http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...eview/2495233/
The author, Paul Myerberg, has as impressive a review of our team as any I've seen. Sometimes you see obvious errors or just bad reviews, but this review was pretty fair, in my opinion, and you can tell he's done his homework, probably spoke with coaches, intelligently.
I don't really care about the 61 ranking, I just want to get back to a bowl game. Anything above 6 wins in the season is gravy.
A very interesting review indeed. I did notice this, however:Originally Posted by Ma'ake
Should we send him e-mails?— Where Utah fans hang out: Utah fans can find solid message board chatter at UteFans.net, UteZone.com and Inside the Utes. For additional coverage, read Block U and Lya Wodraska and Tony Jones of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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--Yeats
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Damn straight we should. Little league baseball is almost over, then I can emerge from the milk cartoon
Good heavens. I don't know what a milk cartoon is but here's hoping you escape soon before things go sour.
“The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.”
― Carl Sagan
Myerberg did the same thing, identical format, for the past three seasons at presnapread.com, which was the New York Times' college football blog. I had no idea he moved over to USA Today, but other than Phil Steele, his writeup is the most comprehensive preseason piece you'll see on Utah from a national outlet.
Also, he had gobs of research help at the NYT and USAT available to him. To write this much on 125 teams all by himself is beyond superhuman. I would be very surprised if he didn't receive a lot of help.
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