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Rivalry week: Utes go BCS busting with a win; BYU most likely Vegas bound

enjoy the vegas bowl!

Mountain West Conference!

I'm rooting against Oregon State, Ohio State, and Michigan State this weekend. Hopefully two non-BCS schools can make it a BCS bowl, preferably two MWC schools.

This is how you build a conference. This is how you build a football program for long-term growth. You have to be able to show recruits that they can play in a BCS bowl, and that the MWC is just as viable as the SEC, Pac-10, etc.

Only a dream for the MWC to put two teams in the BCS. It would be really cool but nearly impossible. The BCS is a joke and I hope gets broken up by BCS busting teams, like Utah, BYU, TCU, BSU and Hawaii. The other thing that would break up the BCS is advertising revenue and viewers. I will not be watching any BCS games unless Utah or BYU or BSU are in. And, I still don't buy Tostitos.

I love BYU but the only way I want them beating Utah is if Boise State loses. As much as I hate Utah, I hate BSU even more. If the times are correct, then BSU is kicking off against Reno before BYU/Utah, which is great because if BYU is winning, I don't want BSU to know about it and get that added confidence to beat Reno and get to the BCS game.

My blood boils just talking about BSU, seriously, I can't stand hearing about them with their weak scheduling, fake play having, and the most annoying fans in the world.

I don't want to see BSU using another fake play to win a BCS game, so as much I hate saying it, I want Utah to win unless BSU loses.

However, if BSU is out of BCS contention, I hope we beat the snot out of Utah.....I can't stand coach whit.

After the win on Saturday the Utes will be invited to their second BCS bowl. That will be two more than the Cougars have been invited to. Yes count it out cougar fans T...W...O. When you can get past the Las Vegas Bowl then maybe, just maybe, you can start comparing yourselves to the Utes. Outside of Provo, and Dick Harmon's mind, BYU is a laughing stock. Of course BYU fans will object to this post but then again the cougars have never been good at handling the truth. Good luck in Las Vegas you will need it because the Vegas bowl will be the last shot you have at getting a "W".

Eassssy there fella! Always keep your words soft and sweet, you never know when you might have to eat them! BYU laughing stock? We shall see!

As a Boise State and Utah Fan, I don't understand all the animosity towards BSU.

Trick plays and strange blue turf are not valid reasons to hate Boise State? All they have done is match what Utah has done by busting the BCS and have also gone undefeated this year at 10-0.

I'm first a Utah fan (because I went to school there) but I have no problems with Boise State. I have attended their games and feel the coach, team and school are a class act.

If extended an invitation, I'm certain BSU would join the Mountain West. Geographically, they'd be a nice fit and certainly bring as much (and in my opinion more) to the table than Wyoming.

If the Mountain West decides to expand to 12 schools, my hope is that Boise State be among those extended an invitation.

How's the Ute basketball team? How many times has Utah beat Byu in the past 2 years?

wow, such anger towards bsu? and you don't ever play bsu.... sounds like some issues there. We'll be in the mountain west conference come 2010. So we'll be able to school you utards before you let your heads get too big for yourselves. For the record. Boisestate is 11-0 against the mountain west conference. Your trash talk is meaningless and unfounded, I hope BYU shuts you down, and you eat some humble pie. cheers mate!

Here's the truth "On Your Mind": BYU has the best record of any Div. 1 school in their last 21 games (20-1) and have beat your lucky team the last two years. Look for a three-peat this year. Final score BYU 28 Utah 23.

I wish they could change the Las Vegas bowl to the BYU cougars bowl.

There will not be an upset. These teams are evenly matched.

All Utah could do to make me predict they will win is wear black shirts, hold the game Thursday night, and/or hire some "hometown" referees, ala TCU. Otherwise, this game is a toss-up and it's silly to predict a winner before kickoff.

On Your Mind: if you think BYU is a "laughing stock," try asking ten people outside the U. campus which school has a better overall football program. The answer will surprise you but not the rest of us.

I'm not dissing Utah here. They're good the last few years, and I'm glad they are. But traditionally, BYU gets more respect. Whether you and your U. campus friends believe it or not does not change that fact.

By the way, if I were a Ute, I wouldn't brag so much about that BCS appearance against #25 Pitt, who got in only because someone from the Big Least had to do it. If they beat BYU this year--which is indeed a tossup--their BCS opponent may or may not be as good as the Cougars.

I'm glad you have sports to get into, because it is obvious that you have no other life whatsoever. "Out of your mind" would have been a better header.

The Y may well get thumped this week-end. I can live with that. Or... they may just dump the Utes (a decent football team, by the way) on their heads, bursting the over-inflated bubble of some of their delusional fans.

By the way, I can live with that, too.

I'm surpised a Ute can spell "two"... that's cool. I guess complete dominance over Utah the last T-H-R-E-E decades gives BYU no ability to compare themselves to the Utes. I hope you're man enough to post again after BYU punches Utah in the face this Saturday. Prediction: BYU over Utah by T-W-O touchdowns, BSU loses, and BYU jumps into a BCS bowl. In the words of the great Busta Rhymes in the movie Higher Learning... "They hate me 'cause they ain't me!"

Go BYU win it and then I am happy - This is Super Bowl. BCS are the jokers and deceiving. (PERIOD)
Go COUGARS!!!

I concur with "On Your Mind". He is a scholar and a gentlemen.

It gets a little worse for the Las Vegas Bowl. If the PAC10 sends a second team to a BCS bowl (say OSU to the Rose, USC to the Fiesta), then everybody gets bumped up and it will be the fifth place team to the LV...

typical Ute fan - count it - T.W.O. Isn't that spelling?
Go back to school.

No bash intended here, just wondering why LV would select BYU under any scenario?

1) "Best Team" scenario:
If it's a three-way championship, concensus would have to be that TCU is the better of the teams (barring an unlikely BYU blowout of Utah). If Utah wins, BYU is the third place team, trounced by the second place team, so TCU comes out on top again.

2) "Long Term Economics" scenario:
Wouldn't it be short-sighted for the LV bowl to take BYU yet again? That would alienate the rest of the league who is already less than satisfied that LV is the conference's flagship bowl. It would only cause the league to push further for a better bowl arrangement. Would TCU fans really travel so much less than Y fans that it would be worth snubbing a top 15 team?

3) "Short Term Economics" scenario:
If it comes down to this year's dollars and you're just going to ignore the conference rankings, why not just select a bowl-eligible UNLV team and have the local fans totally take over the stadium?

So unless BYU wins AND TCU loses to AFA, I don't see any logic for BYU landing in the LV Bowl.