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- 09/02/2021 at 8:38 AM #148847
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  ProudUte
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  I am a football fan more than any sport by a long shot. I love Utah football and suffered through two 1-10 seasons in the 70s, but still loved it. We start yet another season, it will be in the low 80s and I will get a round of golf in before the game. It’s hard to beat that!!!
- 09/02/2021 at 8:48 AM #148848
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  UteBacker
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  Let’s get this party started!!!! GO UTES!!!!
- 09/02/2021 at 8:49 AM #148849
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  Tony (admin)
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  I suffered through those seasons as well, which explains a lot of the “baggage” I have regarding certain programs.
  - 09/02/2021 at 9:32 AM #148860
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    UteBacker
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    Growing up a Ute fan in the 80’s… was brutal. Our program was an afterthought. Funny though… all of those in-state rival asshats that gave me crap about our program back then don’t want to talk about football anymore with me. Weird how that happens.
    - 09/02/2021 at 9:32 AM #148863
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      Tony (admin)
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      F em.
    - 09/02/2021 at 12:15 PM #148897
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      Charlie
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      I probably would not have made it thru the 80s if I had not first gone thru the late 50s and 60s. I always expected a flip to come again. Oddly, I don’t expect another flip, an occasional WTF upset yes but even that will not be anytime soon.
- 09/02/2021 at 9:13 AM #148851
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  tarheelute
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  The only game I remember (I was at the game as an Army ROTC Cadet) from the 70s was the Utah win over BYU on November 20, 1978. Link
  
  “Utah (5-6), who has lost 6-straight games to BYU, again finds themselves losing to the Coogs (7-2) by as many as 16 points. Under these circumstances, the Utes pulled together and pulled off one of their most memorable Holy War victories ever, and their last until 1988.”
  
  I gathered a lot of baggage over the next 10+ years, but that game hooked me. I believe Coach Whittingham was a line backer, but not a starter at that game.
  
  If I supporting continuing the series with BYU, its only to see them beat every year.
  - 09/02/2021 at 9:26 AM #148857
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    MDUte
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    It’s Gameday!! Go Utes!!!
    
    Utah…
    
    It’s GAMEDAY pic.twitter.com/33VlFJvxAy
    
    — Utah Football (@Utah_Football) September 2, 2021
  - 09/02/2021 at 10:24 AM #148880
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    Utebeam
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    This is why I’m never confident going into the instate game. TDS, will pull a rabbit out of a hat at some point just like Utah beat them when they shouldn’t have.
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