Comments about ‘Making more memories — Whittingham made mark in bowl games in San Diego’

Go Navy.

Navy by 32

The only team you beat by that margin is Army.

And trust me Utah isn't Army.

Also, we aren't Duke, Temple, Rutgers, Ball State, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, North Texas, Delaware, or Wake Forest.

The only game you won that impresses me is Air Force and well that's a rivalry C-I-C game.

If Utah gets up 14 by the third quarter it will be Utah 38, Navy 10.

Otherwise Utah 34, Navy 24.

GO UTES!!!! from Virginia!!!!

Go Navy! Beat Utah!!!

Good times for sure, but this bowl will never make the big time until they drop their insistence that we pronounce it poinzetteeah bowl. Real men say poinzetta.

Great comment, well thought out, and good insight to back it up. How are things in Provo?

Go Navy
Navy 30 Utah 24

Not even a story about Utah's Bowl appearance is complete without references to BYU. The Whit might have defected to the North but only because the South had second thoughts about him.

byu had second thoughts about Whit? Are you kidding me? Can byu fans accept anything other than the daily herald or dick harmon articles as truth?

Yes, Whit spurned BYU. But, guess what? BYU's second choice has beat Whit 2 out of 3. And, Whit was not the U's first choice either. Their first choice has won all of 5 games in 3 years at UNLV. Funny how things work out.

The issue is whether BYU had second thoughts about Whitt prior to Whitt making a choice. That is a simple issue to put to bed. Both BYU and Utah went after Whitt hard and neither had second thoughts prior to him making his decision. What has happened since then has no relevance in the issue at hand.

Now, about Sanford. He was not Utah's first choice. When Urban left, Whitt was the first choice of his staff to replace him. That never changed.

What, you wanted a story of Whit's experiences playing for Utah?

BTW, what gives with Utes posting on a U of U story?

Shouldn't you be over where you always are, posting on the BYU boards?

My point was intended to be that it is interesting to look back after these coach-hiring frenzies and see results. In the long-run (5-10 years), I think Whit comes out on top. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a plane to catch to San Diego. Go Utes!

BTW, the Sanford deal is true. Of course nobody admits it now. But ask someone "in the know" and you'll see. Whit also wins this one (short-run AND long-run).

Navy spanked Air Force, Air Force beat Utah = Navy beats Utah 28 - 17

Of course, his heart will always be with BYU. How could he turn his back on such a great school and experiences.

Just lucky he wears red and BYU didn't make such a huge mistake!

I hope the Runnin Utes will run no where!

For the first time, I will be a Navy fan. Go Navy!

They do well against running teams, and teams that have 4th and 18.

I can't beleive you cougar fans are bashing the utes. shouldn't you be worrying about your own team? Aren't they in a bowl game? Oh yeah they are playing us, wish we had an opponent that we hadn't already played and beaten this year. I guess playing a lower tier school in a mean nothing bowl is all right. At least we'll get paid and take one more step towards making it three in a row.

would cougar fans have to comment about the Utes bowl game and bring up their lame predictions and lame rivalry smack. Navy presents an interesting opponent for the Utes. On the bright side the Utes got an opponent with a winning record AND one that they have not already been beaten by earlier in the year. perhaps you folks should take a lesson from Bronco and focus on yourselves, and not what your rivals are doing.

Hey Gary .. Byu fans save your wind for the hot soup. Whittingham is excellent with his clock management skills and I am glad that he has left to schlorships to offer the Southern california boys and is not going to the boring bowl. Before th blue bloods start the chest thumping they should get at least two wins in a row and SIX !!!!
6 Wins in a row and I see and hope for the seventh.
Clock management and a poor navy defence should have UTAH in position to win their # 7 bowl. Get that blue blood band of brothers 7 not 1+ 1? maybe.

Right on JD, way to reinforce those stereotypes! Have you every heard of this failed theory called the "commutative property of football" (aka "BYU logic" since BYU fans in the past have had inexplicable faith in this theory)? The theory is if team x beats team y, and team y beats team z, then team x would beat team z.

Since Navy beat AF and AF beat Utah, Navy will certainly beat Utah, right?

So here you go: Nicholls State beat Rice, Rice beat UTEP, UTEP beat Tulsa, and Tulsa beat BYU. Therefore, by your own "logic", Nicholls State is better than BYU.

Thanks for reminding us that stereotypes are only funny because they're partially true.