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Parade planned for undefeated Utes

Salt Lake Tribune — The Utah football team will be honored with a parade in downtown Salt Lake City on Jan. 16 to celebrate its undefeated season, capped by its 31-17 Sugar Bowl victory over Alabama in New Orleans.
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Utes blow out LSU in final nonconference test

Salt Lake Tribune — Luke Nevill did it again. Faced with only straight-up defense, the 7-foot-2 center erupted for 23 points to lead the Utah Utes to an 91-61 victory over former assistant Trent Johnson and the LSU Tigers in their final nonconference game Tuesday night at the Huntsman Center.
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Utes make most of home schedule

Salt Lake Tribune — Probably it goes without saying, but the Utah Utes are pretty happy with the way this scheduling thing has worked out. The Utes blasted the LSU Tigers 91-61 in the last of the four marquee nonconference games that coach Jim Boylen booked for the Huntsman Center this season, in the hope that
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Utes blow out LSU

Salt Lake Tribune — One of these days, teams are going to go back to double-teaming Utah's Luke Nevill. Until then, though, the 7-foot-2 senior will be happy to keep destroying whoever they throw at him -- especially when nearly three dozen NBA scouts are in the seats assessing his pro prospects.
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Utah AG: BCS may violate antitrust laws

Salt Lake Tribune — Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says he is launching an investigation into the Bowl Championship Series for a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after an undefeated Utah team was left out of the national title game for the second time in five years.
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Monson: Utes should hire Brian Johnson as offensive coordinator

Salt Lake Tribune — It sounds rash and radical, crazy even, because it seems about a decade premature, but what we have here is a key to what Kyle Wittingham could do to keep Utah football's substantial momentum flowing in a positive direction: Hire Brian Johnson as his new offensive coordinator.
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Utah football: Utes lose, gain coach

Salt Lake Tribune — Utah's football team said goodbye to one coach and said hello to another Monday. The Utes announced offensive line coach Charlie Dickey will join offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig on Kansas State's staff and announced John Pease, a 19-year NFL assistant and 1964 alumnus of Utah, has been hired
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Men's hoops: Utah's Nevill named MWC Player of the Week

Salt Lake Tribune — Utah's Luke Nevill is on a roll. The 7-foot-2 senior center has won the Mountain West Conference's Player of the Week award for the second straight week -- and the third time this season -- after torching Wyoming for a career-high 29 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high five blocks in a 91-67
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Utes aiming to reward hoop fans, too

Salt Lake Tribune — So you've been too busy with football to pay much attention just yet to the Utah Utes on the basketball court. That's understandable --?even to coach Jim Boylen, who said that's "a damn good reason to just be catching up to us.
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Utes AP No. 1? Probably not

Salt Lake Tribune — Ever since the Utah Utes beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, fans -- many aided by a message-board form letter -- have been e-mailing like mad to convince the journalists who vote in the Associated Press Top 25 to reward the only undefeated team in major college football with at least part of the
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Utes eager to be tested vs. competition

Salt Lake Tribune — Ever since preseason workouts started, Utah's second-ranked gymnastics team has had a countdown chart in its locker room leading up to the season opener against fourth-ranked UCLA on Friday.
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Utah football: Receiving corp. gets help

Salt Lake Tribune — The Utes continue to load up their recruits, landing two more commitments in Highland's Latu Heimuli, a 6-foot-2, 290-pound defensive tackle who chose the Utes over several out of state schools including Nebraska and Colorado, and Antoine Smithson, a 6-foot, 210-pound wide receiver from East Los
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LSU center Chris Johnson, center, dunks as Utah defenders Luke Nevill, left, and Carlon Brown, right, look on during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in Salt Lake City. Utah beat LSU 91-61.»Yahoo! Sports

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LSU coach Trent Johnson directs his players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Utah Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in Salt Lake City. Utah beat LSU 91-61.»Yahoo! Sports

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