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Utah Utes, BYU football: BCS busting: the sequel
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Nothing wrong with a little trash talking as long as we know this is still ONLY a football game and we are only trash-talking about football teams AND NOT University of Utah institution or Brigham Young University institution, NOR any religions.
For those who take it more seriously than a game and call others name (classless, etc), or bring religion and/or the 2 instutitions into it, YOU ARE THE ONEs WHO SHOULD BE SHAMEFUL.
SoCalUtahFan
Such a fun game this is.
Go Utes!
I am a Utah Man I am!
By the way - Collie is still open.
All you Kitty wanna be cougarettes - enjoy the pay day you get with the spanking the Utes just delivered.
To quote Jime McMahon - Scoreboard!
I guess Hall wanted to show me 5 INTs
The quest for imperfection
I called the hype "Max Hall for Heisman" a big joke.
I refered to Max Hall as choking in big games --TCU and Utah.
There is no poor sportmanship about that.
SoCalUtahFan
And TCU and BYU are quality wins.
BYU beat Washington, who still hasn't won. And UCLA who has 4 wins.
BYU's best win is against Air Force. That means you are not that good.
I have a feeling that next year the following will happen.
Meaningless wins
delusional fans
Coaches who refuse to run the ball
DB's that are really slow
And another defeat to Utah
I wondered how long it would take before someone mentioned the '84 nc and the Heisman trophy. (I can just see him sitting in the corner, holding his national shampionship memorabilia rocking back and forth... back and forth... back and forth)
Congratulations Utes - you've earned this.
Congratulations Cougs - you've just earned a million dollars.
Great game BYU, I was worried until Max started spreading the ball around to Utah defenders.
will replace BYU as 16th in the polls tomorrow.
OSU is within 1 win of Rose Bowl.
Utah's (current) top 25 victims this year (from best to worst rank): TCU, BYU, OSU.
Not too many team can claim that.
SoCalUtahFan
I love that Utah has broken the BCS twice and have done so with dominant wins over the team down south.
I love that Austin Collie was not "doing what he was supposed to do off the field so that he could be blessed on the field" this year.
Are you still "fully invested?"
BYU had to play two top 25 teams on the road, (TCU, Utah.) Only two losses of the year.
TCU played two top 25 teams on the road (Oklahoma, Utah). Only two losses of the year.
Utah played zero ranked teams on the road. And what do you know, they go undefeated. Home field matters. The Utes took advantage of the favorable schedule. Next year will be BYU's better chance to go undefeated as the schedule will favor them.
And, btw, to all those who say you shut down BYU's big guns (Collie and Unga), were you watching the same game? Collie had ANOTHER 100+ yard receiving game tonight, ran 70yds on the opening kickoff and juked his man most of the night. And Unga had a better run game against a top 10 ranked rush defense than against bottom feeder SDSU. When it comes down to it, Hall gave the game away or the Utes took it away (their hands were all over the ball tonight--including a couple of dropped int.s).
Congrats, Utes. Do some damage in the BCS for us despondent cougar fans.
Utah didn't brashly say they would go undefeated, get to the BCS and win the Mountain West Conference championship. They simply went to work and did it. It would be far more impressive to go this route than win a bowl game last year by a fingertip and then proclaim you are now ready for an undefeated BCS season. I for one and sick of the constant drumbeat of how much better the Y is than everyone else. Time to humble up, lose the swagger and get back to work.
Cougar fans, you're t-shirts need to go. Your investment has tanked and it's time to bail out.
I have two things to say that have needed to be said and understood all year long.
1. BYU's QUEST FOR PERFECTION was never a claim of perfection. Every team should be on such a quest. After all, what team doesn't pursue a perfect season. But the truth is that BYU's quest isn't over, and likely never will be. A loss doesn't end the quest to be men of character and men of honor. You who demean BYU are without the right to declare the quest ended.
2. BYU's defense didn't lose this game tonight. They actually played well enough to win if Hall hadn't had such a horrendous outing. Check the stats. Except for Hall's six turnovers, BYU played a fine game. Again, congratulations, Utes.
Max tried a little too hard today...and hopefully learned a bit about emotion...control...acting vs. reacting. Already looking forward to next year.
I'm enjoying watch Cummard, Taverneri, and the rest of the basketball dominate Cal-Poly
Just think, 12 long months
52 very long weeeeeeeeks
365 painfully, lonely, desolate, frustrating days
until Utah will have a 2 game winning streak against the TDS.
Nicely done Utes.
from cody moss
The '04 Utah team was the best ever to come out of the state, while this '08 Utah team is like the '84 BYU team that had some flaws and won some close ones. Lucky for BYU '84 they got a .500 Michigan team.
Good luck Utes against a top-five SEC or Big 12 team. There's still a chance to prove that the BYU '84 team is the third best in the history of college football in the state of Utah.
It was worth the wait the Utes go BCS again and it is nice to see both schools with such great programs at the same time. There was a reason why BYU wanted Whittingham as a coach but Mendenhall was there for them and also was a good choice for BYU. Now if USU could only build a winning program.
Johnson may have had his moments this season but today he looked like the better QB. Hall's year will be next season.
Go Utes! Finish this season 13-0!
Go cougars 2009 is our year.
Uh, hello Marc and the rest of you bitter Cougar Honks, let's sit down for a little history lesson:
1991 - BYU 48, Utah 17
1989 - BYU 70 (that's right 70), Utah 31
1983 - BYU 55, Utah 7
1981 - BYU 56, Utah 28
1980 - BYU 56, Utah 6
Wear it and like it Cougars. What comes around goes around. It's just too bad UTEP isn't still in the league. Oh wait, the last time UTEP beat BYU, the BYU coaches accused UTEP of bugging the headsets.
With a few more upsets in the top 5, Utah may finish the regular season being ranked 5th in BCS.
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