POWERPOINT PREVIEWS: UTAH 2006

by Orson on Jun 22, 2006 7:26 AM EDT

After the last edition of the PowerPoint Previews nuked the site for a few hours, we're back with an experiment: loading our glossy look at Athlon's #23, the Utah Utes, onto a German file barn and seeing how it works. Click here to start the process; you'll have to go through a few clicks to get it off the mirror site, but soon you'll be using one of the most despised pieces of office technology ever to prepare for the season.

We're especially proud of the Utah preview, dear reader. Not because it's good--on the contrary, it's probably the least entertaining one we've strung together yet. No, we're especially proud because we got through an entire Utah presentation without making a joke about polygamy, Gary Gilmore, or Mormons. We did, however, decide to make fun of Chan Gailey losing to Utah in the Emerald Bowl with the help of two of Utah's most famous citizens, one of whom looks a lot like Mama Swindle, actually. (Not Merlin Olsen. We'll beat you to that one.)

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Fear the gulls!

by Geaux Irish on Jun 22, 2006 9:11 AM EDT reply actions

If I remeber correctly, Picabo is a native of Sun Valley, Idaho. Idaho isn’t Utah, thank god. I can do that because I don’t live in Utah, otherwise it would be thank gosh.

by psuedosilent observer on Jun 22, 2006 9:39 AM EDT reply actions

yeah picabo was raised on a small farm in Triumph, ID

f utah. i hope boise state takes it to them in the holy land.

by fattus on Jun 22, 2006 11:41 AM EDT reply actions

Has anyone investigated the possibility that Merlin Olsen is Rick Sutcliffe?

His retirement from football conveniently coincides with the beginning of Sutcliffe’s career in baseball.

by Crazy Joe on Jun 22, 2006 12:08 PM EDT reply actions

Out of curiosity, whatever will you guys do for Florida State, as to create one for FSU would imply that Bobby Bowden knows how to operate post 1990 technology?

by Andrew on Jun 22, 2006 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

Good question, Andrew. Perhaps it will all be in large print so Bobby can read it.

And yes, Picabo is from Idaho. Which makes the error humorous, right? Since we can’t really tell the two states apart?

by Orson Swindle on Jun 22, 2006 3:01 PM EDT reply actions

Orson, there is no problem with doing one for FSU. It’s not like Bobby actually does anything for the team himself anymore, so the powerpoint would be done the way everything is done there now…. someone in his family will get the job.

having trouble posting hope this works

by Jonathan on Jun 22, 2006 3:18 PM EDT reply actions

now come on now i’m from idaho…..while idaho doesn’t have a culture of its own not all of it is utah….the crazies in eastern idaho are utah, western is oregon and northern is washington

by fattus on Jun 22, 2006 3:30 PM EDT reply actions

well gee thanks. Us crazies in E. Idaho, who are just little bastard children, much like Oregon state. Can’t root for U of I (too far away in N Idaho, and they suck) can’t root for BSU (we haaate BSU from big sky days) can’t root for Utah or Utah state (damn mormons) which also precludes BYU…so we are stuck with poor ol’ Idaho State 1AA. sigh. Hence why I am a gators fan.

by psuedosilent observer on Jun 22, 2006 3:43 PM EDT reply actions

hey ISU should be really good this year. a lot of talent on that team. i’ll be pulling for them to go deep into the playoffs!

and ok not everyone is crazy in eastern idaho

by fattus on Jun 22, 2006 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, we’ll be OK with the 2 transfers from Michigan. Reportedly Gutterez was to start, got injured, and then mr. phenom took his spot. yeah. ok. Anyway, he’s decent, and the SS he brought along is quite the headhunter. However, you forget we play in the same conference as Montana, Montana State and Eastern Washington. we’ll win maybe one of those three games… and then we will lose to U of I and the other 1A program we are playing (forget right now who) and then we will lose to the bottom feeder of the conference. never fails. we get ranked, then lose to a 1AA 1-6 team. Which is more motive to root for the cursive writing.

by psuedosilent observer on Jun 22, 2006 6:21 PM EDT reply actions

When visiting my sister at Illinois, we went to the Illinois-Indiana game, and, for no apparent reason, Picabo Street sang the National Anthem. Maybe not quite Roseanne Barr/Carl Lewis bad, but really, really not good. (On the positive side, the Illini won, and apparently were having a bad enough year that it was worth tearing down the goalposts, so that was fun.)

by Devin McCullen on Jun 22, 2006 6:49 PM EDT reply actions