Terrible, have you seen the offensive line and running backs?
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Terrible, have you seen the offensive line and running backs?
Miss St would probably be 10-2 in the whack 12 though.
Ron Baker giving Utah that work.
Excited to see how Poetl responds in 2nd half.
Excited to see how Poetl responds in 2nd half.
gregbroncs
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I think it is becoming obvious how irrelevant this rivalry is anymore. The **** talk on the radio and on this site is almost non existent. The hype for the game is almost non existent. And years ago I'd be hyped for the rivalry game for weeks, now I'm not anymore hyped for this game that I was CSU last year, maybe less so because at least last year they had not been to a bowl in a while, this time they are going to the same bowl as last year, yippee 
. I think it's time to let this game die, it hasn't been nearly the same since they left the MWC.
. I think it's time to let this game die, it hasn't been nearly the same since they left the MWC.
gregbroncs
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It started before the hiatus though. I just think not being in a conference and having nothing tangible riding on the game made the game less important. It's why Utah doesn't and shouldn't care about the game. It doesn't mean anything anymore, when they were in the same conference the game was all important and the week before the game was fun, lots of talking ****, lots of shots fired, and lots of gloating about things your team did to the other. It's just not that way anymore. The teams are only really still rivals in the hearts of the fans and even that has seriously diminished.
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Some people in the rivalry took it too far. But you'll always get that in a real rivalry. Those people are morans. I just don't believe this is a real rivalry anymore, and hasn't been since the MWC days. It just took a little while for it to settle in to the reality.
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It's still fun to talk **** to BYU fans. Just not as fun as it once was. And it just doesn't hurt as much to lose to them because in the end it doesn't matter that much anymore.
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Ya, thank god.
I'm going to try my hardest, win or lose, to remain civil and calm as possible
The biggest blow to the rivalry is that it's not the last game of the season anymore, those were intense regardless of record or conference affiliation....you're kidding yourself as a Utes fan if you're not a little pumped for this game
Joe Bagadonuts
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I am? Hmm. I guess I'll have to take your word for it because obviously you would know how I feel about this better than me.
gregbroncs
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Well I'm not pumped for this game. I'm not kidding myself. I'll probably get more pumped as the game itself gets closer but I do that for every game.
leftyjace
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I had a bit of an epiphany about our "rivalry" with Colorado.
Now that we're in the same conference as Colorado, and now that playing them could potentially be a big deal when it comes to Pac-12 standings and bowl game outcome, all it's going to take is for Colorado to get back to relevance.
As soon as that happens, you KNOW that with the Colorado game being the last regular season game of the year, the rivalry will start to grow. It just needs a few games that mean something. Losing to Colorado sucks now, because it hurts us. But them winning doesn't do much, because they're not really relevant. As soon as we're BOTH relevant, as soon as both programs are successful, the games will take on a new feel.
Now that we're in the same conference as Colorado, and now that playing them could potentially be a big deal when it comes to Pac-12 standings and bowl game outcome, all it's going to take is for Colorado to get back to relevance.
As soon as that happens, you KNOW that with the Colorado game being the last regular season game of the year, the rivalry will start to grow. It just needs a few games that mean something. Losing to Colorado sucks now, because it hurts us. But them winning doesn't do much, because they're not really relevant. As soon as we're BOTH relevant, as soon as both programs are successful, the games will take on a new feel.
gregbroncs
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I can see this. I can see a time in the future that Colorado is our biggest rival. Once upon a time USU was a bigger rival to Utah than BYU, then the conferences changed and Byu became the biggest rival. That was before my time but that is what I was told. Could it be 10-20 years from now the BYU/Utah rivalry is as dead as the Utah/USU one has been for 20+ years? I actually think this is inevitable.