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September 7th, 2012 at 7:23 PM
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Friday Night Football Open Thread

Utah Utes visit the Utah State Aggies at 8:00 on ESPN 2

We play Utah in a home and home series in 2014 and 2015 and we've competed with them for a few of their prospects the last 2 seasons so they're definitely worth a look.

A few notes on the Utes:

 In 2010 (their last season in the MWC) they went 10-3, spent most of the season ranked in the top 10, only losing to #4 TCU, at Notre Dame, and to #10 Boise State. They had a little bit of rough sledding their first season in the Pac12 in 2011, but didn't play either Stanford or Oregon, and finished with an 8-5 record with notable wins against Todd Grahams Pitt Panthers, dominated BYU, UCLA, and Oregon State, won at Arizona and at Washington State, lost a close 14-23 matchup at USC, and won the Sun Bowl against Georgia Tech in overtime.

2012 is the 8th year of the program under Kyle Whittingham, who replaced Urban Meyer in 2004 as Head Coach, and has been with the program since 1994(!) where he's coached the defensive line, and served as the defensive coordinator. Likely to see a lot of the same players in 2 years, and likely the same scheme since they managed a 4th place finish in the Pac-12 in their inaugural season. Definitely an up and coming program worth looking at.

 

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon

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September 7th, 2012 at 7:25 PM | Trying really hard to care (Score:4 Normal)
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Trying really hard to care about Utah. Nope, it's not working.

September 7th, 2012 at 7:38 PM | It's also, I believe, the (Score:2)
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It's also, I believe, the only football game on tonight.

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon

September 7th, 2012 at 7:44 PM | OK, I'm down. (Score:2)
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OK, I'm down. But I still wish we could have scheduled USC, Oregon, Stanford, Cal, UCLA, Washington or Colorado instead. 

September 7th, 2012 at 7:55 PM | UCLA would have been perfect (Score:2)
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UCLA would have been perfect for me.

September 7th, 2012 at 8:44 PM | I've got an idea:  Let's (Score:4 Normal)
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Hey, I've got an idea:  Let's schedule USC as our first game of the year.  Let's do it in a year where we have a lot of young/new players in key positions, especially on defense.  Maybe we could even suspend a player or two for the game.  We could even play it in a NFL stadium 2000 miles away, at night.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

M'Dog

September 7th, 2012 at 8:17 PM | Hmmmmmm... (Score:1)
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Since it is the only game I'm going to enjoy it (beer might supplement my enjoyment further)

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September 7th, 2012 at 7:28 PM | Nice write-up, few notes in (Score:2 Normal)
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Nice write-up, few notes in there I was unaware of.  I remember Utah State being a seemingly decent team last year, almost knocking off Auburn in the opener(?).  Gooo...Aggies!?

September 7th, 2012 at 7:36 PM | I have but one thought: (Score:2)
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If only Utah's Star Lotulelei were on our team.

 

September 7th, 2012 at 7:40 PM | Yeah - outside of that crazy (Score:2)
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Yeah - outside of that crazy USC game, Utah looked like garbage in the Pac-12 last year, which says a lot.  I don't expect them to do much of anything in the conference, but luckily for them they're in the really shitty division.

September 8th, 2012 at 9:29 AM | Agreed on Utah (Score:1)
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That is why I don't have a lot of respect for Boise State: they are beating the same teams Utah used to beat.  Utah's performance last year was a wake-up call for those who really think the "BCS-busters" can perform as well over an entire season of good competition as they can when they only have to "get up" for one or two big games.

 

 

 

September 7th, 2012 at 8:03 PM | Utah State has a surprisingly (Score:4 Normal)
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Utah State has a surprisingly nice stadium...

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon

September 7th, 2012 at 8:12 PM | Ref... (Score:2)
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Is the head referee the son of Ed Hochuli? Same last name but this ref doesn't have Ed's guns.

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

September 7th, 2012 at 8:20 PM | well... (Score:2 Funny)
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Who does?

If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone

September 7th, 2012 at 8:34 PM | Per Wikipedia (Score:2)
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Hochuli resides in the Phoenix metropolitan area with his wife Cathie.[9] They have six children and ten grandchildren.[2] Of the six, Shawn Hochuli played college football at Pomona College[11] and is following his father's profession as an official, currently working college football,[12] Arena Football League,[13] and arenafootball2 games.

 

Looks like you can add FBS to his resume as well.

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

September 7th, 2012 at 8:36 PM | After the intentional (Score:2)
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After the intentional grounding call, he is clearly his father's son.

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

September 7th, 2012 at 9:13 PM | That's funny.  I'm not (Score:3 Normal)
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That's funny stuff.  I'm not watching the game, but I can definitely see one being able to diagnose a ref as a Hochuli via Intentional Grounding as being an absolute give-a-way attribute!

September 7th, 2012 at 8:21 PM | BLOCKED (Score:2)
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BLOCKED

If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant

September 7th, 2012 at 8:22 PM | Special Teams TD... (Score:2)
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That was quite a block by Utah State, but to be fair, it was a near-perfect arc in the wrong direction  on the kick. It was almost as if the Utah kicker stood there for a second - "Now, where the hell did it go?"

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September 7th, 2012 at 8:25 PM | Im trying really hard to get (Score:2)
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Im trying really hard to get into this game....

If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant

September 7th, 2012 at 8:29 PM | Samantha Steele, those (Score:2)
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Samantha Steele, those dimples...

