A Monstrous Victory Over Alabama Makes The Utes The Heroes Of Utah. B-Y-Who?

Alabama was clearly the favorite going into the long awaited Sugar Bowl on the 2nd of January 2009.  In fact, their opponents, the Utah Utes, were given very little credit until the first few plays of the game.

All of a sudden, a silence came over the thousands of Alabama fans.  A silence that said to the rest of the nation, "Uh oh!"

At the end of the first quarter and the Utes led 21-0 Crimson Tide fans realized that this pathetic little Mountain West Conference team, wasn't so little and pathetic after all.

Much of the game followed suit and the Mighty Utah Utes emerged victorious.  One might say that the game was utter domination.  Other might say that the Alabama Crimson Tide got ROLLED!

Either way, The University of Utah Utes are the heroes of Utah and possibly the heroes of college football.

Of course, BYU fans consider BYU to be the most important thing in the world.  Unfortunately, after this huge win by the Utes, no one even remembers the BYU 1984 season.  Not even the "men" who played on the team.

It is like a reverse eclipse.  Many people had been focusing on the tiny, dark, insignificant ball that is BYU.  But now that the Utes have stunned a nation, this huge fiery beacon of light is now completely engulfing the poor 10 - 3 Cougars.

Sorry BYU, you just aren't significant to college football in Utah anymore.

As for the Alabama Crimson Tide, they are clearly a better team than BYU.  They just aren't nearly as good as Utah.  Anyone who watched the game could have seen the looks on the faces of the Crimson Tide.

Nick Saban was standing there thinking, "man, I suck."  Meanwhile, Glen Coffee was cradeling a weeping John Parker Wilson telling him, "Everthing gonna be alright J.P., everything gonna be alright."

Looks like Mountain West Conference is better than you thought huh?

Congrats, Utes!  You deserve it.  Here is to you finishing No. 2.  Or higher?

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