6th place and going to the Veg: BYU vs Utah bowl game thread.

[Jarid in Cedar]

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[SeattleUte]

Let's call each team co-champions of the Vegas Bowl.

Stop it with the condescending sycophancy. Enough! The object of the game is to score the most points. BYU had plenty of notice that that was the gold standard. Until BYU can pull itself together to actually win a game against Utah, it gets no credit vis-a-vis Utah.

[Omaha 680]

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Fitting that Lucy is wearing blue. Utah's defense is great, but it was frustrating to lose
to such a piss poor offense. One less frosh mistake by Mangum...

Oh well. Enjoy the well earned victory. You don't have Bronco to kick around in this game anymore.

[myboynoah]

You're exactly right.

I just got back to my hotel and have had fun reading the CS commentary. You guys are funny.

BYU's flat start was a combo of a young QB, a Ute defense that came out fired up, and some very bad luck. Lumping all that completely on Bronco is just dumb. I was impressed how BYU didn't give up and made it a game.

Bizarre set of events, especially given how dominating the Cougars played the rest of the game. What could the coaching staff have done to stop the bleeding and get to dominance sooner than they did? I mean, two P6s and another one returned to the one within a five minute span? When does that happen? Especially when the team dominates so thoroughly the rest of the game? I guess they could have taken back the squally fumble. Or was it just the fates? Maybe just punt the ball away on 2nd or 3rd down just to get out of that cycle?

And what's up with that uofutah punter? Was that just luck, or technique? If technique, then why isn't he getting rich selling instruction on the Internet? Very impressive. But of course, it looks like he's had a lot of in-game experience.

So, did anybody die as a result of the rivalry craziness spilling over into the stands? What about the predictions of BYU's dirty play (I see again that the uofutah will maintain its place on that list of heavily penalized teams for personal fouls)?

[Shaka]

Bizarre set of events, especially given how dominating the Cougars played the rest of the game. What could the coaching staff have done to stop the bleeding and get to dominance sooner than they did? I mean, two P6s and another one returned to the one within a five minute span? When does that happen? Especially when the team dominates so thoroughly the rest of the game? I guess they could have taken back the squally fumble. Or was it just the fates? Maybe just punt the ball away on 2nd or 3rd down just to get out of that cycle?

And what's up with that uofutah punter? Was that just luck, or technique? If technique, then why isn't he getting rich selling instruction on the Internet? Very impressive. But of course, it looks like he's had a lot of in-game experience.

So, did anybody die as a result of the rivalry craziness spilling over into the stands? What about the predictions of BYU's dirty play (I see again that the uofutah will maintain its place on that list of heavily penalized teams for personal fouls)?

A Ute with a cowbell doesn't know how close he was to me killing him. He'd ring it before and during every BYU offensive play even when BYU was down 34-0. I was within about three plays of shoving it up his ass when I guess one of his fellow Utes told him to knock it off. How they would let something like that into the stadium is amazing to me.

Other than that the Utes around me were pretty cool.

[SCcoug]

So, did anybody die as a result of the rivalry craziness spilling over into the stands? What about the predictions of BYU's dirty play (I see again that the uofutah will maintain its place on that list of heavily penalized teams for personal fouls)?

Someone on CB said an older cougar fan collapsed before the game requiring CPR. I don't know if he died or not and I think it was unrelated to the rivalry craziness spilling into the stands.

[Omaha 680]

Someone on CB said an older cougar fan collapsed before the game requiring CPR. I don't know if he died or not and I think it was unrelated to the rivalry craziness spilling into the stands.

It spilled over into my extended family across the country. I had some family stuff to take care of so I had to start the game late. In the first quarter my Ute BIL was sending annoying gloating texts so I knew it wasn't going well. When I watched the game apart from being proud of the team for fighting back, I got some satisfaction knowing my BIL had to sweat the entire second half worrying that Utah would allow the biggest come back in bowl history.

[jay santos]

So glad Squally Canada got eligible for the game...

[Topper]

Seriously! That's the last time BYU should ever borrow a coaching staff from Virginia!

It was a bad idea to let a trunky staff coach the game. Teren Houk said the fans were out of it and the coaches were out of it so the players had to fight back.

[Uncle Ted]

I normally don't like Brent Musburger and his comments but he nailed it when he said:

“I really feel sorry for my Mormon friends at BYU. They don't drink! This game would drive you to it.”.

[Topper]

I normally don't like Brent Musburger and his comments but he nailed it when he said:

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That was his best comment of the game.

[Bo Diddley]

It was a bad idea to let a trunky staff coach the game. Teren Houk said the fans were out of it and the coaches were out of it so the players had to fight back.

The players never gave the fans a chance to get into it for the first half of the 1st Q.

[Applejack]

That was his best comment of the game.

His best comment was that tanner magnum (he of the 15 qbr, the three picks, and a fumble) might be considered for mvp. I guess if you're looking for Utah's mvp, he should have been considered.

[Jeff Lebowski]

His best comment was that tanner magnum (he of the 15 qbr, the three picks, and a fumble) might be considered for mvp. I guess if you're looking for Utah's mvp, he should have been considered.

I liked it when said that in spite of all the pre-game talk, it was Utah that was the dirtier team.

[jay santos]

I don't get the comments (not necessarily here) that the team came out "flat" (what the hell does that mean anyway?) or that the coaches weren't interested or motivated. We dominated for three quarters. What exactly where the coaches doing differently those quarters vs the first quarter?