tboblogs.com - 1/6/2009
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The first E-mail arrived at 10:09 Saturday night. It was short and to the point: Mr. McMurphy, I would like you to consider the University of Utah for this year’s AP National Champion. They are the only undefeated team in the nation. They have beaten two team…
sports.espn.go.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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Rick Reilly: No question, Utah is the national champion ...
rivals.yahoo.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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Wait: How do coaches vote their own team No. 1, anyway?
blacksportsonline.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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Utah AG: BCS Conspiracy?
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The Wiz of Odds —
... Brett McMurphy, Tampa Tribune: Utah fans have started to lobby voters in the Associated Press poll to put the Utes at No. 1. McMurphy writes that he has already received over 50 emails. ...
Wait: How do coaches vote their own team No. 1, anyway?
Dr. Saturday —
... Coaches Brown and Whittingham's simultaneously righteous and self-serving symbolism will be duly noted for posterity. If they want actual hardware that says "National Champion" on it in place of mere self-satisfaction for a season well-played, though, there's only one target: the Associated Press poll. AP voters Brett McMurphy of the Tampa Tribune and the Raleigh News & Observer's J.P. Giglio both write today that they've been ...
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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.
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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 ...
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.
