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Utah Utes football: Sugar high 13-0 Utes roll over one of the BCS' best
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I am proud of our rivals to the north for raising the bar and adding respect to the conference.
Also, the UofU soundly put to rest the naysayers that said "it was just Urban Meyer" that made the BCS-busting 2004 season happen. The UofU is for real.
To any stupid BYU fans that discredit this victory or season, shutup and show some class! A significant portion of UofU fans are only fans because they don't like stupid BYU fans. This is your chance to show that the majority of BYU fans have some perspective and are humble enough to give credit.
I say, down with "haters" of any type in 2009! (BYU-haters, Utah-haters, Mormon-haters, Gay-haters, U.S.-haters, Muslim-haters, etc.)
Well done, Utes!
Just because the BCS says this is the national championship game, doesn't mean that it is the national championship game. Even the announcers that are paid by the BCS were all over the idea that there should be a playoff system instead of this ridiculous system they call the bowl championship series. The teams that play in each of the bowl match ups are chosen by a corrupt system that supports the BCS conferences. There is no TRUE championship game until there is a PLAYOFF SYSTEM. I feel like I am watching pro wrestling or something when I watch the BCS. It is all scripted by the powers that be. Even if Utah is the best team in the nation, we would never know because the BCS is just covering their backsides, to keep the big conferences getting the money. They admit to this corruption and we still watch it!
Utah is the National Champion! Prove otherwise.
>>Caught them at a bad time...flippin' A my eye! Vaunted Saban ... no change ups on D? Over paid!!<<
Unlike his buddy Belichick, Saban can't & won't adapt. Jusr look at the SEC title game.
Whit is/was the better coach. I wonder how much help from Urban he had?
How ironic is it the Best game Ludwig called is his last?
OSU lost to Stanford in week 1 (shameful)
OSU lost to Penn State (in the real Happy Valley)
OSU lost to Utah (big deal, so did everyone else)
OSU lost to Oregon (who pasted another OSU in the Holiday Bowl)
USC's dismantling of Penn State in the Rose Bowl makes OSU's big win look very flukish.
I don't want to be ragging on the Beavs too much, so I'll give their defense a shout-out. Congrats on the 3-0 win over Pitt.
Regards a Cougar fan (most of the time)
From an Aggie Fan!
The BCS system is corrupt and biased. The only way to break this system is for the fan support to stop watching the BCS games. Advertising revenue will decline and there will be no money to continue funding the corrupt BCS systme.
I watched the NC game last night and loved it. Today and next weeks supposed BCS winner game are not worth the watching. Ice fishing would be more entertaining. College football is over this year except the final polls coming out of the AP.
Let's start making the MWC a conference that we can be proud of!
President Obama, please bring on a playoff!
I don't know how anyone can argue that the Utes aren't a great team. Could they beat USC? Who knows? But the same people on here saying "USC would destroy Utah" are the ones who were saying the same about 'Bama.
Those of us who have actually played this game know after all the pre-game hype and rhetoric, you still gotta go out and play the game. Could Utah beat USC? On any given night, anything can happen as we saw last night.
I don't see any way around the AP voting Utah #1 - at least a tie. They beat 5 ranked teams this year, went undefeated, and convincingly won their bowl game over the #4-rated team in the USA.
Congrats, Utah! You are #1 to us!
BTW, answering the question earlier, JBW = Joseph B. Wirthlin, a leader in the LDS church who played for the Utes many years ago. He recently died and the team honored him by wearing his initials on their helmets.
Out of respect for him his initials were placed on the helmets...after last night I think they should stay permanently.
LOVE THE UTES!!!!!!
First class all the way.
Go MWC!!!
Very impressive win last night Utes, I hope that your efforts yesterday pay off for all of college football by opening up the process to every school...Pipe Dream I know. But Thank You for adding fuel to the fire.
Great game to watch. We were jumping off the couch so many times screaming (kept waking up the kids). Wish we coulda been there.
Great game for the Utes. Hands down the most impressive win for our school.
Great game for Brian Johnson. Made believers out of all his critics. Made no big mistakes (the fumble was a good defensive play, not bad offensive play) and was on target the whole game.
Great game for the MWC. You heard Jimmy Johnson (though not Barry hes-the-reason-I-can't stand-Oklahoma Switzer) say the MWC deserves an auto bid. If the Big Easy has one, so should the MWC.
Great game for all of the MWC schools. You headsy BYU fans understand this. It may even come down to a one-loss team from the MWC getting consideration for a BCS game in the future.
The question is, what is the staying power of this game? How quickly everyone dismissed the Utes first BCS bust in 2005. How quickly people have called BSU's win over OU two years ago because of Hawaii last year? I think this will create a legacy similar to the BYU NC in 1984.
WooHoo!!
Go UTES!!!
Add to that the smothering Ute defense and we have a an historic win!!
Coach Whittingham had the team peak at just the right time and schooled the national coach of the year (Saban) in the game of football.
Congratulations to the Ute football team, the University of Utah, and the MWC!
I AM A UTAH MAN FOREVER!!!!!!! GO UTES!!!!!
Let's see what they say now that 'Bama got their backsides handed to 'em on a crimson platter....
Proud to be a Utah Man!
(Deserving) National Champions 2008!
Go Utes!
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