Utah Proves They Belong In Better Than a Mid-Major Conference

Allow me to start this article, by referencing a past  article, in which I proclaimed that Utah leaped to far into the polls. This was well before they defeated TCU and BYU to which I said would give them a shred of credibility. Utah did go undefeated in the regular season, and capped it all off with a 31-17 thrashing of my Alabama Crimson Tide. In doing so Utah accomplished the needed feat to earn my respect. During the debates with various Ute faithful I stated that if Utah beat an Oklahoma, a Florida, a Penn State, or an Alabama, they would have my respect, now I understand that the Ute Nation hasn't been holding their breath waiting for my acceptance of them, but as I sit at my hotel room, after attending the Sugar Bowl I feel that I owe this to the Utes, their team, their school, and their fans.   So without further adue... There are 1,001 reasons... er excuses, we Bama fans can give for our embarrassing loss to Utah. We could whine and cry about the loss of starting ... (link)