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    • #148847
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      ProudUte
      Participant

      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!!!

    • #148848
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      UteBacker
      Moderator

      Let’s get this party started!!!! GO UTES!!!!

    • #148849
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      Tony (admin)
      Keymaster

      I suffered through those seasons as well, which explains a lot of the “baggage” I have regarding certain programs. 

      • #148860
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        UteBacker
        Moderator

        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.

        • #148863
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          Tony (admin)
          Keymaster

          F em. 

        • #148897
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          Charlie
          Participant

          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.

    • #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.

      • #148857
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        MDUte
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        It’s Gameday!! Go Utes!!!

      • #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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