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Thoughts from a Utah fan

Congrats. Great execution and intensity was the order of the day. Utah is very good. I think a flat and timid Bama made them look a little better last night than they actually are, but Utah is an excellent team. I believe the Utes are the second or third best team the Tide has played all year - behind Florida and maybe Ole Miss. The Rebels could give just about anyone a run for the money right now.
 
Thanks for coming by. The game last night was not what Alabama wanted, of course. Alabama wanted Oklahoma not Utah. There was a huge let down by the Tide and it showed. I am not convinced that the Non BCS teams really need to be in the BCS Bowls.

BAMA failed against Florida and did not recover. Utah was short changed by the Alabama performance. Congrats on a 13 - 0 season.
 
Congrats go out to Utah on a good game, and a great season. Maybe this will finally give you the respect you deserve in the eyes of the rest of the country, you sure have mine. If i had a vote Utah would be #1. Why shouldn't the only undefeated team in the country be #1. This is exactly why we despretly need a playoff system.

RTR:BigA:
 
First of all congratulations. Great win for your program.

Secondly, I guess that I am in the minority on this one but if we were not down to our third string tackle and our second string gaurd from what everyone knew as the strength of this team, this would have been a different ball game. Our o-line would not have given up 18,000 sacks and hurries and we would have ran the ball and wore down the d-line.

Again congrats on the win but if you think you got our real team in that win then you are mistaken. Anyone who has seen us play knows that we do not pass seventy five percent of the time and we were forced to do that.

Great game and great effort by your QB who played awesome but know you did not get our best (and I don't mean our poor effort I mean all our players)

I am not saying we would have or would not have won I am saying you did not get to play our team.
 
Congrats to you, Utes. I think one of the things the game exposed, is the reality that no SEC fan wants to face or admit. The SEC had a really down year this year and isn't up to par with the rest of the country. The turmoil at Tennessee, Miss State, and Auburn, as well as new coaches at Ole Miss and Arkansas, and the collapse of last years NC LSU, left a path wide open for Alabama and Florida to waltz through. Even though we had a few good wins against decent non-conference opponents, there were no dominant teams in the SEC in 2008. I think certainly Southern Cal, Penn State, Texas, Oklahoma, & Utah could all take down Florida, as Ole Miss exposed back in the fall. Florida simply didn't have to face any really potent offensive teams this year and fattened up their defensive stats because of that. But the good news is that with another excellent recruiting season or two, Alabama will be fully back, as will Florida. Ole Miss will only get stronger too, as they have what I consider to be the best game day coach in the SEC in Houston Nutt. Tennessee, Auburn, and LSU could remain a mystery because of their head coaching situations (really strange hires at AU & UT, and Les Miles is just in over his head - it seems - now that Saban's recruits are all gone). Roll Tide, fellow Bama fans. Better days are yet to come.
 
Congrats for an excellent win by the Utes. They were clearly better than an Alabama team which did not play as well as it had all year. The O line reminded me of when Brodie was QB.

I do have to disagree with Willingham. If Utah wants to be in a BCS conference join the Pac 10 with Boise State, split it into two divisions and play a championship game like the big boys. With all due respect, the Mountain West conference as a whole does not meet the quality of the SEC as whole where anyone of 8 teams can win the conference most years. Utah is like USC of the Pac I -- the only elite quality team in the conference.
 
Congratulations on the win last night. Utah has an outstanding football team. I was very impressed with what I saw last night. I think your football program really earned a lot of respect nationally, needless to say you certainly earned ours. Great win!
 
THE BAMA IRISHMAN said:
Thanks for coming by. The game last night was not what Alabama wanted, of course. Alabama wanted Oklahoma not Utah. There was a huge let down by the Tide and it showed. I am not convinced that the Non BCS teams really need to be in the BCS Bowls.

BAMA failed against Florida and did not recover. Utah was short changed by the Alabama performance. Congrats on a 13 - 0 season.
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I don't know about you but last night I don't think I would've wanted Oklahoma either.
 
Congrats on a decisive win. No excuses from me, I don't think that having Andre Smith in the lineup would have made a difference in which team won the game in the end. Utah's team played with a chip on its shoulder and wanted that Sugar Bowl trophy. Even though our players said all the right things about respecting the Utes before the game, I'm not sure they really believed it. By the time they could gather their wits after Whittingham's first quarter blitzkrieg, it was too late.

Saban has done a masterful job of not letting the team jump ahead of the "process" (not so much the fans, myself included, and the media) all year, but he just couldn't get everyone to "buy in" one more time.

Congrats again.
 
Bama-fo-life said:
First of all congratulations. Great win for your program.

Secondly, I guess that I am in the minority on this one but if we were not down to our third string tackle and our second string gaurd from what everyone knew as the strength of this team, this would have been a different ball game. Our o-line would not have given up 18,000 sacks and hurries and we would have ran the ball and wore down the d-line.

Again congrats on the win but if you think you got our real team in that win then you are mistaken. Anyone who has seen us play knows that we do not pass seventy five percent of the time and we were forced to do that.

