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So I have been thinking for a while how excited I’d be for the last of my college football experiences to be checked off my bucket list.
My experiences/stadiums were Notre Dame, Michie Stadium, the Big House and THE Rose Bowl.
So my favorites ranked best to worst?
1. THE Rose Bowl (yes a loss) when you combine the Rose Parade, highlights of…[Read more]

Money Parks – FR
Devaughn Vele – R-FR
Jaylen Dixon – Jr, is he coming back? We could really use his speed.
Solo – Jr, will he come back? I can’t remember.
Players I’m interested in seeing what happens with…
Conner O’Toole, 6 ft 4 in, you’d think we could use him for some jump ball type throws.
Munir McClain – transferred from USC, will he…[Read more]

overall our Special Teams played pretty well. 
Hard to kick touchbacks at that lower elevation. And Covey’s return was awesome to watch.
But the one play which may have swung enough momentum in OSU’s direction was that muffed catch by our punter so close to our goal line. It really energized their offense and put our defense in a huge…[Read more]

On Wednesday heading through the Virgin River Gorge 45 minute delay.
Then today maps tells us to get off in Mesquite and take an alternate road around something causing a major slowdown on I-15. Get back to the on ramp for the next I-15 interchange and Arizona police show up a few minutes earlier and close down the on ramp. So I had to take the…[Read more]

You could think they were arrogant but I felt like they were excited to escape with the win. 
It’s easy to be confident after the win. But that is not who they were for 90% of the game . On the way out of the stadium I heard a guy say, “we don’t lose to teams like Utah.” Whatever! That same guy was probably like the fan behind me. Spent 90% of…[Read more]

#StBernard – willing to do what it took for the team
#thiccboi7 – played a great game led the team to a great offensive first half, 35 points, almost as many as we scored against Oregon in a whole game.
#WinterSoldier – Barnes came in with nothing to lose and executed when needed.
#CP3O – loved watching his interception. It was down in the end…[Read more]

Fun little place. Went there tonight and many of the little beach houses are lit up in Christmas lights.
Bonus: If you’re an Arrested Development fan they have the frozen banana stand the Bluth one is based on.

Pitt, we had no shot in that bowl game, right?
http://www.winsipedia.com/utah/vs/pittsburgh
Alabama, we had no shot, right?
http://www.winsipedia.com/utah/vs/alabama
Ohio State, we got not shot right?
http://www.winsipedia.com/utah/vs/ohio-state
Utah wins bowl games, plain and simple.
http://www.winsipedia.com/ranking/bowl-record

Watched quite a bit of the LA bowl and was impressed with Legas. Most of the year was 3rd string. 2nd string for the bowl game and absolutely crushed it. First ever pass in a game… TD in a bowl. If you missed the game but have a chance to watch the replay you should. HEY finished the season really strong.Beat SDSU and Oregon At to finish. I’m impressed.

What a faux pas!!!!!

https://twitter.com/Tyler_Polumbus/status/1466976806830018566?s=20
How can Utah build a program like this but CU can’t?
Some funny stuff in the replies.

With the BCS the Rose Bowl became slightly less important but still the premier Bowl game.
With the CFP the Rose Bowl became a little less important in the grand scheme of things.
Once the CFP expands to 8 or 12 teams the Rose Bowl will lose almost all semblance of being the Granddaddy of them all. They’ll probably still have the Rose Parade,…[Read more]

Ranking 2021 college football bowl games, 42-1: Orange, Rose, Gator among major highlights (cbssports.com)
 

So I just looked at the recommendations from the Wisconsin folks in the link a few posts down.
This may be a great option if you want to look at renting an RV and parking it in the Rose Bowl…[Read more]

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/todd-graham-hawaii-football-players-mistreatment/10u4iqg0of1t51kv89ktuqtzgg

A quick search it looks like only two, correction three, of the Pac12 games are on ESPN. But CBS, ABC, and Fox seem to have all the games except for the Rose Bowl and two others. I’ll be at the Rose Bowl (Pinch me!) The other game is the game with no coaches between OU and UO. As sexy as that game looks on paper, I don’t think it really shows…[Read more]

My buddy asked me during the middle of the 3rd quarter if I thought this was Utah’s best team ever? 
 I’d have to say probably not. But, they certainly have accomplished much the other teams could not. But then again, unlike Cincinnati we did not have another team break the mold for us. Utah was the moldbreaker, and opened the way for BSU,…[Read more]

1st of all not everything in my chaos scenario happened but some chaos I didn’t mention did happen.
1. Congratulations to USU which curb-stomped SDSU yesterday. Anybody see that happening?
2. Way to go Baylor, another “upset” in a Championship game.
3. Congrats to Cincinnati, nice win yesterday. I saw on ESPN’s main page with a picture of a…[Read more]

I’m calling in a lot of favors for this Rose Bowl trip.
It is my wife’s gift to me for our Anniversary, Christmas and Birthday, all in December. 
I’m usually pretty frugal, but am good spending $$$ on experiences instead of things.
We’re driving out from Colorado, with our two kids still at home. Wish I could afford to bring my married daughter…[Read more]

So Arizona and Colorado will be the only two Pac12 teams to never play in the Rose Bowl.
When searching for this information I came up with this gem. The link below is from 2017. LOL That didn’t age well.
https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=17168860