Well...if you've read my blog during the College football season....you've witnessed me pouring love for both Utah and the Mountain West conference in general....I've gone as far as to say the MWC was significantly better than the Big East, a "Big-6" conference....After the Utes 31-17 thrashing of Alabama (IN NEW ORLEANS, an SEC hotbed, no less), people are coming out of the woodwork to suggest Utah should be in the title discussion....oh really? what I've said for over a month? If Utah would've gone 12-0 in the Big East conference this year (an easier feat than the one they did), they would be playing for the BCS title....and since the MWC is, in actuality if not perception, better than the Big East, where are they?....You don't just accumulate undefeated seasons with wins over Pac-10 #2 (and USC killer) Oregon State, a Top 20 MWC team in BYU, a Top 10 team in TCU, and a half-season #1 in Alabama....and not win the national title when there are no more undefeateds....Let's look at the preseason Big East favorite West Virginia's schedule....
- Games against top 25 teams (pre-bowl): 2....Cincinnati and Pittsburgh vs. 3 for Utah
- Games against bowl teams: 6.....vs. 5 for Utah
Pretty similar huh? and when you think of how little being a "bowl" team actually means....yea, I'd call that a wash at best...and the point is this...there is a clear bias against the "smaller" conference team here....and it doesn't help that Utah is in the Mountain time zone....Here's the bombshell again....
If West Virginia had run the table, they would have been playing for the National Title as the nation's #1 team.....so WHY wasn't Utah? Bias....pure and simple
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