Rivalry Weekend

Here it's BYU against the University of Utah. BYU is playing pretty well, but Utah is just better coached. They don't make the mental mistakes that BYU seems to, although BYU has picked off Alex Smith twice. Even though my team is losing by 17 in the fourth quarter, I won't feel too badly about losing to Utah, which will break the BCS lockout of the smaller conferences. The Mountain West Conference and the WAC play good football, but the BCS system reserves the big bucks for the big audiences, not necessarily for the best teams. It isn't the size of the players or the budget of the athletics program. BYU and Utah have been playing against each other for over 100 years, so it isn't the tradition. Coaches like LaVell Edwards, whose offensive coordinator Norm Chow is now calling plays for USC, Urban Meyer and Dan Hawkins have proven that they can play with the best in the country, which is more impressive since they don't have the recruiting power that teams in the BCS do.

I hope Utah will help break down the BCS system which is built on the desire for a national championship in football, which can never really work without hurting the conferences that teams play in. People just need to appreciate the fact that a lot of the fun of being a football fan is in the arguing.