Comments on: BYU Football: Back in Black

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:42:22 +0000

So true Clark! I hope you are wrong though.

7-5 is much better than 6-6

By: Clark Goble

Clark Goble — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:31:48 +0000

And if BYU wins a bowl game, what does that do to my prediction you made fun of all those weeks ago? (grin)

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:59:13 +0000

Lol!

Well I at least hedged my bets and did not predict a Cougar victory outright (even if I hoped for one). In some ways I should be happy that my long standing 6-5 prediction was accurate and that my reasons that Utes might win (presented in the penultimate paragraph of the post) proved to be prescient. So while I’m not personally eating much crow I am a bit bummed.

Nevertheless, congratulations to the Utes and coach Whittingham… they are in the black this year now as well.

(Hey, at least my other team, SDSU, pulled out another victory on Saturday…)

By: the danite

the danite — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:20:26 +0000

The game I’d like to watch over and over is that one Saturday against Utah. Or maybe a reel of the last four years. Do you think they’ll sell that at the BYU Bookstore?

Say hello to an old friend: a meal of crow.

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:47:01 +0000

Here are some additional good quotes from the article in today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal:

“I don’t think we have to take anyone,” bowl executive director Tina Kunzer-Murphy said.

Colorado State (5-5) can save everyone involved a lot of trouble and beat UNLV. A victory by the Rams, 15-point favorites, makes them bowl eligible, giving the Mountain West four such teams and allowing TCU to go outside the contractual agreements.

“I think there are people on our committee that would like them [BYU] to win,” Kunzer-Murphy said. “It hurts us to take them over a couple of other stronger teams.”

Arizona State (5-5), because of its proximity and healthy fan base, would be the ideal team to fill the Pacific-10 Conference side among possible teams.

By: Karl D.

Karl D. — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:36:23 +0000

Clark,

The situation is complicated a bit by the fact that the Las Vegas Bowl must have high attendence this year to remain a bowl. The following is from aTribune article last week:

The Las Vegas Bowl actually may need BYU for attendance purposes. To reach the NCAA-mandated minimum of 25,000 fans over a three-year period, the bowl must draw a crowd of 29,185.