11-18-2007, 03:10 PM | #1 |
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Overall, BYU's had perhaps a better season, as BYU hasn't experienced two conference losses, yet.
Utah appears to be peaking right now. And Kyle does a good job peaking his team for key games, to wit, UCLA this year, Louisville and last year's rivalry game which should NOT have been close, but came down to a miracle. Utah has the fastest defense we will have faced all year. And Utah's healthy while BYU is banged up. One little kept secret is injuries. Utah gets a lot of sympathy for its injuries which were indeed costly but BYU has had several times the season ending injuries that Utah has had with nary a mention. In other words we're far deeper into our depth chart than Utah but nobody is pitying us our losses. And Bronco isn't consistent in preparing his teams well for key games. They tend to play level or flat in some, not all of these games. What reasons in terms of trends in an examination of their play do you see to believe BYU will not lose this one, or that Utah won't steal another in Provo. How long has it been since we've won it, 2001?
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11-18-2007, 05:38 PM | #3 | |
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You make a good point about whether Utah can respond if they get down two scores, but this is the rivalry game. BYU was up 2 scores last year and we know how that turned out. IMO, BYU is the best offense that Utah will face this year and Utah is the best defense that BYU will face this year. In this game, it all boils down to who wants it more.
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11-18-2007, 08:26 PM | #4 |
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I concur. Utah could be 1-9 and they'd still bring their A+ game to Provo this Saturday. Past records and performances mean nothing in this game, and that's part of what makes it so good. Outside of 2004, the rivalry game has been down-to-the-wire intense every year for the past decade.
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