Tag Archives: Brian Johnson

Score one for the little guy? Utah proves they’re worthy of the big time

Four years ago, Utah was a team led by a hotshot young coach, with a cute gimmicky offense and a future #1 pick in the shotgun. The Utes rolled through their schedule and slid up the polls through the season, and when all was said and done, they became the first ‘BCS buster.’ The reward [...]

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2008 Utah Utes Preview: BCS bowl beckons for Utes?

Last season, Utah was overwhelmed by injuries (51 total starts lost). The injuries had a great effect in the early going, as the Utes started 1-3 (0-2 MWC), including a 27-0 loss to UNLV, which was the Runnin’ Rebels’ only MWC win of the season. Utah turned the season around though, winning their next seven [...]

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2008 Mountain West Preview Part I: Beehive State battle for the title

In Part I of his preview of the Mountain West Conference, Eddie Griffin breaks down how he thinks the conference will play out in 2008. Does he think BYU will three-peat, or will Utah stop them short?

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Which non-BCS teams could crash the BCS party in 2008?

Three of the last four seasons, the BCS party has been crashed by an ambitious team from one of the ‘Group of Five,’ or in other words, the non-BCS conferences.

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