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Wyoming selects first in coaching go-round
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Oh, but what's this? You just couldn't resist, could you:
"Unsure if he likes to onside kick up a zillion to nothing."
And BYU fans always claiming that Utah fans have a complex? Little brother syndrome? If the shoe fits, Dick...
I'm glad that Dick's the BYU beat-writer. Utah fans wouldn't read him - even if he spoon-fed us everything we want to hear (like Dick obviously does).
I can see the weight of the world is on your shoulders and disecting Harmons articles (yeah, he's the BYU guy) is gonna send you both over the edge.
Ute fans... like someone said earlier: enjoy the fruits of your success this season and act like you've been there before. Quit complaining about Harmon and go read Mr. Sorensen.
Or the Trib.
Lastly, you Utes are so ridiculous about the Haka. I went to every BYU game this year, except the TCU game, and we do the haka at every single game. We've been doing it for years. You chumps throw a fit about us "disrespecting" your field. Come on. Get a life. There are no Ute fans, just Cougar-haters.
It's laughable to see Whit talked about so much as if he's a great coach. The infamous onside kick exposed his real character flaws and cemented his place in history as a classless, unethical guy. All the firesides and BCS games in the world won't clean up the milk he's already spilled. I'd love to see him bolt to Washington and become just like Dan Hawkins who left Boise for greener pastures, a nobody in a big hurry.
While the national attention is great, I'm pretty sure neither the Utes nor the MWC will get a dime unless the Utes actually win. Am I wrong? Can someone please tell me if this is the case?
So, thanks Utah for the money but I hope you don't embarrass the conference like Hawaii did theirs last year when they actually played a good team for the first time in the season.
I know a lot of you dis on Boise State but until you actually beat a good team on a stage like that (Top 2 or 3 all time bowl games in history) just enjoy your spotlight and realize how quickly the door of celebrity can slam shut on you. (Don't mistake the Ute win against Pitt in 2004 as anything other than a boring football game against a pathetic opponent and Urban "Temporary" Meyer's ticket out of Salt Lake City.)
BYU has the grandson of the Maori Chief! Bryce Mahuika! He went to Bronco in 2005 and asked if he could teach the team the dance. It was also requested that the team performs it prior to each game.
It was a way to gain unity with the team and honor Bryce's dad whom had recenly passed away!
Read this quote....from Bryce Mahuika-�I�ve never in my whole life heard that certain people can and cannot do the haka,� said BYU wide receiver Bryce Mahuika, who is the grandson of a Maori chief. �The All Blacks [New Zealand�s national rugby team] were the first to do it in a sports atmosphere. They�ve had all kinds of different people do it like white guys, poly guys such as Tongans and Samoans who aren�t even Maori. They have all kinds of different guys doing it, and they�ve always done it. If they are all doing it in New Zealand, why can't we do it here?"
BYU specifically recieved permission from the Maori tribe to perform the ritual dance!
Looking forward to next year...it will be easier to be a good sport when we win!
Also, Ute fans, give up on the Haka. Seriously, the leader of the Haka is the son of a Moari chief. When he graduates we probably won't do it anymore, but even if we do who cares? To say that only members of a certain tribe or ethnicity can do the Haka is garbage and you know it. Truthfully, you are jealous that your team did not start doing it first.
Lastly, congrats Utah on a good season. Now, go and get blown out by Texas in the Fiesta Bowl so you know what it feels like to be vastly overated (trust me, as a BYU fan I know exactly what that feels like).
So when you say the Utes didn't beat any good teams. Are you admitting that your team down south was a fraud? I guess by doubling the score on them, in a rivalry game no less, must have really shown how overrated BYU was.
A lot of you TDS fans talking trash against the Utes (even when you throw in a compliment) need to remember the year your team won its N.C.(1984)in the pre-BCS, BYU barely beat a 6-5 Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl. In fact you barely squeaked out wins against Wyoming and New Mexico that year which had a combined record of 10-14. In fact over half the teams you played that year had losing records for the season.
So don't discount the Utes Undefeated 12-0 season. They're PERFECT by smacking down the doubters all season long.
GO UTES! You've already made us proud!
Congrats, you've proved you're the best in the MWC. The real test will now be how the MWC stacks up against the BCS leagues. Unfortunately, Hawaii last year exposed the WAC-I'm hoping you don't do the same to the MWC this year, but you'll have to play one heck of a lot better than you have in any game of the 12 you've won.
TCU kicked BYU's butt.
10 wins and 2 butt-kickings.
I think Utah State fans would kill for a season like that (along with about 100 other D I schools).
Congrats to Kyle and the Utes, they are certainly a great team.
Congrats to Bronco and the Cougars for winning 10 games.
LaVell Edwards was a great coach, or BYU would have never beaten Utah 28 times of the last 43 times.
Bronco is a great coach because he can actually win a bowl game without some kind of miracle involved, and without losing several in between miracles.
Kyle is a great coach because he wins all his bowl games, keeps Utah in the nation's elite after Mercenary Meyer skipped town, and he has the guts to give Wyoming a taste of their own medicine.
BIG difference!
Unlike Utah's win vs TCU when TCU's kicker who actually MISSED TWO chip shot FGs in the last 5 minutes of the game.
Now that was LUCKY!
Sat, Aug 30...Northern Iowa...W 41-17
Sat, Sep 6...at Washington...W 28-27
Sat, Sep 13...UCLA...W 59-0
Sat, Sep 20...Wyoming...W 44-0
Fri, Oct 3...at Utah State...W 34-14
Sat, Oct 11...New Mexico...W 21-3
Thu, Oct 16...at (11) TCU...L 7-32
Sat, Oct 25...UNLV...W 42-35
Sat, Nov 1...at Colorado State...W 45-42
Sat, Nov 8...San Diego State...W 41-12
Sat, Nov 15...at Air Force...W 38-24
Sat, Nov 22...at (6) Utah...L 24-48
I view Harmon's news much like my sister-in-law's blog...not a great source for reputable information!
Seriously, some people take every chance to bash they can and never realize how stupid their bashing is. Good grief people!
Reference made about Anderson and Whit possibly using salary talks to boost salary at USU like Norm Chow did before leaving for NC State. That's the first time I have heard that. I have heard over the years that Whit used his negotiations between Utah and BYU to boost his salary before taking the Ute job, however.
It has nothing to do with US or Utah or LDS Heritage.
It is nothing more than a veabal attack toward the other team.
And I thought BYU was supposed to be better than that.
The haka has nothing to do with Utah or LDS hertigage or culture.
IT nothing more than a verbal assault/attack on the other team.
And I thought BYU was supposed to be better than that!
Utah will get a joke of a team, with two to three losses, from the 'Big' East or ACC; and I hope that you pound them, just like you did Pittsburgh!!! Show the country more of the joke this bSc really is!!! The MWC's top three teams can beat the champs of either of those conferences - just sad some of the blowout football that will payoff those conferences in the major bowls.
Please someone - playoff!!!
Unfortunately, Dick drubbed up the onside kick. He can't get over it, he's harboring it more than my friends which are Wyoming fans. He keeps bringing it up; so we get to comment about what was written.
Don't like it? Take your own advice then. Don't read our comments thread.
And Dick, you need some new material.
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