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Florida fan puts Utah #1

Here is a good read from the Florida blog Saurian Sagacity and why he decided to put the Utes #1 in his BlogPoll. If only more people voted like him, we could possibly be calling Utah the 2008 college football national champions. 

But they didn't. Too many in the media buckled and voted against Utah, even though it didn't diminish Florida's great victory in the BCS championship game. And I think that might be what sticks in my craw the most with this whole screwjob. The media could have done what was right and rewarded a split national championship, knowing it would not have taken anything away from Florida, but they didn't. Sure, 16 of them voted Utah #1, but if you get down into the final rankings, you see many members of the media putting Utah at 4th or 5th in the country. They stood no chance. 

Oh well, it's over and in the past. I promise I won't sit around the entire football offseason complaining about Utah's final rankings. In fact, I'm pretty much over it, but with the BlogPoll being the last real top-25 released, it gave me one final chance to beat a dead horse. 

Now we can move on, look forward to the 2009 season and hopefully another great run.

Thanks to those who voted Utah No. 1. I believe they earned it.

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25% champion.

The AP poll and Blog poll gave us 1/4 of the total 1st place votes.

Massey’s ranking comparison has the computers giving us 1st place 1/8 of the time, without the possibility of a change the BCS system protest vote.

This is more 1st place votes a non-champion has gotten since the BCS made adjustments after the 2003 season.

by utesfan100 on Jan 13, 2009 9:20 AM MST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good writeup

Agreed re TCU.

One thiing about TCU is they will feel they owe us next year but we’ve kind of owned them and they been snake bit when playing us.

Dalton is a decent QB, they’re D will again be good. Like you I see BYU facing the biggest questions becaus ethough they typically have the most depth in our conference, they’re overall lack of team speed has shown them to be really, really beatable.

OU and FSU could smoke them badly.

FSU is an iffy team I know to most folks, but they are still a powerful team athletically and some of their speed, especially on teh defensive side, will shock BYU.

Although, it will be interesting to see how they hold up in the mountain climate . . .

by MeanBobMean on Jan 15, 2009 8:18 AM MST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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