at the corners, safety, and LB position that I see that game as Hall's biggest throwing challenge. Of course on the other side of the ball, if Utah can't stop the run then Hall won't need to throw the ball. Admittedly both teams have some defensive question marks to fill.

Ute, What have you been smoking?

The Utes have the best of every position in the MWC? Take off the red goggles! There is a remote possibility the Utes could go undefeated. The same is true of BYU. However, doing so would not put either team in the so-called national championship game.

As an example of how some partisan fans are mindlessly "blinded" in their quest to criticize anything written by Dick Harmon, the writer of the "Nice Article" post states, "Kind of convenient for Mr. Harmon to leave out linebackers, safeties and corners from his pre-season categories."

Did your rush to find something to criticize about Harmon lead you to completely skip over what he wrote about the safeties and corners? The articles states, �Best Secondary? Utah, hands down.�

What kind of a football fan doesn�t know what a �Secondary� is? Here it is, laid out plain and simple for you: [Safeties + Corners = Secondary]. We Ute fans ought to be embarrassed having one of our own post such a knucklehead comment. This makes it hard to criticize any partisan comments BYU fans post.

Geez! Where are all the BYU fans this morning?

Good luck to the Utes. Personally, I root for you guys in every game except the BYU game. I hope you have a great season. It will make the cougars win over you in November look a lot better!

Its all talk right now but when November comes, I bet on both teams undefeated in it's best rivalry game ever.

Very well written article Mr. Harman. Thank you. May I remind everyone.....
Harline is still open.
Collie is still open....
And send us your best 4th and 20+

Utes, I love you spunk and belief in Utah. Let us be realistic. Utah will win 10 or more games as long as they keep there focus in September and October.

The biggest question for BYU is simply will they get out of September 4-0. If they do look out it will be hard to stop them. Gone are the days when they loose more games than they win so 2-10 is just stupid.

But hey thanks for the laugh.

Just a small correction for Nice Article guy. Harmon did actually mention that the Utes have the best secondary, so DL was not the only defensive postion mentioned

I believe this writer has underestimated New Mexico. I feel that TCU is better than both Utah and BYU.

one word for you ReLoad.

As Bronco showed last year when he had almost his whole defence (back field being mostly walk ons) and really no one on offence back they managed to pick up where they left off the season before.

That is what Reloading is and it comes from making people earn their positions through practice. When the BYU secondary steps up and is as good as they were last year just remember it was a reloaded team.

I think that any of the other teams in the MWC will hate visiting the state of Utah this year. Perhaps the reason Mr. Harmon didn't mention more of the defense was because the article seemed to be more a review of the offensive lines with mention of some of the players that will stand out at other positions and then addressing how defensive lines might handle the offensive lines.
Other than the Ute fan with the red goggles, I think most will admit that BYU returns a strong defensive line. Many article in the national media fail to mention the return of Tialavea. The Utes have the best proven secondary. BYU has some new guys in the upcoming secondary that may start to shine and that may be shown later in the year.
With a little luck it could be BYU and Utah facing each other as undefeated teams during the last game of the year. I'm concerned that it will be in SLC, but it should be a great game. Go Cougs!

I thought this was a BYU blog! The closet fans sure are contaminated with hate. Why don't those fans from up north create your own blog? I tired of hearing your bragging and then in the fall hear your whinng about losing...again.

Wow we actually have some pleasant comments on one of these boards (minus "utes" who is probably a cougar in disguise or someone just trying to rile up the board). Lines are always the most important thing, which is where BYU has always stood out and Utah is catching up. That is the reason Hall could put up sick numbers last year. He had all day to pass. These are the guys who get the least respect with the most responsibility.
BYU will be great because of their line, and Unga who I think is under appreciated in the press (all I hear about is Hall). With a legitimate running game, the passing attack is always dangerous too.
Utah is going to be stacked as well. Let's hope Johnson is healthy and he gets some production out of his receivers.
Let's just get the season started already. I can't wait for the Michigan game.
Go Utes.

Can't we make these retarded Ute fans go away and pretend to read their own newspaper? Harmon writes for BYU - that's his job. Don't like it? Don't read it,and please spare the rest of us from your dribbling down your face.

Hey Nice Article Dude, how long have you been following football? Apparently not very long since you don't even know that the secondary is comprised of safetys and corners. Dick said that Utah hands down has the best secondary, so he did give you credit. Take your red goggles off for a second UTE! He gave you way more credit than you deserved.