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Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:31:13 -0000

Dang, I just re read it. The pronoun does seem to point more towards Michigan than Utah. I meant Utah is no Hawaii.

Maybe that, and my spelling, is why I got a c in English Composition.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:41:34 -0000

1) Good luck with Washington and UCLA. I really want you all to win.

2) BYU got hosed by Nevada last minute. Too bad FSU was afraid to play you.

3) What has BYU said:
It is a bit early to talk of a "Quest for Perfection".
BYU is not a Harvard of the West (They have taken step to distanced themselves from this claim, as per the 11th paragraph of this article, but it still rings in their fanbase. )

As for their fan's:

1984 was 2 decades ago. What have you done lately? Frankly a MWC championship is nothing on the national stage.

For the record, Michigan at home is better than Northern Iowa on the road.

Compare records vs BCS AQ teams since 2000: BYU 9-15, Utah 13-10.

I will grant that BYU has every right to claim the inside track on the conference title. To make a BCS claim before their next two games is ridiculous.

The same can be said of any BCS non-AQ team that has a top 25 BCS AQ team on the remaining schedule.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

TampaGator — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:22:03 -0000

Very well then...

...it seems I have mis-under-interpremember-estimated the said comment concerning Hawaii.

Accordingly, I hereby formally, officially, and for the record, recant, revoke and forever un-LMAO, my heretofore previously mis-proclamied LMAO, with my humblest apologies.

GO GATORS!!

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Mars — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:34:11 -0000

TCU-New Mexico was scheduled by the MWC because neither team scheduled a game opening week. That's their fault.

As for "BYU shutting up", what exactly has BYU said?

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:31:35 -0000

No veiled slight at the gators. Simple a straightforward slight at Hawaii.

Michigan is no Florida either.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:29:03 -0000

I wish BYU would just shut up and beat a couple of PAC 10 teams already....
WEA, I bring you that for next week.

We won't really know who is better until November 22nd.

I agree about TCU. New Mexico should be in a bowl game come December. Why they scheduled such a strong conference game this early is beyond me.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:24:05 -0000

Ok, funny everyone...

Ha Ha...

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:21:36 -0000

I think its a down half a year.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:20:58 -0000

One of the reasons I am not a fan of our coaches. Lack of discipline and follow through. Stupid penalties and loosening up with a lead/surrendering with a deficit are trademarks of coaching.

We make up for it in recruiting and training. We are the same team minus the injuries that plagued us last year.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Tommy_Trojan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:52:22 -0000

Let's not get all frothy over Utah either. They didn't beat anybody. You know what made Rich Rodriguez? Pat White - plain and simple. West Virginia was barely an above average team before White showed up. Players like that only come around about every twenty years. West Virginia became a very good team with that guy at QB. Michigan does not have anything even close to a Pat White. But, there gonna switch to the spread-option anyway. How lame is that, really? Is it the only formation that the guy even knows. It won't work at Michigan until they get a QB that can run the ball. In fact, it's gonna get real ugly for Michigan. I am not impressed at all by Utah barely beating this team. Let's see how they do against TCU and BYU before we start annointing this team.
Same thing goes for Fresno State. As much as I love that team, this talk of BCS busters, is just plain non-sense. Fresno would have to go unbeaten to ever get in. That is not gonna happen with Wisconsin, UCLA and Boise State, as well as a very dangerous Nevada team still left to deal with. This game against Rutgers was really easy to call. Fresno State has been playin' with the real Big Boyz for a long time. Rutgers does not stack up like the Wisconsin's, Oregon's, Oklahoma's, LSU's and all of the other great teams that Fresno has been playing recently. This was just a warmup game for Fresno. Let's keep it in perspective until we see what happens with Wisconsin. We'll know alot more then.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Tom_Blogical — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:03:48 -0000

Boeckman scares me. He's the key to a successful season or a "meh" season.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Marko — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:37:11 -0000

Utah needs to focus on defense.

Defense wins championships. With a stellar defense, the Utes can sneak into a BCS game after beating BYU which I think they will this year.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Marko — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:34:42 -0000

Utah is not the team they were last year. Their QB and Casteel will match up with any team in the country. They have REALLY impressed me with their poise in the first half.

