2007 season Stories - Burnt Orange Nation
Four years ago, a season was saved with a trip to Big East Country
No one quite knew what to make of the 2007 Utah Utes. They had knocked off UCLA in dominant fashion and then collapsed, on the road, against an awful, awful UNLV Rebels team that would fail to record another victory the remainder of the season. Everything seemed in shambles. Even a win a week later...
Adversity sucks!
New bumpersticker right there. But yeah, adversity does suck. It's not fun. Oh sure, I bet there are a few go-getters who thrive off the challenge. I don't, though. I don't like adversity in life and I certainly don't like it in my football. Unfortunately, that's life and you've still got to deal...
This is Jordan Wynn's time to shine
Jordan Wynn has won 11 games as Utah's starting quarterback - putting him 15 wins behind Brian Johnson, the all-time leader in wins. If he averages just eight wins these next two seasons, Wynn will pass Johnson at the top of that list. Of course, this isn't about comparing Wynn, a junior, to...
The growth of Kyle Whittingham
Back in 2007, I wrote how I felt Kyle Whittingham was a 70/30 coach - a coach who wins a majority of his games, but, for whatever reason, lacks overall consistency. At that point in his career with the Utes, Whittingham was 18-13 as a head coach, a mark that wasn't terrible, but far from the...
Utah versus the Pac-10 - top five games of the last 20 years
I'm not good at coming up with lists because I feel I'm always going to gloss over an important game or rank one game higher than it should be solely because of nostalgia. But I couldn't pass up this opportunity. Utah football, though lacking Pac-10 affiliation, has had some great games over the...
Why Ute fans should be optimistic, despite the easy schedule
Utah has been slammed the last couple of weeks because of their rather pathetic early schedule. It is true they have played absolutely no one since the season started. Their one chance at a good win, against Pittsburgh to open the season, looks rather average now with how poorly the Panthers...
Utah's path to a 3-1 record against the Frogs
It's hard to compare these Frogs to TCU teams of the past because they're just so damn good. But I think there is precedence here. The Utes have done better than any Mountain West team against TCU and own a 3-1 record since their arrival in 2005. That just isn't luck. There is an obvious trend that...
The story of Lucky G. O'Utes
Since Block U has grown considerably since the 2007 season, I'm guessing many readers aren't familiar with Lucky the Leprechaun. I know what you're thinking. What the hell does a leprechaun have to do with the Utes? We're not freaking Notre Dame! You're right. It has absolutely nothing to do with...
2003
I think we all know what this post is going to be about. For any Ute fan, 2003 marked the moment Utah football really leaped forward and became the program so many of us had hoped it would become under Ron McBride. Much of that started with Oregon that season. That game wasn't the most impressive...
Rockies Retro: Rox vs. (Devil) Rays - June 2007
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