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Now, with a gimpy running back, too many close calls against lesser teams, and the offensive resurgence of the Gators in the past three games, I don't see how Alabama will be able to exact their revenge in the SEC Championship Game this weekend.

Up until he threw the dramatic game-winning 25-yard touchdown pass to Andrew George, the Utes had done an outstanding job containing BYU quarterback Max Hall.

You really couldn't ask for a greater contrast in the Utes and Cougars quarterbacks headed into Saturday's annual showdown in Provo.

Call it trash talk, cyber-style. It reaches warp-speed during the week of the annual BYU-Utah football game.

At first glance, the biggest personnel disparity in Saturday's rivalry game is at quarterback, where BYU will trot out a senior making his 38th career start and Utah will send out a freshman making his third.

The #21 Utah Utes will try to rebound from one of the toughest losses in recent history this Saturday against the San Diego State Aztecs .

ESPN GameDay's third visit to Mountain West country either signals football in these parts is producing great storylines or the all-sports channel is courting the league for when the TV contract comes up.

I'm on pins and needles waiting for the #16 University of Utah Utes to take on one of their toughest opponents of the year, the #4 Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University, tomorrow at 5:30 MT in Fort Worth.

There are several big games with BCS implications this weekend, so here we go. No. 16 Utah at No.

With TCU expecting its first sellout since 2006, the Utah Utes know they'll be playing in a hostile atmosphere Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas .

FORT WORTH A The kid looks just the way he should. Young. Excited. Not the least bit jaded.

Utah takes its Mountain West Conference title hopes on the road Saturday. No big deal.

For the record, the Utah-TCU series has been rather lopsided. The Utes have won five of six all-time meetings, including the last three.

He's not in the Avocado League anymore. Only a year removed from high school, Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn will experience an entirely different level of football Saturday night when the Utes visit unbeaten Texas Christian, featuring one of the country's best defenses.

Even the biggest waves crash into sand and disintegrate into nothingness, the hardest hit baseballs give in to gravity and the fastest runners reach a point where their fast-twitch muscles can't twitch any faster.

Trudging off the artificial turf at Rice Eccles Stadium last November, nearly every TCU player shot a quick glance at the scoreboard before disappearing into the locker room.

Amid the many positives Kyle Whittingham has built into Utah football, one of the most notable is its sometimes-surprising propensity to win big games -- games similar to this Saturday's monstrosity at TCU.

The 2009 game between Utah and TCU has all the elements of their classic 2008 meeting.

NEW MEXICO at UTAH Utah QB Jordan Wynn seems to like to stick his tongue out as he looks for open receivers.

With Texas riding the sympathy vote to the championship game, it's conceivable that TCU, Boise State, and Cincinnati all end up looking for a bowl to call home despite undefeated records.