Mike's post on CB re: Bronco and HB's comment

[Indy Coug]

One thing that 1984 BYU and Utah 2004 have is that both teams had a significantly sub-.500 SOS. The difference is that BYU actually won a national championship. In both polls.

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

If nothing else, Utah's 2004 achievement erased any last vestage of preening from BYU over 1984. With what's been said about Utah in 2004, 1984 has been reduced to anecdotal significance, even to zoobies, just a date.

Whatever dude, all your season meant to me was one game which you beat us pretty handily, led by a coach who is long in the rear view mirror. I didn't watch any of your other games. I only recall the Pitt thing because I'm into computer rankings and I remember the discussion. I didn't know it had much to do with BYU's national championship.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

One thing that 1984 BYU and Utah 2004 have is that both teams had a significantly sub-.500 SOS. The difference is that BYU actually won a national championship. In both polls.

Couldn't have happened in 2004, especially with BYU's anemic victory margins. Did you know Georgetown won the Rose Bowl once? Army won the NC?

[Goatnapper'96]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Couldn't have happened in 2004, especially with BYU's anemic victory margins. Did you know Georgetown won the Rose Bowl once? Army won the NC?

For the sake of all that is Holy at this Nation's Holiest of Holies Military Institutions let it be well known that the year after Army won its last NC it did not follow that up by losing to CSU, UNM, SDSU and TCU.

It was a program. Utah had a good team in 2003 and followed that up with a great team in 2004, but I think saturday will show that a bunch of tater farmers have a better "program."

Army in fact can beat BCS teams today...on the road!

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96

For the sake of all that is Holy at this Nation's Holiest of Holies Military Institutions let it be well known that the year after Army won its last NC it did not follow that up by losing to CSU, UNM, SDSU and TCU.

It was a program. Utah had a good team in 2003 and followed that up with a great team in 2004, but I think saturday will show that a bunch of tater farmers have a better "program."

Army in fact can beat BCS teams today...on the road!

Army won the NC while all the erstwhile linemen, linebackers, full, and half and quarterbacks at Notre Dame, MI, USC, etc. were otherwise occupied at Iwo Jima, Normandy, et al. Big deal.

[Goatnapper'96]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Army won the NC while all the erstwhile linemen, linebackers, full, and half and quarterbacks at Notre Dame, MI, USC, etc. were otherwise occupied at Iwo Jima, Normandy, et al. Big deal.

Actually, they won a NC with many of those former players from other schools. Army had one end who was a 5 time AA, twice at Ole Miss and 3 times at West Point.

Rules were different back then and Red Blaik knew how to play the game. It must be pointed out that both Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard came straight to West Point from HS.