FOOTBALL TONIGHT

[Viva]

Oh snap, I forgot about Wisconsin. But Iowa sucks.

[powstash]

Letter to the Editor:

That hurt. And I was just watching on TV. Throughout this football season, I have been comparing the Wyoming Cowboys in many ways to my other favorite team, the Denver Broncos. Both teams started off the season with a very strong defense. Both teams have had trouble at times getting the offense going and other times have shown offensive fireworks. When Karsten Sween rolls out on a bootleg to the left side, he reminds me a little of Jake Plummer. When John Wendling comes in on a safety blitz pounding a quarterback into the turf, he reminds me of John Lynch. The Pokes running backs situation is in many ways like “The Bells” in Denver. But as I watched the Pokes play BYU on CSTV Thursday night, I couldn’t help but compare them to a different Denver Broncos team. I kept saying to myself, “this is just like XXIV...” Flashback to January 28, 1990, Super Bowl XXIV. The San Francisco 49ers absolutely decimated John Elway and the Denver Broncos, 55-10. The BYU game was very much the same. BYU quarterback John Beck picked the Wyoming defense apart with Joe Montana precision. Both BYU and the 49ers dominated virtually every stat column. The Pokes looked like those Broncos on the sidelines; heads started to hang low and the look of disbelief and disparity in their eyes. Going into the game, they knew the other team was favored to win, but there was still a confidence that there would be a tough match up, and that there was a glimmer of hope for an upset victory. Those feelings seemed to vanish for both teams before the first quarter was even over. It wasn’t even a contest. I truly hope some good will come out of this loss for the Cowboys, after the sting goes away. I hope the young players can learn from the experience, and perhaps the coaching staff can use it as a teaching tool and make adjustments so that it does not happen again. I hope it makes the team hungry for revenge in Laramie next year. And as far as BYU, they whooped us. No doubt about it. But I still don’t like ‘em. In two weeks I will be cheering for the Utes up in Salt Lake; the last chance to knock the Cougars down a peg or two. GO POKES!

Good letter. We'll see what next year brings. It was sure nice to take your Pokes out behind the woodshed for a good ol' fashioned butt kickin'. Gotta say, John Beck keeps getting better and better. The Utes don't stand a chance.

And since I couldn't watch the BYU game on TV I watched Rutgers and thought that was one sweet game.

[scoober]

You still need to hit at a near 700 clip to get a bid though.

And it would obviously have to be higher in CFB because an 8-4 record is a pretty low bar when you're only filling 8 playoff spots.

I dunno. I don't think there's anyway to get around a season long ranking system, even if it is feeding an 8 team playoff. You are still going to have pissed off teams who didn't make the bid with similar records, and you are going to have pissed off teams with their seed in the playoff. It just doesn't seem like an improvement to me.

Maybe the problem lies in the conferences themselves. Maybe it should be treated like the English soccer leagues where you have a premier league of 20 or so teams that play each other and then lower divisions. If a team does exceptionally well and runs their lower division, they can move up into the big boy league.

[powstash]

edit: arggg, double post

[72Twenty]

Good letter. We'll see what next year brings. It was sure nice to take your Pokes out behind the woodshed for a good ol' fashioned butt kickin'. Gotta say, John Beck keeps getting better and better. The Utes don't stand a chance.

And since I couldn't watch the BYU game on TV I watched Rutgers and thought that was one sweet game.

Yeah yeah... well, atleast we beat the crap out of Utah and CSU this season. Not a total loss.

Next year.... there's always next year!

[pappag]

I don't know if beating SC will make up for being upset by Arizona tomorrow.

Yes. I'm calling it. Arizona over Cal 28-21.





Let me have my dream.

Oh S-N-A-P1!!

[Egon]

The Utes don't stand a chance..

The game is at Rice Eccles, but I'm starting to think Kyle Whittingham's job may be in jeopardy if the Utes get blown away.

Wildcats:

[P_McPoser]

You're kidding me, right. USC and Cal are capable of beating ANY team in the country. In my opinion, Cal is probably the most underrated team in the country. Cal could spank anyone right now.

So do you like your crow extra crispy, or regular recipe?

oh SNAP



BEAR DOWN MUTHAFUCKAS, ARIZONA'S BACK

[P_McPoser]

I don't know if beating SC will make up for being upset by Arizona tomorrow.

Yes. I'm calling it. Arizona over Cal 28-21.





Let me have my dream.

So I don't think I've ever quoted myself before, but I just thought I would to rub some salt into this one.

[72Twenty]

The game is at Rice Eccles, but I'm starting to think Kyle Whittingham's job may be in jeopardy if the Utes get blown away.

Wildcats:

Hey, the Utes are tough at home. And this is the Utah/BYU game. It's different. They will be fired up. GO UTES!

[pappag]

What a week!!

#3, 5, 6, and 8 in the BCS taking a loss with #4 barely squeezing by.

[Pow4Brains]

What a week!!

#3, 5, 6, and 8 in the BCS taking a loss with #4 barely squeezing by.

GO BADGERS!!!