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What Utah going to the Pac does to rivalries

SaltyDawg said:
If the Utes were playing this coming season in the PAC, I think they would be the favorites to win it. I certainly can't think of 4 teams that would be expected to finish ahead of Utah.
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One word for ya: DELUSIONAL.
 
BYU v. Utah occuring early in the season, and not within the same conference, dilutes the rivalry in a dramatic way. There is a difference when opponents merely dislike each other, rather than actually having something on the line. The only thing at stake is a W. Every game has that.
 
I bet Max Hall is really happy for the Utes......
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Obviously Max Hall is in full support of the induction.

Utah deserved the Pac 12 spot. BYU didn't, they didn't earn it, they did deserve it.
 
Bronco70 said:
Last season, Utah barely lost (on the road) to the eventual PAC 10 champ. You care to back your claim with a list of four?
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And that was with Cain starting. Had Wynn started that game the Utes likely win. Not only that, but Oregon has since kicked their starting QB off the team.

Cal finished tied for the 3rd best record in the PAC last year Utah smashed them in the Poinsettia Bowl. So Utah would have certainly finished better than 5th in the PAC last year. Utah is going to be better this season, and Oregon and USC will both be worse than they were last season.

I would love to see this list of 4 teams that would be expected to finish ahead of Utah in the PAC this year. Obviously we have no idea what any of these teams will look like in 2011, but this year, Utah would have a great shot at winning the PAC, and would absolutely finish higher than 5th.
 
Hopefully the lack of recruiting by Boylen under more favorable circumstances will expose him as a fraud so the Utes can get back to competing in hoops again. Football will be fine.
 
Raspberry Delight said:
Clearly, you're never wrong.


(and by 'wrong', I mean, 'right')
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Uh, you better go back and read that Utah to the Pac 10 thread and see who ended up being right. The only thing I didn't get right was I thought the invitation would be later. But even then, after the Texas stuff went down, I called the exact day of the official announcement.

Yeah, I was wrong about a game once (barely). Other than that, I have been pretty much spot on when it comes to the Utes.
 
So with only 9 teams in the Mountain west... I see them picking up another team to avoid a bye in conference season.

So who???
Utah State??? BYU's new bestest rival
U Nevada Reno???
Memphis???

maybe pick up another Big 12 straggler???
 
Check this out:
https://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/andy_staples/06/18/utah-pac-10/index.html

The Utes will enter the Pac-10 in 2011 as a favorite to compete for the conference crown....
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And here's another quote from the article
Late Thursday, Whittingham asked a reporter to call on a land line; his cell phone battery had been drained by calls from excited recruits. "It's definitely gotten the attention of recruits," Whittingham said. "We've been to the BCS twice already. We already had a pretty good sales pitch, but this will enhance it."
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