Great game and great effort by your QB who played awesome but know you did not get our best (and I don't mean our poor effort I mean all our players)

I am not saying we would have or would not have won I am saying you did not get to play our team.
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Our team is our team. Championship teams win with what they got. FLA won the SEC CG without PH.
Bama is not "back" yet but we are on our way.
I think this game is a good reality check for players, coaches, and fans that nothing is automatic.
 
Congrats to the Ute's on a total domination of my Tide. The only bright spot of the entire night was the effort of Arenas on the punt return.

We were out performed and outcoached.

I do think Andre Smith would have made a huge difference.

When we lose him it's not like we simply lose our left offensive tackle.

We basically lose our starting left tackle, our starting left guard, our right guard...the reshuffling creates an entirely new and inexperienced offensive line.

Andre missed two games this season. In those two games we gave up 15 of our 21 sacks allowed. Also, in those games, against Tulane and Utah, we gained a combined total of 380 yards on offense, and scored one offensive touchdown.

It was big big big that he didn't play.

But still, all the kudo's go to the Ute's. They played like a champion. Congrats again.
 
Congrats to Utah. Ya'll earned respect from this Bama fan. I wish Utah could play the winner of the Florida-Oklahoma game. I think it would be a classic matchup.

Utah didn't get Bama's best effort but that happens from time to time especially with injuries and suspensions. But that fact had nothing to do with our defensive first quarter performance. We just were not prepared mentally wise to compete with a team the caliber of Utah. Why? Well you are probably talking about the youngest team in the nation a bunch of 18-20 year olds and you never know what kind of mental focus mindset those kids were in.

Us Bama fans should still be proud of our guys. Bama lost to possibly the BCS national champions and now the only undefeated team in the nation period! Not what I would call bad losses in the least.

Good luck Ute's! Maybe one day when we meet again it will be for all the marbles. ROLL TIDE!!!!
 
Your football program is doing just what it needs to do to change the system and the preception that you are less than advertised.

Alabama had to do the same things only it was years ago. all dates refur to season not game date

1.Went up north and beat a Ivy league powerhouse Penn.first ten win season 1920 but still little respect

2.Went and beat Washington in the Rose Bowl 1925 undefeated season first National Title still little respect.

3.Stanford the greatest team ever nobody can beat them and they were right 1926 Rose Bowl Stanfoed 7 Alabama 7 undefeated season National Title still litle respect.

4. 1930 Rose Bowl undefeated season third title some respect but not enough

5. 1934 Rose Bowl Ditto

6. 1945 Rose Bowl undefeated season How can we stop this madness? Answer don't invite teams you can't beat No more Alabama bring on the Big Ten just what you need.

and on and on and you build your tradition make your name mean something. So that even when you get blown off the field such as we did Friday. People don't really think less of you but gain a new respect for who has beaten you

The facts are Big Ten PacTen don't want to change the way things are and the Mt. West is better than the Big East but they were here first. Just keep winning it brings change
 
:BigA: Congradulations to all the Utah fans. You whipped Alabama and no one can take that away from you. You earned the win, and were by far the best team on the field.
You probably will not be awarded the Naional Championship. Get used to it. If it is any consolation, you are not the first team to go undefeated and not win the NC. It happened to Auburn not too long ago. I think your best bet to have a chance at a NC would be to get in another conference. Maybe the Pacific Coast. The only fair way to do it is to have a play-off system. This is the only fair way to do the NC. The only National Championship I know of without a play-off is 1A Football. That is because of money.
Again, congradulations on you perfect season. Floyd
 
CHATTBRIT said:
If Utah wants to be in a BCS conference join the Pac 10 with Boise State, split it into two divisions and play a championship game like the big boys. With all due respect, the Mountain West conference as a whole does not meet the quality of the SEC as whole where anyone of 8 teams can win the conference most years. Utah is like USC of the Pac I -- the only elite quality team in the conference.
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Two points I'd like to address here...

First, you can't just "join" a conference, you have to be invited. If that was the case, Utah and BYU would have both joined the PAC10 years ago (just as Arizona and Arizona St. left the old WAC for the PAC10).

Second, you are right, the MWC does not meet the quality of the SEC, but what conference does? But this isn't really the point. The real issue is - how does the MWC match up vs. other BCS conferences. One could argue that it was the 3rd best conference in the nation this year, after the SEC and the Big12 south. We had 3 teams in the top 10, Utah, BYU and TCU - any of which can compete well with the BCS. Utah is good, but it's not the "only elite team of the conference". BYU has won 33 games in the last 3 years, and TCU can match up athletically with almost anyone. Even our worst team (Wyoming) beat an SEC team this year on their own field (Tennessee).

Finally, the MWC was clearly better than the ACC, Big East, Big 10, and we owned the PAC10 this year (6-1). So I guess I'm just a bit bitter that we don't get automatic bids to the BCS and we never are allowed to play for championships. The way we see it is, the rich stay rich, and the rest are repressed - like a fancy social club that only allows the bourgeoisie.

So let's pretend that Boise State joins the MWC next year and the MWC gets an automatic bid. Is that the real answer? In my view, not really. Everything is still subject to polls and votes, with an east coast bias. It's time for a playoff once and for all.
 
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