Week 10 will be zen.

[Donuthole]

Week 10 will be zen.

Was that the beginning of the end of Andy Phillips' dominance, a la Matt Payne at Boise State?

[myboynoah]

Was that the beginning of the end of Andy Phillips' dominance, a la Matt Payne at Boise State?

Why bring that up? Still hurts. Like opening an old wound. I remember exactly where I was when he shanked that one.

[Donuthole]

Why bring that up? Still hurts. Like opening an old wound. I remember exactly where I was when he shanked that one.

That was the shank that sealed Crowton's fate. It was a necessary evil.

Besides, I'm pretty numb all over these days, so old wounds don't even hurt.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Was that the beginning of the end of Andy Phillips' dominance, a la Matt Payne at Boise State?

Time for a new nickname!

[Omaha 680]

57 passing yards for Utah? Absolutely crazy this team rattled off wins the last three weeks. A testament to Booker and that nasty defense.

I don't think the defense is that dominant and their offense has put up a decent amount of points apart from last night. It looks like Utah has given up 400 yards a game the past four games and 500 to Wazzu. They make some nice plays to keep themselves in the game and certainly have some great players but their defense isn't shutting people down.

The 3-2 conference record is right about where they should be playing that kind of defense (maybe slightly better).

[smokymountainrain]

I don't think the defense is that dominant and their offense has put up a decent amount of points apart from last night. It looks like Utah has given up 400 yards a game the past four games and 500 to Wazzu. They make some nice plays to keep themselves in the game and certainly have some great players but their defense isn't shutting people down.

The 3-2 conference record is right about where they should be playing that kind of defense (maybe slightly better).

Have they really? 16 points last night, 16 points in regulation against OSU, 14 points against USC, 23 points against UCLA.

[ewth8tr]

Time for a new nickname!

On Facebook, I suggested Almost Automatic Andy, or Practically Perfect Phillips, but a Ute friend of mine didn't think I was being very classy.

[TripletDaddy]

Poor Andy. You've got a friend in me!

[Omaha 680]

Have they really? 16 points last night, 16 points in regulation against OSU, 14 points against USC, 23 points against UCLA.

I'm only looking at final scores so I didn't realize the defense was scoring that much. I saw 24 against USC and 30 against UCLA and thought that wasn't too bad.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthread.php?73555-Week-9-will-be-so-fine!&p=1144896&viewfull=1#post1144896

#Swish!

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Looking forward to the Oregon versus Stanford game tonight. It's always interesting to see how Oregon finds a way to lose the game.

Seniors for Oregon and Stanford's record against each other 2-2 average score Oregon 33 Stanford 22. Maybe the next group of seniors at Oregon can figure out it out.

[Solon]

I don't think the defense is that dominant and their offense has put up a decent amount of points apart from last night. It looks like Utah has given up 400 yards a game the past four games and 500 to Wazzu. They make some nice plays to keep themselves in the game and certainly have some great players but their defense isn't shutting people down.

The 3-2 conference record is right about where they should be playing that kind of defense (maybe slightly better).

It was an overtime road loss to a team ranked in the top-15. Stuff happens.
I didn't lose too much sleep over it. The Utes are still doing better than expected this year.

BTW - not meant as smack at all - I caught about 6 minutes of the byu's game yesterday & was shocked to see how empty the stands were. What was that all about? Was it really that cold?

[LiveCoug]

It was an overtime road loss to a team ranked in the top-15. Stuff happens.
I didn't lose too much sleep over it. The Utes are still doing better than expected this year.

BTW - not meant as smack at all - I caught about 6 minutes of the byu's game yesterday & was shocked to see how empty the stands were. What was that all about? Was it really that cold?

Couple of average teams and very cold windy conditions. MTSU averages about 14k for games, so it's about normal.

[Omaha 680]

It was an overtime road loss to a team ranked in the top-15. Stuff happens.
I didn't lose too much sleep over it. The Utes are still doing better than expected this year.

BTW - not meant as smack at all - I caught about 6 minutes of the byu's game yesterday & was shocked to see how empty the stands were. What was that all about? Was it really that cold?

Yeah I'll admit I don't know a lot about Utah this year. I just know they are having a pretty good year. I watched most of the game last night and it seemed ASU was moving the ball pretty easily but stalled in the red zone. To be fair often it was because of a big play by the Utah defense. But I didn't see a dominant defense.

On the BYU game, my cousin who used to live in Nashville drove down to the game and said it was VERY cold by Nashville standards (low 30s wind chill). My guess is the normally low MTSU attendance was supressed further by the cold and BYU fans didn't feel like traveling to see a crap opponent while in the middle of a four game losing streak.

[SCcoug]

Couple of average teams and very cold windy conditions. MTSU averages about 14k for games, so it's about normal.

Listed attendance was 19K.