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BYU football: Fired-up Cougars power past Air Force, 38-24
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finally, BYU won a game against a team with winning record. Nice job!!!
And the Utes have a great run defense. I predict we don't run very well on them.
So I think it comes down to: 1) can the Ute pass rush disrupt Max enough to derail the pass? TCU did. Utah won't. And 2), can the BYU defense stop Utah shy of field goal range for King Louie, because I think HE will end up being the difference in the game.
You know who the real looser is next week? ESPN!
SDSU 14
with little over 3mins left.
11-0 --nice, very nice sound.
Bring your "ace" game, little brothers --you will need it and more.
Big brothers will show you how to play and win football game!!!
Further, BYU could beat the U and AF could beat TCU. Now that really would be nice. Just a thought.
BYU will not go up much in the polls but thier computer ratings will go up.
If BYU beats the U, I suspect that they will get a very decent bowl bid. Maybe Utah will be in Vegas or the Pointsetta bowl?
Nice win Cougars this one will be a confidence builder going into next saturday's game. It will be another dog fight until the end no doubt. We will just have to see what gives, BYU has the better offense and Utah has the better defense. But anything can happen in a big rival game like this, often times it comes down to the final play.
GO Cougars!
I predict....
BYU 31 - Utah 24
The nice thing is that if the Cougars win, then we share the MWC title and, if Utah is overlooked by the BCS (doubtful, I admit with only one loss and being ranked as high as they are now) then Utah would have to play in the Vegas Bowl (big whoop!) and BYU could gain more exposure playing in the Poinsetta Bowl or somthing similar. Playing PAC-10 also-rans in Vegas gets us nowhere.
Utah.........BYU
OOC opponents: clearly advantage to Utah
Oregon St. > UCLA
Michigan...> Washington
USU........> USU (winning margin)
Weber St...> NIA
MWC opponents: sorry to say BYU has advantage here at the end of season:
--obviously the 7 common opponents have the same strength for both teams
--however, Utah is stronger opponent, so that gives BYU a huge advantage in SOS than Utah
Overall, Utah's SOS is still stronger than BYU's SOS.
Well guess what, zoobie fans are 0-11 in predicting utah to lose.
It should be a great game- Utah has speed and an incredible D and their offence is clicking. Please stop comparing today with a game Utah played almost three months ago. BYU fans should be a little brighter than that-
The Utes are on the verge of going to the BCS -- maybe even a Sugar Bowl date with Urban -- and talking all kinds of trash. Think about it, Cougar fans -- it could not set up any nicer than beating the Utes next week and seeing them drop from the Sugar Bowl to the Poinsettia.
To Mark in Peoria: Hahahahahahahahahahaha -- do you really think the Vegas Bowl would pass on an 11-1 (and higher ranked via the win over Utah) BYU??? Are you kidding? Keep dreaming. We all know Vegas is not going to take TCU and its traveling fanbase of 500?
Nothing will be funner than seeing Utah fall from the BCS to a third-tier bowl game. Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha.
I'm calling my shot -- Utes to the Poinsettia Bowl. (Unless, and this IS a longshot, BYU's win is impressive enough to vault the Cougars over Boise State and into the BCS. In that case, Vegas would take Utah over TCU.)
That said, BYU's corners will finally not play off 15 yards and they'll force BJ to go deep which he can not do regularly. The d line will get pressure and ludwig will borrow the "annexation of puerto rico" from the little giants to try to get his offense clicking.
BYU 28
Utah 24
Earth to Nostracougus.... byu's only "vault" will be a big leap with it's 10-2 record to the Armed Forces Bowl!!!!
Enjoy the BCS games from your black and white tv from zoobieland. I'll send you a post card from New Orleans or Phoenix where my Utes will be playing in their SECOND BCS bowl game!!
GO UTES!!!!
BYU 10-1
Need I say more... Kewgies, you talked the biggest game at the begining of the season...Hall for heisman, Quest for Perfection, Blah, Blah, Blah... The fact is, Utah is the real deal! We are the ONLY team to ACTUALLY do it, unlike Collie and the rest of the Kewgs who Talk big, but crumbled this year... KEWGS the worst part is though, Your nightmare is just begining...
UTAH 35
BYU 20
PS. Pitta is OUT with an MCL tare....
Prediction: He won't be any more open then than he was the last time he was on the wacky turf at that second-rate stadium.
You Ute honks crack me up with all your "you just beat your first team with a winning record" smack. Ya know, it doesn't matter how many teams with a winning record you play -- just so long as your opponent is playing a team with a winning record.
Ute motto: From the BCS to the Poinsettia on one blown coverage when it counts!
byu motto: From Poinsettia to Armed Forces all on the 22nd.
Next week you will see once and for all that you can't win with no defense. Max Hall will spend half the game running for his life. Your not so prolific defense will spend the other half running after a Utah offense that is so much faster than those plow boys wearing y football helmets. After next week, Bronco can rethink his Mr. Spock approach to coaching while he mulls over his game plan for the New Mexico Bowl. In the meantime, you byu fans can spend time, in your mother's basement, in front of that byu shrine you wont tell anyone about.
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Good luck to the Utes at SDSU. Please win to make next weeks game more enjoyable.