Eulogy:
It was a good season. 10 wins and only 2 losses to ranked teams on the road. As two-time champions, a third-place finish underachieved our quest for perfection. But there is hope for a brighter tomorrow.
The enemy grounds were not as hostile as I expected. Props to our Ute supporters who sat in front of us this season. They were actually some of the most cordial rival fans I ever met.
As a Coug, I shall be fully invested. Max, Harvey, Pitta, Collie, and Jorgensen return for another go around next year.
The Vegas Bowl is our new Holiday Bowl. The only positive from the game is that Boise State and the WAC didn't steal the MWC's money.
Max is a competitor. He'll use his poor performance as motivation for the next 363 days. When his career is over, he'll be remembered one of the Top 3 to 5 BYU quaterbacks ever.
And now, for a long winter... hopefully spring will come with BYU basketball finally winning a game in March Madness.
Maybe the Jazz will finally get healthy and do some damage in the playoffs. Deron's ankle injury really put a damper on this season.
Until next year, RIP Cougar season 2008.
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hey, the season's not over yet. there's still a month of practices before an anti-climactic bowl game against the likes of arizona, nevada, rice, or... wait for it... buffalo?
what i want to know is 1) how tcu will react to getting snubbed by vegas for mormons, and 2) how stewart mandel of si.com thinks that boise st will fall into the poinsettia bowl's lap to play the toads. that would have to be the most high caliber non-bcs bowl ever. and i would watch every second of it.
You know I was just giving you a hard time. You did set yourself up with the decision making matrix. Personally, I think that the BCS and the Bowl system in general ruins College Football for me. On 60 minutes President-elect Obama said if it were up to him, he would do away with the whole system and put in an 8 team playoff. My biggest beef with College Sports is the whole scholarship system. They should just pay the athletes in Basketball and Football for all the revenue they get for the schools they play for and get rid of every other useless scholarship (tennis, cross country. track, baseball). Then they would have more money for academic scholarships. That's my two cents.
Max Hall would have to have a monster rivalry game to be known as one of the top 3 to 5 BYU Qb's ever. Otherwise He'll be remembered for his horrific performance this year.
Right now you've got McMahon, Young, and Detmer securely in the top 3. After that you've got Bosco (3rd in Heisman, National Championship), Marc Wilson (3rd in Heisman), Gifford Neilson all above Hall.
Hall would have to be in top 4 of the Heisman and have a memorable deconstruction of the Utes in next year's rivalry game to just be in the conversation. Otherwise, he's maybe better than Beck.
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