Meiszus's Musings

I thought this was pretty funny. Thanks to Cody for sending it. It is a little long, but pretty funny. Go Utes!

Well, for the past two years I have had to put up with some really annoying sayings. First, "Harline is still open." Second, "It's fourth and eighteen, do you know where Austin Collie is?" or just "4th and 18." I have a question. What is the new saying? I was thinking maybe, "Hall back to pass...it's picked off! Again!"


I was talking with my brother-in-law, Daren about the game yesterday. I told him it was a good game all the way to the end of the third quarter, then it became a great game. I do have to admit, Utah has been outplayed for almost entire games throughout the season, only to come through at the end of the game. That was definitely not the case on Saturday. Utah outplayed BYU in every aspect of the game. Being plus 6 in turnover ratio tells the story of the night. The Utes manhandled the kitties to clinch a BCS bowl birth for the second time. And to top it off, assuming Utah doesn't drop in the next couple of weeks, Utah is still the only team to qualify under the old BCS rules, and this is the second time they will do it.


BYU fans, maybe next year you should get on Austin Collie's home teaching companion, and make sure they are magnifying their callings so that God will bless them to win the game.


Here are a few pics from the game.

Touchdown!

That looks like a facemask to me.

Johnson played the game of his career as he tore apart BYU's defense.

I told you he hadn't really seen a defense this year, before TCU.

Oooooo, cold! But Phoenix won't be!

Maxi-pad, don't cry!

Wow, roles were reversed this year. Isn't Austin supposed to be the one holding the ball?

How many BYU players does it take to stop the Utes offense? Don't know, but it is more than 11.

See picture above for caption.

What a b-ute-iful sight.

I know this is way late, but I wanted to get some pics up. From October 28 through November 2 we went to Disneyland. Amanda and I took Spence and some of my family came too. We traveled to Anaheim with Papa, and Spence threw up 3 times on the plane; once on mom, once on the floor and once on Papa, I was lucky.



Papa left us at the gate to the park on Tuesday and the three of us went in. There was no one there and we could have basically walked on to every ride. Too bad we couldn't leave Spence. Tuesday night Jenny and her family (Steve, Abby, Tyler and Makenna) came up from San Diego, and my mom, Mindy and Jessica flew in. Wednesday we all went in together. We had a lot of fun on the trip, but for now, I am Disneyed-out.

but I have to admit, I went into last nights game thinking we would lose. I am sorry for being such a faithless fan, but thankfully our players were living their lives the way they should, so we were able to get the win.

I have been meaning to write this all day long, and I hope I remember all the things I wanted to say.

Last night the Utes showed, once again, that they can play an awful game, but as long as Louie and the Defense keep it somewhat close, Brian Johnson can put together a last-minute game-winning drive. The commentators were saying, as the Utes got the ball back for the final drive, that if you had to put the ball in anyone's hands, at this stage in the game, Brian Johnson was the person you wanted to have the ball. He proved it in the Oregon State game, and he proved it again last night. TCU played a great game, and I really feel bad for their kicker, but not bad enough to wish he had made either of those field goals. Our defense really kicked it into gear after that first quarter and won the game for us by continually giving our offense chance after chance to win the game. Anyway, it was a great game, a real nail-biter (and i have the bloody fingers to prove it) and if you missed it you missed one of the best games of the year in college football.

What I really wanted to talk about were two issues with the game last night. First, what the hell is up with a referee watching a player be knocked to the ground while the ball is in the air, and not calling pass interference? I don't see how that missed call was possible. I guess you could say that the ball was uncatchable, but how could you know that with the positions they were in. You can make that call when the ball is going out of bounds and you wouldn't be able to come down with it in bounds, but in the middle of the field and the receiver is dropped to the ground while in full sprint and the ball lands within 10 yards of him, you can't say he couldn't have caught that ball. Thankfully that and the next botched PI call were not game changing.

