blocku.com - 6/22/2009
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It's not a surprise the Utes are receiving a great deal of preseason praise, I mean, they did just finish the best season in school history. However, how much of that praise is realistic and can Utah live up to these lofty goals?
To show that I am not completely biased as a blogger, I'm ...
realclearsports.com - 6/17/2009
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realclearsports.com —
RealClearSports recently interviewed Orrin Hatch, a Republican US
Senator from Utah, a position he has held since...
1977. Sen. Hatch has long been an outspoken critic of the Bowl Championship Series, and is currently urging the Senate Antitrust ...
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12 Questions With Sen. Orrin Hatch
thewizofodds.com - 6/15/2009
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thewizofodds.com —
The addition of a 12th game in 2006
has been nothing short of a scam perpetrated on...
fans. While paying customers were hoping for great intersectional matchups, big-time athletic directors and coaches saw something else. Add a cupcake opponent to the ...
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Revisiting the Cupcake Issue
conquestchronicles.com - 6/24/2009
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Re-Bumped. anh_79 rewrote this excellent post...P We looked
at OOC scheduling philosophy and how it impacts voters...
perception last year before the season kicked off. At the end of the regular season, our predictions pretty much came true . Not ...
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Another year, same result: SEC/Big-12 OOC scheduling ...
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Morning Quack Fix: Michael Clay, Mike Riley, and overrated Utes?
Addicted To Quack —
... impressed with what Riley has done, I think that he has to do a few things before being a top 10 coach. He has never reached an upper level bowl game, with his best years resulting in the Sun Bowl. And in the biggest game of his coaching career, his team was blown at at home by 27. Not to take away from what Riley has done, but I think this ranking is simply a case of being enamored with the present and overlooking the accomlishments of past coaches.
JazzyUte over at BlockU asks if Utah is overrated. I tend to agree with Matt Hinton's assessment that Utah will have a ...
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