Posted on 12/19/2015 1:23:58 PM PST by Colofornian
Well, I’m not taking up for the Mormons. Just being realistic.
“Well, I’m not taking up for the Mormons. Just being realistic”.
By stipulating that, you seem to be afraid of being criticized. PC got to you, too?
Enough of this. I hate BYU and will be watching the Sooners win the Orange Bowl.
I’m not taking up for any Okies, but that should be a good game.
I’m not taking up for any Okies, but that should be a good game.
I >am< taking up for the Okies and you’re right, it should be a very good game. LOL
Merry Christmas.
Of course there are! (But there's LOTS of Mormons playing for various teams across the country, including the NFL)
Besides. The Utes are ensuring that Utah's reputation isn't very solid, either.
I mean. Imagine being an NCAA ref crew who's about to look @ 40-odd bowl games. And you are told pre-bowl season by a prophet that in the first 21 clock minutes of a game, one of the bowl games would have four unsportsmanslike conduct penalties + a sideline warning (0-yd penalty but meant to send a message to sideline about their location or conduct).
I would think any NCAA ref would think that the BYU-Utah game would be the last game they'd think that would occur.
The Utes even lost a player -- disqualified for the game -- because both of Utah UCs were on him.
(Oh, & the sideline warning?) Versus BYU, of course!
No. But the overwhelming % are...& even more so amongst its coaching staff.
The second roughing call was bogus, in my opinion.
Did you hear what Brent Musberger said?
“”I really feel sorry for my Mormon friends at BYU. They don’t drink,””
4x their QB sacked...
Their QB threw 3 picks & one fumble lost
Of his first 21 passes, completed only 6
Of the first 6 3rd downs, 0 line to gain.
One missed FG
But, hey, when Utah got up 35-0, began letting all of their players play...took their QB out, etc...
Now it's just become a yawner.
(They might NOW!)
What happens in Vegas...
On Utah or BYU? (They each had two)
On number 16 in red.
Time for the coach to give the team a MERRY SMITHMAS talk!
this has nothing to do with religion...its a football game....
Now 35 - 21. Utes going to have an epic fold by blowing a 35 pt lead? It would be a bigger choke than the 32 pts lead the Houston Oilers blew to the Buffalo Bills in January, 1993.
BYU is clawing its way back into the game — but will still need a miracle finish.
Down by 14 with 5 minutes to go.
TD BYU. It looks like it on replay.
It’s on their defense now to get a three and out.
Kickoff out of bounds gives Utah good field position. 35-28 now.
That should be game. New set of downs.
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