Big Game Tonight: The Utah Utes Play For Many of the BCS Marbles

Time for a non RICO violating team to show its stuff
Update: Utes kick Big Bad Alabama's Ass 31-17

Big Game in the New Orleans this evening, thanks to the so far undefeated Utah Utes.

The Alabama Crimson Tide square off with the Utah Utes tonight at 6:00 p.m. Watch it of the Fox Teevee Channel.

Here are the current odds from one punting site:

Bet Utah: Point Spread +9 (-110) --- Money Line +310
Bet Alabama: Point Spread -9 (-110) --- Money Line -380
Over/Under 46: -110,

We solemnly swear we have no idea at all what the local (Ogden) books are booking on this game.

We also think lots of punters in the East will be Wa-a-a-a-y surprised at the eventual outcome of the Sugar Bowl Game. if nothing else, the Utes will beat the spread; and our prediction is that they'll do a hell of lot better than that.

We're looking for a large TV audience for this year's Sugar Bowl Game too, perhaps propelled by the silly betting odds.

Something interesting today from the Grey Lady about this game:

This is why this game will draw a large TV audience. Once again, from today's NYT article:

For all of those college football fans who say that teams from the non-B.C.S. conferences should get more respect should be glued to their sets for this (Sugar Bowl) matchup.[...]
The Utes have been in a spot like this before. After the 2003 season, they took it to Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl. Of course, Urban Meyer was Utah’s coach then and he’s since decamped for Florida, where he’s playing for his second national title after beating Alabama in the SEC title game. But Kyle Whittingham is doing just fine in Meyer’s stead, thank you. In addition to being the only undefeated team in the F.B.S., the Utes have also won 13 games in a row and 20 of their past 21. If they want to continue that winning streak they’ll probably need a big game out of quarterback Brian Johnson, who threw for 2,636 yards and 24 touchdowns this season. You can also bet that the rest of the teams from the Mountain West Conference will be rooting for Utah. A victory by the Utes would guarantee some respect for the oft-underestimated league, not to mention other non-B.C.S. conferences.

Best of Luck to our beloved Utah Utes. We hope they haven't been partying too much this week on New Orleans's Bourbon Street, however.

Glue yourselves to the Tube this evening, Ute Fans. Please send Brian Johnson and the rest of the Utah Utes team your psychic vibes.

We'll keep this post open, for those folks who'd like to comment on the game. It'll be the same as we've done for other important college games earlier.

Don't 't let the cat get yer tongues, Ute Fans!

Update 1/2/09 9:55 p.m MT: Utes kick Big Bad Alabama's Ass

The SLTRib has the story:

• Sugar Bowl: Utes stun 'Bama with dominating win

Thus the Utes finish the season 13-0 as the only unbeaten Division 1 team in the nation.

So's who's the National Champion? Ask the corrupt cracker fatasses who run the corrupt BCS bowl monopoly. We're sure they'll figure something out.

Update 1/3/09 11:00 a.m. MT: Great post-game writeup from the Kansas City Star:

• UFR in the Big Easy: Utah should be No. 1