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Cougs, Utes destined for showdown

Hey, lookie here. An article about the University of Utah, kind of.

A partial billing with big brother is better than nothing Utah, so no more complaining.

Yeah right, in the last week or so there have been 5 stories/columns exclusively about byU football and ZERO about Utah football. I think this makes 3 that include both byU and Utah.

The D-News is so biased toward covering byU it is PATHETIC.

I don't even expect the same amount of coverage, just half or even a quarter of the coverage would be nice.

THE COUGS ARE GOING TO BE AWESOME THIS YEAR! I REALLY BELIEVE WE HAVE A SHOT AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS!

Hey Partial....

It's BYU looking to follow big brother's footsteps to the BSC party. Fot Utah its been there, done that.

Until BYU accompishes their BSC goal they will always be a pesty and annoying "little brother".

Here we go again with the stupid smack talking from BYU fans. This benign article [like others from last week] starts to bring out the unbelievable arrogance from BYU faithful. As a recent transplant to Utah from Arizona [Pac 10 territory] and Missouri [Big 12 country], I could probably be fairly objective about BYU's football program. However, the typical BYU fan is so arrogant and so obnoxious, it is difficult to like their team at all and remain independent. Their arrogance and trash-talking - before their team has done anything- makes USC, Oklahoma and Texas fans look like they are just the most fair minded folks around. After BYU goes undefeated and wins a BCS game, then maybe their fans can start all the big talk - not before the accomplishment.

I really don't care what either side says about this game, all i know is that it'll be good. Neither team sucks. They are both really good. I'm stoked. But Go Cougars!

I am looking forward to the small trip to see BYU play in the Fiesta Bowl.
Go Cougs and go Utes as well!

I'm new in Utah and from the east coast. I really just recently started following the Utah/BYU rivalry. The Ute fans seem like they are a hypersensitive bunch, especially now that the media is hyping BYU. BYU fans are to be commended for not rubbing it in even more since being on top of Utah college sports. The Utes are definitely the little brother here, not hard to see from an unbiased position.

May the best team win.

Why don't you keep your opinion to yourself until either of the arizona schools or missouri goes undefeated or wins a BCS bow. Maybe then we'll take what you have to say seriously.

Hey if byu goes 11-2 2 years in a row that gives byu fans bragging rights. Now if BYU goes undefeated this year I hope you realize you will hear a lot of pride coming from byu fans. And Byu is is no way the little brother of utah, BYU was the last non bcs team to win a national title, so byu is big brother to utah, sorry ute fans.

Since we have mUTES talking about the past and following footsteps then maybe its them that want to follow the cougs in winning a NATIONAL TITLE(Something they didn't accomplish in going undefeated and winning a BS I mean BCS Bowl). Lets not live in the past but in the present where results have been nothing but BLUE.

As a transplant from So Cal (Pac 10 territory, like that gives me any credence) I can tell you that BYU is going to be very good this year. So will Utah.

And having lived all over the place...

No BYU fans are not any more arrogant than any other fans.

That is what being a FAN is all about.

Cheer for your team.

Go cougars. Bust the BCS!

Ah yes. Let's trash the Yewts. After all, it is July, and the teams are already firmly in the control of the ....strength coaches.

While Harline and Collie are in fact still open, the Yewts could just as easily have covered both and we would all be singing a different tune.

Northern Illinois is a dangerous game. UCLA will be unhappy about losing the bowl game by a fingertip. They have to go to Washington. Both teams get the infamous PAC-10 officials. I can't believe that TCU doesn't have some players. The rest of the conference will be gunning for the two-year conference champs.

Guys can get hurt. Field goals can be missed. Coverages can be blown (ask the Yewts). And then there's, well, just Tulsa days. But it's July. 12-0 is possible. Heck, we can hope for 11-1 for the Yewts. I do believe that BYU has a better program and slightly better players. But we might all be sitting around in December pointing out that Cummard is back, and asking if the winning streak in the Marriott Center can be extended.

