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BYU football: Promising season ends in bitter disappointment
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Go Kittens | 10:15 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Awesome that all the key skill players on defense are returning next
year...unless you are a BYu fan!
Will the Real | 10:13 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Max Hall please stand up.
the Quest | 10:13 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
What cool Franklin-Covey quote will be next year's theme?
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Observation | 10:13 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Tough day for BYU sports at the hands of Arizona.
Go ahead Ute fans | 10:14 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Enjoy the moment. The cougars have earned your disdain this year. As a BYU
fan, I admit we stunk it up this year and did not win a meaningful game. Utah
is the better team. Whittingham has definitely out coached Mendenhall this
year.
Mendenhall Will... | 10:15 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
bring the program down. He can't motivate, recuit speed, and make a
coherent sentence. BYU will, from here on out be just another rung in the ladder
for the Utes to use to climb to the top. Shouldn't Randy Reid be leaving
the NFL soon?
DennyG | 10:19 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
TCU put the knife in them, the Utes pulled it out and they left what heart they
had on the turf at Rice Stadium.
Once again, BYU knuckles under the pressure of blowing another "perfect" season by trashing the last few games.
Even though I'm an avid Utah fan, I still enjoy the "Y"'s losing even more than a Ute win.
I'll be laughing about this for weeks.
Once again, BYU knuckles under the pressure of blowing another "perfect" season by trashing the last few games.
Even though I'm an avid Utah fan, I still enjoy the "Y"'s losing even more than a Ute win.
I'll be laughing about this for weeks.
BYU Classless, reap the | 10:16 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
whirlwind Cougar fans. You earned it with your smack talk to Utes, Aggies and
Horned Frogs. You pummeled USU but the fact you talked smack speaks volume to
the type of fan BYU has. Now Utah, TCU and AZ are a different story.
All we hear is smack smack smack all week all day all the time. Close it for once, accept defeat. You lost, you got it handed to you because you talk too much.
You were a mediocre team this year that actually would have finished 8th or 9th in the PAC-10.
BYU fans are so arrogant this is so great to see them truly humbled.
BYU fans keep talking smack on the lesser schools because when you play the real ones you are an embarrasment to the MWC!!!
All we hear is smack smack smack all week all day all the time. Close it for once, accept defeat. You lost, you got it handed to you because you talk too much.
You were a mediocre team this year that actually would have finished 8th or 9th in the PAC-10.
BYU fans are so arrogant this is so great to see them truly humbled.
BYU fans keep talking smack on the lesser schools because when you play the real ones you are an embarrasment to the MWC!!!
Frustrated | 10:19 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
This season hurts for me as a BYU fan. We finished 10-3 but it felt like a 6-6
season. Where does Bronco go from here? Our Cougs couldn't win against
tough teams. Arizona is a joke to lose to with their 8-5 record and their two
wins against winning teams (one against BYU). This season and its sloganeering
just left me a frustrated Y fan.
Woody | 10:20 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
10-3, a good season in the MWC. But let's face it, you have to play some
real teams in real conferences. The MWC will remain a second class conference.
Jason | 10:18 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Way to embarrass the Mountain West Conference on a national stage, BYU. I
thought you'd finally found a bowl opponent you could beat with unranked,
7-and-5 Arizona.
CHOKE!
Meanwhile, Utah is playing the best team in the BCS and should give them a better game then you guys gave uh, who again? Oh yeah, unranked, 7-and-5 Arizona.
CHOKE!
Meanwhile, Utah is playing the best team in the BCS and should give them a better game then you guys gave uh, who again? Oh yeah, unranked, 7-and-5 Arizona.
Just plain angry! | 10:19 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
I am so angry about BYU's performance in this game that I can hardly stand
it. Why, oh why, can't they put together a good performance when the
dominos are stacked so much in their favor? BYU should have dominated Arizona.
This is a horribly embarrassing loss.
I take it back | 10:24 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
To any Utah fan I made fun of for having the kicker be the best player on the
team. I'm sorry, BYU could have used The King
Irrefutable proof ... | 10:30 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
of MWC inferiority.
As a PAC-10 guy I have read the countless comments about how far the MWC has risen and how bad the PAC-10 is. Well, BYU just showed to all the world (or at least the sizable ESPN viewing audience) just how weak the MWC is. Just to remind everyone -- BYU just got beaten down by the fifth place team in the PAC-10. BYU did not come anywhere close to playing like a #16 team. This doesn't bode well for Utah against Alabama.
