2016 P12 Championship game

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- 07/06/2021 at 8:37 PM #145233
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  Utebeam
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  I watched the game between Washington and Colorado on the P12 network. The buffs got buffed. They looked terrible except for a few plays. Remind me why the Utes weren’t in the championship game? Seems like the South was a wreck that year and we had a shot. Who was the QB? Williams???
- 07/06/2021 at 9:04 PM #145235
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  Hellhound152
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  Because they lost more conference games than Colorado and USC… The South wasn’t exactly a wreck, Colorado was 10-2 going into the championship game with losses at Michigan and at USC. USC finished ranked 3rd in the Country winning the Rose Bowl with losses to Alabama, Stanford, and Utah. Utah was 5-4 in league and still finished 9-4 in the CFP top 25 as one of 5 Pac 12 teams who finished in the top 25.
  - 07/06/2021 at 9:39 PM #145238
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    Utebeam
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    Thanks for the sarcasm. I was thinking this was the year we almost won the south but Colorado beat us out.
    - 07/06/2021 at 10:13 PM #145240
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      Hellhound152
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      You asked why? Not how. So the answer seemed sarcastic. You were also correct that the Utes were in contention. They were knocked out the 2nd to last game of the season when the Carrington toe tap happened. Had they won, the CU/Utah game would have been been the decider in the South. As it was, a Colorado win and they were in. If Utah would won in Boulder it would have sent USC to the championship game against UW, who the Trojans had soundly defeated in Seattle earlier in the season, with Washington having the only real shot at the playoff with a win.
    - 07/07/2021 at 6:38 AM #145246
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      Utesbyfive
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      That was 2011, our first year in the league. That CU/UU game was absolutely cold and dreadful and left a sick feeling that stuck with me all off-season. It almost started a rivalry with the Buffs. Almost.