OT: Utah is 14-1 in Bowls Since 1997
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Outstanding. They are what BYU used to be, probably better is terms of sustainability.
Makes you wonder if we should be recruiting the kind of players that Utah recruits.........
What makes this run that much more impressive is that the bulk of these Utah teams would love to have the recruiting classes Iowa gets.
Now that they're a P5 team, that's probably a non-issue. They do a pretty good job of recruiting California and the Pacific (most Western teams have at least a handful of Polynesian kids).
Now that they're a P5 team, that's probably a non-issue. They do a pretty good job of recruiting California and the Pacific (most Western teams have at least a handful of Polynesian kids).
I seem to recall a few years back Kirk met with Winningham and discussed bowl prep and how Utah does things. For some reason I remember reading that somewhere. I could be wrong though.
Las Vegas Bowl December 18, 1999 Utah W 17–16 Fresno State
Las Vegas Bowl December 25, 2001 Utah W 10–6 USC
Liberty Bowl December 31, 2003 Utah W 17–0 Southern Miss
Fiesta Bowl January 1, 2005 Utah W 35–7 Pittsburgh
Emerald Bowl December 29, 2005 Utah W 38–10 Georgia Tech
Armed Forces Bowl December 23, 2006 Utah W 25–13 Tulsa
Poinsettia Bowl December 20, 2007 Utah W 35–32 Navy
Sugar Bowl January 2, 2009 Utah W 31–17 Alabama
Poinsettia Bowl December 23, 2009 Utah W 37–27 California
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas December 22, 2010 Boise State L 26–3 Utah
Sun Bowl December 31, 2011 Utah W 30–27 Georgia Tech
Las Vegas Bowl December 20, 2014 Utah W 45–10 Colorado State
Las Vegas Bowl December 19, 2015 Utah W 35–28 Brigham Young
Foster Farms Bowl December 28, 2016 Utah W 26–24 Indiana
Heart of Dallas Bowl December 26, 2017 Utah W 30–14 West Virginia
Boise State was 12-1 that year, and also 12-1 the next year with win over Georgia to start 2011.
I think one thing in Utah's favor is most of these bowls were in the West where they are located. They don't have to adjust time wise or weather wise.
I also think many opponents have trouble taking Utah seriously, not realizing they get very good athletes from the west coast.
Also, look at the dates of those bowls. That indicates that even though brand name on jersey, they had down years generally since they finished well down conference bowl lineup.
What has hurt Iowa is getting "Better Bowls" and tougher opponents.
On average, Iowa plays teams ranked 2-3 spots higher in their conference than Iowa does in a given year.
They still came out and played which is great. But even that Alabama win was without suspended LT and Alabama complaining be in that game.
What has hurt Iowa is getting "Better Bowls" and tougher opponents.
On average, Iowa plays teams ranked 2-3 spots higher in their conference than Iowa does in a given year.
They still came out and played which is great. But even that Alabama win was without suspended LT and Alabama complaining be in that game.
