Wow..what a Saturday evening. First Utah was awesome. I was a wreck all week but woke up Saturday morning with a pretty good feeling. I thought it would be closer than it turned out to be but had a good feeling Utah would win going away. There were a few things that confirmed to me that Utah would win. First, Alex Smith was in the house and gave us a "Go Utes!" as he worked his way down the isle (needed a camera). Second, the byu 'whities' from Utah county weren't able to celebrate their 'heritage' by performing the Haka dance. Utah (specifically Slyvester Stevenson) made sure to wonder over as they were assuming position and put an end to that nonsense. The ensuing scuffle added to the excitement. Third the first series of the game Utah throws a swing pass to their WR. He puts one move on byu's cornerback and pretty much breaks his ankles. I knew they wouldn't be able to stop us.
Now on a side note I've got to discuss the Utah county invasion on Rice Eccles this year. Holy crap...when did Vanilla Ice have 2000-tuplets? Either that or Utah county has a Compton that non of us know about. I have never seen so many people trying to look the exact same (needed camera especially at this time). From the time we entered the stadium and made our way to our seats my Bro and I couldn't stop pointing people out to each other. So many white, goofy wannabe gangsters that it was comical. I wonder the next day when they go to church if the just wear their tie sideways/crooked or what. Seriously, I considered skipping the game and sitting outside and people watching. I will make this promise right now...I will never forget my camera when attending anything byu related for as long as I live.
It was a great day. Utah goes 12-0 during byu's dream year. byu goes 10-2 during their Quest for Perfection season. Utah goes to its 2nd BCS game before byu sniffs a chance. Max "Heisman Contender" Hall throws 5 interceptions and is responsible for 6 total turnovers. Bronco "Boring as Hell" Mendenhall gets 6 months to think of next years slogan that will ultimately bite them in the ass. Max Hall will have plenty of spare time on January 1st to watch 'The Office'!
Greg Wrubell (the ultimate zoobie homer) points out:
"Bronco is now 1-8 v. ranked teams, and BYU has now lost 20 of its last 21 games to teams that were ranked at either the time of the meeting or at the end of the season in which they met.
After nights like last night, the popular "big picture" question becomes whether BYU can consistently compete with and beat the best teams in the country. It's true that BYU did so in the pre-BCS days of the 80s and early-to-mid 90s, but since 1999, BYU has exactly one such win to show for itself (at TCU in 2006).
Utah meantime, has won 6 of its last 8 versus ranked teams, and is now 6-0 alltime when both the Utes and their opponents are ranked."
All we hear between February and November is talk, talk, talk about their greatness. But as shown above, the stats are pretty telling. Please shut the hell up until after you accomplish something extraordinary. That is all.
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