Sean's Sunday Links II

Go Utes!!!

I don't even know how to start this post with anything other than that statement. I have been to my fair share of Utah home football games, and a few Holy Wars, but that is honestly the LOUDEST I think I have ever heard Rice-Eccles Stadium! The MUSS was incredible from the get go (kudos to everyone getting there early, I think it was full 15 minutes before kickoff!), the North Endzone was great as always, but even the west and east sides in between were on their feet a lot! Absolutely deafening.

Do you think we can keep that energy up all season? ASU is next weekend in Tempe (who's going down?), so a week off for Rice-Eccles. The next home game is USC on a Thursday night, October 4th. Although they got beat by Stanford last night (fourth time in a row), crushing their national title dreams, USC is still USC. Let's introduce another Southern Cal team to the MUSS when they come to town, shall we? Fun fact: The 3rd Down Jump started in 2007 when the Utes hosted a then #11 UCLA.

What was your favorite moment from last night was? Was it starting off with a safety (even though it was called back)? Jon Hays' juke in the first quarter? One of his touchdown passes? My personal favorite, Mo Lee's fumble scoop return for a huge defensive touchdown? Star Lotulelei's batted passes? His block of BYU's first attempt at a game winning field goal? Rushing the field? The second time? The third time? Was it post game, seeing Coach Whittingham at the Pie? Or maybe it was something as simple as the 3rd Down Jump?

A thought on rushing the field: I have seen a few Tweets from people criticizing us rushing the field and calling Utes fans immature and ignorant for rushing and receiving a penalty for it. Okay people, we get it. It looks a little classless at times and even a little foolish when we pick up a penalty. Lesson learned. Now more Utah fans know that they could potentially cost us the game. The play isn't over until the whistle blows, even for fans haha. But there are very few things as sweet as beating your rival. Don't feel guilty about rushing the field, against your rival, on Homecoming Week, on ESPN2, during one of the craziest finishes I believe anyone ever seen in a football game. Rushing the field is a great experience once (and some folks got to do it 3 times last night!), but let's be smarter about it next time, yeah?

It was an especially great week to be a Ute!

- Utah Volleyball won their tournament, the Utah Classic, and some Utes made the All-Tournament team
- Utah Women's Soccer keeps their hot start rolling with another win
- Utah Tennis appeared at their first tournament of the season this weekend
- Hopefully you all noticed the new 3rd and 4th quarter break. Try to keep that beat going! Here's another look at the video.
- After multiple shoulder injuries and giving literally everything he could, QB Jordan Wynn hangs up the cleats
- The Utah Utes' website recap, with stats, quotes, and more
- ESPN Pac-12 blogger Ted Miller's recap of last night's Holy War
- The Utes pick up a helmet sticker from ESPN Pac-12 blogger Kevin Gemmell
- More Ted Miller and what we learned in the Pac-12 this week
- A free recap from UteZone.com!
- The Deseret News with a statistical analysis of the game
- Dirk Facer's Deseret News article on the game
- ESPN KALL 700 post-game radio interviews with Jon Hays and Coach Whittingham
- Salt Lake Tribune's Bill Oram writes an article about Jon Hays' 1st rivalry start
- Salt Lake Tribune's story on the game's wild finish
- Salt Lake Tribune's Gordon Monson's thoughts on the game last night
- Another SL Trib writer, Kurt Kragthorpe, and his story on the game
- Finally, Lya Wodraska of the Salt Lake Tribune's story
- A look at the Utah Utes' sport schedule  for the month of September
- One of my favorite calls of all time, by Bill Reilly
- The Pac-12 website's highlight video of the game


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Hope you appreciated the links, I'll do my best to improve on it each update! Go Utes!

Sean Davenport
Twitter: @SeanDavenport

My personal pics of the week:

The MUSS tailgate looked great!

Coach Whit having a frustrating discussion

24-21, three wins in a row vs. BYU

GO UTES!!!