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Salt Lake mayor says all recognized need to 'kick us into gear'

Paul | 4:08 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

Oh my gosh Utah, give it up, you didn't play any good teams hardly, you are not in the running for the Number 1 status.

Anonymous | 4:36 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

good god. It's only a football game. Hopefully, President Obama has better to do than to worry about that.

no, no, and no | 4:40 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

While we can all agree playoffs are legit (a-hem . . . every other sport), keep government out of it Becker . . . you noid! We don't need big brother handling everything for us. We don't want them to. Stop involving the government in stuff.

Transparency . . . . yeah right!

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RE: Paul | 5:06 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

Hey Paul,

Maybe you'd like to enlighten us as to which "good teams" Florida played this season. Maybe they shouldn't get the chance either...

Play it on the field | 5:09 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

Who are the good teams Florida played? Alabama? The Citadel? LSU and Georgia were way overrated this year. The SEC is admittedly usually the best conference, but the team that went undefeated in conference got their clocks cleaned by the Utes.

Unless LSU and Florida State manage to jump back into the top 25 on name recognition from average bowl victories, Utah will have beaten more ranked teams this year than Florida.

The Big 12 is performing pretty poorly out of conference in their bowl games this year too.

There is no evidence that Utah couldn't play with Florida or Oklahoma, and the Sugar Bowl is evidence that they could.

And anyone who claims Alabama wasn't "up" for the game knows nothing about being an athlete or college football. Any player at any school(BCS included) ouldn't have a hard time being excited to play in the Sugar Bowl, regardless of losing out on the national championship.

Ummm, Paul... | 5:12 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

"Paul | 4:08 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009
Oh my gosh Utah, give it up, you didn't play any good teams hardly, you are not in the running for the Number 1 status."
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I'm a BYU fan and a Ute-hater, but let's be honest: Utah played a TOUGH schedule (six bowl teams, four Top 25 teams - including 2 Top 10 teams plus world-killer Alabama), and won them all. They should be National Champions. End of story.

USC Fan | 5:12 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

Florida played non-BCS Citadel and Oklahoma played non-BCS Chattanooga so Paul what is your point. The only undefeated Major College Football Team in America is UTAH. A large number of the voters that put FL and OK in the title game admitted that they never even watched a UTAH came until that beat up on former No. 1 Alabama. The system as it stands in not legitimate and for me personally the winner of tonights came will be the BCS Champion but UTAH will be the Champion of Major College Football this year until someone beats them and I am not a UTAH fan but rather a die hard USC fan.

Re:Paul | 5:39 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

According to you Florida who barely squeaked by Alabama...is SO much more deserving than Utah who cleaned Alabama's clock!

UTAH had the perfect Season....NO ONE else can say the same... and Everyone including Okla/Florida knows it~!

Surprised Becker even knows what a football is!

Obama | 6:12 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

Has to many things to worry about and a nit wit from Utah wants to talk about ball games
No common sense Becker

Mike | 6:24 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

Good job, Ralph. Keep working the Pres to fix the BCS mess. Best thing a SLC Mayor has done in years.

1ST QTR | 7:02 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

0 - 0

Nuff said?

I can't believe I miss Rocky | 8:00 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

Let's see. Terrible economy, people out of work, homeless...

Oh, and UofU wants to be National Champs.

Nice GAME in the SUGAR BOWL.

Can we move on with our lives yet, Mr. Mayor???

griz | 8:04 p.m. Jan. 8, 2009

utes should be in the champoinships not florida and alabama.

awsomeron | 4:20 a.m. Jan. 9, 2009

I thought at first the you guys meant Boris Becker. Because why would Mayor Becker, want to have a meeting with a man that has No Power until Jan 20th if then. I would not encourage this individual by meeting with him to discuss anything.

Chances are still possible through the Courts, and or Bush, Can declare, a National Emergency. Israel War Economy. To cause George Bush Not Turn Over Power.

This Individual has yet to prove beyond a shadow of a sought that his mother was a U.S. Citizen at the time of his Birth.

That would make him an Alien and perhaps an Illegal One at that.

The whole election needs to be done over without him in it.

He also needs to prove that he is not from another Planet.

Do you see how really dumb and stupid it can get if you listen to many far right Talk Show Hosts and other people.

No I donï¿½t like it, but he Won fair and square and we must unite and accept that. He could be Kerry or Heaven Forbid Al Gore.

Lets pray that Obama turns out to be a decent leader.

Watch Utah Beg | 9:08 a.m. Jan. 9, 2009

Just watch the reddest of the red line up with their dirty hands to recieve stimulus or bailout money. They would stand there for a long, long time and walk away empty handed if I were deciding who gets what. Tell your hero Georgie boy and our neighbor from Wyoming to take care of their biggest supporters. You should recieve what you sow. Sorry Utah you don't qualify for anything, live off from your red party bankroll.

He just smiled... | 11:02 a.m. Jan. 9, 2009

Well, that is just wonderful.

Stenar | 12:00 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009

@Watch Utah Beg

The largest county in Utah, Salt Lake, voted for Obama for president. That's right, OBAMA won the vote in SL County. Salt Lake County also has a democratically controlled county mayor/council and Salt Lake City has NOT elected a Republican mayor since 1971.

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