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Blogpoll RoundTable: Week 6
It's Texas/OU week, which means it's Barking Carnival's turn to invite the masses to grab a seat at our dysfunctional family's RoundTable. This week's missive from mgoblog.com's esteemed Brian Cook arrived on a parchment that cyphered Michigan punter Zoltan Mesko's name in a Holtzian anagram. What...
Utes' season resurrected with two blowout conference wins
It's amazing what two weeks can do for confidence. Just three weeks ago, Utah had endured their third consecutive blowout loss in conference play and looked poised for the first losing season in nine years. Then, during a perfectly timed blackout game against Oregon State, the Utes notched their...
Hey, at least we totally owned the tailgating (and a weather report)
The hours leading up to Saturday's game were pretty damn awesome. I had some drinks, ate, met a lot of good friends I hadn't seen since the end of last season and really soaked in the entire scene. The tailgate lots were packed, people were buzzing about and I think it started really setting in...
Utah versus the Pac-10 - top five games of the last 20 years
I'm not good at coming up with lists because I feel I'm always going to gloss over an important game or rank one game higher than it should be solely because of nostalgia. But I couldn't pass up this opportunity. Utah football, though lacking Pac-10 affiliation, has had some great games over the...
Big-time college football in Utah
The state of Utah will never look to football like most southern states. Down there, it is a religion. They eat, sleep and drink college football. Here, it's more a hobby. That's not to say we don't have our diehards, we do, but they're in less quantity than what you would find in Alabama. So when...
Big Plays in Big Games
Ute95's post got me thinking about the importance of big plays in big games. They often define the tempo of a contest and could have an impact that goes well beyond the four quarters of play. I can't help but think back to the start of the 2004 season and Steve Savoy's huge touchdown on the Utes'...
The importance of home games
I think we all believe 2009 was a fairly okay rebuilding campaign by the Utes. They won ten games, finished ranked and won their ninth consecutive bowl game against an elite Pac-10 team. By all accounts, it wasn't a bad season. Of course, it could have been a lot better. The biggest complaint about...
The Defenestration of Prov (plus Louisville preview)
Liveblog! Tonight! At! 7! Here! Any time I have an excuse to post that video, I'll take it. That particular video may well be the best representation of the recent history in the UConn-Providence series. For almost seven years, UConn has inexplicably been owned by the team whose mascot endorses a...
Games of the decade - #09: 2005 Emerald Bowl
Throughout the final few days of 2009, I'll be counting down the top games of the decade. #10 was the 2003 Liberty Bowl. Over the last eight trips to the postseason, the Utes have amassed one of the most incredible bowl records in recent football history. Some have been rather ho-hum wins (the 1999...
Games of the decade - #10: 2003 Liberty Bowl
As we say goodbye to the 00s (or whatever we call this decade), I thought it'd be interesting to look back at the biggest and best games of the last ten years. It's without question this last decade has proven to be the greatest in Utah football history. We've seen unprecedented heights and a...
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