As a PAC-10 guy I have read the countless comments about how far the MWC has risen and how bad the PAC-10 is. Well, BYU just showed to all the world (or at least the sizable ESPN viewing audience) just how weak the MWC is. Just to remind everyone -- BYU just got beaten down by the fifth place team in the PAC-10. BYU did not come anywhere close to playing like a #16 team. This doesn't bode well for Utah against Alabama.
Sweet | 10:30 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Very nice showing COUGS! This loss was directly related to the game on November
22nd. BYU lost this game tonight when they lost to Utah a month ago.
What an embarrassing deplorable performance.
All I can say is GO UTES!
What an embarrassing deplorable performance.
All I can say is GO UTES!
Your kickers | 10:31 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
missed more in this game than ours did all year. Hail to the King!
Football #5 ??? | 10:31 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
BYU is a horrible football team. Maybe they should re-think those goals and move
football up to #1 instead of #5 after faith, family and blah, blah, blah. I
agree with the anonymous comment @ 9:47, this is not a seminary class nor is it
a fireside. This is D-1 football and if you are going to accept an invitation to
a bowl game, atleast have your players prepared and motivated to compete. The
5th best team in the Pac 10 kicked your butts tonight!
correction | 10:31 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Tuitama is not fifth year senior. He's a four year starter.
#16??? -- What a joke! | 10:33 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
There is nothing more to say.
Collie... | 10:36 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
you are the man!! You are the one person on this team that has guts. Eleven
100 yard games in a row is remarkable! It is your best interest to turn pro
now. You deserve more than to play for this crack-jack of a team!
Mark my words "He's Gone".
Mark my words "He's Gone".
FIRE BRONCO- ASAP... | 10:34 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
This way you jerks in provo will KEEP LOSING TO THE TOP TEAM UN THE LEAGUE AND
POSS THE NATION!!
Go UTES and FIRE WEAK SAUCE BRONCO
Go UTES and FIRE WEAK SAUCE BRONCO
Bronco???? HUH??? | 10:37 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
The best part of the game was how on top of things Bronco was at the half, just
minutes after it happened he was asked about them stumbling towards the end of
the half. He said (paraphrasing) "yeah we went from 3rd an 1 to 3rd and 11
and then got a field goal when we should have had a touchdown..."
WRONG, it was 3rd and 16 and you MISSED a field goal... no wonder he never has concern, he equates attempting a field goal to making a field goal. So he though he had a chance as the final score was 31-30 after all...
WRONG, it was 3rd and 16 and you MISSED a field goal... no wonder he never has concern, he equates attempting a field goal to making a field goal. So he though he had a chance as the final score was 31-30 after all...
Texas Ute | 10:42 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
I wore my stinking Y shirt (the only one in the closet) to pull for the
conference, and this is what BYU brings to the table? Time to shut your traps.
It was a great season for you, but it is pretty clear that the emperor has not
clothes . . . you never were a top 25 team. I don't think you will carry
that burden next year.
Go Utes!
Go Utes!
I saved.... | 10:39 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
All of the preseason articles that hyped BYU. I love reading the comments
throughout the season from Bronco about the Quest. I have read and heard all of
the excuses after the TCU loss and the Utah loss. I heard all of the anxiety
laden bravado after the close wins against Washington and UCLA.
Now I am curious how this one will be spun by the faithful.
Where was your pride tonight, Cougs?
Where was your motivation?
Where was your Quest for perfection?
It was all left on the carpet at Rice Stadium on November 22nd.
Tomorrow at church is going to be depressing... A lot of sad Elders.
Now I am curious how this one will be spun by the faithful.
Where was your pride tonight, Cougs?
Where was your motivation?
Where was your Quest for perfection?
It was all left on the carpet at Rice Stadium on November 22nd.
Tomorrow at church is going to be depressing... A lot of sad Elders.
Remdemption | 10:40 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Bronco said in his post game news conference that Quest for Redemption T-shirts
go on sale Monday at the BYU Bookstore $10.00
Spanky | 10:44 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Its official, I have to go burn my "Quest" T-shirt.
YEE HAW1 | 10:45 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Here is my prediction. Over the next week or so we will hear Utes tell us how
embarassing BYU is to the conference. Followed by BYU fans firing back with
comments about the future whipping by the Tide. Why the hatred on both
sides????????????
byu | 10:45 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
I am a fan--but our Db's couldnt cover the tabernacle choir women. Poor
coverages and #16 Fowler kept blowing coverages. Get some DB's please.
Collie could have gone and should have gone both ways.
