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Official Holy War Thread: Utah @ BYU

Who wins???

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IMO the QB match up Heaps definitely has more upside/potential as he does have the stronger arm. The O-Line favors the Y as I think the U's line has looked pretty bad and even though the U normally is favored on D I was not impressed with the D-Line or LB's against USC, they did force TO's but if they hadn't they would've looked pretty bad.
Now saying that as a U fan I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the Y's defense hasn't faced a starting QB all year, Ol' miss played their 2nd and a little of their 3rd string QB (as well as 3 RB's got hurt but one came back) and Texas doesn't really have a starting QB not sure what they're doing for a QB there sounds kinda like they're doing a QB by committee.

Oh and YB that sign is pure awesome!
 
Line has gone from 6.5 to 3 and now back up to 4. Giving that the line 'typically' counts home field for 3 points is saying this game is virtually a toss up pick em game.

Not being a 'fan' of either but rooting for both I tend to root for Utah during this game. Have for year and won't change as I follow probably Utah closer than Utah (Probably due to the success they have had the past 10 or so years vs. BYU with Crowton, ect.).

This is how I see it plays out....

The game will be won or lost with Special Teams and Turnovers. Very bland answer but whatever team can get that 'easy' score off a turnover and great field position or points from a return will win. Both defensive strengths match up against he offense.

Close game and low scoring that goes to OT...

Prediction
Utah 23
BYU 20
 
NUMBERICA said:
One HUGE problem with comparing stats between the teams. One team has played BCS teams exclusively, and half of one's schedule to date has been Montana freaking St.
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After this game, one team will still have played only one BCS team while the other will still have played BCS teams exclusively.
 
I don't get why it's so funny ESPN used "Roscoe" for Mendenhall's name. I mean, the guy's real name is Bronco, if anything, it made him look better.
 
YB85 said:
After this game, one team will still have played only one BCS team while the other will still have played BCS teams exclusively.
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He shoots, he scores!

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So I need to get a summary of my bets...

I think I bet catratcho. How much are we betting? No line right, just winner takes it?

And what about Trout? Are we betting this year, and if so how much? Same terms as catratcho?

Tomorrow is the big day folks. I know smack talk is down this year. It's hard to be too geeked about this game when the Utes just played their first ever PAC 12 game (first PAC 12 game in history for anyone actually) at USC last week, and lost on the last play of the game. But it's still a pretty big game and I can't wait to watch it!
 
SaltyDawg said:
I think I bet catratcho. How much are we betting? No line right, just winner takes it?
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That's the way I remember it. If the Cougs win, we bet a grand. If the Utes win, we bet five bucks. But I think it was 25.

SaltyDawg said:
And what about Trout? Are we betting this year, and if so how much? Same terms as catratcho?
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Unless you have another way of getting a hold of him, I'd think you're not betting this year, since he picked a horrible time to get his *** suspended again.

SaltyDawg said:
Tomorrow is the big day folks. I know smack talk is down this year. It's hard to be too geeked about this game when the Utes just played their first ever PAC 12 game (first PAC 12 game in history for anyone actually) at USC last week, and lost on the last play of the game. But it's still a pretty big game and I can't wait to watch it!
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It just doesn't feel right to have the rivalry week right now. It needs to be either opening game or last game to have the same feel.
 
I don't live in Utah, so I don't have their lame sports media trying to hype me about "rivalry week". So I was browsing the list of televised games to watch for tomorrow and saw the listing for Utah @ BYU. Oh yeah, they play tomorrow, lol! Yeah, "rivalry week" lol.
 
I have the odd feeling that this game is going to be a snore fest for offenses with a ton of punts, incomplete passes, and runs stuffed at the line of scrimmage.

Perhaps the last few minutes will heat up (they usually do). But the first 3 quarters might be boring...

Don't get me wrong, the game will be very competitive. But I think it will probably be a miracle if either team scores more than 17 points.

Today on the radio they were talking about if this game ends up 3-0 like a few years back... LOL...
 
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