I'm not a fan of either school actually, but for a Utah fan to call BYU its little brother seems a little ridiculous...don't ya think??

BYU has 10x the tradition that Utah has; where I come from, no one even knows anything about the state except for the Jazz, BYU, and Mormons.

Let's just live in the year of the Urban Myth, or National Championship.

Or let's not.

Nothing magical happened for the Utes before, or since.

Since pre-season ranking and Bowl appearances apparently don't matter to either side, let's just look at the end of season rankings. I know one team finished one year 4th and 5th , and another #1 and #2.

The Utes argue that Conference doesn't matter, only road wins agains BCS teams, of course then their UCLA game was not in the Rose Bowl with PAC 10 officials. Most glaring road loss for Utah, UNLV, and we all know that scoring zero against UNLV is sort of pathetic.

BYU lost at the Rose Bowl in a winnable game, and ran the MWC undefeated for the second year. They beat on overmatched, highly motivated UCLA squad with a blocked field goal, so many Utes don't count the W. However, I have seen more blockd field goals in football, than fumbles inside the 10 at the end of the first half, so I would say UCLA was the luckier team in their loss.

All the early season talk means nothing.

But, Byu looks better than Utah This Year.

Way-way-WAY-better.

Combined, I lived in Washington state and Arizona for 25 years. So far, I have lived in Texas for 2. I'm surrounded by Longhorns, Aggies, Sooners(A&M), and Cowboys(OSU) and they are pretty intense about their teams.

So Mr. Nit, let me tell you things from my perspective. Maybe I am one of those arrogant BYU fans you and your ilk talk about. I think we have a pretty good team. I think that with the offense that we have returning and with some luck with the defense we can have a very, very good year. With a good showing I am hoping BCS, why does that make me arrogant?

My father when 70 years old went with my brother-in-law to Husky Stadium in Seattle to watch BYU play. At that point he had paid taxes to Washington state for 45 years, raised several law-abiding children , one of whom attended UW. He isn't a football fanatic, but sat in the middle of a bunch of mean-spirited, epithet-shouting Husky fans. He made the mistake of audibly cheering for BYU when they scored. The abuse that rained down on an old man was scary. Yeah, PAC-10, class act.

The NIT - I think we are long lost brothers. You couldn't be more right.

Thank you for demonstrating an arrogant and obnoxious post.

If Utah posted 11-2 records, two outright MWC titles, and their entire offense was returning, what would your talk be like? Has Utah been close to a MWC championship since Whit took over? NO, yet the smack from the pill is also BCS, talk about arrogance. Typical delusion U fan.

Here we go.

The Ute fans are going to rant and rave about a good seaon one year, go out and underpreform, blame someone, and be a wannabe also-ran-third-in-MWC defenders again, if they even do that well.

The Des News published a nice article on BJ recently, so we can quit that whine. And didn't they say in that article that Coach Kyle's goal was to win MWC.

The last two years, they have been measured, and found to be lacking.

Before all you Ute Fans jump on anyone, stop with the excuses and jump on your coaching staff to bring home the conference title. If the conference is so weak, you should not have left it on the table the past two years.

It's easy to do. Just beat everyone,

Until then, my "Little, Jolley. Utah Utah Men- Sir", how about a little quiet time.

And, My NIT-Pack-10-country transplant, your post reeks of arrogance. I really doubt that a person of your arrogance cares about objectivity. If that means you dislike BYU, there are 64,000 ready to take your seat at LES. I tink you would be better off with the humility and seat availibility shown at RES.

How many of you Ute fans buy season tickets so you can have a guaranteed good seat to watch a quality team like BYU play at least once every other year?

If BYU left the conference, and did not play Utah, how bad do you think the sale of Ute Season Tickets would go down? Plus, would you lose the mtn on DirecTV?

Craig (afraid to show his face to present the trophy) Thompson and Dr. Chris Hill, you are welcome.

Let the BYU Bashing begin.