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BYU, Utah Ute football: It's been awhile

I'm a dreamer, I'll admit it. I have this dream that the Utah-BYU game on November 22 has two undefeated teams. It's a rivalry game that always is significant, but a game like that would be the kind that could have national title implications. Remember, BCS people, I'm a dreamer; hold your comments about strength of schedule. I'd like that game to mean something special.

It may be possible for both team to go to a BCS! When they both meet at the end of the season undefeated, and one team squeaks out a win. I wouldn't be surprised to see both teams in the BCS!

For both to get into the BCS they would need to be both in the top 14 and at most 2 BCS conferences having a second alternative.

The SEC and Big 12 would need to have a great season and the Big 10 and Pac 10 need to beat themselves up in conference play, except possible a single undefeated champion.

The ACC was dealt a serious blow last week and the Big East is tarnished as well.

I don't mean to rain on your parade, but both can't go to a BCS bowl. As it turns out, provisions within the BCS prevent any more than one non-BCS team from competing in one of their bowl games.

It is not unusual for some conferences to have 5 teams in the top 25 most of the time, the WAC and MWC could gain a great deal of national prominence if they were to accomplish that feat. Kind of make the BCS look silly.

I wish Utah could schedule teams like Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa and Eastern Washington. It would make us feel so.......so.......well, just so happy!

Both can go, it's just that the BCS only has to guarantee one spot to teams that qualify. With 5 games now, both could go but it's not likely. Really, it's not likely that either will be there.

More than one "non-BCS" team can go to a BCS bowl. Only one team gets an auto-bid. The other team could get picked as an at-large if they're in the top 14.

Not likely, but it could happen.

Utah does schedule teams like Eastern Illinois, NOrthern Iowa and Eastern Washington; they schedule Utah State and Michigan.

Can we please ease up on the BCS talk. Both teams look pretty good. The Utes beat a rebuilding Michigan team and the Y beat a division 2 school.

Let's at least wait until after week 3 before we make hotel reservations.

It's a long season - it's very rare for any team to go undefeated - chances are neither one of these teams will be in November.

The Utes still have shaky coaching and the Y has good athletes (for the MWC).

Typical ute, complain about BYU's schedule while utah is playing Northern Arizona (2006), Weber State (this year) and Utah State every year. Are you happy now?

Let's be honest, BYU looked shaky for a bit against Northern Iowa, and UCLA hung in there to knock off Tennessee! Utah took out a Michigan team who quite honestly didn't play Ryan Mallet, a very talented Sophomore QB who "Doesn't Fit Their New System", instead they played inexperienced QB's, and paid for it. Utah surprised me actually, they really did! BYU could have trouble against Washington and will have all they can handle against UCLA if that same team who played Tennessee shows up. If they are both undefeated after week 4, then we can start to talk about a undefeated face-off in November for the Mountain West Title and a trip for at least one of them to a BCS game. If Utah vs BYU is a 1 play nail biter, then we can keep our fingers crossed for both to go to a BCS game. Don't pack yet, don't make reservations, unless it is at Las-Vegas or San Francisco or Fort Worth-Dallas at least just yet. Look at the positive, the "runner-up" probably goes to the Las-Vegas Bowl, and can probably kick the trash out of the 4th place PAC 10 team this year... Big Deal!!!

Could run the table and be a BCS buster this year.
They have defeated Rutgers and play the Wisconsin Badgers on the 13th of Sept. (At their place) They also play UCLA this year. If they win all their games and get all the exposure that ESPN gives the WAC, Utah or Byu could be shunned by the BCS. Bummer!

I'm glad Utah schedules us big boys instead of the patsies BYU always plays.

Signed,

Northern Arizona
Utah State
Weber State

With how bad the conference is, I don't think both team could be in the top 16 with 1 loss (when they paly eachother, one will lose). I think 1 loss with their schedules would put them out of the top 16 spot. Would be fun to see them go at it though.

Allow me: Kettle, this is pot. Pot, kettle. (E Washington, Nevada Reno, etc...)

Schedule smack is worthless - let's pick it up after we're a bit further into the season.

Has utah ever played a number 1 ranked team? and beaten them? I just want to know.

BYU had two losses last year and was in the top 16. 1 is less than 2, correct?

Please stop making the rest of us look stupid.

Regards,
Ute Fan

I've simed this season a bunch of times in EA Sports NCAA Football '09 and if both teams go undefeated they were always both ranked in the top 10 when they meet. One of the outcomes was they met ranked 4th and 5th, BYU won and went to the title game with Ohio St. ranked 2nd and Utah went to the Fiesta Bowl ranked 8th.

As far as schedules go need I say more than Northern Arizona?