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Part of the home advantage is being acclimated to condition including temperature, humidity, and altitude.

Humid heat will favor the Cowboys just and altitude will favor the Utes on the return trip to Salt Lake.

Rick-rolled a lot of posters

Always had a soft spot in my heart for Oklahoma State (who has played in the shadow of the teams I will not mention who departed for the SEC)

Looking forward to when the Cowboys pay a visit to Rice-Eccles and hope a lot of fans make the trip.

Two good teams taking the field in a few days and one of those good teams will walk out a loser. Don’t get too down on our team if we lose a well-fought battle as there is a lot of football still left to play.

Conference opener (and with 2 of the pre-season favorites) so both teams should come out full throttle.

All about getting same amount of $$$$ on each side of the line.

Best feasible scenario, couple of mega-leagues of a couple dozen teams each with divisions where most of the former PAC12 teams are in the same division. 80% of conference play is your own division with the other 20% against teams in other divisions.

Utah has regular meetings with the teams like the Trojans, Bruins, Huskies, Ducks, etc., with…[Read more]

No need for sunscreen or danger of dehydration but means getting home well past midnight.

35-7 second half says it all.

That said, KUDOS to our brothers up in Logan for a spirited effort.

Wondering too would they eventually go after UNLV and/or Nevada (Reno)?

Indeed definitely a blow to our brothers up north.

Random thoughts

Do Cal / Stanford perhaps decide to go back (so most of their conference games in all sports aren’t 3 time zones away)?

Perhaps Air Force next to move over?

Obviously a blow to the Mountain West losing several key members.

Aggies fans and team will be fired up for our first visit up there in some time. But while Logan fans do a great job of cheering for their team, it isn’t nearly as unfriendly a place to visit as Provo is.

Saw many fans walking up the aisles carrying about half a dozen bottles of Dasani. Saw fans with armfuls of the frozen lemonades too. My allowed liter of water I took into the game was empty by half time when my father and I went under the bleachers to escape the sun for a bit. Nearest Hydration station was too far away to even try to get to…[Read more]

Worst case scenario playing in the middle of the day in late summer. Lots of fans on the concourse to try to get a break from the sun at halftime, and huge lines at the water filling stations.

Helps our SOS to have some of the conference do well against non-conference opponents. BYU winning at SMU helps us even though I find it difficult to pull for them.

Doesn’t have as strong a defense behind him but it would be hilarious if he pulled it off again.

Barnes played admirably against the Trojans when he wore the red and white. But this will be a tough test tomorrow.

I don’t care for taking the ‘surprise onside kick’ out of the game

How does Randy Marsh (inventor of Sarcastic Ball) feel about these changes?

Would imagine due to about a century of tradition, the Rose Bowl parade and game will remain on Jan 1, no matter what teams / conferences are involved.

Felt strange not being able get up Sunday morning and not able to turn on the Pac12 network to see highlights of the conference games from the weekend.