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon

September 7th, 2012 at 8:30 PM | she fine doe (Score:2)
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she fine doe

If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant

September 7th, 2012 at 8:31 PM | Samantha Steele is flawless (Score:2)
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Samantha Steele is flawless and about a 1,000,000% upgrade over Erin Andrews. She's better looking and doesn't seem to have the snotty attitude EA had.

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

September 7th, 2012 at 8:35 PM | I Have To Ask... (Score:3 Normal)
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Does anyone else think "Chuckie Keeton" should win some sort of an award for Best Old School QB Name? 

That being said, it's not every day you see the punter get called for intentional grounding. 

"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."

Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3

September 7th, 2012 at 8:48 PM | It's a name straight out of (Score:2)
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It's a name straight out of an 80's movie which = AWESOME

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

September 7th, 2012 at 8:37 PM | The ref sounds like a total (Score:3 Normal)
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The ref sounds like a total tool

If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant

September 7th, 2012 at 8:51 PM | The ref is awesome! He sounds (Score:3 Normal)
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The ref is awesome! He sounds just like his dad who is the coolest ref in the history of refs!

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

September 7th, 2012 at 8:39 PM | Suddenly I'm feeling pretty (Score:2)
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Suddenly I'm feeling pretty good about Michigans execution and technique...

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon

September 7th, 2012 at 8:41 PM | Utah State's uniforms, (Score:2)
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Utah State's uniforms, especially their helmets, are pretty damn cool looking. And in games I don't care about I always root for the team with cooler uniforms to win, so go Aggies I guess.

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September 7th, 2012 at 8:42 PM | Utah doesn't exactly have the (Score:3 Normal)
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Utah doesn't exactly have the best athletes, but their talent level is a lot higher than that of Utah State. Nevertheless, USU's option game has been very effective so far.

I trust Michigan's coaches to avoid a similar fate tomorrow.

September 7th, 2012 at 8:45 PM | remember USU is playing at (Score:3 Underrated)
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remember USU is playing at home and it is a rivalry game

If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant

September 7th, 2012 at 8:47 PM | This Might Be Telling... (Score:2)
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This is the Utah defense that will face USC in October in Salt Lake City. I sense a fair number of "sad puppy" moments for Utes fans during that game if this is the team that comes to that game, up to and including the inability to actually execute a kick as they just displayed. 

 

"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."

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September 7th, 2012 at 10:00 PM | Jeebus. (Score:1)
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I'll take USC and the spread (surely 21.5 on the road) 

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September 7th, 2012 at 8:45 PM | Not to jack the read but (Score:2)
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Not to jack the read but since usc was brought up, did you all see USC had a pep rally in times square today?

That got me thinking about how bad our pep rallies are. Does anyone else agree/disagree? I was at the ND game last year and the pep rally attendance was pretty poor.

Touchdown Michigan!

September 7th, 2012 at 8:52 PM | Go Aggies. (Score:2 Normal)
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Go Aggies.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

September 7th, 2012 at 8:53 PM | They are a decent team, i (Score:1)
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They are a decent team, i wouldnt say up and coming because as everybody knows they had some good years with brian johnson at QB, and a few talented receivers. I have a good friend who played rugby for Utah (Michigan connection, he was team mates with Houma's brother on the rugby team there) and they usually play pretty good defense, it will be interesting to see how the transition to the Pac12

September 7th, 2012 at 9:00 PM | shut up jemele (Score:4 Normal)
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shut up jemele

If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant

September 7th, 2012 at 9:49 PM | Not even watching right now (Score:2)
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Not even watching right now but still support this sentiment. 

September 7th, 2012 at 9:03 PM | 4th And 30... (Score:2)
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After  a holding penalty and a sack and a fumble recovered by the Aggies, the Utes are apparently in some sort of death struggle to maintain positive offensive yards. 

"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."

Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3

September 7th, 2012 at 9:04 PM | Glad to see it happen to someone else (Score:2)
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HOLD ONTO THE DAMN BALL!!!!

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September 7th, 2012 at 9:14 PM | Passing on downs other than (Score:2)
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Passing on downs other than 3rd = a good idea
Also: Jemele Hill talking = a bad idea

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon

September 7th, 2012 at 9:18 PM | Jemele Hill always a bad idea. This song always a good idea (Score:2)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVZzXgMdXs

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

September 7th, 2012 at 9:20 PM | Let me embed that for you (Score:3 Normal)
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Abort, Retry, Fail?

September 7th, 2012 at 9:23 PM | Thank you sir. (Score:2)
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Thank you sir.

And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan

September 7th, 2012 at 9:26 PM | No problem! (Score:2 Normal)
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Thanks for sharing your music.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

September 7th, 2012 at 9:14 PM | Wow (Score:2 Normal)
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Joining the huddle then leaving==illegal substitution!

Abort, Retry, Fail?

September 7th, 2012 at 9:24 PM | OT but anyone have the links (Score:1)
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OT but anyone have the links for coverage map of tomorrows game. It says ESPN2 or ABC I live in Nashville,TN.

Would appreciate anyone's help

"The millions, the proud, the Wolverines"

September 7th, 2012 at 9:28 PM | (No subject) (Score:2)
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September 7th, 2012 at 9:29 PM | Appreciate that (Score:1)
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Appreciate that

"The millions, the proud, the Wolverines"

September 7th, 2012 at 9:25 PM | LACES OUT DAN!!! (Score:2)
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LACES OUT DAN!!!

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon

September 7th, 2012 at 9:26 PM | Devonte' Christopher? (Score:2)
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Maybe it is supposed to be Christopher Devonte'?

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