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  • #901
    Originally posted by Top Ute View Post
    I long for the day when we can gloat over our feats within the conference, rather than just pounding the same hammer over and over again about how we're in the cool kids club (or 54-10, for that matter)
    We will.

    IMO we have to be realistic though. Every team in Div 1 football has up years and rebuilding years. This year you don't have to look further than LSU.

    This wouldn't have been one of the best teams we've had lately, regardless of the conference we're in.

    The younger players on this team will get better and more experienced... and they will remember.

    We are now in a position to compete against some of the very best... week in and week out.

    When we again have the success you are speaking about... we won't have to make excuses for our strength of schedule.

    Earning a Rose Bowl bid is every bit as tough as we heard it would be.
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    • #902
      Originally posted by Top Ute View Post
      I'm not going to dissect every word/post you've made leading up to this discussion, but when SU said the losing hasn't gotten him down, you responded/asked (rhetorically, I presume) which Ute fan would be bothered by it?

      My opinion of you hasn't changed because of that, but it doesn't change my belief that it was a ridiculous viewpoint.

      We knew being in the Pac-12 would be tougher, but any Utah fan who figured we would be the conference doormat three games in simply isn't being honest with him/herself. Now I'll say there's time to change that as it pertains to 2011, and 2012 brings a clean slate.

      But I long for the day when we can gloat over our feats within the conference, rather than just pounding the same hammer over and over again about how we're in the cool kids club (or 54-10, for that matter)
      You've got me. I will cop to posting a hasty and loosely-worded response. SU said he's "too perpetually thrilled about our situation and our future to let losing get me down yet." Instead of asking "how can any Ute fan feel otherwise?" I should have said he's right and I am not down either, yet, but that we really do need to stop stinking up our own stadium and to get this team playing well enough to have a decent first year in the PAC-12. I think that is still possible.

      I hereby amend my comments accordingly.
      Last edited by LA Ute; 10-10-2011, 05:34 PM.
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      • #903
        Fun stat: Out of 120 FBS programs, Utah is 120th in red zone rushing. They're average .25 yards a carry (9 yards on 34 carries). Memphis is the only other team that averages less than a yard per carry inside the red zone.
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        • #904
          Originally posted by BoylenOver View Post
          Fun stat: Out of 120 FBS programs, Utah is 120th in red zone rushing. They're average .25 yards a carry (9 yards on 34 carries). Memphis is the only other team that averages less than a yard per carry inside the red zone.
          No, not a fun stat. Not fun at all
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          • #905
            McGill out for the season with shoulder surgery.

            Utah's list of serious injuries continues to lengthen, with the Utes announcing Monday that safety Keith McGill will have surgery Thursday to repair his shoulder.
            McGill injured his shoulder in Utah's loss to Arizona State.
            With Rogers getting injured against Pitt, that's 4 starters we've lost now.

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            • #906
              Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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              • #907
                Utah's opponents to date have 30-11 record. Utah's remaining opponents have 12-25 record.
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                • #908
                  Originally posted by Flattop View Post
                  Utah's opponents to date have 30-11 record. Utah's remaining opponents have 12-25 record.
                  That will go up after they play Utah.
                  Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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                  • #909
                    Originally posted by U-Ute View Post
                    McGill out for the season with shoulder surgery.



                    With Rogers getting injured against Pitt, that's 4 starters we've lost now.

                    Depth is the name of the game in the PAC. ASU has lost around 8 starters now (maybe more now I think?) and still are doing pretty well IMO.

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                    • #910
                      Never has a fan base been so proud of its team conference.

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                      • #911
                        Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
                        Never has a fan base been so proud of its team conference.

                        :facepalm:
                        "The first thing I learned upon becoming a head coach after fifteen years as an assistant was the enormous difference between making a suggestion and making a decision."

                        "They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression."

                        "I like to bike. I could beat Lance Armstrong, only because he couldn't pass me if he was behind me."

                        -Rick Majerus

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                        • #912
                          Originally posted by The Notorious J.I.C. View Post
                          :facepalm:
                          yeah that is a bit much.

                          although how did they do it so accurately?
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                          • #913
                            Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                            yeah that is a bit much.

                            although how did they do it so accurately?
                            Right...embarassing, but impressive at the same time.
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                            • #914
                              Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
                              Never has a fan base been so proud of its team conference.

                              I have refused to buy anything that has "PAC12" on it.

                              Although, I am weird. I also don't buy any gear that does not have a drum and feather on it.

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                              • #915
                                Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
                                Never has a fan base been so proud of its team conference.

                                Aw, give the guy a break.
                                “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                                ― W.H. Auden

                                "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                                -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

                                "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                                --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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