AlohaUte

Well, they’ve created an echo chamber over there where everyone will agree with you if you are left wing and ostracized and mocked if you are right-wing. They’ve created a nice little “safe-space” for themselves.

You see, the problem with fan vote is that it has nothing to do with who actually deserves it and more to do with who has the biggest fan base.

I’ve always compared us to Iowa, small population state, good & tenured coach, with the occassional great season and mostly solid seasons.

Michigan State is also a great parallel.

Todd Graham also didn’t have to migrate a team from the Mountain West to the Pac-12. Don’t underestimate the huge undertaking this was.

This. Never ever turn down a bowl bid. The extra practice and development is invaluable.

Our pass defense is solid, better than usual. But our Run defense has been bad — at least according to Utah standards.

Wazzu – W

UW – L

CU – W

Bowl Game – W

Final Record: 8-5

Georgia does not own our land, they own BYU’s. Wisconsin owns Utah State’s. Wazzu owns our land (aka, Stanford beat us, Wazzu beat Stanford). Thus we have a chance to win our own land back again this week as we play Wazzu.

For the record, I love this map and it makes for great fun and conversation fodder.

To those who don’t understand it, as was mentioned, you start out “owning” all counties that are closest to you geographically. If you first lose, your territory is conquered by the team that defeats you. When that team loses their home territory, plus your’s…[Read more]

arguably the team which has most underperformed its talent in the Pac-12 other than us (8 NFL draft picks last year, and as many NFL players as any Pac-12 team other than SC and UCLA – which says a lot about how we’ve underperformed).

What? You mean the 2* and 3* talent that he developed. What kind of crazy statement is that? It’s not lik…[Read more]

Players still have to execute it. I have little confidence that Williams can.

Ah, my bad TwoUtes. I misread your comment.

I don’t know. I disagree. Run defense is our defensive strength. I think we match up quite well with Stanford. I think our worse matchups are the teams that throw a lot, like Wazzu. That game worries me.

And SportsCenter’s entire highlight reel was Lonzo. Whattaya gunna do?

I swear, our fan base. It’s like we just can’t accept the fact that we have a solid to great program. Every team in CFB is majorly flawed except for about 5 or 6 teams. We have a great defense, great special teams, and the best offense we’ve had in a decade. Yes, we commit way too many penalties and our run game is lacking, but good gravy, can’t…[Read more]

What? We’re already ranked.

So you think that if we beat Stanford in a close ugly win, we’ll drop from #20 to #24-27? That’s just crazy.

Only if we win on Saturday.

I still love the game. It is still my favorite of the season. I know I am in the minority here, but I want BYU to make it into the Pac-12 or the Big-12 to keep both the U and BYU relevant long term. College Football is fun and it is about rivalries and there are few rivalries in the county as good as this one.

I don’t know. I visited CB after the game last night and the themes I saw were not delusional. Many aren’t sure they are even going to watch the game next week because they can’t handle the emotional strain of losing to Utah again. And many have lost all confidence Detmer.

Coach Whitt is fantastic and is an A+ coach. No, he’s not perfect, but he has done more with less than any coach I’ve seen over a longer period of time. We are very fortunate to have him.