My real beef is with the moron at the MWC who has negotiated our television deals. I have cable, basic cable, but I get the Mountain, I get Versus, I get ESPN and ESPN2; but guess what channel I don't get...CBS College Sports. Oh, not to worry, you can watch the broadcast online, but wait, it cost $20 for the one game. Why the hell can't the MWC get a half-way decent TV deal. ESPN would have killed to show that game last night. Two top 15 teams battling it out to determine who still has a shot at going to a BCS bowl. Of course they would have chosen that over Maryland and VT. Thankfully Amanda's parents have satellite and I was able to go over there and watch the second half, but seriously, our TV situation sucks. Just wait, if the same guy is working our TV deals it won't be too long before BYU-Utah is not broadcast. I say fire that jackass and get us a deal that shows most of our games. That deal should include an automatic broadcast of any game in which two top 25 teams are playing, and make it a long term deal so we know what type of television broadcast to get (satellite or cable).

Anyway, sorry for the ranting. Please feel free to call me a moron if you think that is true. Go Utes!!!

Dear Anonymous BYU fan,

Thank you for telling me that my wife and I are the reason you hate U fans. You reinforced my hatred of BYU fans. The majority of you think that you are better than us, you are self-righteous pricks who think that because you got into BYU (assuming you did, which is very questionable) you are smarter than we, who chose to attend the U. It looks like Austin Collie must have been fasting and praying to pull out that game against Colorado State. I guess he hadn't done his home teaching before they played TCU. Here's hoping he doesn't pay his tithing before the U game, so that God won't reward him with a win because he is living his life the way God wants him to. Maybe I will fast and pray for a Utes victory so that Heavenly Father will bless us, because we all know He cares who wins the football game.

Right now all BYU fans are pissed and bitter because they lost, oh, sorry, they were completely demolished by TCU. The funny thing is, TCU needed only one thing to beat BYU, a defense. Bad news BYU, the Utes have a defense too. Our offense didn't look great against New Mexico, but as we have seen the past few weeks, BYU has no defense.

Anyway, thanks for commenting on my blog, I warmly welcome all comments, even if you are too much of a chicken to leave your name.

I know, I should leave it alone, but Tyler sent this to me and I thought it was pretty funny. Special thanks to 1280 the zone for a funny song. Give it a listen.

http://1280thezone.com/images/uploads/audio/10-23-08%20p1%20jared%20ute%20parody.mp3

As a U fan, I know I shouldn't be happy about BYU's spanking at the hands of TCU, but I am having a really hard time getting this smile off of my face. Of course it would have been great to have the Y and the U both be undefeated on November 22. We would have had College Gameday back in town, there would have been huge implications for the game, not just the MWC title at stake, and it would have been a great game. However, the U has been receiving no love in the polls of late, and as a result we have no shot at making the National Championship Game, BYU had a shot, however slim.* As a result, the best the U can hope for is a trip to a BCS game (our second trip), at our current ranking and assuming we do go undefeated, we don't need BYU to be undefeated when we play them. As a result, I am absolutely ecstatic to see BYU's BCS dreams once again go down the crapper. Go Utes!!!

*As for whether a MWC team deserves to be in the National Championship Game I will reserve my tirade, but suffice it to say that as long as there is one undefeated from a real BCS conference (none of this ACC or Big East crap) and a one-loss SEC team, there is no justification for having a MWC team in the game. I don't know, but I might even think that a two loss SEC team would deserve it more, depending upon against whom those two losses were received. I'm not saying the in the future the MWC could not be justified in sending a team, but we need more seasons like this where we beat up on the BCS conferences. It needs to be consistent for us to be taken seriously.

Well last weekend I had a short trip to Ann Arbor to watch the Utah-Michigan game. It was a lot of fun. The fans were on the whole, very polite (unlike BYU fans) even when we had won the game.
Of course the Utes decided to give us all quite a scare by giving up the majority of their 15 point lead late in the game, but the defense stepped up and was able to hold the Wolverines to win the game. The Utes made a ton of stupid mistakes, predominantly mental errors resulting in penalties, so there is plenty to work on, but the season should be a good one. Anyway, here are a few of the pictures I took inside the Big House. Go Utes!!!

I know it has been a really long time since I posted, but alas, I have been busy. Actually, the reason is, I haven't had much to post about. Anyway, tomorrow morning Amanda's dad is taking me and two of my brothers-in-law to Michigan for the Utah-Michigan game. Go Utes!!!





So when you are watching the game on Saturday, look for me. It should be easy to spot me because not too many people come to games at Michigan.