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BYU, Utah Utes football: BYU, Utah predicted to be MWC's top teams
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And how does someone say BYU is a community college, when it has nearly 8,000 more full-time students than the U? Sounds like the U needs to step up!
"Utah faces Oregon State (16), BYU (17), and Michigan (21).BYU faces UCLA (33), Utah (34), and Washington (55)."
So, you are saying your team, which had a much less difficult SOS and had a worse record along with it will beat BYU who had a higher SOS and who won more games? You basically said BYU is a better team than Utah so when Utah loses to BYU they will have a tougher SOS because Utah is so much weaker. That is a Utah fan's logic for you! Your powers of deduction are dizzying!
Utah should be, and I hope will be, good this year. The deciding factor is if they can get some consistency. That will not happen if they can't learn to channel their emotion into action beyond the BYU game.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Whine, whine, whine."
Dudes, funny back in third grade, but were talking Universities.
If you didn't graduate, stay off the boards.
Serious, from now on, if you can't bring something intelligent, just play video games or clean your rooms.
That, or these meetings are.
Until Craig Thompson has the courage to step on the field to present a Conference Championship Trophy, the MWC is as impotent as he is.
I guess I'll still watch the games anyway.
As regards these preseason player awards, I think they are stupid. People are actually acting like these players have earned something at this point.
The preseason media picks are for entertainment value only. I think those who are not picked get more motivation than those who are picked to win.
BYU should speak sofely and humbly and prove it on the field. Otherwise, be quiet.
Two years ago this is all I heard was: BSC this and BCS that coming from these same byU fans and coming from BECK and BROWN! The 2006 byU team had the same, if not better, "odds" and how did that work for them? At least the 2006 team had a defense, what does byU have returning for their defense this year? 3 players, get real about having odds!
Try winning on the road against A BCS team, one, before you say the odds are on your side! PS Locker and Washington is going to be a much harder game than you byU fans think! Washington had 7 4th quarter leads last including USC and OHIO State last year! If Washington can hang with "REAL" BCS teams, like USC and Ohio State, they are going to do good against byU!
What is this love affair the MWC has with BYU and Utah. Should the rest of us leave town and just let those two teams flip a coin?
Seriously, our kids are picked ninth, and that has to creep into their minds, making them think they lost before the game is even played.
Between this, The Mtn., and the Vegas Bowl, the MWC has to be the most poorly run conference in the country.
What a joke.
The shame award goes to a team that gets killed when they are trying to go to a BCS game!
2001:
byU fans talked about suing the BCS and the fiesta bowl in 2001, "we are 11-0 and we are going to sue and boycott Tostitos chips".....I remember well.
What happened at Hawaii that year? 70+ points? Really 70+ points! Was this a basketball game or a football game? That is the most Shame game in the MWC history, the league had a chance to go to a BCS game and once again byU shamed themselves nationally!
Shame, what happened at Tulsa last year? 55 points? Once again was it byU basketball team playing?
Shame, what happened at home against TCU in 2005? Gave up 50+ points again? That is shameful!
You byU fans have no room to talk about UNLV, in the past 6 seasons byU has lost TWICE to UNLV. Once at home! You gave Utah the award for losing to UNLV, well that was the first time in 18 years. byU has lost twice to them THIS decade, that is shameful.
That is right: football has only been around for 2 years, and in 1984!
Have the past two years byU fans, because without 2 plays Utah would have a 6 game winning streak against byU! Wasn't byU favored by 10+ points in both of those games, and that was the fashion in how you won?
Excuses are excuses right?
I would love to see byU go 9-4 with:
Unga gone for the season.
Collie gone for the season.
Reynolds gone for the season.
Hall gone for 3 games.
Jan gone for 3 games.
Nixon gone for the season.
This isn't an excuse it is the Facts, Utah lost 1st team all MWC players in: Boone, Casteel, BJ.
They lost their starting LB, DT, RB!
Still went 9-4 byU would have won 3 games last year if that happened to them!
Too long at the tables tonight.
Utah has almost the same defense as they had last year and byU has almost the same offense as they had last year. UTah held byU to 1 TD last year and 17 points at LES!
Utah will do the same thing this year, but what happens when Utahs offense has 9 returning starters and byU defense only returns 3 starters?!?!
