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Utah Utes football: 'GameDay' adds to atmosphere, but real show is game

I am a Ute fan and I feel this is a win-win game for Ute fans. If Utah wins, awesome! Another great win in the Ute Program's resume and a great shot of at least a tie for the conference title, and maybe even a Boise St. disaster away from playing in another BCS game. Most importantly, a catapault for early high rankings next year.

If Utah loses, I hope TCU gets more national pub. and goes on and does the Mountain West proud and destroyes a BCS team in a BCS bowl.

If TCU runs the table, is it better for the MWC for TCU to play in a BCS game, or the National Championship?

If by some fluke TCU makes it to the NC game, I think it really hurts the MWC's case against the inequality of the BCS. It does, however, bolster the MWC's resume to replace the Big East or ACC as an automatic qualifier.

Good way to look at it, win-win! Utah has been good enough to at least have the chance of this game meaning something. But TCU is better and would not likely lose this game even 1 out of 10 times. That's why no one will think less of an over-achieving Ute team that falls short to the best team in the nation.

THE REST OF THE UTE GAMES ARE DEFINITELY A WIN/WIN...

A TCU WIN AND A BYU WIN!!

Re Objective:
YOu write as if there are reasonable people running the BCS.

There is not a snowball's chance in Key West that...

-The MWC would replace the ACC or Big East in the BCS formula;
-TCU could play in the BCS Championship;

The reason is: Money Money Money! The BCS conferences' college presidents have the money, and they are not giving it up just because teams from outside the BCS are better!

There is no scintilla of fairness in the BCS paradigm and we should stop deluding ourselves of any possibility of equity in major college football championships.

PLAYOFFS!

I AGREE WIN WIN FOR THE UTES BUT IF IT COMES TO LOOSING WITCH I HOPE IT DOSE NOT COME TO! LOSE BY 1-10 PTS DONT PULL A BYU

Get ready utes for Jordan wynn to get blasted flat on his back! Ha ha.Its all going to go down hill from here utes! Enjoy these next few days because in the coming days and weeks Utah will get smashed by TCU, eek out a close win over san diego st, and lose to BYU! Have fun!

I live for Utah football. My Utes will win out the rest of their games.

GO UTES!!

Even the TDS fans can appreciate this. I think a mountain west team has been on college gameday 3 of the past 4 weeks. That would not happen in 2003, much less 2007. Great for the conference. Hey I guess you guys can thank the utes for that. GO UTES!!

The Utes are not the same team as they were last year. I am ecstatic over what they have accomplished this year so far. After losing so much talent to the NFL draft and graduation, I was anticipating fewer wins. If the Utes have a down year and win 9 games in the regular season, go bowling and get a tenth - I won't be upset! Coach Whit is the man! Go UTES!!!!

Jordan Wynn, before its all said and done, will go down as one of the best quaterback in the history of the MWC. The Utes have them a future Heisman..'mark my word'...AND UTAH will be a National Title contender for the next 3 years!!

Many comments over the week seem to concede the loss and hope only to keep it close. DON'T GIVE IN SO FAST! How many of you gave the Utes no chance vs Saban and the Tide last January?

FACT: Coach Whit always has the boys well prepared and motivated for the big games. He does it like no other.

TCU also hasn't seen a defense as gifted as Utah's.

Let's stop with the "either way we win" talk, enjoy the game and let Whit and the team work their magic. This program is going to be a pleasure to watch for years to come with Whit at the helm.

for Utah

win, and the Utes cost themselves and the MWC a ton of money and weaken the MWC's chances of gaining AQ status in 2012

lose, and the Utes cost themselvs any chance of winning the MWC championship

ironically, Utah will get a better bowl game by losing to the Frogs than by beating them

a Utah win puts the Frogs into the Las Vegas Bowl, BYU into the Poinsettia Bowl, and Utah into the Humanitarian Bowl

a Utah loss puts the Frogs into a BCS bowl, Utah into the Las Vegas Bowl, and BYU into the Poinsettia Bowl

it's all academic, though, since Utah has no chance of beating TCU anyway

...good thing Coach Whit and the team don't listen to the likes of you. Any serious fan wants the win over the money any day, just like the coaches and the team. It's about winning, get it? Your comment about having "no chance" is pathetic at best, ignorant, at worst. Remember, that is why they play the game...if they had no chance, why play it. Am glad the Utes went to the Sugar last year where they also had..."no chance". GO UTES!

you will lay an egg. gp TCU

Man, this is bizarre! It's one thing to be a fan, and a supportive one at that, but let's be realistic (Logical, perhaps). Do all you people really think Utah is going to win the next three? Whoa! No doubt Whittingham has done a nice job (by the way, where did he, Roderick and Sitake get trained?) but let's face the facts. A Utah win would be a huge, huge, upset. Just look at the performance of each team against common opponents. Ouch, it doesn't bode well for the Utes. It's going to take a lot more than switching who's on the ground and who's in the box; and who calls the plays and who doesn't, to pull this off. TCU is not New Mexico. Winn may be decent but, he's still a freshmen facing the best defense he's ever seen. OOOOHIE!
Now, a bit of a let down after the loss (TCU) and a bit of overlooking and yikes, snake bit by the Aztecs! Then go to Provo; ummmm, regular season over, losing out. It's possible folks. Don't pack your bags for Phoenix just yet.

I'm glad there have been so many article written about the Utes this week. It has given byu fans something to do.

Go Utes!

I'm sure Kyle will have his team ready to play their best game of the season. It's true that the Utes tend to play to the level of their competition, but that goes both ways when they play good teams they step it up. This will be a great game. Utah has no pressure on them but all the motivation in the world to play hard.

What is byu's record when ESPN's game day is there??

Go Utes!!!

it is really going to be tough for tcu at home this week, they will really be intimidated by the full stadium, something they have never seen in ft worthless.

The BCS does evaluate the conferences to determine the 6 "power conferences." There have been a number of articles over the last year discussing that MWC's best chance is to beat out the Big East over the next 4 years. Problem is that we have to do that top to bottom, and really the MWC only has 3 legit teams. But yes, they do a statistical analysis to determine who the 6 conferences are.

No Wynn situation.. come on who taught you how the bowls work? If Utah wins they go to humanitarian bowl? That would mean TCU would no longer be the conference champion so they wouldn't go to the las vegas bowl, Utah would. BYU would most likely go to the humanitarian bowl in that instance.. i'm just saying.

Regardless this will be played tomorrow, I look forward to a competitive game between the two best teams in the MWC.

Go UTES!