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Utah Utes football: Louie Louie Sakoda kicks field goal to win it as time expires
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Reading these message boards helps me remind myself why I dislike Brigham Young University so much. It's not the honor code, the coaching satff, the players or even the skinny white kids on campus with the popped up collars, but it's the fans. I realize that every team has it's arrogant fans, but is it just me or do those fans grow in bigger numbers down south?
I could go on and on about the various posts and the arrogant comments on these boards, but that will just generate more ridiculous comments from those beloved fans down south.
Ute coaching staff: A+. Spectacular play calling. Terrific two-minute execution. Incredible time management.
OSU coaching staff: F. Lost the game for their team with incredibly bad tactics. What were they thinking? Run the ball!
Ute Special Teams: A+
OSU Special teams: F. Kick the ball straight and up in the air.
Bad News: Penn State 45 Oregon State 17.
But some of you Kittens sound nervous. Unless you really have nothing other to do then degrade a Utah win on a Utah article. If that's the case, Luke Staley could probably get you a job selling cell phones at the mall.
BYU appreciates Utah's stellar SOS. Keep up the good work, because, in the end, it will help boost BYU's SOS.
Utes are 6-0, but lets see if they have what it takes to go thru the MWC schedule. TCU, BYU and New Mexico will be tough games.
Go Utes!!!
1) the hateful comments, from both sides, must be from those under 18 who still live in a black/white world, and find out who they are by judging others harshly. Grow up and support our state and conference by cheering for both teams.
2) Sakoda said he watched the flags and saw the wind had stopped before his kick and said it was perhaps "divine intervention". Virtually every human in the world believes in a God, and wishes to attribute good things to Him. Don't dump BYU for being a religious school, and don't dump Utes as being non-religious. Players on every college and NFL team pray on the sideline while their kicker tries for the win - and Sakoda even gives credit to Him. Let's not blow this out of proportion in the likes of Austin Collie's comments last year. Keep religion in our hearts, where it belongs, keep the trash out, and leave it all on the field.
Go MWC! And sue the BCS for discrimination.
Great win by the UTES!! We'll settle this November 22nd. Until then, good luck to BYU.
Do they sell them at the Bookstore on campus?
Do they sell them in adult sizes?
Utah didn't play their "A" game, but they still pulled out a win. 6-0 = bowl elegible. We can do more- there's lots of work to be done.
Oh thats right you went to the big house and beat Michigan... oh wait
Oh, you beat a team that just a week ago beat the NUMBER 1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY... oh wait
You went to a horrible Washington and won the game because a guy got excited after scoring a touchdown that would set up an overtime... BINGO
When Nov. 22nd rolls around, BYU will have 2 L's (you do realize you have to go to Air Force and TCU right...)
#2: storming the field is perfectly acceptable after a dramatic win like that against any team (same for BYU in Vegas)
#3: go Utes, go BYU, I look forward to a top 5 matchup on 11/22.
I was interested to see what other media outlets and fans had to say about the PI call. I logged onto the Oregonians� {the main newspaper for the state of Oregon) website and espn.com and was shocked to see little if any complaints about the call. Ted Miller of espn.com had this to say �after an entirely reasonable pass inference penalty gave them a second chance on a 2-point conversion, they tied the game at 28-28". Pretty much the only people in the country that have a problem with the PI call are all the self righteous, arrogant B�whine�U fans.
BYU fans should be excited to see the 300+ yards passing that Oregon State racked up, as well as Brian Johnson's turnovers.
BYU fans should be a little nervous about Utah's two game-tying and game-winning drives at the end of the game. You have to think that a close game favors the Utes.
Great game by the U -- a big win for the MWC.
Who cares if its a kicker, QB, WR, RB, etc., as a coach you have to find guys who will help your team win. To mock a team or coaching staff for doing that is just stupidity.
The BYU Utah game in November won't be much of a contest unless Utah gets a new quarterback and learns to hang onto the ball. Hope they can fix it.
BYU vs Utah
AFA = AFA
CSU = CSU
NM = NM
SDSU = SDSU
TCU = TCU
UNLV = UNLV
Wyo = Wyo
USU = USU
UW WSU
Except for their head-to-head matchup, which will decide whether BYU or Utah is ranked higher in the computer rankings anyway (win/losses are part of the calculation), Utah's SOS vs BYU's SOS will basically be decided by how UCLA and OSU finish out the season.
Regardless, the SOS for both teams will be almost the same when they play November 22nd. If Utah's SOS is higher than BYU's SOS at that point, BYU will actually get a boost in SOS and Utah will drop slightly in SOS from playing each other.
The only teams used in the SOS calculation are the teams that each team has already played. SOS DOES NOT include future opponents. And currently, the computers include preseason rankings, which will be dropped before the first official computer poll results are calculated.
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