It's Ute-opia In Utah. Utes Roll Over The Tide In Sugar Bowl

Let's see, the Alabama Crimson Tide race out to 12 straight wins and top the college football polls. Then the Tide run out gas losing to Florida in the SEC Championship Game and a month later, are stunned by the Utah Utes 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl.

"We didn't finish the season like we wanted, and I'm sorry for that for them." Alabama head coach Nick Saban said. "I think they deserved better. We wanted better for them. And we failed them in not being able to help them get where they needed to get so they could have a chance to be successful in this game. That's to take nothing away from Utah. They played great. Their quarterback was great. We didn't match up with them very well in the secondary, didn't get him covered like we needed to, didn't get enough pressure, got off to a horrible start and just didn't overcome it very well."

For Utah, this is their biggest win ever. Head coach Kyle Whittingham said on the podium to Fox Sports' Chris Myers that he was voting the Utes #1 in the polls. Will the other polls follow remains to be seen but the Utes have staked a claim going 13 - 0 and the only undefeated team in the FBS. Just to enhance Utah's 2008 resume, they have wins over the Big 10 (Michigan), the Pac 10 (Oregon State) and now the SEC (Alabama), all BCS schools.

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