After all the Utah thrashing and trashing, it is kind of fun to see Utah predicted by the media to win the conference, and then begin the season the highest ranked.

National, third-party, objective party validation always feels good.

A little bit of your face to the haters.

But respect is won on the field.

Let’s have fun with this. Let’s see how the big 12 gauntlet Backs up their smack talk against Utah.