Old Hatred Renewed...

Former Utes:
I know my grandpa was Ute, I know President Monson and Hinckley were Utes, but times have changed. Utah has evolved into that school that is known as: cheap shot artists, we are not BYU and never will be, too tight of clothes wearing, both fans, coaches, and players are all annoying, etc etc.

Excuses:
Granted I am not a big excuse guy, and we should have won that game 3-4 different times. But when you are a school like Oregon State and you don't have enough scholarships to give out it hurts in the skill positions. The place where that showed and we were most exposed last night, special teams! Kick off gave up an 80 yard return, an average of 38 yards/punt, do we even need to talk about the kicker?

My quick recap:
Fairly predictable game. We couldn't get the run game going up the middle. Play calling I was just not agreeing with on either side of the ball. Get the ball outside to the edges, bring more blitz packages, and we couldn't contain Utah running outside around the corners. Quiz still had over 100 yards rushing and 82 receiving. Moevao's height disadvantage was exposed, 4-5 batted down passes. He still played pretty well though 313 yards, 2 TD's, and 0 INT's. Brian Johnson is not good, our pass rush struggled, especially in the 4th quarter. Too much beer after last week's stunner.

Final Point:
The ref's lost the game for us. If you watched it you exactly what I am talking about. The Utah 2 point conversion. The pass was about 5 yards behind the intended receiver (uncatchable) plus the receiver ran into the LB who was covering, not the other way around. A total bail out call, even the House and Senate would have denied that Bail Out plan! Richard Chapman would not have thrown his yellow hanky, and is there a better ref out there? NO!

One more thing:
Did Utah really celebrate like they just beat the #1 ranked team in the nation? I love the Beavs, but we were 2-2 at the time, including a loss at Stanford. They were ranked 15 in the nation. You were supposed to win, in fact you were supposed to win by at least 12 points.

Lastly:
I am angry. My BYU at Utah prediction is BYU 52 - Utah 13. Last night they showed they don't have a change, even if it is at Rice-Eccles. Go Cougs.