#5 in the BCS Standings Utah hosts #3 in the BCS Standings TCU tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.m. MT at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The game will unfortunately be broadcast on CBS College Sports as opposed to a more prevalent channel that people are actually more inclined to watch. In good news, though, ESPN's College GameDay will be here. GameDay starts at 7 a.m. MT on ESPNU and the big GameDay begins at 8 a.m. on ESPN, i.e. a channel most people actually have. It's a big deal for the U. to get so much national attention from ESPN and I'm really excited about it. I'll be getting up early and attending it so maybe if you are really lucky you can catch me on TV.
As for the game, it will be the two highest ranked teams to ever go at it at Rice-Eccles Stadium. I picked the Utes to win the Mountain West before the season on the strength of having this game at home and I will stick to that pick. I think the Utes will win in a close one behind a raucous crowd that I will be a part of. Utah's defense has been stingy all year and I think they will step up big tomorrow.
As you have probably heard, tomorrow is the camo-blackout game and the Utes will wear black jerseys with camo type numbers and highlights on the shoulder pads. It's for the Wounded Warrior project. I think it's great that the Utes are helping out this project and I know a lot of people think it looks cool when the Utes wear black, but I'm kind of bummed that with GameDay here we won't be encouraged to show our real school colors of red and white. I'll support it but I don't think it's nearly as exciting as wearing the traditional red.
However, the real focus should be more on the game and that's the way I'm going to be looking at it. TCU is a really good football team, but Utah is good too and I think will significantly benefit from playing at home in front of a packed house.
Oh and I'm still reveling in my San Francisco Giants winning the World Series! How awesome is that!? Good stuff. Oh and if you feel so inclined, follow me on Twitter tomorrow for updates, etc. about the Utes at twitter.com/dpaysports. And in conclusion: Go Utes!
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