tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084355618298020502011-08-25T10:22:07.180-07:00J.R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12658233460232476711noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2908435561829802050.post-2286079132069877852011-06-27T18:28:00.000-07:002011-06-27T18:37:38.602-07:002011-06-27T18:37:38.602-07:00

BYU Football, that's what. The boys in blue gonna be good this year. Real good. This last pic might be airbrushed...but it's a valid prophecy of things to come. Thank heavens I have ESPN this year!

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Great game. Congrats on the block. Both D's looked great. I think BYU's D surprised Utah at how good they were. A little disappointed that the fumble wasn't overturned. Both commentators thought it was an easy call. What it comes down to is Utah made a great final play. What I can say is this: This BYU team is going to be really really good for the next few years. See you in 8 months!

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We are finally here. Rivalry weekend. The purpose of this blog. The Holy War is just 2 days away. So as per tradition I will now point out the 5 reasons why BYU is going to win this year's Holy War.5. The Three-Headed Monster. BYU should have success running the ball behind three very solid running backs. JJ DiLuigi can pick up big chunks of yard with his shifty style, Brian Karyia is good for 3

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BYU started the season with a tough schedule (at one point ranked 4th hardest) and they suffered. Now they are playing less talented competition and they are thriving. Utah started the season playing bad teams and they piled up points. Now two weeks in a row they have been piled on by better teams. Let's look at each team.For BYU it could be argued that it was their tough schedule (Air Force, FSU

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BYU vs UNLV from James B Ellison on Vimeo.

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What did we learn?1 - TCU is VERY VERY GOOD. As a side note, BYU played them better on the road than Utah did at home.2 - Jake Heaps is finally showing why he was the #1 QB recruit from last year's class. He looked very accurate and poised.3 - BYU and Utah will not miss competition the likes of UNLV. They are terrible.4 - The new camouflage uniforms are terrible. Really Ugly. And they open the

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Man, these Utes are good. The offense is incredible, Shaky Smithson is the man, and defense rocks. The Utes completely dominated the Iowa State Cyclones 68-27 tonight in a complete win. They are definitely one of the top-10 teams in the country. Their only weaknesses are turnovers and giving up too many yards on kick returns. The big question is do the Utes make it above Alabama and hold off

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Ahh, it's nice to take break. Especially when things are hunky-dorey and we're humming right along. Would it be nice to have the week off for the Utes right after TCU and before Notre Dame? Sure would, but it is hard to complain. In fact it is hard to complain about anything regarding the Utes right now. About the only thing I can think of is our terrible schedule. But even that is fixed by

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It was another good weekend for we Ute fans! The Utes dominated the Lobos like they were supposed to and the Cougs lost! What's not to love? For this week's top-25 not a lot of movement at the top, there weren't many upsets, but at the bottom was some solid shifting. Team of the week goes to Nevada after their dominating victory over Cal.Overrated? Florida. Their offense just isn't that good

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Video Courtesy of KSL.comIt has been heavily speculated that Bronco would make the decision on Wednesday to name Jake Heaps the starter for this Saturday and perhaps the rest of the season. All that speculation is now moot.It was announced today that Riley Nelson will undergo season ending shoulder surgery. I guess he tweaked it in Fall camp and this just re-agravated it. A torn labrum is what I

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Here is the first of my new weekly installment of Swint's Top 25 and MWC Powerpoll. I think after two weeks we are starting to get an idea of where teams stand. There is still a lot we don't know, but some frauds have been found and some real contenders have been identified.Highlights for the week:Underrated? Oregon - I didn't give them much credit to start the season considering all that

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It has been a crazy summer and pretty interesting first two weeks of the season for our respective teams that this blog focuses on. For the Utes and Cougs things started off well in week 1 with big wins and both teams entering the Top-25, the Utes at 20 in both polls and BYU entering the Coaches at 24. However, week 2 sent both teams in opposite direction. The Utes had the week we expected, a

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Time to hand the Keys over to Jake.

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OK so that was overstated. BUT BYU did for the most part contain his running. Heaps looked great. If anything his passes were maybe too hard. His receivers dropped some passes including a TD drop by Frosh TE Wilson but Heaps really zings that ball in there. Nelson also looked great. I don't want to say this but for this game anyway the 2 QB system worked well. No sacks, no INTs. Each passed for

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As part of their press conference where BYU declared its independence and announced an 8 year deal with ESPN to cover all BYU football home games, BYU also announced that they have inked a 6 year deal with Notre Dame! I LOVE THIS! Our games against the Fighting Irish have been some of my favorites. They are a great program with very classy fans and a solid team. I hope to catch another game in

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Well it's official! BYU is leaving the MWC as of June 2011. While I wish things had worked out with the WAC I am still happy for the Cougars. I think tomorrow we will hear a lot about their upcoming schedule which is rumored to have ND, maybe Texas Tech and Clemson. It will be interesting to see how the future schedules work out without a football conference to lean on. We have games scheduled

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It looks like most likely that BYU becoming independent is imminent. I would be shocked if it doesn't happen. So the question then becomes, what happens to the rest of the MWC, including Boise State. With Utah and BYU gone the Mountain West is left with the following teams:Air Force Colorado State New Mexico TCU UNLV San Diego State Wyoming Boise StateThe first thing that happens is TCU calls

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Is BYU seriously considering going independent? I sincerely hope not. But there are rumors flying around the boards (cougarboard.com and utefans.net) stating that it may be coming sooner than we think.Certainly, Utah to the Pac-12 was big blow to BYU, especially the schools actual athletic leadership and President. It is no secret that AD Tom Holmoe wasn't the least bit thrilled about it. It

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Last week the Utes started fall camp and today they had their first scrimmage. So far, things are looking great, especially for the offense. As the Utes head into their final season in the Mountain West Conference there are a handful questions:How will Jordan Wynn do in his Sophomore campaign?All signs are pointing to him being a very special quarterback for the Utes. He has remained focused all

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It's sweet sweet football time again! After all those months of pretending to appreciate Baseball and kind of digging soccer, it's time to get real! Fall camp started this weekend and for BYU there are a few questions I hope to have answered. We'll skip the obvious QB Question although I hope Jake HEaps starts but Riley comes in on a regular basis as a change up player.1 - Which Tight End will

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BYU Football from Andy Brimhall on Vimeo.

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Oh Happy Day!! The Utes have been invited to join the PAC-1o conference. Apparently the invite came today and the U's Board of Regents are meeting tomorrow with a press conference to follow. It is expected that the University will approve and hopefully in 2011 our boys will start conference play. I am very excited and this is the perfect scenario for the Utes. (I wasn't very keen

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OK so Boise State hasn't been formally invited yet BUT, expect it to happen when the Mountain West Conference Presidents meet In Jackson Hole, WY June 6-8. I think if everything were status quo they would still be getting the invite but I think there is urgency for this to happen as a few of the "power" conferences are considering pillaging the MWC. Whether or not the inclusion of BSU would

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First, sorry it has been so long since my last post, I have been crazy busy and it's not football season. But I will try to post more often. Anyway, on to the topic.So this past week or so has been crazy on the internet regarding possible PAC-10 expansion. The PAC-10 commissioner said that they are beginning to look into the possibility of expansion and that if they were to do it, now would be

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