Wow. Totally gobsmacked by the result. I have a buddy in Las Vegas this weekend who offered to put a bet in for me, and I declined, because I had NO idea what to expect.
That being said, can we now quit playing these guys? I really don't care to see them any more. And a loss to them would hurt our standing, beating them doesn't help it. So what's the point?
That school down south is a program in trouble. They know it. They know they held their breath and stomped their feet because Utah got invited to a BCS conference and they didn't, so they went independent and it was a HUGE mistake. But since they burned their bridges with The Mountain West and took the ESPN money, they are going to have to live with it. And the ass kicking's that are going to come with it.
54-10? Really? Hope all that ESPN money takes the sting out of that. Of course, it's still half of what Utah gets by going into the PAC 12. Ouch! THAT has to sting a lot, TOO!
Note to tsds, getting into the PAC 12 had as much to do with academics as football, and you aren't in our league there, either. Never were, never will be.
Riley Nelson! How's that leaving Utah State thing working out for you? Being the second best quarterback at your school, makes you the FOURTH best quarterback in the State of Utah. Behind the kid who took your place at Utah State, a surgically repaired, Jordan Wynn and the guy starting in front of you at tsds. Your parents must be so proud. Hope you don't plan to EVER show your face in Logan again.
I was really thinking that tsds was on their way to whatever Bowl game they grovelled their way into, but not so fast. The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl might not have a LOCK on the Cougars. Utah State is not to be dismissed. And three weeks in a row later this year, tsds has to play Oregon State, Idaho State and TCU. Not to mention New Mexico State.
Now, OSU is having a down year. Losing the opener to a team who lost the next week to Southern Utah (no, I will NOT call them a UNIVERSITY. Get over it Cedar City). And getting their ass handed to them in Wisconsin. But the truth be known? They are now looking to this as a possible win. They will come after you, Cougars.
Idaho State beat Northern Colorado by like, 50 points today. So they aren't push overs.
You have no shot at all to beat TCU. Nothing else needs to be said.
And USU is no longer a push over. Yeah, I picked you to beat them on my, "pick em's" list. But that had to be in before Labor Day, and since they beat your ass last year, I figured you wouldn't let that happen in you house. But after tonight? I'm not so sure. You are NOT Auburn, even in an off year. And pure luck let Auburn beat USU AT Auburn. After watching this, it appears that YOU do not possess THAT kind of luck.
Lets talk, for a minute about New Mexico State. Perennially, one of the worst college football programs in the country. They lost to UTEP tonight. Might I remind you tsds fans about YOUR history with UTEP? And a Bagley cartoon showing an old miner shooting your tsds F16 out of the sky with his flintlock rifle in, what year was it? 1986 or 87?
They beat Minnesota last weekend. Yeah, Minnesota sucks. Went 3-9 last year, and lost at home to South Dakota. Lost to USC in the first week of THIS season. By two points.
Still thinking NMSU is a, "gimme"?
It's going to be a long, hard, ride this fall Cougar fans. And not just THIS fall. EVERY fall you are an independent. So get back on your knees, and beg the Mountain West to take you back, because that's the only place you can land.
The Big XII is history. The Big East is done since Pitt and Syracuse are defecting to the ACC (Almost Competitive Conference) and it appears it could be approved as soon as today. The PAC won't take you. The Big East is too far away. Big 10? Forget about it.
You will be the second best school to Boise State in an expanded Mountain West Conference when they take Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State next year. It's your only hope. And if the Big XII dissolves, the Mountain West might, and I say, MIGHT get it's BCS qualifying spot. The powers that be might give it to CUSA. They have better TV markets. And that's what this is all about.
And now? The Utes OWN this one.
The Cougars won't fire Bronco Mendenhall, since no one else in his right mind would want the job.
And while we're at it, I'm going to quit calling him, Bronco Mendenhall. I'm going to do what George Carlin did to, "Refrigerator Freezer" since it was too long and just call it a, "Refrigadezzer". From here on out, he'll be, "Broncohall".
They won't fire, Broncohall because he's PERFECT for the job. In that he actually WANTS it! But at some point, 44 point ass kickings will no longer be acceptable and tsds will have to do one of two things. Drop down a division, or join a conference they would rather not be in just so they can start the season playing for SOMETHING! ANYTHING but being beaten by 44 points in your alleged, "rivalry game".
The rivalry is over. You lost. Get used to it.
Rose Bowl tickets, Ute fans? Could happen.
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This was such a whooping, I couldn't even harass my big brother about it. Actually feel bad for him, and his three kids who attend or attended tsds. Ow! Seemed like a train wreck, almost couldn't listen (ya, I was at da ADC), couldn't not listen.
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