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sparker1 · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject:

Who cares about Utah/BYU? Isn't this just the WAC? Florida walked over FSU in the real game. :bootyshake:

The Dude · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 23 Location: Salt Lake City

LOL!! About 9 years ago this was the WAC. Now it's the mighty MWC with their mighty "The mountain" channel, seen by hundreds of MWC fans in the inter-mountain region.

DirkHammergate · Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 1129 Location: Salt Lake City

Kent K25 wrote: DirkHammergate wrote: Kent K25 wrote: And of course, we did answer, put together an ugly drive though. Aided by a poor decision in the Yewt secondary to rough a receiver after the ball was gone (not the same as the previous call against Utah, the ball was LONG gone). Then a P.I. call that could have gone either way, but the Yewt initiated the contact (in my biased opinion).

Here is one thing I learned really well during my divorce which can be applied here, what would your reaction be if the shoe was on the other foot?

You know BYU fan would have lynched those refs right at midfield.

I only partially agree. I hate to blame the refs no matter what. It's a cop out. If I was a Yewt fan my biased opinion would have been that they were bad calls, but that the Yewts still blew it. Leaving Collie open....dropping that pass on the 20 on their final failed drive etc...

You can't point to calls on the last BYU drive as the reason you lost the game. There are blown calls all game every game (with VERY FEW exceptions) that turn the tides of the game, but they are let go of as the game goes on. Both teams get screwed at one point or another during the game that has just as much of an effect on the game as points could have been scored earlier in the game to make the ending entirely different.

The BYU vs. UCLA game bothered when they refs blew two booth reviewed plays where replay showed they were wrong. Even booth reviews end up wrong occasionally when they are close calls, those two just blew my mind though. In the end we still should have won the game, but we couldn't get it done. We were to blame, not the refs.

It happens to everyone, it's part of the game. Unless it's super ugly (Mavs vs. Heat in the finals a few years ago), you can't blame the refs.

Dear Sir,

I totally agree with the fact that you don't put yourself in a position to get jobb'd.

Sincerely,

Michael Jordon, David Stern, Joey Crawford, and Tim Donaghy

DirkHammergate · Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 1129 Location: Salt Lake City

The Dude wrote: LOL!! About 9 years ago this was the WAC. Now it's the mighty MWC with their mighty "The mountain" channel, seen by hundreds of MWC fans in the inter-mountain region.

I went to my office to watch it and the f'in satelite reception would only go to channel 148, so I got up on the roof and started hammering on the Dish, now we don't have any channels.

I hate this TV deal!

Iceaxe · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 7682 Location: Local Bordello

sparker1 wrote: Who cares about Utah/BYU? Isn't this just the WAC? Florida walked over FSU in the real game. :bootyshake:

I'm just hoping like hell that Florida get's Hawaii in a BCS bowl. :haha:

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Summit42 · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 1937 Location: 127.0.0.1

All this fuss over "The mountain" channel and it has worst picture quality I have ever seen. Seriously, I have seen rabbit ears pick up a better picture.

Iceaxe · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 7682 Location: Local Bordello

"The Mountain" is best described as a train wreck....

YMMV

accadacca · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 7093 Location: The Interwebs

Man was that a booooorrrrrrring game. That is until the last 5 minutes. I had been flipping to all the other games all day. Freakin' field goal contest and BYU has become the Brigham Young Runnin' Unga's. I guess you have to go with what works, but man its like watching the Denver Broncos. Smash mouth football is a sleeper and I would not expect that from quarterback university. I didn't know that Unga had 1000 yards rushing this season. . .AND it was the first time for a BYU back? WTF!:eek2:

accadacca · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 7093 Location: The Interwebs

Iceaxe wrote: "The Mountain" is best described as a train wreck....

YMMV
YMMV! No your quote is dead on. I took several broadcast classes in college and worked in the industry. It doesn't take much observation to notice the obvious. And surprise, surprise. . .I have not seen one highlight from the game on ESPN yet. :roll:

Kent K25 · Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 528 Location: Ivins (St. George)

sparker1 wrote: Who cares about Utah/BYU? Isn't this just the WAC? Florida walked over FSU in the real game. :bootyshake:

Gag me, I can't stand Florida, doesn't help that they have Urban. Florida was good last year, but they're underachievers this year :)

Other than BYU over Utah, and WVU all but sealing a championship game birth (better beat Pitt), the best game this weekend was watching LSU lose!

Kent K25 · Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 528 Location: Ivins (St. George)

The Dude wrote: Again, I get to go the next 365 days without any Ute fans smack.

What a great game.

What a great picture:

http://www.danransom.com/blog/images/20071124175345_touchdown.jpg

GREAT PIC! Now we need a link to the rest of em...

Iceaxe · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 7682 Location: Local Bordello

The Mountain has got to be killing the MWC teams in recruiting.... I mean honestly..... Boise, Fresno, San Jose go after the same players as most MWC teams..... you know the drill.... Calif kids who are talented but over looked by the majors because he is to small/slow/poor grades....

So the kid goes home and says "hey mom, I can play at Utah and you will see me on TV once this year on a third teir boradcast.... or I can play for Boise and be on ESPN in HD 5 times".

If the MWC doesn't get their crap together they are going to become the WAC's weak little sister.

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1722 Location: Fairbanks, AK

accadacca wrote: Man was that a booooorrrrrrring game. That is until the last 5 minutes. I had been flipping to all the other games all day. Freakin' field goal contest and BYU has become the Brigham Young Runnin' Unga's. I guess you have to go with what works, but man its like watching the Denver Broncos. Smash mouth football is a sleeper and I would not expect that from quarterback university. I didn't know that Unga had 1000 yards rushing this season. . .AND it was the first time for a BYU back? WTF!:eek2:

First time? What are you smoking? Staley had over 2,000 just a few years back. Maybe the first time for a freshman...

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1722 Location: Fairbanks, AK

Must hurt having retarded spiritual kids kick the asses of the big tough drunk felons. Don't worry though, basketball season is almost here for you guys... Oh wait...

:2thumbs:

BTW, you might've missed that BYU beat the #6 ranked team in the nation last night in basketball.

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1722 Location: Fairbanks, AK

Game pics are here:

http://www.danransom.com/TripReports/?p=140