Remember Pitt? Remember Alabama?

[UTE98]

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

[MineralUte]

The Utes were 9.5 point underdogs against Alabama. Yes, not many thought we had a chance.

But the Utes were 16 point favorites against Pitt. I can’t recall anyone thinking that we would lose that game. All the talking heads were picking Utah to win.

[PhiladelphiaUte]

Mark May predicted Utah would get blown out by the Panthers.  But he was the only naysayer that I recall.

[CincyUte]

Trev Alberts too.

[UteThunder]

Isn’t Mark May a former Pitt player?

[2008 National Champ]

Pitt was the participation trophy for the 2004 season. At the time, I felt like they allowed Utah into the BCS so that none of the real teams would have to play a 7-4 Pitt team that won a crappy Big East.

[UteThunder]

They also avoided having Utah prove a non-BCS team belonged because we didn’t get to play a real opponent. They should have given us undefeated Auburn. That would have been a game!