Utes Beat 'Bama in Sugar Bowl, 31-17

01/02/09 | Reaganesque

[Reaganesque]

Way to go Utes! Eleven sacks! Twenty one points in the first quarter alone. The announcers kept asking if Utah could handle the Tide's big front line. Well, the French had a big front line in the 1930's and that didn't work out so well either.

[Cyber Ninja]

One heck of a game. I tell you what!

[The Shrew]

Sooners would beat Utah by 50 points.

The Sooners thought the same thing two years ago.

IIRC they came out on the short end of that one.

If there is anything that tonight's Sugarbowl and the Boise State vs. Oklahoma game prove is that hubris and football are not always a winning combination.

Regards,

TS

[MissouriConservative]

Florida will beat Oklahoma like a rug.

[EDINVA]

Got that right !

[blue state conservative]

Well said. I’m 50 years old and other than the demise of the Big 10 nothing in college football has changed since I was a teenager. Always the same teams fighting for the national championship. Nice to see a new team come into the picture, especially in such a powerful way. The didn’t just beat Alabama, they manhandled them.

[eyedigress]

Or a redheaded step-child, depending on your slant.

[Flycatcher]

Had we had an 8 team playoff, it would have included:

Oklahoma

Florida

USC

Texas

Alabama

Utah

Penn State

Texas Tech

What a playoff that would have been!

[rintense]

Glad to see that pompous ass Saban get beat again.

[MissouriConservative]

“Or a redheaded step-child, depending on your slant.”

Well, considering I’m a red-head, I usually use the other one.....lol

[The Shrew]

Thanks. Speaking of Big 10 style football, has anyone heard if yesterday's debacle loss by Penn State will finally get Coach Paterno to retire?

Regards,

TS

[raptor29]

“Sooners would beat Utah by 50 points.”

Coming from a program that has been embarrassed in their last FOUR BCS bowl games, you really want to make that claim?

[eyedigress]

LOL! I just missed that extra point. :^)

[cleveland gop]

You got that right!!

The greedy arrogant SOB got what he deserved.

We need a playoff system, NOW!!!

[Will88]

Your answer is a three year contract extension for Joe Pa:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121603009.html

[eyedigress]

He signed a three year contract effective now. He may resign but I doubt it.

[BerryDingle]

What is a Ute?

[The Shrew]

Thanks for the link and the response. I can't say I'm surprised. Is a successor even being groomed?

Regards,

TS

[Buck W.]

True, but the question is a reference to a great line in the movie, “My Cousin Vinnie”.

[Arkinsaw]

Had we had an 8 team playoff, it would have included: Oklahoma
Florida
USC
Texas
Alabama
Utah
Penn State
Texas Tech

Texas Tech just lost to Ole Miss. They should not have been in any playoff picture.

[Sunsong]

The Utes deserve the title. They are the only undefeated team in the country.