Friday, September 20, 2013

Why I'm a Ute!


Why I’m a Ute  (What’s a Ute?)

Metric
UTAH
byu
Overall wins in series*
56
34
Wins in last 10 meetings
7
3
Blowout wins in last 10 meetings
3
0
Shutout wins in last 10 meetings
1
0
Shutout wins in series**
18
3
# national titles using 1984 criteria
2
1
Alumni on current NFL rosters ***
18
6
# conference championships
24
23
# undefeated seasons in history
7
1
# overall #1 NFL draft picks
1
0
Bowl game winning percentage
.765
.435
# BCS final top 5 rankings
2
0
#excuses why we lost the game in YYYY
0
5,932,506,743,854,218
#current players named Joseph Smith
1
0
Needs to disclaim Jim McMahon as alum
0
1
Probable score of 2013 game
34
31

 * Best thing about the rivalry is that the two schools even disagree on the historical records,  Utah says it’s 56-34-4 and BYU says it’s 54-31-4
**Including Utah’s 0-0 victory in 1928
*** Most surprisingly, Utah has 3 current NFL players with the last name of Smith and BYU doesn’t have any