The Mountain West Conference named its all-conference selections Monday, and 12 Utes made the list, including six named to the all-conference first team.

Saturday, as I made that treacherous drive from Salt Lake City down into the belly of the beast that is Provo, I figured I was in for a real treat, for this was the first time that I would step foot into LaVell Edwards Stadium.

Junior Utah place-kicker Joe Phillips was named the Mountain West Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday after his performance against rival BYU on Saturday.

September marks the end of summer and welcomes the coming fall.

For the first time since the Utah Stars knocked off the Kentucky Colonels in 1971 to win the American Basketball Association Championship, a professional team from Utah has won a national championship.

Injury report
Utah has had good luck in the second half of the 2009 season when it comes to injuries. The Utes have remained healthy during the past few weeks and should be as close to full strength Saturday as they have been all year.

Saturday's game against No. 4 TCU turned out to be what some on the team are calling "a wake-up call" after the Utes fell to the Horned Frogs 55-28. TCU's 55 points were the most points scored by a Utah opponent since 1990, when the San Diego State Aztecs dropped 66 on the Utes.

True freshman Jordan Wynn got the fist start of his career Saturday afternoon and became the first true freshman to start a game at quarterback for the Utes since 1982.

Junior quarterback Terrance Cain didn't have awful numbers in the first half of Saturday's Blackout game against Wyoming.

On Halloween night the Utah Utes dressed up in their black uniforms, but not to go trick-or-treating. Instead, the Utes hosted in conference rival Wyoming on All Hallows Eve and almost got the scare of the season after trailing going into the fourth quarter Saturday night.