Rivalry!

Utah hosting BYU this week will be my big one. 4 weeks ago this looked like it wasn't going to be a game at all. Utah was rolling at 7-0 and killing everyone! BYU was 2-5 and it looked like they were not getting anywhere with all that young talent on the team. Than Utah ran into Air Force, TCU, Notre Dame (still the worst I've seen since UNLV) and San Diego State and BYU played Wyoming, UNLV, CSU and New Mexico. BYU rolled through their opponents only allowing 44 points while scoring 169. Utah got bulldozed, first by Air Force, even though they won the game, the Falcon's shook the confidence of the Utes. Than TCU came into town and demoralized them 47-7, and they went into South Bend Indiana and let TCU beat them again falling to the Fighting Irish 28-3. They still looked punch drunk in the first quarter as they played the Aztecs in San Diego before turning it on for a comeback win. In that stretch, Utah got outscored by their opposition 132-76 and just didn't look good through 3 and 1 quarter of those games. So it's a tale of 2 seasons for each team. BYU is coming in 6-5 and Utah is 9-2.

Although the records are still so different the teams are not right now. BYU's defense is looking really good and Utah's defense feel apart against San Diego State. It was the first time I felt that the defense let down the offense this year. If they can't shore it up, look for BYU to throw the ball all over the field with their freshman WR and QB combo. I expect this game to be tight, and go down to the fourth quarter, maybe the last drive once again. It's either going to be 7-3 Utah or 47-44 Utah. (Come on, did you really expect me to pick the kitty cats?)

GO UTES!