Re: Irrefutable Proof | 10:41 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
I completely disagree that the MWC is overrated. BYU played very poorly and
still had a shot to win this game (if they had a FG kicker).
I am a Ute fan and I've lived in PAC-10 country for 19 years and studied the teams. Utah could easily handle anyone in the PAC except USC. Yes, they are a huge underdog against Alabama, but if the Utes lose that game, it proves nothing about the PAC. Alabama is much better than anyone in the PAC.
Those Ute fans on here gloating about BYU's loss are missing the point. The MWC needs to win games like this to get respect for all of us.
Had Oregon State managed to beat Oregon and gone to the Rose Bowl, that would have been a true insult to NCAA Football. Utah beat Oregon State, not a crushing, but a win is a win.
I am a Ute fan and I've lived in PAC-10 country for 19 years and studied the teams. Utah could easily handle anyone in the PAC except USC. Yes, they are a huge underdog against Alabama, but if the Utes lose that game, it proves nothing about the PAC. Alabama is much better than anyone in the PAC.
Those Ute fans on here gloating about BYU's loss are missing the point. The MWC needs to win games like this to get respect for all of us.
Had Oregon State managed to beat Oregon and gone to the Rose Bowl, that would have been a true insult to NCAA Football. Utah beat Oregon State, not a crushing, but a win is a win.
Those dang PAC10 Officials | 10:42 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
I know, I know, the football team and the basketball team both lost today
because of those officials. Come on Cougs, I am a huge Utah fan and I hate to
say it but I wanted the Y to win tonight. We needed the win for the conference.
Way to show up cougs! You all had hope you get some serious ballers on D next
year or you will be lucky to go to a bowl game. Face the facts you just lost to
a very average football team.
Ingrates | 10:42 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
We blow em out on the hill by 24 and then hand them the privilige of
representing the MWC on national TV and look what they do, they totally negate
all the hard work the WMC has done against the pac 10 this year. And then to
watch them humiliated by another fan rush down onto the field with red jerseys -
2 games in a row. They looked like Bingham out there.
The worst part | 10:43 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
is having to listen to all the Ute fans gloat...
Yes, BYU was overrated this year, and yes they choked in the big games.
Yes, the year is over and we can start fresh next year. Hopefully it goes better. Next year, we get Utah, TCU, AFA and FSU at home. The season certainly has potential.
I am hoping, for the sake of the MWC and all mid-major conferences that the Utes can win. Unlike most Utes, I am not a sore loser, or sore winner. Maybe a little mutual respect would make the world a better place...
Yes, BYU was overrated this year, and yes they choked in the big games.
Yes, the year is over and we can start fresh next year. Hopefully it goes better. Next year, we get Utah, TCU, AFA and FSU at home. The season certainly has potential.
I am hoping, for the sake of the MWC and all mid-major conferences that the Utes can win. Unlike most Utes, I am not a sore loser, or sore winner. Maybe a little mutual respect would make the world a better place...
WOW | 10:48 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
What excuse will Dick come up with this time? The loss wasn't about a lack
of execution, it was a lack of athletes. Maybe BYU should recruit some guys
that aren't related to administrators or prior players. Atleast we
won't have to hear about any "quests" or "positioning for
next year."
Bad environment | 10:45 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
I think that exposing our wholesome young BYU men on the football team to the
corrupting atmosphere of Las Vegas may have affected their spiritual
sensitivity. I read that the team actually visited a casino. How can you
expect to be at your best when you expose yourself to this type of environment?
I feel that BYU should refuse to play in this bowl again.
Go Utes | 10:48 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Max "The Lax" Hall has done it again.
I actually wanted BYU to win this one, ha ha, what was I thinking?
I actually wanted BYU to win this one, ha ha, what was I thinking?
BlueBoy | 10:51 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
We've seen Bronco's Achilles heel: too loyal to bad assistant coaches.
Anae's game planning was horrible. The defense stunk it up, making A's
QB look like an All Star--very seldom bothering him.
Too bad we'll have both Anae and Hall back next year.
Collie had another great game, and SHOULD go pro. He'd be dumb to stick around for next year's 7-5 team (and that's being generous).
No, I'm not bemoaning. Just bummed about a real lack of excellence in a program that strives for just that.
Too bad we'll have both Anae and Hall back next year.
Collie had another great game, and SHOULD go pro. He'd be dumb to stick around for next year's 7-5 team (and that's being generous).
No, I'm not bemoaning. Just bummed about a real lack of excellence in a program that strives for just that.
