(Blue)Victory...Barely

The rushing on to the field after the winning TD pass. I kissed the grass, even if it is crappy and has been falling apart all year.


Malu (my wife) has become a true cougar and admitted that Swoop, (the other teams mascot) is really dumb looking and quite crappy overall. As opposed to an awesome, sleek break-dancing cosmo. She enjoyed attending her first game ever.


There were pockets of U fans all over, this is an angle of where we sat, and the valiant enemies who represented despite being surrounded by a sea of blue.


Hall played like crap, the offense didn't do squat in the second half, and Bronco refused to follow the standard football procedures *(such as deferring the opening kickoff, icing opposing kickers with time outs, and going for the win with three time outs and 30 seconds left). But most important of all? Hall had ZERO turnovers. Granted, he had a lame duck game as far as his record is concerned, but hey, at least he didn't gift wrap the game like he did last year. *More on hall later.
With all that has been said about the game in other places, I am not going to pull the long boring play-by-play that RED usually does, but here are a few of my thoughts:
The defense- did an outstanding job. I was particularly impressed, as I have been all year, with #7 corner Logan. The guy is shorter than I am and I am no giant, yet he applies pressure and makes tackles, and even manages to break up a pass or two.
Gorgeous George- The guy has been there when you needed him. As much as I like Pitta, I have always been glad when George made big plays instead of him because George is essentially been living in Pitta's Shadow for his career. Good job on catching the ball George, this caffeinated beverage is for you.
Oopsey Woopsey- Is what one U fan who sat behind us screamed maybe 200 times throughout the course of the game. Let me just say to you if you are reading this, you were killing me with you stupidity and I was really wishing you'd be struck mute. Shakespeare somes up my feelings for you best when he wrote "Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!" Timon, Timon of Athens.
Mike Wright- A UofU linebacker said "We're going to show them what's up this upcoming week." All I can say is: HA!
Helicopters- Are cool, especially ones that say BYU on the bottom of them.
MY HAT- You know what I am talking about RED, hand it over.
Sweet Uniforms- The 1984 throwbacks were really, really cool. I wish we'd just go back to those because they looked snappy.
Next year- I am not looking forward. Quick rundown of seniors leaving and the impact: Offense- The QB, center, both tight ends, Tonga, and likely Unga, so both RBs Defense- Pretty much all the good ends and backs, linebackers, and the safety. So... Bummer for us.

Max Hall's mouth- Wish he'd have kept it shut. I read the apology, and I can even understand that the U fans have been incredible wanks to him and his since last year, but still. HATE? That's a pretty strong word to be throwing around so liberally. I find myself extremely irritated that what should have been focus on a team victory over a bitter rival has now turned into state and nationwide psycho-analysis on why Hall ran his mouth. Both sides have douche-bag fans. The U people can't stand the righteous, uppity attitude of some BYU fans and the BYU people can't stand the crass, alcohol influenced actions of some U fans. Different kinds of douche-baggery, spread equally across the board.

So in conclusion, we won, I'm glad.