Comments about ‘Utah Utes football: There's lots of sweet talk from 'Bama’

Don't you hate it when football players and coaches play the role of politician to appear politically correct? No one outside of Utah expects the Utes to win, but everyone outside the SEC wants them to win. Utah has a great opportunity to take out a team from the most talented conference in college football. I think Saban respects te Utes, but sincerely thinks his team will destroy Utah.

Respect is earned. Win the game Utah and you'll get it. Lose by more than a touchdown and the naysayers will come out of the woodwork saying the Utes were over-rated.

Now ... take that chip on your shoulders and beat Alabama by the same margin Florida did! 31-20

Saban is saying all the right things, he has to, but deep down he knows Utah isn't in the same league and is bitter that they have to play the Utes instead of a formidable opponent, like Texas. Tide by three TDs, no doubt.

Sorry, the Utes don't stand a chance and everyone including Sabin knows it. It would be great if they could win. I don't think it is possible. I watched Alabama win over LSU. They are an awesome team. The Utes are brave to go up against them.

Go Utes! Let's make this season the real "Quest for Perfection"!

Roll Tide!

I think Utah will win. They beat a team this year that was a national champion in 84!

Blah, blah, blah. Bama is soooooo good. They got ripped by a depleted Florida team who got ripped by an Ole' Miss team. It will be a good game. The Utes play up to their opponents level.

BYU would make the game closer than Utah will. I really think byu would beat these guys.

He finally matched Gary Crowton's conference title count.

Enjoy the beat down yewts. Roll tide.

I love how all of a sudden all of the utah county folks have learned how to say "roll tide" so well. Looks like they all got the Alabama version of Hooked on Phonics for Christmas and, consequently, have picked up the Tide's lingo. Must be a lonely time of year for you guys....I guess you have to do something to pass the time.

As for "respect", I think that Alabama respects the Utes the same way Utah respects every other team in the MWC. That said, you don't have to believe your team is good to respect them. Whitt respected Sonny Lubic in his last years at CSU, but never thought they would beat him. Alabama has the BCS mentality that Utah is not part of their group and doesn't have the ability to hang with them.

One of my biggest concerns is that Utah will be without Fotu in the game, who was one of the better run stoppers on defense. With the Tide's running game, he will be sorely missed.

That said, someone will fill in the gap and step up. I'm hoping for a competitive game. Go Utes.

Mick--let it go, dude. We've got all the ability in the world to beat 'bama, and I, for, one, am convinced we will. But, a reference to a season 24 years ago is, actually, fairly lame.

Utah doesn't have a chance!!!!

HA HA ARE YOU SERIOUS THEY WERE THE # 1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY FOR A LONG TIME THIS YEAR AND WERE BEATING FLORIDA IN THE 4TH QUARTER.... GOOD ARGUMENT! I HOPE YOU'RE ATLEAST RIGHT ABOUT THE UTES PLAYING UP. I'M A A UTE AND THINK THE KEY TO THE GAME IS NOT LETTING BAMA GET OFF TO A GOOD START... IF THEY GET UP AND CAN RUN THE BALL ON 1ST AND 2ND DOWN THEY WILL WEAR US DOWN... WE NEED TO GET UP EARLY AND FORCE EM TO THROW AND THEN THEY'LL BE PLAYING TO OUR STRENGTH...BEING ABLE TO USE THE SPEED OF MISI AND KRUGER TO PUT PRESSURE ON J.P. WILSON

Should I really by surprised? In an article exclusively regarding Utah and Alabama, leave it to a Ute fan to be unable to restrain itself, taking a cheap shot at a team not even mentioned in the article.

I have a dilemma. As a Y fan, in the interest of the MWC, I'd love to see the Utes beat Alabama. On the other hand, the chance to see the (increasingly more common) smug, arrogant Ute fans have their team get destroyed is almost too good to pass up...

Who to root for...what to root for...?

In the east they ask, U of Who? pfffff.... not a chance...!, not even close...!, I'm sorry utes, not this time...

Utah is way, way, way overranked. They just barely managed to avoid losing several games this year because they had a easy road schedule. They had a much easier road schedule than BYU.

I'll be cheering for them, but they're going to get their BUTTS kicked.

It was a nice season Utes, but marginal wins over Oregon and TCU does not prove you are in the same league as bama. Alabama by 14.

of luck to both teams. I can't wait to watch it with a big bucket of KFC and drinking my beer....

"...and, oh ya, we'll win by at least 30. 40 if we don't turn it over."