Georgia did it and lost to Alabama. Nebraska put the thought in the air and lost to Virginia Tech. Now another team is taking the speculative step and wearing black uniforms in a football game. There might be a curse behind the "Blackout" game this season, so is this something an undefeated team should mess around with?

No. 11 TCU and its petrifyingly fast defense knock at the door of Rice-Eccles Stadium in a matchup that will give the victor a giant step forward and leave an alarmingly big hole for the team absorbing the loss to fall into.

Nos. 9, 10, and 11. That's where Boise State, Utah and TCU are respectively ranked in this week's AP poll. At the end of the season, whichever of these three teams is ranked highest will most assuredly find itself playing in a Bowl Championship Series bowl.

Thanks to the input and hard work of the football team itself, the reality of the "Blackout" has come true.

The No. 10 Utes are ready for the fastest team they will face all season. No. 11 TCU comes to town Thursday for a nationally televised game, and more importantly, Bowl Championship Series implications on the line.

An airplane crash isn't something you simply experience8212;You survive it. Apparently, the same applies to the Utah football team when facing the New Mexico Lobos.

While the voters in The Associated Press Top 25 poll decided to put Boise State a sliver ahead of Utah in its weekly poll, the Bowl Championship Series standings show Utah with a decided advantage as the lead non-BCS school to get an automatic BCS bowl bid.

After a down-to-the-wire, lackluster 13-10 win over their perennial hang nail, Ute running back Darrell Mack explained his team's only 2008 visit to the Land of Enchantment. "All that matters is, we got the 'W'," said a solemn Mack.

When the 2008 football season started, defensive coordinator Gary Andersen hoped that he'd eventually have four starting defensive tackles to choose from. Two weeks into the season, he would have been satisfied with two.

If the Lobo donning the No. 21 jersey runs into a pack of Utes this weekend and is not brought down immediately, this shouldn't be a shocker. He runs fast, breaks tackles, and is one hard guy to bring to the turf.