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				<title><![CDATA[Utah blows out BYU to gain BCS bid]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) -- For the second time in five years, 
Utah will be crashing the BCS bowl party.

Brian Johnson threw four touchdown passes Saturday as the 
seventh-ranked Utes routed No. 14 Brigham Young, 48-24, to win 
the Mountain West Conference title and secure a BCS bowl berth.

Utah (12-0, 8-0 Mountain West) completed the third perfect 
regular season in school history and the first since 2004, when 
the Utes went 11-0 before beating Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl.

"I do think we've proven to be an elite team in this country," 
Johnson said.

The 2004 Utes, guided by current Florida coach Urban Meyer, 
became the first team from a non-BCS conference to reach a BCS 
bowl since the system was implemented prior to the 1998 season.

The Utes, who entered this weekend ranked seventh in the BCS 
standings, could be headed for a return trip to the Fiesta Bowl.
The BCS will release its official bowl schedule on December 7.

"We won't worry about anything we can't control," Utah head 
coach Kyle Whittingham said.  "We are very pleased and feel very
fortunate and blessed to be where we are right now."

Playing in front of a raucous crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah
forced five second-half turnovers to turn what had been a tight 
contest into a laugher.

BYU's Max Hall threw his career-high fifth interception with 
just over two minutes remaining to punctuate a festive day for 
Utah, which claimed its first Mountain West title since 2004.

Utah's perfect season was capped by a near-perfect performance 
from Johnson, who completed 30-of-36 passes for 302 yards 
without being intercepted.  The senior accepted the Mountain 
West championship trophy while being serenaded to chants of 
"BCS!"

"Everyone's talking about how explosive BYU's offense is and how
inconsistent we were throughout the entire year," Johnson said. 
"We wanted to come out and show people that when we put it 
together, we can be pretty good."

"Brian's a competitive kid," Whittingham added.  "He had 
aspirations to play very well tonight, and he did."

Hall, an early season Heisman Trophy contender, ran for an 
11-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter to draw 
the Cougars (10-2, 6-2) within 27-24.

But Utah forced Hall to turn the ball over on BYU's final five 
possessions and capitalized by scoring off three of those 
mistakes.

With 14 seconds left in the third quarter, Hall's fumble was 
recovered by defensive end Paul Kruger at the BYU 31-yard line.

Four plays later, Johnson threw his third TD of the contest - an
8-yarder to Brent Casteel that made it 34-24.

Kruger intercepted Hall on the ensuing possession and rumbled 
for a 29-yard return down to the BYU 4.  Utah used a little 
trickery on the next play when running back Matt Asiata lofted a
4-yard TD pass to tight end Chris Joppru.

After moving the ball to the Utah 19 on their next drive, the 
Cougars saw their comeback bid end when Hall was picked off by 
Sean Smith, who raced for a 38-yard return.

Johnson capped a nine-play drive with his fourth TD pass, a 
1-yarder to Colt Sampson that made it 48-24 with 2:48 remaining.

Freddie Brown finished with 97 yards on eight receptions for 
Utah, which won the annual "Holy War" rivalry game for the first
time since 2005.

"Everything was on the line tonight," BYU defensive end Jan 
Jorgensen said.  "To lose the way we did was crushing."

Hall completed 21-of-41 passes for 205 yards while Harvey Unga 
ran for 116 yards and two TDs for BYU.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Utah stands off against rival BYU in search of BCS berth]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[(14) Brigham Young (10-1) at (7) Utah (11-0), 6:00 pm EST

SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) -- Four years ago, Brigham Young had a 
chance to derail the BCS dreams of arch rival Utah.  But despite
the implications, the Cougars could only run with their rivals 
for one half before ultimately suffering the same fate as the 
Utes' last 11 victims.

On Saturday, 14th-ranked BYU gets another shot to change history
as it takes on another undefeated Utah squad looking to crash 
the BCS bowl party.

The seventh-ranked Utes will try to complete their second 
undefeated campaign in five years when they host the Cougars in 
the latest installment of "the Holy War."

With a win, Utah would also clinch its first Mountain West 
Conference championship since 2004.

Only 40 miles separate the state's two flagship institutions, 
but the dividing lines between red and blue are set in stone.  
One of the nation's longest rivalries, dating to 1896, it had 
primarily regional implications until just a few years ago when 
Urban Meyer turned around the Utah program and vaulted it into 
the national consciousness.

Since then, BYU has tried to catch up behind head coach Bronco 
Mendenhall - and many felt the Cougars would do so coming into 
this season.  The consensus just a month ago was that the annual
showdown between these two rivals would be the other way around.

BYU was tearing opponents apart from week to week.  But the 
Cougars' early-season promise was derailed by a road loss to 
fellow conference foe TCU on October 16.

Utah nearly suffered the same fate earlier this month, falling 
behind at home against the Horned Frogs before pulling out a 
13-10 victory with a last-minute scoring drive.

Of course, the Cougars - who have rebounded with four straight 
victories since their lone defeat - would love nothing more than
to pull off an upset against Utah.

BYU (10-1, 6-1 Mountain West) has won the last two conference 
championships, closing each regular season with come-from-behind
victories over Utah.

Prior to that, the Utes had won three meetings in a row with the
Cougars, including the regular-season finale in 2004.  The 
Cougars did what few opponents could that year, keeping up for 
an entire half before eventually falling to the high-powered 
Utes, 52-21.

This weekend, the location and implications are the same, but 
the matchup is different.  The 2004 Utes were an offensive 
juggernaut built on Meyer's spread offense - the attack that has
resulted in a national championship and a Heisman Trophy winner 
at Florida.

This year's Utes, coaches by former defensive coordinator Kyle 
Whittingham, can put plenty of points on the board but is built 
on the speed and athleticism of its defense.  Utah is yielding 
just 16.6 points and 284.7 yards per game this season.

Offensively, the Utes are led by senior quarterback Brian 
Johnson, who tossed five touchdown passes in last week's 63-14 
rout of conference doormat San Diego State.  He has completed 
66.6 percent of his passes this year with 20 touchdowns and nine
interceptions.

BYU is led by junior quarterback Max Hall, who set a Mountain 
West record last weekend with his 34th touchdown pass of the 
season.]]></description>
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