Comments about ‘BYU football: Much in common — 'Twin' opponents are out to prove something’

What glory has UA had in football other than the random bowls here or there? It is not much of a comparison to compare UA's football success or lack of it to the Y since Y is one of the all time great programs in NCAA football with multiple national championships and perenially recruiting the top recruits from all over the country.

What a bad year to be a Ute fan...we have to wait until January 2nd to play our bowl game...The Coogies get to play today. That surely sucks...I wish I were a Coogie fan so I could get this game out of the way on December 20th and have plenty of time to recover before Christmas. Question to Coog Nation....

Does BYU always playing in the "pioneer" bowl? Or is it just a coincidence? BYU? Pioneer? If it is their own personal bowl, they may want to consider calling it the "Days of '47 Bowl"...or the "All Is Well Bowl"?

Pioneer Bowl could be confused with the audio company...if the Coogie's have their own bowl they should change the name to something that makes it easy to understand that they do in fact own it.

"Lavell's Silent Wonder Bowl"? The "Al Bundy...We were good in 1980 Bowl"..."The We Had A Heisman Trophy Once Bowl"...

Pioneer is just plain weird...(not a weird as the "Northern Part of San Diego County Credit Union and Other Non-Regulated Financial Institution Bowl"...that the Utes played in recently...

Go Win Coogie's....

I THINK THE ODDS MAKERS HAVE REALLY MISSED THIS ONE. IF YOU CAN BET HERE, TAKE BYU.


BRIGHAM YOUNG-38 ARIZONA-16

Go Cougars!

The article is talking about the last few years....not the entire history of college football. The Y couldn't hold a candle to the az desert swarm team of the 90's headed by Teddy bruschi. But this article isn't talking about those teams. So go lay down and chill until the game.

good luck byu and all MWC teams

hey matt, byu has won how many "multiple national championships"?
one by default i think

to the 1% of the country who care about this bowl
i hope that you guys wont shame the mwc with a last second block to win by one point against another bottom to middle pac 10 school

The faster team will win this one. Arizona by 3.

....that some overzealous Ute fan will love to troll and Post their garbage on an article on BYU and their opponent, where it does not even mention Utah. Dont make a bad name for yourselves.....just try to maintain the comment boards to the article itself. Don't ruin it for your own fans as well as everyone else.

byu will lose to Arizona and I will dance on the shards of the cougar's broken dreams from a broken season.

Dearest Ute Fan,

Thank you for being such an awesome fan this year. You truly made the difference in your teams success this year. Surely, your tough words are representative of your whole fan base on a good year for you. Everyone is just as proud of you as they are for your team. You are exactly what gives those, like yourself, such a good name. Keep up the good work and the great sportsmanship.

Disappointed

This just in...in the south endzone under the bleachers they're offering a new item on the menu:
The "Max Hall" Turnover. You get 6 for the price of 1.

Get a life! it's embarrassing that your whole existence focuses around BYU.

In the months of September and October I did some work on the U and Y campuses and noticed something that these comments seem to confirm. When in Provo I noticed that those students LOVE the Cougars. When in Salt Lake I noticed that the students didn't really care much for their team until it looked like they might break into the BCS. Even then, for every cheer for their team I heard at least 3 jeers against the Cougars. That, along with these comments already left, tells me that the Cougar fans are true fans while the Ute fans could care less about there team (I cite the game attendance after Utah had lost 4 games last year) as long as they can see the Cougars in pain. Shame. I wish I could say it was the other way around after what the Cougars did to my Bruins this year.

This is such a hard game for me. Its hard having loalties to both teams. I am an Arizona Alum and BYU Fan.

I hope both teams have a good game, but my gut says Arizona will win.

KARMA Drew, KARMA!!!

If BYU loses to a 7-5 Arizona team they should be embarrassed. This game is a no win situation for BYU. It is not redemption... rather a game that they should win.

During the Bronco era, the kUUgs are something like 30-3 against unranked teams.

The University of Arizona is unranked. Therefore I like the kUUgs' chances against the Wildcats.

If the Wildcats were ranked it would be a different story, since the kUUgs are 1-20 against ranked teams over the last 10 years.

Matt,

YOu are very funny. You are very clever. Enjoy your great season, you deserve it.

Why the complete disregard for the basketball team who has a huge game with another PAC 10 Arizona school? There was one article today on Cummard, but not the game. Shame on the Desnews sports writers for completely ignoring the team. Football season ended at Rice Eccles season. I for one am not too excited for the Vegas bowl, but am excited for the undefeated basketball team.