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Utah Utes football: TCU's defense, speed a concern for Utes
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1.. A cash cow that helps all of the conference with the extra money coming from the other bowl eligable teams and
2. Byu and Utah fans can quit their nitpicking , sniveling , name calling ways with both teams adding a higher quaity recruiting class from all of the positive exposure.
I am a Utah man sir , but I can live with an 11-1 record .. I want the Utes to win in the worst, or rather the best way, but if the game swings toward TCU somethings bright and optimistic will still be in the future for all of the MWC teams.
Those three factors will even out any athletic gains the Frogs have over the Utes. It's going to be a barn burner.
BCS here we come once again!!
GO UTES
NM is always a tough opponent and the only reason we didn't blow the Lobos out was stupid penalties and poor play calling. They exposed nothing. Our offense has struggled all year long yet we are 9-0.
The Utes have shown that they get up for, and win the big games that they are not favored to win. see Georgia Tech, BYU (with backup ratliffe), Ucla (top ten team) Louisville, and on and on... K whit is the best coach in the state. He just needs a new offensive coordinater. GO UTES! 10-0 and BCS BOUND!!! (Again)
Both Defenses are very, very good, top 10 defenses for sure. Which will make it hard for the offenses to sustain drives. With both teams struggling to move the ball the Utes will gain ground on the kicking team winning the field position battle thanks to Louie Louie. With the Utes gaining 10 to 15 yards per punt getting into field goal range for Louie to put points on the board.
As sad as this souonds the Utes MVP is their Defense and thier Kicker. We've won 2 or 3 games this year because of Louie and I see another one coming on Thursday.
Louie for President! Go Utes!
FoxSports shows TCU defense gives up 214 yards and 11 points a game. Utah's devense gives up 266 yards and 17 points a game. DEFENSE - Slight Edge to TCU.
I can't find Special Teams rankings, but Rivals.com ranks Louie as the best special teams player in the nation. SPECIAL TEAMS - Slight Edge to Utah
Intangibles - This is the only differetiator. TCU travels to Utah on a short week after playing a night game the Saturday before. They travel to a high altitude and weather.com shows the kickoff temperature at about 36 degrees. Those things all favor Utah, since TCU is used to hotter weather. Look at their game vs. Colorado St to see the effects of these elements (cold and altitude). INTANGIBLES - Edge Utah
In the end, it should be a very closely contested game. But, I think Utah should have a slight edge. Also, turnovers could decide the game.
Go Utes...I'll be there supporting in black!!
As for TCU's offense, they are nice, but not great. They are racking up stats lately on terrible defenses. The numbers for Dalton since return for injury are nice numbers, but they come against BYU, Wyoming, and UNLV. Bad, bad defenses. Again, I'm not saying that TCU isn't talented and dangerous, but people are in love with them for gaudy numbers that aren't necessarily depicting the whole story.
It looks like you should be cheering for Utah on thursday. If TCU wins then the conference is theirs and nov 22 is for 2nd place. If utah wins then BYU has a chance at sharing the conference title. Of course, that chance is very small if they keep playing like they are now. BYU will get routed against utah and will lose to AF if they dont get it together.
Go Utes!!
Whichever team is +2 in turnovers will win.
If Brian can avoid coughing up the ball, the Utes have a chance. If Brian plays his usual game - giving up one interception and one fumble - TCU will be celebrating their first trip to a BCS bowl.
2 BYU 7-1 Poinsettia
3 Utah 6-2 Las Vegas
4 Air Force 5-3 Armed Forces
You hope TCU didn't see this. Like Joe Glenn Said "Guaranteed"
I sure hope you guys win this one and play all the marbles when our BYU COUGARS come to town and see another magic. Harlene is Open and 4th and 19. Let's see here - 4th and goal - One Second left in the game and Utes up 38 to 35 - Max Hall pass the ball to cross pattern at the end zone and Ute defender taking the interception but slip through his hands and both D. Pitta and A. Collie catch the ball for TD - COUGARS WIN again and Greg Wrubell go real crazy over the KSL radio. YES. So, Utes go one game at a time and take care of buisness tomorrow night!
I'll help you out a little. If the 1st place MWC team goes to a BCS Bowl, the 2nd place MWC team will play at the Las Vegas Bowl.
Ol' Jimmy is gettin' an early start on grabbing the mic to share his passion with the crowd.
We love you Jimmy!
GO UTES!!!!!
Strange, ???
but, interesting...!!!
The blackout is starting to make sense now.
Re the predictions from all the new TCU fans from Utah County, to have any credibility, your comparisons have to take more into account than just BYU losing to TCU by a huge margin and Utah barely beating UNM last week. TCU has not been the juggernaut all year - they've laid a few eggs too (their CSU game, for example). By the same token, Utah has not always shown as poorly as they did last week. We blew out Wyoming thanks to our D and special teams play. We doubled up UNLV, tripled CSU, and quintupled USU. We're averaging over 36 points a game - not really the sign of a feeble offense.
This has all the makings of a real barn-burner - I just wish I didn't have to work late that night, or I'd be there for the blackout. Looks like my co-workers will get to listen with me on the internet.
GO UTES!!
The Las Vegas Bowl gets the 1st pick of available MWC teams. If TCU plays in a BCS bowl, the Las Vegas Bowl could pick BYU, Utah or Air Force. Since BYU has played in 3 straight Las Vegas Bowls, the bowl could invite a very good Utah team for a change of pace.
I think it's great to be excited about this game, great to banter about who's better, Utah or BYU. But please, not delusions of grandeur. The MWC has no elite teams. I'm excited for the BCS possibilities, but I will be hoping that the MWC doesn't embarrass itself too (which will most likely happen). Maybe the MWC BCS team will get lucky and draw the Big East champion.
Utah always shows up to big games and struggles to lower opponents. Last week they struggled, this week they blow them out of the water like the ucla game. GO UTES!
Keep thinking that way.
It's going to be so much fun watching the "chumps," as you call them, upset the mighty Utes in RES.
Utah fans seem way more focused on how BYU did against TCU, than how the Utes are going to do against the Frogs. Better hope that your team is more focused than you are or it could be an ugly night for Utah fans.
Thanks for the laugh TDS fans!
Obviously, that day may be a long time in coming.
What it sounds like you are saying is that you really aren't responsible for your own behavior, i.e. "the real blame lies with Utah"
Just couldn't help yourself could you?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Ten bucks says that if Utah wins, the fans from Utah County still keep running their mouths.
Go Utes!
It's so interesting how Utah fans have deluded themselves into believing that Utah's Michigan win is SOOOOOO much more impression than BYU's Washington win.
Please explain why a win over the 96th worst team in Sagarin's ratings is so much more impressive than a win over the 121st worst team.
Enjoy your over-inflated opinion of yourselves for another 24-hours.
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