The whole state of Utah seems to be losing it's mind. They are spamming AP voters. To raise the money to send the Utah band to Washington D.C. for the inauguration, they are requesting that any donations to the Utah band be for $13 or $130 (13-0, get it?). Now, the Utah Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff -- who immediately announced his donation of $130 -- has also made it known that his office is investigating whether the BCS violates federal antitrust laws.Now, fuming over their apparent denial of a national championship after an undefeated season, he's considering launching an investigation into college football's Bowl Championship Series. Shurtleff plans to meet with some of his lawyers and investigators next week to consider building an antitrust case against the BCS.Shurtleff, a BYU grad and Utah law school grad, made the trip to Louisiana to cheer the Utes before returning to Salt Lake City to be sworn in for his third term. This isn't the first time, Shurtleff has complained about the system. He started threatening a similar thing back in 2003, but dropped the matter when Congress held hearings.
"This game proved that it's an unfair system," the attorney general said in an interview with the Desert News on Monday. "A team like Utah will never be given a chance."
Expect a little more publicity and grandstanding from attorney generals and US Congressmen in Utah, Idaho, Hawaii, and maybe Wyoming, Nevada and New Mexico (the six states with 1-A football programs, but no BCS member teams). Utah Senator Orrin Hatch has already thrown his support (or at least press release) of a probe.
Aside from that, little else. The 2008 Utah team will still not be given a part of the BCS Championship.
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1-07-2009 @ 11:18AM
Coach Tom said...
I agree 100% that this whole BCS thing is a scam and it is Un-American. I am writing this from my home office in Norman, Oklahoma and yes, I am a true Sooner Fan and I would likenothing more then to see my beloved Sooners do two things every football season. #1. Stomp the day-lights out of those babies from Texas; #2. Play in the National Championship game.
However, if honesty is the issue, then lets call it like it is. The BCS is nothing more then a big money grab for a few big conferences, universities and sponsors and it undermines every honest value we try to teach our athletes. Play fair, play by the rules, play hard, and you will be rewarded... Bunk! Utah should be playing in the National Championship game and every one who has a brain knows that this is so!
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1-07-2009 @ 9:16PM
lafan2173 said...
Utah would have lost to Oregon State if not for an OSU meltdown at the end of the game and they finished third in the pac-10, in any of the major confernces Utah would not be undefeated, its just to hard to perform perfect day in and day out when the overall level of competition is better, yes the desereved a BCS birth and I believe should be third or fourth in the final rankings but they did not deserve to be in the title game
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