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Utes ready for bowl game

Let's go Utah!

I am stoked for the game.

Mack rushes for 120, Johnson throws 3 TDs.

Navy has shown a porous defense all season.

Should be an entertaining, high scoring football game.

Utes 27, Navy 13. Go Utes!!!

I hope ESPN on DSTV-South Africa runs the game. I will be awake watching, or following the play-by-play from the internet if they don't. Go Utes!!!

Utes 27 Navy 21 OT

Dude it's the Holiday Bowl--OT City...

Jducky

GO UTES!!!!!!

B Johnson says he excited to play on national tv and show the nation what they're all about. Show the nation? Like all sports fans are going to be glued to this game? Hahahaha, I don't think so!

As a side note, be careful what you wish for BJ. You better hope the nation doesn't get to see a repeat of the UNLV game because sometimes that's what the Utes are all about!

"Their only loss since Sept. 22 was a 17-10 setback at BYU on Nov. 24. The latter was a bitter defeat..."

music to my ears...

"A victory would cap an injury-plagued season with a 9-4 record..."

Stop with the excuses already! Injury this, injury that...hey, every team has injuries during the season!!

Go Utes!! We are pulling for you in Dallas, Texas!

"...a 9-4 record � a win plateau the program has only reached five times before."

Wow, that's pretty sad. Almost embarrassing to mention an "accomplishment" like that...

clearly another Cougar fan that has to find a way to bash the Utes.......enjoy that 8-16-1 Bowl recrd that may soon be 8-17-1

Utah 34 Navy 31 Go Utah!

Be careful about ridiculing the comment. In essence, Max Hall said the same thing in yesterday's paper only he added "we can prove we can play with ANYONE in the nation" as if playing with a 6-6 (soon to be 6-7) team means anything.

Either both Hall and Johnson are idiots with these comments or both aren't. We can't criticize one without the other and claim any kind of objectivity.

it's nice to see the yoots excited about what little they have.

Hey, at least this bowl game has some meaning, that is being the first game of the bowl season. I know that doesn't mean it is a top notch game pitting two amazing teams, and I know that the "big bowls" are at the end, but after two and a half weeks of no college football a lot of people will be tuning in just to see the game of football be played. BYU's game is on Saturday when 3 other games are being played and is more likely to be overlooked by the "nation." In fact, I was reading the "bowl preview" section from a national news source and for some reason the BYU-UCLA game was nowhere to be found. They must have accidentally forgot this game while mentioning 31 others. Big game?

not to mention that 6-6 team byu is playing has already beaten byu once this season...........what makes anyone think byu can beat them this time? byu should win that game but i for one wont be shocked if they lose...........again.

This may come as a shock to all of you self-absorbed BYU fans....this article isn't about your team!!! Your little comments just show how much free time you have on your hands....it's a long wait until Saturday's game when your team will be in the headlines, huh? You should all get over yourselves and save your sniveling comments for your own articles.

GO NAVY!!!!!!!!!!! the midshipmen are for real, i love how everyone talks about the past and what should have been, like that matters, a loss is a loss its the game being played in the now thats important. just because byu lost once to ucla this year doesnt mean a whole lot. Navy smacked air force and air force beat utah so that means that navy should beat utah, no it doesnt get a clue people. GO NAVY!!!

Attention all BYU fans: All of your creativity in spelling the word UTE is really lame!! Do you think it hurts our feelings if you spell the name wrong? Do you lay awake nights coming up with a new spin on an old trick? It's sad, really. You should stop.

By the way, you live under a rock if you think your game is the hottest thing on tv Saturday. Stop making yourselves a WAY bigger deal than you are. It's getting old......

The Mountain West has not had much favorable press nationally. Shouldn't we want all the Mountain West teams to do well? I am a Ute! I like to see the Y do well except for one weekend in November. Can't we all just get along?