The Utah Utes are 6-0 and ranked 14th in the AP poll. Let's get one thing straight: Utah is a good Mountain West team. In fact, they are a great Mountain West team. But that is as far as it goes.
Utah is a strong team in their conference, but they are unproven outside the Mountain West. The Mountain West is a conference comprised of perennial homecoming opponents for teams from the SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Big Ten, the toughest conferences in football.
In case you are wondering if I forgot to include the Pac-10, the answer is no. Besides USC the Pac-10 is fairly equivalent to the Mountain West.
So far this year, the Utes have defeated powerhouse programs like Weber State, UNLV, Air Force, Utah State, and Oregon State. To their credit, Utah did beat Michigan at the Big House, but Michigan's program is going to suffer under Rich Rodriguez. Two years from now, beating Michigan in Ann Arbor will be nothing to write home about.
In fact, if you look at Michigan's horrid performance, then Utah's ...
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Q & A with House of Sparky
conquestchronicles.com 10/10/2008 — With this weekend's game against Arizona State we took some time out to have some Q&A with one of newer SBN Blogs House of Sparky ...
1.The big question last season was how would the offensive line do at protecting Carpenter. We all saw how ...
Mitch Mustain close to his comfort zone for USC - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 10/10/2008 — He traveled more than 1,500 miles from Arkansas to Los Angeles to become USC's starting quarterback. Spent more than a year learning a new offense. And went up and down the depth chart with hopes of sticking at No. 1. Saturday's game against Arizona ...
Ex-USC lineman makes different kind of game film
usatoday.com 10/10/2008 — He figured he'd coach. And now, he evaluates players, draws up plays, gives daily chalk talks — and has never lost a game. Or won one. Graf creates football for movies — such as The Express , which opens Friday — that he says can get so real fights ...
TV networks play havoc with fans
thestate.com 10/10/2008 — ONE OF THE best things about television is it gives us so many college football games to watch each weekend. One of the worst things, however, is that makes it tough on the people who plan to watch the games in person. Take the Oct. 18 South ...
Hardy's drop-off alarms coaches | clarionledger.com | The Clarion
clarionledger.com 10/10/2008 — OXFORD One week after defensive end Greg Hardy dismantled Florida with his pass rushing ability, the talented junior seemed invisible during the Rebels' 31-24 loss to South Carolina on Saturday. By the second half, Hardy was rarely on the field and ...
