2008 National Champ

Speaking of betting, the Arizona line opened at -12.5

Move up to 11. No one below had a season defining win and no one above lost so they move into SC’s spot.

yes. we can.

Yes. We Can.

YES. WE CAN!

That game will be decided by how well the Utah D contains Fifita/MacMillan. The QB discussion is superfluous.

It’s right on the A-, B+ cut line. Factoring in opponent, travel and missing 3 starters it’s a solid A because they greatly exceeded expectations.

Dock for losing turnover battle and Special Teams which had a 30 yard punt, a missed FG and the only good thing about the return game was that there weren’t any muffs.

Mitchell had some misses but the play calling for he and Stanley isn’t helping. Same issue with Vaki last year in that whenever he came on the field he was going to get the ball.

Ludwig needs to do a little self-scouting so that he can use those tendencies to set up something else. The Parks shovel pass TD off the fake reverse to Stanley…[Read more]

Or Singer flexing in the DB’s face in front of the OSU sideline.

Whatever Money said to the ref must have been really bad based on what the refs were allowing to be normal emotion and hard hitting action.

Yep. And the more I keep tilting at that particular windmill, the more I reinforce Einstein’s theory of insanity 🙂

Is nuance allowed on here?

Those metrics are still using last year’s results. The % goes down every week but never completely goes away.

Both teams were roughly similar in returning production (slight edge to OSU) and overall talent (slight edge to Utah). OSU got a bump for home field, Utah having to change time zones and last year’s record. I don’t know if there is a…[Read more]

I agree, give them their credit. They’ve beaten two 3-1 teams and Jay Hill has that D humming.

If you believe that there’s a chance of Utah getting a 2nd Big-12 CFP bid while not winning the CCG, you want them to beat ranked teams along the way. There’s no guarantee K-State makes the CCG so it’s better for the teams on Utah’s schedule to beat…[Read more]

Yes. No one performs at peak every time out. Great teams still manage to pull those games out. Good teams sometimes do.

with Rising today Utah wins by 30? really, a guy who can’t grip the ball was going to blow out OSU?

This boards relationship with Rising is reaching Battered Wife Syndrome levels.

The next time a true competitor forgets any slight, real or imagined, will be the first.

The only danger next week lies in how well Utah is able to recover from today’s game.

I don’t remember anyone credible saying that Utah couldn’t handle the physicality of the Big-12. The discussions I remember were based on what we saw in the 4th quarter which is how Utah’s secondary would hold up against the wide open offenses of the Big-12.

When a guy who gets pulled at halftime after going 8-22 turns into Joe Montana in the…[Read more]

I don’t want to dog on Kuithe, but the timing was too close for it not to have woken OSU up. Add in that it’s natural to relax a bit based on the score and a dominant win turns into a nail-biter in a hurry if you aren’t careful.

D, Bernard and the O Block definitely get game balls. Singer gets his flex picture on the media guide right next to Covey’s

Mistakes on both sides but if today’s game was an indication, it could develop into a pretty good rivalry.