Utah Fans Are Shamelessly Spamming AP Voters in the Slim Hopes They Can Win a Title
Published January 6th, 2009 on FanHouse
by Will BrinsonFiled under: Alabama, Texas, Utah, BCS, Big 10, Big 12, NCAA FB Fans, NCAA FB Media Watch, NCAA FB Rumors, General CFB Insanity, Bowl Games, FCS
The Utah Utes just finished (another) undefeated season. They are, naturally, proud of this fact. Not quite as proud, though, as they are angry about a BCS scenario that will not enable them to win a national title. This is because, of course, Oklahoma and Florida are really the only eligible title contenders. (Just don't tell Mack Brown I said that.) But that fact certainly isn't stopping the Thelma, Marvin and Provos of the world from saying their peace -- just ask News and Observer reporter and AP voter J.P. Giglio, who lets us know that people in Utah can use e-mail.
Utah fans have been mass e-mailing AP voters, urging us to put the Utes, the nation's only unbeaten team, No. 1 in the final Top 25.Frankly, I can't say I blame the Utah fans; go ahead and put me down for a mea culpa on the whole "Alabama is going to slaughter that little Mountain West team". And it's that same stigma (again, I'm sorry) that has caused puh-lenty of voters to simply ignore teams from smaller conferences.
I've received no less than 100 e-mails from the Ute faithful, not to mention a Facebook wall post from a Ute alum.
The big problem is that there isn't -- and this is no real surprise -- ever a consistent level of bowl performance from the Boise States and the Hawaiis and the Utahs of the world. Which pretty much means that the only solution that will ever work correctly is a freaking playoff. Not sure how many times it has to be said.
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