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[Jake]

I don’t have a book suggestion at the moment, but I will say that I agree with your take on “Open”. I read it a few years ago and was blown away. His descriptions of what was going through his mind during his matches were incredible.

[Jake]

34 – 24 for the good guys.

[Jake]

I am baffled that anyone could hate Todd Graham more than Rich Rodriguez. I don’t think there is a coach on the planet that I dislike as much as Rodriguez. He is a tremendous clown.

Exhibit A: Rich Rod demonstrates that he is a jerk-off

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Jake.

[Jake]

As far as I can tell, Coach Graham rocks a flat top. Like, an Iceman-style flat top. I really hope the Utes get them this year, because it feels like shit to continually lose to a team that is skippered by a dude with a damn flat top.

[Jake]

That is excellent, Moose.

[Jake]

With regard to your nervousness to fully embrace the hype, I feel the same way. In general, I’m a conservative guy and so I try not to get too high on this kind of early success because I don’t want the figurative nut punch that comes along with a big let down (see ‘BYU Fan Expectations: Every August/September’, see also ‘BYU: Band of Nut Punchers’).

That said, I’m holding out some hope this year, because most of this team just experienced the Washington St. game last year. Given the way that game started, I’m comfortable saying that the team started to feel pretty good about itself after the quick start and it had a letdown. Now, I think Cal might be good enough to beat us on any given day (I feel that way about most of the league), but I’m hopeful that the Utes aren’t going to have a mental letdown. If they prepare and show up (mentally) the same way they did for Oregon, I don’t think Cal has enough to get it done in SLC this year.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Jake.

[Jake]

Yardage isn’t always a great stat. Sometimes it means you had awful turnovers that allowed them to score without having to earn it. I don’t think it really tells the story here.

[Jake]

I respect it. We need a little “reverse jinx”.

[Jake]

Hey, I’m with you on him being a weasel. I just think that Rich Rod is worse. To each his own. I’m good with you leading the hate for TG and I’ll continue to hate RR. Hopefully the Utes can pull out wins against each of them this year, so my hate will be less helpless.

[Jake]

I agree with you completely. In his first few years, there have been plenty of times when I have lamented his awkward throwing motion or his propensity to throw behind a receiver, but I’ve always been a Travis Wilson guy because he just plays his ass of.

It’s hard for me to imagine that he can sustain the level of play (not even necessarily production, because Oregon’s secondary is honestly terrible). Even so, I hope that it really has “clicked” for him, and that he will continue to play at a high level. That said, even before the last game, I knew he would go down as one of my favorite Utes because he gives 100% all the time. The guy never talks ish about anybody (even historically bad OC’s who burned him for a whole damn year). All he does is bust his ass.