Spanked | 10:49 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Nice going BYU. If this is Cougar football, I am afraid to call myself a fan.
Please FIRE Bronco: He is far too soft to lead this team. He should have never been hired as the coach of this team. At best he was a decent Def. Coordinator. But clearly he is not a head coach.
Please FIRE Bronco: He is far too soft to lead this team. He should have never been hired as the coach of this team. At best he was a decent Def. Coordinator. But clearly he is not a head coach.
Not even... | 10:50 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
...the top post by number of hits. Time to get the mothballs and canvass tarps
out. This program just got worse.
SUGAR BOWL | 10:51 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Alabama = Arizona and Utah = BYU
Woody | 10:54 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Don't blame Max Hall, he was rushed all night and the receivers were
covered. To they guy that thinks Utah would do well in the PAC-10, get real!!
MWC is a second level conference, Utah would not be undefeated in the PAC-10.
Irrefutable Proof - come on, MWC is overrated. Oh, and the tv gus on ksl complaining about the fumble call being blown dead. Usual stuff here, it's is always someones fault except the team.
Irrefutable Proof - come on, MWC is overrated. Oh, and the tv gus on ksl complaining about the fumble call being blown dead. Usual stuff here, it's is always someones fault except the team.
Well.... | 10:52 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
That was poopy. There was not a whole lot to take from that. I guess after all
of this BYU just "weren't who we thought they were". :) Good
MWC team yes, but not top tier....which for some reason they had us all fooled
that that was what they were supposed to be. I feel jipped! But best of luck
to the rest of the MWC teams...go TCU, Air Force, and yes Utah as well!
Anonymous | 10:55 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
BYU needs to decide what type of institution they want to be. If they want to
be like a military school (like the announcers said) and put football #5 on the
list of most important things, they can't expect to beat teams who have it
number #1 or 2. Do you want the BCS or a really righteous team? You can't
have it all.
Don't Worry | 10:53 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
It's just a game. :) I know it's fun to watch and talk about, but in
the end it's just a game. Keep that in mind. It's not worth making
derogatory comments about someone else's religion or "lack" of
it. It's not worth bashing people just because they had a bad game out on
the field.
Was it Hall who rated himself as a top QB in the nation? Was it BYU that ranked themselves in the top 25? Sure they got everyone hyped up at the beginning of the season, but which team doesn't do that? Let's get real here.
Was it Hall who rated himself as a top QB in the nation? Was it BYU that ranked themselves in the top 25? Sure they got everyone hyped up at the beginning of the season, but which team doesn't do that? Let's get real here.
DrewtheUTEMAN | 10:54 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Just like I predicted earlier today, the cougars lost to Arizona and I am now
dancing on shards of broken ybu BCS dreams while visons of the SUGAR BOWL dance
in my head. See the rest of you UTES in New Orleans!! (See you on Sundays
Collie)
re ingrates | 10:58 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
I don't know that's pretty harsh. I'm a hawk fan but I think
Bingham could have beat BYU this year. For that matter I think there's
three high schools that could have beat the Y this year
Breaking News | 10:58 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Breaking News....
Chevron is still hiring Ute grads to pump gas.
Lenny Gomes
Chevron is still hiring Ute grads to pump gas.
Lenny Gomes
jd | 10:57 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Wow, way to represent the MWC Cougars. Your a horrible road team, a poor bowl
team, and over rated. You beat TWO teams with winning records this year, Air
Force and Colorado State. Your strength of schedule was #111 of #119. What a
joke! You should have lost to New Mexico, UNLV, and Washington. If the Utah
State game had 10 more minutes added to it, you would have lost to the Aggies as
well. Your coach jinxed the season and got you all to believe you were BIG TIME.
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch, live with it losers. YOUR BAD!
Mike Belotti | 11:02 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
See I told you BYU couldn't even play in the top half of the PAC-10. They
beat two of the worst teams in the PAC-10 - Big Deal.
Grow Up | 11:00 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
Max Hall needs to learn how to step up for big games. It seems like he is good
at the small games, but when big games come, he crushes under the pressure, and
doesn't perform where he needs to be performing at!
And Bronco needs to take responsibility for the 3 penalties in a row, which cost us at least a field goal, if not a touchdown!
And Bronco needs to take responsibility for the 3 penalties in a row, which cost us at least a field goal, if not a touchdown!
LOOOL | 11:03 p.m. Dec. 20, 2008
las vegas bowl is a joke....
AZ was 5th place in a mediocre pac 10
AZ was 5th place in a mediocre pac 10
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