In mid-July, former Utah coach, Urban Meyer said that he didn’t think the 2004 version or the 2008 version of his former team could withstand the grind of the SEC. BYU head coach, Bronco Mendenhall retaliated with, "Sometimes the things said in public are different than the things said in private to the rest of the league," he said. "I guess I would like the ability to see. So we will continue to play and schedule and do the best we can within our given realm of influence to show that. But possibly the system will change, and those matchups will happen more frequently, and everyone will know. Right now, we have Wyoming [beating] Tennessee off of last year [in the regular season]."At some point, unless we are in the same league or have access to compete -- or are deemed worthy to have access -- it will be just speculation. But right now, Utah-Alabama, Wyoming-Tennessee -- at least against the SEC [we've been successful].”
Mendenhall told the Deseret Morning News, that scheduling Oklahoma wasn’t necessarily needed to gain a little humble pie. "We're humble enough," he said. "When you don't win the conference, you don't win your bowl game and you don't win the state championship, there isn't a player or coach on the team who is satisfied with that."
In that vein, Max Hall is the 11th QB at BYU since 1974 to come in and the team’s clear-cut starter as a senior. Every single previous quarterback has led BYU to a conference championship, completing 65% of their passes for an average of 3666 yards, 30 plus TD’s, and 13 INT’s. The numbers are looking like a good bet for anther championship in Cougar Country.
Speaking of Max Hall, he is on pace to finish his career second in passing yards, total offense, and passing TD’s to Ty Detmer. He is set to pass John Beck as the MWC leader in passing yards and touchdowns and take his place along side many other BYU greats, like Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Detmer, and Beck. He’s also been added to the Davey O’Brien watchlist this season.
BYU has released its 2009 game day t-shirts, on sale now at the BYU Bookstore for $5. Absent is the year’s slogan which Bronco opted against this season, for obvious reasons.
Good news for fans of any non-BCS team. A tweak to the Rose Bowl will allow greater access for non-BCS teams to participate in the exclusivity of the BCS games.
Its been 11 years since BYU beat a ranked, non-conference opponent. And its not looking any better for this season against Oklahoma. In that same time, the Cougars only have two wins against ranked opponents: 1999 against CSU (#23) and 2006 against TCU (#17). Since 1999, Utah is 9-6 against ranked, non-conference opponents and TCU is 4-3. BYU’s last top ten win also happens to be its only win against a #1 ranked opponent, 1990 versus Miami. Since that game, they are 0-12-1 against top ten ranked opponents with two of those losses against Utah.
Just a few Utah notes: Highly touted defensive back, James Aiono won’t be suiting up for the Crimson and White this season. He has been declared academically ineligible. The Utes also have scheduled a home and away set against 2004 Fiesta Bowl foe, Pittsburg, to begin next season.
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Mendenhall told the Deseret Morning News, that scheduling Oklahoma wasn’t necessarily needed to gain a little humble pie. "We're humble enough," he said. "When you don't win the conference, you don't win your bowl game and you don't win the state championship, there isn't a player or coach on the team who is satisfied with that."
In that vein, Max Hall is the 11th QB at BYU since 1974 to come in and the team’s clear-cut starter as a senior. Every single previous quarterback has led BYU to a conference championship, completing 65% of their passes for an average of 3666 yards, 30 plus TD’s, and 13 INT’s. The numbers are looking like a good bet for anther championship in Cougar Country.
Speaking of Max Hall, he is on pace to finish his career second in passing yards, total offense, and passing TD’s to Ty Detmer. He is set to pass John Beck as the MWC leader in passing yards and touchdowns and take his place along side many other BYU greats, like Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Detmer, and Beck. He’s also been added to the Davey O’Brien watchlist this season.
BYU has released its 2009 game day t-shirts, on sale now at the BYU Bookstore for $5. Absent is the year’s slogan which Bronco opted against this season, for obvious reasons.
Good news for fans of any non-BCS team. A tweak to the Rose Bowl will allow greater access for non-BCS teams to participate in the exclusivity of the BCS games.
Its been 11 years since BYU beat a ranked, non-conference opponent. And its not looking any better for this season against Oklahoma. In that same time, the Cougars only have two wins against ranked opponents: 1999 against CSU (#23) and 2006 against TCU (#17). Since 1999, Utah is 9-6 against ranked, non-conference opponents and TCU is 4-3. BYU’s last top ten win also happens to be its only win against a #1 ranked opponent, 1990 versus Miami. Since that game, they are 0-12-1 against top ten ranked opponents with two of those losses against Utah.
Just a few Utah notes: Highly touted defensive back, James Aiono won’t be suiting up for the Crimson and White this season. He has been declared academically ineligible. The Utes also have scheduled a home and away set against 2004 Fiesta Bowl foe, Pittsburg, to begin next season.
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