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Utes finish No. 2 in AP poll

Great Job Utah #2 in the nation. We all know you are number 1. way to go!!!

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride!

Congratulations Utes!

Thank you for a great season. I love every minute of it.

Its a little sad that they didn't get #1 but hey they did their best and #2 is better than BYU! I think the BCS is crap but whatever, they people who get their paychecks from it would argue differently!

I dont care what any so called experts say because. . .

UTAH UTES 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!

GO UTES!!

p.s. UTAH UTES 2010 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!

Guess all that begging and whining paid off. I'd put Utah at No. 3 though. But no way they beat USC.

almost a National championship

Congratulations on a great season Utes.

It's been a long week trying to wrap my head around this convoluted system...but at the end of the day I am so proud to be a Utah Man.

I hope Coach Mcbride gets recognized at the victory parade. This program rose from the ashes under his care.

GO UTES!!!

I'm a huge BYU fan, however, I couldn't be happier for the Ute's and their incredible season! Way to represent the mountain west

To be the best you need to play a tougher schedule. I give you credit for winning all your games, but would you be undefeated in the SEC, Big 12, Pac 10, or the Big 10. You barely win at Michigan(no post season), squeak by a Oregon St. team at home, TCU true freshman kicker hits the chip shots who knows, and squeak out another win to New Mexico. Beef up the weak schedule and then talk about being number one.

Good job, Utah, for a great season. You proved a lot of people wrong. Even if some are still unconvinced, just look at what you've done.

I don't have to hear about how Utah is the real National Champion; because they did not win any part of it. Even the third, fifth, or half part they were hoping for. As a Southerner who loves the SEC and the Florida Gators living in Utah, I am so glad to be done hearing about how Utah is the best team ever. Although, it does bother me that Florida was not a unanimous number 1 in the AP poll, jk, I could care less. And Utah people, you know that the only reason you got sixteen first place votes is because people hate the BCS, nobody actually thinks you could hang with my Gators. And don't give me the Alabama comparison: We played Bama without our best player, Harvin, and you played an unmotivated Bama without their best player, Smith. Get over it, as they say "second place is the first loser." So technically you are the champion of the losers. Congrats.

Go Utes! I still feel we got robbed!

This is not even close to undisputed for anybody. 1st place votes are going to various teams. At 13-0 and the only undefeated team in the country, I think it is only fair to call the Utes the "disputed" #1 team in the country! Sounds like a great t-shirt slogan to me!

If Utah was the bridesmaide this year then BYU was the ugly stepsister that gets beaten. I guess Vegas bowls and first round tournament exits are as good as it gets at BYU. Have fun!

Justin, did you just seriously ask if Utah would be undefeated in the Pac-10? Our conference DOMINATED the Pac-10 this season, finishing with a final record of 6-2!!!!!!!!! I think the real question you should have asked is: would USC be 12-1 if they played in the Mountain West?! The Mountain West was BETTER than the Pac-1+9 and the Big Ten this season. The league also finished with the best winning record and percentage of ANY conference against "BCS" competition. If you need anymore corrections and proof, just go to THEMWC.COM. They have an entire section devoted to the reasons that the MWC is a league on the rise and should be under staunch consideration to receive automatic qualifying status.

Whining | 12:37 a.m. Jan. 9, 2009
Guess all that begging and whining paid off. I'd put Utah at No. 3 though. But no way they beat USC.
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Look who's whining!!! You are right no way do we beat USC... that's because the SEASON IS OVER!!

#2 is just the first loser BUT it beats being the #3 or #25 loser any day!!!

Congrats to my Utes! Can't wait till next year!!

TCU win is still better then FL's home lose to Old Miss on any given game day!!!

So go away!! The season is over, you can post next year when BYU actually does something.

HOW DO ALL THESE TEAMS CLAIM NO.1 WHO HAVE LOSSES?
IF I WERE PLAYING IN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAD 1 LOSS, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER TEAM THAT WENT UNDEFEATED, I WOULD NT FEEL THAT I DESERVED TO NO.1, I WOULD WANT TO PROVE TO THE NATION THAT MY TEAM CAN BEAT AN UNDEFEATED TEAM, BUT NONE OF THESE TEAMS HAVE THE GUTS TO ACKNOWLEGE THAT, I GUESS THE TEAMS THAT CLAIM NO.1 ARE ALL UNDEFEATED. ON THE FIELD THE NATION KNOWS REGARDLESS OF AP OR BCS, UTAH IS THE BETTER TEAM, WHAT I WATCH LAST NIGHT BOTH TEAMS OVER RATED. I WAS NOT IMPRESSED, SAN DIEGO COULD BEAT THESE TEAMS EASILY.

A win is a win, no matter how ugly. The Utes won em all. Who else has not won with the chip shot or barely squeaked by. Were #1, were #1, were #1 yeahhhh!!!! Well done U of U Utes!! It's a fine day to be in Utah!! Ahh it's beautiful man!!