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Wait: How do coaches vote their own team No. 1, anyway?
rivals.yahoo.com - 1/7/2009
Wait: How do coaches vote their own team No. 1, anyway?
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Kyle Whittingham last Friday and then Mack Brown last night, in his wonderful display of showmanship , both declared to gleeful fans that they planned to vote their teams No. 1 on their Coaches' Poll ballots at the end of the week. Hooray for protest and bluster, but otherwise, those votes are ...
Rick Reilly: No question, Utah is the national champion - ESPN The Magazine
sports.espn.go.com - 1/7/2009
Rick Reilly: No question, Utah is the national champion - ESPN The Magazine
— sports.espn.go.com — Life of Reilly Oklahoma and Florida can battle for the BCS. But we've already crowned the true national champ. by Rick Reilly Some gifts people give are pointless: Styling mousse to Dick Vitale. An all-you-can-eat card to Kate Moss. The BCS ... (more) Rick Reilly: No question, Utah is the national champion ...

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blogs.newsobserver.com - 1/6/2009
ACC Now - Utes, Horns and No. 1 | newsobserver.com blogs
— blogs.newsobserver.com — Utah fans have been mass e-mailing AP voters, urging us to put the Utes, the nation's only unbeaten team, No. 1 in the final Top 25. I've received no less than 100 e-mails from the Ute faithful, not to mention a Facebook wall post from a Ute alum.  ... (more) ACC Now - Utes, Horns and No. 1 | newsobserver.com ...

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Utah AG: BCS Conspiracy?
blacksportsonline.com - 1/7/2009
Utah AG: BCS Conspiracy?
— blacksportsonline.com — By now, we have all read, seen or heard the Utah Utes football team beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and finished the season undefeated. What we may not have understood in all that is the Utes have now finished the season undefeated twice in the last five years, and were still shut out of the BCS ... (more) Utah AG: BCS Conspiracy?

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Texas Tech Wednesday Morning Notes - Too Much Up And Down
Double-T Nation — DTN's Top Five: Corn Nation on why Thursday's night game does not determine conference heirarchy, just the national championship. Uncommon Sportsman with yo-yo geniuses. I've quietly been thinking that this is the guy I would want as my head coach should Leach leave. It's in a completely different direction So, you cannot vote your team #1 if you're Texas or Utah. Mark Cuban on buying the Cubs. Someone was asking about ...

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AP Voters who did not Vote Utah number one can no Longer Complain about the BCS
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 1/13/2009 — The final polls have been announced and the Utes made a big jump to #2 in the AP poll, which means a few things about the process. There are three reasons about why Utah was voted as high as they were
A Little Perspective, Please?
rollbamaroll.com 1/8/2009 — ed. - bumped from the fanposts. i'm not entirely in agreement with pete on this one (were i an ap voter i would man up and vote utah #1, both because i think they deserve to call themselves the best after finishing the season unscathed AND because if ...
Yes Virginia, they do play football in the Rocky Mountains
blocku.com 1/7/2009 — Utah proved as much when they walked into the heart of the SEC, slaying the Pride of Dixie Friday night. Yes, here in the highlands of the Rocky Mountains, we too play a pretty good brand of football.  Back in 2004, many dismissed the ...
What the Country is saying about Utah’s win
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 1/4/2009 — The Salt Lake Tribune did a good job of posting some of the comments written by national outlets, and here they are below
My Vote
sauriansagacity.blogspot.com 1/13/2009 — My final BlogPoll of 2008 is duly submitted, and I have chosen Utah as number 1. It wasn’t easy, despite my pledge to do so after Utah beat Alabama. I was truly torn between the Utes and my own Gators. And, for the record, I think the Gators are the ...
The Reason Utah is not in the BCS title game: Harris Voters admit to not watching Utah
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 1/6/2009 — In a great insightful article by Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel that had quotes from multiple Harris Poll voters who admitted to not seeing any or very little at all of Utah’s games this year. Let me remind the readers that the Harris poll makes up one third of the BCS
Utah must now replace the Water Boy
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 1/23/2009 — With great success from non-BCS schools comes the hard facts that other programs come in and lure away the coaching staff. So far, the Utes have lost a total of four members of the coaching staff.
Utah Defensive End Paul Kruger off to the NFL
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 1/13/2009 — Redshirt sophomore star defensive end declared late last night that he has declared for the NFL draft. Kruger was a star all year long in Utah’s Sugar Bowl run for the seaon had 7.5 sacks and 15 tackles for loss.
Utah out of sight, out of mind - College Football - Rivals.com
rivals.yahoo.com 1/6/2009 — Why didn’t Utah merit consideration to play for the BCS national title? Why are the Utes, despite their 13-0 record, victories over four Associated Press top-25 teams and the champions of a conference that went 6-1 in the regular season against the ...
Utah out of sight, out of mind - College Football - Rivals.com
rivals.yahoo.com 1/6/2009 — Why didn’t Utah merit consideration to play for the BCS national title? Why are the Utes, despite their 13-0 record, victories over four Associated Press top-25 teams and the champions of a conference that went 6-1 in the regular season against the ...
Utah AG: BCS may violate antitrust laws — Examiner Sports 1/7/2009
Utah's attorney general is investigating the Bowl Championship Series for a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after an undefeated Utes team was left out of the national title game for the second time in five years.
Utah AG considers antitrust probe — L.A. Times - College Football 1/7/2009
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said Tuesday he was launching an investigation into the Bowl Championship Series for a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after an undefeated Utah team was left out of the national title game for the ...
Attorney General of Utah to sue BCS? — Bleacher Report - College Football 1/7/2009
See article Utah to sue BCS This is what I'm talking about when I say a poll based eight or 16 team playoff won't work. Once you start a playoff, even a plus one, you have to let all 11 conference champions in. The BCS conference's legal ...
Settling the BCS — L.A. Times - College Football 1/8/2009
Things to watch as Oklahoma faces Florida for the national championship. > It's hard to believe Oklahoma and Florida will be meeting for the first time in football when they play in ...
Did the BCS Set Up Alabama for Failure? — Bleacher Report - College Football 1/8/2009
No coach on the planet, living or dead, (yes, not even the Bear) could have prevented the Alabama Crimson Tide from laying the huge egg they planted right on the mid-field logo at the Superdome Jan. 2. It was the classic "Set-up Bowl" that the BCS ...