GameForAnyFuss

Traffic shouldn’t be too bad. Give yourself 5 extra minutes.

I normally wouldn’t divulge my secret parking spot, but nobody goes to basketball games anyway, so I’ll share it: I always park in Fort Douglas, on the east side of the pedestrian bridge. Easy in and out, and a surprisingly short walk to the Hunty.

Be prepared for basic arena…[Read more]

I’ll be there. I owe this team at least that much.

It hurts today, but we’re still going to be a top-20 team and end up with a top-20 opponent in the bowl game. Most years we’d call that a rousing success. It just doesn’t feel that way right now because we backed into it.

I have hope that it will be improving soon. For all my fellow pilots out there, here’s the latest METAR for KSFO:

KSFO 061856Z 10012KT 10SM SCT039 16/11 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01560106

That’s over 800 foot ceiling and over 2 miles viz, which means ILS critical restrictions should be lifted soon? Maybe someone with an IFR rating can correct…[Read more]

I’m optimistic because Utah is just a hair better than Oregon in every phase of the game.
I’m optimistic because I think Utah has better coaching.
I’m optimistic because I think the weather plays into Utah’s hands.
I’m optimistic because of our senior leadership.

Once the Utah fans go quiet on those fans, it will all just fade away and be wonderful.

Sorry, I just can’t bring myself to believe that will ever happen. BYU-Provo is like the neighbor’s little dog that escaped from the yard. It comes up to you and barks and nips at your calf, so you ignore it and try to walk away, but it just keeps following you…[Read more]

Then again, they’re not outsourcing psychology jobs to India.

Yeah, the psychology of fandom is definitely something I would’ve liked to study if I hadn’t chosen engineering as a career.

The comments on the Twitter post will warm your heart. Contrary to what these SEC butt-boys are saying, it looks like a lot of people do want to see Utah in the CFP.

Doesn’t worry me. In theory, rain is supposed to push both teams to run more, right? If that happens I like Utah’s chances even more. Utah has the all-everything RB and two guys who are deadly running the jet sweep. Utah also has the best run defense in the country.

No, I don’t think it will be a blowout by any means – Oregon will get theirs and…[Read more]

Lower body. Mostly precautionary.

He is missed, too. We’re currently getting abused down low.

I’ll add one more. This is going to sound totally contrarian, but I don’t care.

I’m thankful for all the Utah athletes in all the other sports, who work just as hard on their craft as the football and basketball players but get much less recognition.

I’m just glad they’re covering Utah at all. Better than reading endless stories about BYU-Provo’s next All-American QB in waiting…

Sorry, disagree.

Biggest home game candidates would be:
BYU-P 2004. A win caps an undefeated season and a BCS bowl game invite, and sets the stage for an eventual PAC12 invite. A loss sends us to the Toilet Bowl against some other non-BCS team.
TCU 2008. A win (over a top-10 team to boot) keeps the dream of another undefeated season alive. A loss…[Read more]

What’s happening is everybody in the PAC12 has a WTF loss. Everybody.

Utah -> USC
USC -> BYU-Provo
Oregon -> ASU
ASU -> UCLA

And finally….

Washington -> Colorad9

Don’t read too much into a single game. Colorad9 beating Washington says no more about Colorad9 than Utah losing to USC says about Utah. Weird things happen in one-off games.

Nobody started counting wins and losses in the BYU-Yewtah games until 1973.

Clearly a Ute fan troll job. I would’ve normally gone with CSU troll, but he knows way too much about BYU-P and Utah to be anything but a Utah fan.

why humans who consume college football continue on in the psychological deference to whoever the top 3-4 teams in the SEC are year in and year out

Quite simply, because we continue to consume it. As long as we keep spending our money on their product, what incentive do they have to change?

And note that if there were an 8-team playoff right now,…[Read more]

So 35-7 isn’t enough and because of that we might only get to the Rose Bowl? Sounds like first world problems…

Playing on the cold, snow and elevation won’t help us in this game.

It won’t? I’d say bad conditions favor Utah. Bad weather means the running game becomes more important. Which team has the future NFL running back? Utah. Which team has the best run defense in the land? Utah.