With TCU hanging onto a 10-6 lead late in the fourth quarter, all Utah's defense wanted to do was give its offense a chance. Two empty TCU drives deep into Utah territory and a game-ending interception later and Utah's defense did all it could to keep Utah's BCS hopes alive.

Never have two more similarly matched teams met at Rice-Eccles Stadium with more on the line. Either team could have pitted its first-team offense against its first-team defense and been completely prepared for what it will see on the field from its opponent tonight.

Who has the edge in tonight's game of Utah vs. TCU?

With college football in the last month of the regular season, TCU is within reach of its first conference championship since 2005. But in order to reach their destination, the Horned Frogs will first need to get by the fastest guns in the Mountain West.

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.