Heh heh.
I'm sorry, but as much as I enjoyed Utah putting the beat-down on the SEC last night I still don't think they deserve to be National Champs. They had an absolutely amazing season, and arguably deserve #2 or 3, but definitely not #1.
And if Alabama had beaten Florida and gone undefeated would you say the same thing for them, cause we sure proved that we're a hell of a lot better than they are, so why should we not be #1 again?
Utah didn't have a single quality road win. And, please, don't bring up Michigan because you're comparing yourself to Toledo when you do that, and that certainly doesn't help your cause.
We're freakin' undefeated man, and we beat the team that everyone was saying would win the national championship this year for the entire month of November. When that didn't pan out, they all shifted to saying that there was absolutely no chance that Utah would beat them, well we all know how that turned out......
Okay, so let's look at the "quality" wins that every Utah fan goes on about...
First, Oregon State. Why was this win so important? I just don't get it. Oregon State was not great this year. They were good, definitely, but not great. And Utah still barely scraped by with a last second field goal... at home! Oregon State barely tied with Oregon for #2 in the PAC-10. If you look at their overall record then they're listed as #3. This wasn't a quality win. What I find ironic is that Utah fans use the Oregon State win as a measurement of success because the Beavers beat mighty USC. And then in the next sentence they say USC isn't very good. Okay.. (and this is for you, badandy) so if USC isn't any good, then why is beating a team that beat USC the best win of your season?
I can't speak for every Ute fan on this board, but I've never claimed that Oregon State was the best win on the season, I think I'd claim that TCU was the best win of the regular season by far, and Alabama was the best win overall, we more than proved our legitimacy this season and you know it. But hey it's a good team from a "superior" BCS automatic qualifying conference and they beat the #1 the week before we beat them, USC couldn't get it done against Oregon State, and there are quite a few people yammering on about how USC should be in the title picture. Again I say we're freakin' undefeated we beat teams from 3 of the better "BCS conferences" and we are the only team in the entire nation to do so and still remain undefeated. If that isn't good enough to merit a shot at the title, then I don't know what is. I mean look at Florida, they're in the title game and they lost (at home nonetheless) to an unranked team! This is pathetic that you would even imply that Utah doesn't even belong!
Next comes BYU. BYU's ranking was so overinflated it was pathetic, and everyone knows it. I honestly think BYU's fall from grace hurt Utah more than anything else. TCU exposed BYU and everyone realized BYU wasn't that great of a team to begin with. Suddenly beating BYU doesn't mean much.
I'd agree with you here, but the fact remains that BYU had only one loss and that was to a top 10 caliber team. Then they lost to us, somehow they still finished the regular season ranked in the top 25 so if we're being fair, this is still a quality win, even if BYU probably was over rated at #18.
The last win is TCU, and this was the only real quality win of the season. But it's a good thing the MWC is tucked away on worthless cable channels, or everyone that votes would have seen how absolutely ugly that game really was.
Hey they won didn't they, more than BSU could do against TCU so don't be so critical. At least we won and were able to remain undefeated, need I remind you that we're the only team this season to be undefeated at the end of it all. We have the longest current winning streak in the nation, the longest active bowl win streak in the nation. Won out in what's arguably the 3rd best conference in the country this year. whupped a national championship caliber team in our bowl, beat another team that will be top 10, whupped another that was as high as #7 and pasted UCLA 59-0 (who USC only beat 28-0). Beat a team that is historically a perennial powerhouse in NCAA football at their home stadium, a stadium filled with almost 100,000 hostile fans. And again were the only team to do all of this and go undefeated through the entire season. We beat a top SEC team, a top Pac 10 team and a team who usually is a top Big 10 team. Along with every team in our conference (which is a very tough conference this year). If that doesn't warrant a chance to play for the title (notice I say play for the title no be given the title, even though that's what happened with OU and FU this year) than I want to know what does.
I don't want to sound like I'm just ripping on Utah, because I'm absolutely overjoyed that Utah won! It's a win for all of the non-BCS, and I love it when we stand up with the "big boys" and we're the last ones standing at the end of the game.
But at the same time I hate it when non-BCS fans automatically assume we belong at the top because we won our Bowl Game and are the only undefeated team in the country when we do. Boise State did it in '06-'07, but they still didn't deserve to be #1.
I'm sorry you don't stand behind your team like I do mine, but we've done the BCS thing twice now. This time against a team that was only one quarter away from being in the National Championship. I'm sorry but just because you don't think Boise State belongs in the National Title picture, doesn't mean that Utah also doesn't.
Take your Bowl win as another step in the right direction, and use it to reload (not rebuild) next year and finish in the top ten again! I think that's the difference between great teams and good teams. Great teams are able to take a "rebuilding" year and simply reload. You shouldn't have to wait every four years to have a great team.
Again, I think it's awesome that Utah won, and the MWC had a great season. But can they keep it up? Utah really needs to step up this offseason and reload for next year. Do that and you'll be treated with more respect.
Just my opinion, of course.
I'm sorry EvilGeek, but that post means nothing. Utah belongs in the national title picture. I could even argue that your 2006 BSU team wasn't the only undefeated team going into bowl season. Neither were the 2004 Utes, but this year we were and still are the only undefeated team. We're National Champions!
And apparently I'm not the only one who feels this way, you who say Utah doesn't deserve it are very much in the minority. On Fox sports there is a poll going asking whether or not the Utes deserve a shot at the title. So far there are over 95,000 votes and 73% of them say yes! Look at the comments following any story about the Utes and you'll see the same thing.
The Utes are the National Champions, and this year the BCS title is little more than a beauty prize for the winner of that game in the hearts of the American People!
If anyone want's to help out getting the Utes the AP #1 spot that they deserve, you can email the AP writers about it. A list of writers can be found at the following link
http://members.cox.net/kbrews/Utes/APvoters.html
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