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Dick Harmon: Utah fans fuel the fire behind heated rivalry
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Utah will likely play in the Fiesta or Poinsettia Bowl.
That will change if BYU plays in a BCS bowl.
Just because I am longing for our Cougars to utterly murder you on the football field doesn't mean I don't have proper respect for your school. It is your football team and some of the bitter fans that need a good spanking.
I loved the days back in the 80s and part of the 90s when BYU would put up huge points against Utah. Loved those games. The past 2 years have been great too. Winning in the last few minutes is a great way to cause Utah pain and anguish. Loved the "boinked" field goal game too. That was great fun. Still makes me smile to think of it.
Unfortunately, Utah is pretty good this year. I'll hope for the best, but I have no disillusions of a blowout. I'd love to see Utah's current kicker boink a field goal late in the game.
Even if Utah beats BYU on Saturday, I still hope they get thrashed in their BCS bowl. I'll cheer for whoever they play against. I can't help it.
How's about t-shirt that has "U got Perfection! 2008"
Let the U is ofcourse bolded red, and "got Perfection! 2008" are also red.
SoCalUtahFan
Albert Einstein once said "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".
Everyone knows that Dick Harmon is a BYU homer, so for someone who constantly returns to the DN to read Dick Harmon's column suggests:
1. He's a BYU hater who simply uses Dick Harmon's column as a dependable blog to spew his hatred.
2. He's a Utah fan who's simply a glutton for punishment.
3. He's a BYU hater/Utah fan who fits Einstein's classic definition.
I am a University of Utah alum, and I wish the team well on Saturday. But I don't set foot in RES anymore because the behavior of so many Ute fans is so dismayingly borish. I'm not saying that their isn't poor behavior on both sides. I am saying that, on average, I think the behavior of Ute fans is worse. And it's embarrassing.
"If BYU wins, very likely none of the MWC teams will get that chance; so I am rooting for the U this time around, even though it really rubs me the wrong way. "
It should.
You wrote: "That could be the most rediculous line of logic I've ever heard. Typical of a BYU fan."
Interesting that you found the logic the most "ridiculous" you "ever heard." I take that to mean you had to have someone read it to you?
Typical illiterate, Ute fan.
Poor, Ute fans still can't grasp the difference between a column and a news article. And someone really should explain to these people what a beat writer is.
Besides, I heard a rumor that you tried to contact a few Utes for this article, but they were all busy urinating on pictures of Max Hall. (And yet, the Ute honks still can't grasp that the rivalry is a bigger deal for them than the Cougars.)
Enjoy the Poinsettia Bowl, Ute fire-stokers!
I thought Todd Christiansen was a HOMER. This journalist, and I use the term very loosely, really did his homework. He talked to Jan (even more pathetic) Jorgensen for his in depth insight and non-biased reporting. Use this article as a resume for CNN or MSNBC. Keith Olberman will be waiting to invview you. OH, I forgot, the SL Tribune has more people reading than watching Keith Obama Olberman.
Will someone please tell me why it is a bad thing to passionately hate your rival?
In particular, we still haven't broken into the BCS and Utah, if they win,will have done so twice. We can talk all we want but we have to remember that until we have perfect seasons and BCS Bowl wins, we are not dominant.
You can deny/hate/ spew facts about how you have beaten our bottom dwelling teams... you would never beat these top dogs, at least not this year!
I'm sure that I hate the y just as much as he hates the U. I smile everytime byu gets beat in whatever it is. I love it when your team loses - it's even sweeter when it is the U handing you the loss.
This should be a great game - both teams are very good a combined total of 21 and 1 (it's great that the y has the loss). However, I don't remember a game between them when both teams were so good.
I do of course hope that the U beats them severly and it would be icing on top if we could injure of few of their players along the way.
Go UTES!!!
There is just as much dislike (hate as you say) from BYU fans as there is from Utah. I don't know that anyone truly hates anyone but rather dislikes the other a few times per year. If we hated, we would take action. We would move, burn and hurt each other. This won't happen here.
Rick is a homer. Please give me a chance to write for Deseret News. I know my articles would be more biased. Time to quit and go work for the Daily Herald. They love a homer.
Go Crimson! Go Utes!
- Ute alum 88, Harvard alum 92 (happily rejecting BYU both times!)
He confirmed that they have discussed at length that if Utah wins on Saturday, they will put them in the BCS title game versus either Alabama or Florida (depending on who wins between them on Dec6).
How awesome will it be if Utah wins the national title!!
Re: Re: Ignorant | 11:59 a.m. Nov. 18, 2008
Collie's backed up everything? Short memory you have. Sound familiar..."We're gonna put a, put a hurt on 'em." If a 52-21 drubbing is putting a hurt on a team, please come hurt us again. The kid's braindead.
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You're absolutely right. That's almost as stupid as, say, claiming you're going to win the Heisman.
Your Ute education is showing.
Yo, Dude, Inspector Clouseau just called ... you're under investigation for murdering the English language.
Could you possibly post something that makes less sense?
An idiotic take on the nation's funnest rivalry! YOur view: Devils on one side, Angels on the other. Reality: It's a mix on both sides.
As for the game, look for the UTE Defense to shut down the coogies run game, but the excellent BYU passing game to gets it's licks in. A close game, with the RED defense bending but not breaking, BJ and Ute offense keeping things close, and King Louis making the difference in the end.
Utah by 5!
* All BYU fans are self righteous jerks that think their football team is better than it actually is and anyone who is a BYU fan can't see the forest for the trees.
* All Utah fans are in your face beer-drinking (or apostate) loud mouth jerks that think their football team is better than it actually is and anyone who is a Utah fan can't see the forest for the trees.
I am glad that we all have grown up and act like the adults we are by not making wide blanket statements about groups of other people. Hooray for humanity!
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