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S. California running back commits to BYU

BYU has three straight top 25 finishes and three straight 10+ win seasons. He wants to play in front of 65,000 fans every saturday. He wants to play for a school that actually has a tradition with a heisman, davey o'brien, sammy baugh, doak walker, outland and a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP trophy in the case. He wants to play for a team that has a football history farther back than 2004.

To DickHarmon--I guess I am being nitpicky but saying Murrieta High could use clarification as there are 2 soon to be 3 Murrieta High Schools...Murrieta Valley High, Vista Murrieta High, and soon to be Murrieta Mesa High. Also saying Murrieta Valley High in Riverside is like saying Bountiful High in Salt Lake City or Timpview High in Salt Lake City. Murrieta is a city by itself of almost 100,000 residents. The city of Riverside is 20-30 miles north.

I'll take irrelevant BYU sports history for $100.

By the time he's back from his mission, Utah will have been to their 3rd BCS bowl game. And Bronco will still have an unfullfilled "Quest."

All these comments over a kid with a 40 rating from ESPN.

However, when does BYU effectively utilize their running game????

About six months ago I quit reading the comment section of the DN articles. Today I renewed my commitment for another six months.

Did he have any other offers?

Another GREAT player missed by the YEWTS!!!!

Good get Cougs.

Wow from 5:46 PM thinks BYU is 1 for 3 in the Vegas Bowl. The real count is two losses (to Arizona in 2008 and Cal in 2005) versus two wins (over UCLA in 2007 and Oregon in 2006).

In other PAC-10 games during the Bronco era, BYU is 1-1 vs Arizona, 1-1 vs UCLA and 1-0 vs Washington.

Sum total, BYU is 5-4. So BYU should be about as relevant as Cal or Oregon, because that is roughly the PAC-10 record those programs have been averaging the past four years. That is nothing to be embarassed about. BYU has every right to say it has been the 2nd best team west of Texas in the past 4 years, behind USC. Oregon, Cal, Boise St and Utah can dicker over that claim, but is in the eye of the beholder on that one. What is clear is that Utah & BYU are ahead of programs like Arizona State, Colorado and UCLA.

re: DearWow
You must work for FARMS to produce a spin like that one.
I'm going to be laughing all day.
2nd only to USC. So funny
Still can't beat a ranked team. So sad
No BCS games, it'll never happen either.

How does beating 2 mediocre Pac-10 teams make us the 2nd best team in the west behind USC?

That's a rediculous claim.

I am not very good at math but last time I check BYU was 2 and 2 in the Vegas bowl over the last four years. Please tell me your a ewe fan and not a Y fan.

Why don't you ask someone from outside of Provo if Utah is a more prominent program the last 4 years than BYU? Maybe someone like Jimmy Johnson or Barry Switzer. Not only is Utah light years ahead of BYU in the past 5 years on a national level, Boise State is also ahead of the mighty Cougars.

Try accomplishing something other than the Vegas Bowl, then you can compare yourself to UCS. Until then you are stuck looking up at the Utes.

Good, but never great = BYU
Good, great twice now = Utah

Man did you tee that up nicely for BYU fans. Nice try, but prepare to be beat down.

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He appears to be a bit undersized to fill the shoes of Harvey Unga. I hope he's still growing.

is light years ahead of no one and will prove that this year!

Um, was that a prelude to something you or another Cougar is going to post? Guess you figure you'll hit the ball off the tee some other time? Are you hoping someone smarter than you comes along and can come up with something to say?

Even if it's not true and completely ridiculous you should probably throw something out there after making such a bold threat.

I'm actually a Ute fan, but what was said in that post was an embarrassment. I agree that Utah is the premier non-BCS program at this point, but to say that the cougars have NEVER been great is silly. That is exactly the type of argument that annoys me so much about BYU fans. They fail to recognize the accomplishments of others. You go on to then brag that the Utes have had 2 great seasons. Um, even a Ute fan can recognize that BYU has had more "great" seasons than the Utes. I personally think that it is enough that the Utes have a great program NOW, but frankly, it has not been anything to be proud of until the last decade. The point that Utes should argue is that the programs (Utah and BYU) have basically switched places from a few decades ago, and now the BYU fans are envious of what we've accomplished. The tradition of BYU isn't relevant to current greatness, but I recognize it as being much more impressive than Utah's.
Saying that BYU has NEVER had a great season makes you no better than they are. Denying reality.

Anyone know what Curtis Browns' forty time was. Was he faster than 4.5. It seems 4.5 is not fast to me, thanks.