Well...Here we are on the eve of another BYU/Utah rivalry game. Please, oh please...I hope the Utes win. It's ironic, but it's in BYU's best interest for Utah to win the game. If Utah wins, they go to a BCS bowl game. And whether they win or lose in the BCS Bowl, each of the teams in the Mountain West Conference get lots of $$$....something like $500,000. Maybe BYU could build a new locker room complete with hymn books and a statue of Captain Moroni that each player must touch on their way out of the locker room onto the field. Sorry...they wouldn't ever do anything that sacreligious, right? Their coach would never compare their new uniforms to the "Title of Liberty" in the Book of Mormon, right? Oh wait...He already did that. BYU players would never make statements such as their "living right on and off the field is what leads to their success," right? Oh...wait again.
Every year when this comes around, I'm reminded of a time a few years back when I was teaching Elder's quorum. The day after a Utah/BYU rivalry football game in which Utah had one, I opened my lesson by saying, "You know, I got up this morning, and I couldn't help but think of what a perfect day this was. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and BYU lost." The next week the Elders' Quorum president actually pulled me aside and told me that my comment was inappropriate and that there were members of the quorum that took such comments very seriously and would be offended.
You gotta love people who can't take a joke.
Anyway...I have to work tomorrow, so I'm going to miss the game. Suck! But, hopefully I can pick it up on the radio. GO UTES!!!!
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