They do need to work on keeping their heads into the game, Michigan almost stole that game which they had no business being close to.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

grcunning — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:05:56 -0000

Fresno did a great job today, but Rutgers is no Wisconsin. Without Rice running the ball this year, Rutgers couldn't do anything with great field position in the first half.
Wisconsin won't have that problem with PJ Hill, and Wisconsin's O-line is HUGE.
I don't think that E Carolina can get by WV, Pat White showed this weekend that he can throw as well as he can run.
I think the only team you have to worry about is BYU, and you can settle that on the field, the way it should be.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:48:31 -0000

We are on the map but have a lot to improve on.

Fresno State did their part.

I am starting to fear an undefeated Fresno State and East Carolina fill the two top 14 spots in the BCS rankings not taken by the SEC and Big 12 and the champions of the others.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

grcunning — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:41:07 -0000

Hey Ben,
The Utes are officially on the map.
Brian Johnson was just interviewed on College Football Live (yeah, I know we all hate ESPN, but it's massive exposure for any program).
Playing on the road against a well regarded program was the best possible thing Utah could have done. Now we get to see if Fresno St can match you at Rutgers.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

TampaGator — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:23:58 -0000

"...This is no Hawaii..."

A veiled sleight at the Gators?

The funny thing is, both Hawaii and Michigan lost talented senior classes; both are in transition; both schools are breaking in new coaches--but Hawaii attended a much more prestigous bowl last year than Mighigan, and had a much better record.

So, why is [Michigan] "...no Hawaii"?

...could it be, because Michigan is a BCS conference blue-blood power?

LMAO!

GO GATORS!!

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

1Tomcat — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:01:11 -0000

What about the WAC ? and SUNBELT ?
Have another my friend and remember coondawg1

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

1Tomcat — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:53:59 -0000

It was all just a big joke Ben, I shoulda put Stanford, TCU and Vanderbilt on my list- Oh Sh-t The La Tech Bulldogs earned a spot too

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Tom_Blogical — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:08:41 -0000

Hey Marko, good on you to congratulate Ben and the Utes. Michigan will most likely have a down year but they'll be back soon.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

TBone1966 — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:59:59 -0000

The score could have been worse if Utah hadn't backed of from their passing game.
The pass is going hurt the whole year. Utah 300+ yards and pulled up in the second half.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

blackdawg — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:48:51 -0000

Must admit Bama looked good.

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Zac — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:24:16 -0000

The "Big Picture" for UT right now is preparing for UNLV in 7 more days. They have to get out of their system having beaten a "Big Name" program on the road, when in fact they didn't quite beat said program; they escaped. It's all about concentration, focus, and execution. They kicked a lot of FG's when TD's could have been scored. As RR has said it, as Saban was illustrated to have said it, they have to learn to FINISH!

This takes Discipline. Yes, I know; it was the 1st game for them. It was also the 1st game for MI. How many penalties did UT have, for how many yards? These are the things that kill promising drives, or plants a defense deeper in the hole. While this also involves concentration & focus, the primary ingredient is discipline and that needs to improve.

Staying with what's working, not to mention adjusting to adjustments made against what's been working: While this is more of a coaching issue, complacency cannot be allowed to set in, not against teams the caliber of MI. UT will have to learn to maintain focus, discipline, and controlled aggressiveness, not to mention play to win; not play "not to lose".

Finally, and I think Marko said it as well as anyone can, a game last 60 minutes. UT has to be willing to play the entire game, weather the storms as they come, but stick to and execute the game-plan. It's like RR used to tell his teams at WVU, "If you keep doing things to give the other team hope, eventually they will come back on ya."

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Zac — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:48:30 -0000

Ya know, I could just about agree, IF the MWC picked up Bosie St, Fresno St, and either Houston or Tulsa. (Relax, everyone; I've only had ti martwoni's.)

Re: Utah's Win: The Big Picture

Ben Prather — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:46:10 -0000

I think you have USC and Florida too high and Missouri too low.