Utah will hold byU to 17, again.
UTah will score 35 points on that inexperienced defense of byU.
Final score 35-17
Collie remembers the last time at RES, he remembers well....52-21
Who scored against UNLV last year?
Whose trophy case has a NC trophy, a Heisman, a Doak Walker, two Outland trophies?
Who has been nationally ranked more than not?
Who has two quarterbacks that have won Superbowls?
Who knows how to win, and not lose without the excuse of the "fashion" of how they won?
Who knows how to spell BYU, Utah, and Bronco without capitalizing letters in the middle and end of the word?
But, then you do win the award for number of excuses.
"Kitties, Kewgs, Eweyts, Yoots, BronKo.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Whine, whine, whine."
Dudes, funny back in third grade, but we're talking Universities, with the Adults.
If you didn't graduate, stay off the boards.
Serious, from now on, if you can't bring something intelligent, just play video games or clean your rooms.
Last 10 - Tied
Last 20 - Tied
Last 30 - BYU
Last 40 - BYU
Most lopsided win ever - BYU 56-6
Sam REYNOLDS stadium? Did it get married?
Straight up dawG! You da man. Never been whippen like da whippen ya gave da kitties dawG! Been hootin' o' dat sin '04 YO! Yu so coo!
I sincerely hope you didn't go to any school in Utah. You sound like an idiot. I guess when all you have is cool, you have to rely on that instead of the record of your team. You say injuries aren't an excuse. I say Johnson is injury prone and is gun shy because of his. I hope Utah is healthy when BYU meets them because I am tiered of the non-excuses for Utah losing the game. Hmm... Was the guy covering Collie on 4th and 18 hurt?
How do we blow out Utah, hold them scoreless, and and still get picked ninth out of nine.
"You're lucky to still be in the league"
It's not lucky to be in a league that figures out who is going to win before any games are played.
Second, to all Ute fans complaining about injuries and all that garbage, shut up!! BYU lost 3 defensive starters before the season even started, they lost Gooch during the TCU game and Austin Collie had a bad ankle most of the year. Hall had a seperated shoulder and Fui wasn't full strength all year. Add to that that BYU's secondary were all former walk-ons and BYU still beat the Utes. Now BJ has to actually complete some passes against scholorship DB's that may be some of the best atheletes they have had in years down in Provo. Utah CAN beat BYU, but they WON'T and to say that everything being equal to last year and if Utes aren't injuried than Utah will wipe the floor with the Cougars. That is terrible logic (obviously not taught at the UofU) because BYU had just as many injuries and had to overcome same types of trails as any football team. BYU represented and Utah didn't.
If UNLV can put together a decent team, then it will receive proper recognition; until then, it has to be satisfied with predictions to finish near the bottom, as it has traditionally done.
Since "Just a Rebel" didn't even know the name of UNLV's stadium, it's doubtful s/he's from LV. Since s/he's likely not from LV, s/he's likely to have never visited Sam Boyd. Cougar fans don't travel. Only LV Mormons go to UNLV games against the TDS.
Don't get sucked in by a cougar troll. Especially one as obvious as this one.
Playing for the BSC Championship: Utah 1:1000k, BYU 1:10k
Playing in a BSC Bowl: Utah 1:10K, BYU 1:1000
Going Undefeated: Utah 1:10K, BYU 1:1000
Going Undefeated in MWC: Utah 1:100, BYU 1:100
Winning the MWC: Utah 1:10, BYU 1:5
BYU winning at RES: 2:3
Utah winning at RES: 3:2
Utah must get off to a good start, play above the competition, and avoid injuries to key players. The Wolverines will be licking their chops.
BYU must sustain their momentum from last year, avoid letdowns, and deal with increasing pressure. The Utes will be licking their chops.
I wish I could be a little more sanguine, but both coaches and their teams are over-rated and will not come close to fan expectations.
Here's to hoping for the best for both teams.
Rose Bowl
Indiana 30 Arizona St. 24
Sugar Bowl
Auburn 20 USC 24
Cotton Bowl
South Carolina 34 Missouri 21
Fiesta Bowl
Oklahoma 46 BYU 45
Orange Bowl
Clemson 35 Pitt 21
National Championship
Wisconsin 21 Texas 3
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