Red, Blue And Pigskin - 3

Two weeks down, and about ten weeks too early, but the Holy War is upon us. And with the Cougars taking care of business against an overmatched Weber State Wildcats, while the Utes come in licking their wounds after being ambushed in Logan, it's time to see how these two teams match up. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

The results are in, and all returns are as expected. With the first week of games in the books, there were relatively few surprise. The Utes rolled an opponent they had no business even being on the field with, meanwhile down in Provo, the Cougars got walloped. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

Game Week! One of the most beautiful phrases ever uttered. Of course "Game" next to any other word, is usually a guarantee of a great phrase, unless the other word is "cancelled". But I digress. It's time to celebrate, as this week, finally, football doth return anew. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

This year Red, Blue And Pigskin is breaking out. I present to you episode 1 of the RB&P Podcast. This will be a supplement to the weekly edition. Please give it a read and leave feedback.

Episode, The Deuce: Holy War Edition will be recording most likely September 7. Please leave any comments, or reader participation prior to then, either here on the blog or via email at [email protected]

Due to a battle of The Sideshow Family vs. The Common Cold, in which the Sideshow Family is currently performing about as well as the Utes last Saturday, this week's RB&P will be cliff notes version:

Rumble in the Rockies more like Bumblin in the Rockies. Utes undisciplined, and played tight. Testament to how terrible Colorado is, Utes only lost by 3. Started with Mo Lee's stupid penalty on first drive. Utes just in holiday spirit to give departing Colorado Freshmen an away victory.

7-5 only one game off of preseason prediction, but route taken very interesting. More on this next week as we revisit ThRhett's preseason question what would you rather watch question.

BYU heads to the islands with Riley Nelson cleared to play. Meaning he'll start. Can't be a good feeling for Jake Heaps. Hawaii still a terrible team but at least it's not as bad as November.

Congratulatons to the Aggies, Bowl bound and have accepted the invite to the first ever Famous Potato bowl. Great job by Andersen and the Aggies to turn it around when they were sitting 2-5.

Next week, Season Review, Revisiting a season long argument, and Bowl destinations announced.

It's Rivalry week baby. Finally 11 weeks of the season are done with, leading up to this week everyone has been waiting for. It's time for the annual rivalry game.

Wait, oh yea, not so much anymore. The Holy War has already been played, with a Utah dismantling of the Cougars, 54-10, in week three. This year for Rivalry week Utah gets a home game against Colorado. A team, that no matter how hard the Pac-12 tries, or no matter which lame name they give the game (Rumble in the Rockies, awful), Colorado and Utah are not rivals.

As for the Cougars, their big Rivalry week opponent is.... lethargy. The Cougars don't have an opponent this week, as they have their second bye of November, although it won't be their easiest week of the season, that belongs to Idaho State week.

You could say this is a negative side effect of change. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

Apparently football in the state of Utah is meant to be played in cold, snowy conditions, as all four Northern Utah teams won in varying conditions of perfect football weather last week.

One team flipped the script from earlier in their season by coming back when behind in the fourth, another ended is a fitting score, a third ended up bowl eligible for the 9th consecutive year, and the fourth finds themselves with a story that just won't die. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

Red, Blue And Pigskin will again not be around this week because the Utes have won their last two games, and I'm an extremely superstitious fella.

Okay so that's not true, but you better believe I'm scared to death that I'm jinxing the Utes, in what has become an surprisingly scary game.

A lot has happened since last we met. Utes got their first conference win, and followed it up with a brilliant defensive effort to secure their first conference road victory and first conference win streak. It also served as the first win streak of 2011.

BYU had their last chance to legitimize their eventual 8-4, or 9-3 record, and failed. During that game Riley Nelson managed to blow it for the Cougars, while at the same time proving their should be no QB competition in camp next season.

However, this week's will be spent in a mode of remembrance, as a sideline incident during the Weber State vs. Montana State game has led to the retirement of the man responsible for getting the Utes where they are now. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

Hey Guys,

Sorry but there won't be an RB&P this week. Adjusting to the new little one, and trying to get Bree ready for me to go back to work next week. Next week it should return.

Sorry.

There will not be a Red, Blue And Pigskin this week.

Instead at 8:50 a.m. on Sunday October 23, My wife and I welcomed our second child into the word. He's a healthy baby boy, 8 lbs. 8 oz. 21" long. 10 fingers, 10 toes, and 1 extra thingy.

Momma and Baby are doing well. We currently do not have a name picked out, so for the time being he's simply our "Li'l Monster".

Well He'll always be our Li'l Monster, just cause he was due on Halloween, and born so close to it, but he now has a name.

Kaeson Eric Woolsey

If you missed this week's games, well lucky you. In a week where both games were actually somewhat dreadful, and actually had a studio announce team for one of the games apologize to fans for the previous three hours, both the Utes and Cougars came away with victories

If you did sit through the games you saw a team win it's first Pac-12 game. The other team, meanwhile, discovered what happens when you don't turn the ball over. Combined with a brilliant defensive game, that overcame their own special teams, they manage to snap a two game losing streak.

Thus completes the first half of the season for all local teams, so let's spend a bit of time and see where they sit at the mid term, and what to expect going forward. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

If you missed this week's games, well lucky you. In a week where both games were actually somewhat dreadful, and actually had a studio announce team for one of the games apologize to fans for the previous three hours, both the Utes and Cougars came away with victories

If you did sit through the games you saw a team win it's first Pac-12 game. The other team, meanwhile, discovered what happens when you don't turn the ball over. Combined with a brilliant defensive game, that overcame their own special teams, they manage to snap a two game losing streak.

Thus completes the first half of the season for all local teams, so let's spend a bit of time and see where they sit at the mid term, and what to expect going forward. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

Phil Connors: Do you ever have Deja Vu, Mrs. Lancaster?
Mrs. Lancaster: I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen.

Just like Phil Connors Utah fans got a severe case of "been there, done that" this past weekend.

Up in Logan, the Aggies finally shook off their personal Phil Connors, by taking the Wyoming Cowboys to task.

Meanwhile in Provo, we learned that Riley Nelson brings fires to the rest of the Cougars, but is there anything else we can take from the start of the poo-poo platter schedule? Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"

There is an old football saying that tells us the most popular person on a football team is the back up Quarterback. BYU and Utah fans both got extended looks at their respective backups this weekend. One team will need to get familiar with their backup, like it or not. The other, well they'd be extremely foolish not to use their backup, who was a player of the week in his brief appearance.

Another saying, though not relegated only to football, is that things happen in threes. Utah State Gary Anderson is praying, and hoping beyond hope that it's true as he watched his team suffer a 3rd gut wrenching loss.

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Last October the Cougars were reeling at 1-3. They made the trip through Logan Canyon to face a team they hadn't lost to in over 15 years. The Utah State Aggies were also sitting at 1-3. Both teams were looking for a victory that would turn their season around and propel them into a Bowl Game.

The Aggies ended up demolishing the Cougars. They handed them a serious beat down that seemed destined to be a turning point. And in a sense they were right. That game did cause a turning point for a team and propelled them into a Bowl game. Unfortunately for the Aggies it wasn't them. Instead that was just the second of four victories. The Cougars meanwhile began a tweaking to their coaching staff as Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall scape-goated defensive coordinator Jaime Hill, and took over as the Defensive Coordinator. The Cougars, went 5-2 the rest of the way to earn a trip to the New Mexico Bowl.

A year later and both teams are in similar situations. The Cougars are in the throes of a disappointing season, while the Aggies just can't seem to make that jump. Once again both teams are looking for a season turning victory. Continue reading "Red, Blue And Pigskin"