2008 preview Stories - Corn Nation
What they're saying...
On the eve of our big opener against Michigan, I thought I'd show you what many around the sporting world are saying about tomorrow's game. Roy Exum, The Chattanoogan: MICHIGAN – After last year's disastrous loss in the opener to Appalachian State, Michigan had an equally embarrassing...
It's finally here...
All the talk, all the predictions, all the work and game planning leads every program to this moment. The first game of the season. Every team across this country of ours starts undefeated, their hopes yet to be grounded in harsh reality. It's a moment prior to kickoff where the faithful in...
Living up to the hype
When you're good, hype generally seems to follow. For Utah, we've seen various degrees of hype over the past several years and unfortunately, most of the time the Utes have failed to live up to all that preseason buzz. Hype builds often by the success of the team's prior year. We saw that in 2004,...
A Long championship drought for New Mexico
Throughout the rest of the month leading up to the 2008 season, I'll be looking at key storylines for each Mountain West Conference program. Today I am looking at Long and New Mexico's quest for the Mountain West title. Past previews: Colorado State, Wyoming, Air Force, UNLV When Sonny Lubick...
Offense solid in final scrimmage
In the last scrimmage of fall camp, the Utes' offense performed well in one of the final few tuneups before Utah meets Michigan at the end of the month. The scrimmage was held Wednesday morning at Rice-Eccles Stadium and head coach Kyle Whittingham was impressed, saying the offense looked the best...
Block U interviews
Because the internets rock, I've been able to do some interviews with a few bloggers out there. Two were Michigan and the other Oregon State. Another interview is forthcoming, so keep an eye out for that one. The first was with Maize n Brew and you can read the interview here. Maize n Brew:...
Tolerability
We're all Ute fans here, yet I can't help but imagine there are varying degrees of acceptability. Some fans are ok with 8-wins and a bowl victory every season, some fans are not. It's interesting to note the differences here, but I think there tends be a larger number of Utah fans who do not accept...
BlogPoll: Block U's Preseason Top 25
Last week I asked readers to help me create the definitive preseason top-25. Using those suggestions (thank you, by the way), I think what we have is a pretty solid poll. But it's still a preseason poll, so there is a good chance that by week three, we all look foolish for our votes. ...
Building a new foundation in Fort Collins
Throughout the rest of the month leading up to the 2008 season, I'll be looking at key storylines for each Mountain West Conference program. Today I am looking at the rebuilding project Steve Fairchild is about to undertake at Colorado State. Past previews: Wyoming, Air Force, UNLV Sonny Lubick...
The season of truth?
Kyle Whittingham begins his fourth season as Utah's head coach in a matter of weeks and the steps he takes this year may prove to be the most important of his career. It's hard to say this isn't Whittingham's strongest team yet and because of that, expectations are justifiably high. Unfortunately...
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