Show s FRANK K BAKER 4 TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR L 3 If Utah's undefeated Redskins should be inclined to toj j eel el they are a cinch cinc for the Big Seven football championship champion champion- ship if they should regard Wyoming as a pushover in their concluding conference game at Laramie this week end they need e d but look at Colorado university B. B Y U. U Denver and yen eyen Utah to learn the price of overconfidence These four teams have already learned from bitter experience jence ence that to underestimate your opponent is to be half licked already C. C U. U with one of the best teams in the conference finds its championship possibilities hanging by a thread today all bec beuse be- be c use the Buffs thought one Saturday afternoon in October that f they i could beat Utah with ease I Accordingly this fine array of gridiron talent moved in on Logan with a colossal case of self-imposed self inflation i The thought of getting beat never occurred to the Buffs It was was as a sunny afternoon and they were lulled into deeper indifference indifference indifference in- in difference by the laziness of the day Po This boredom was plainly evident to early arrivals in 1 the press box as they watched the Buffalos take their preliminary preliminary pre pre- workout So far as th the invaders were concerned they were to start defense of their championship with a Victory over a helpless Aggie outfit and they'd be glad to finish the formality 4 For a whole half the Buffs stumbled over their own feet as it were in booting away two or three scoring chances Once with first down inside the yard five-yard line the center t flung lung the ball clear back to the yard 20 line Even then k the Buffs failed fa ired to get roused aroused over their plight Then came ca e the second half and nd a rude rude awakening These Aggles the same little fellows ws everybody had been feeling sorry for weren't going to be- be kicked around without a struggle In InS S fact they began doing the he shoving as they crowded to a touchdown You couldn't have startled the Buffs more had you surprised them all so sound nd asleep in bed and doused them with ice cold water wafer They glanced at one another in bewilderment Somebody barked something Lets Let's go get em but it was a short lived iy d spark In a twinkling the were headed for another touchdown and the thep ip p nicky Buffs were a sorry sorry- aggregation as the game ended j. j Generally regarded as one of tile the best title prospects in r the thc conference the Golden Herd found itself stymied before f the season was well inaugurated In all respect for their own courage and coaching the Buffs have made a great about face by way of living up to advance expectations in ill subsequent games Colorado State Wyoming and B. B Y U. U Continued on Following Pail 1 I Backseat Driving j. j Continued from Preceding Page J all went down before the Utah invaded invaded Boulder and came home with a tie mighty happy to do that well against the powerful team in a snowstorm But with all their development the Buffs are still paying for forthe forthe forthe the heedless way in which they went up against the Then came B. B Y U. U which learned that it doesn't pay to count football championships before they are hatched Lulled into security by sharing first place with Utah which they had tied 7 the Cougars thought they could toy with the They tried it passed up a beautiful chance to sew up the game garrie with a field goal in favor of a failing attempt to score a tou touchdown touchdown touch touch- h- h down from the yard three-yard line and md nd were whipped 3 0 as a result When the Cougars finally awoke from their daze their championship dreams were shattered Folks were no longer talking about this being the greatest football team in B. B Y U. U history and even the Cougars began losing confidence in themselves themselves themselves them them- selves as C. C U U. U heaped an an 8 0 defeat on top of all their other troubles last Saturday Never an offensive threat at Boulder the had had- to stage three great goal line stands to keep from getting beat by four to five touchdowns Now the team which 10 days ago was tied for the conference leadership isn't even evena a promising bet over Colorado State in its concluding game gam Saturday Of course it is only a conjecture and a doubtful v one at that in view of the superiority Colorado showed over over- the Cougars Saturday but it is a fact nevertheless that that- MAYBE B. B 1 Y U. U would never have lost to the Buffs had bad they not underrated the a week earlier S Then those same were next to learn the lesson they ignored in the examples of their neighbors Like C. C U. U did against them just as Denver had before a scoreless tie tie with Colorado State and much as the thc Cougars did before their 3 0 loss to the thc Logan squad the Utah Farmers to took k last weeks week's contest with Wyoming pretty much as a matt matter r of course Who Vho were the thc Cowboys anyway Why th they y hadn't even won a ball game all season long What's mo more e ethey they had never beaten the in 20 years of rivalry be between between between be- be tween the two schools So what could be more boring than playing the Cowboys especially right on the heels of a glorious victory over the Cougars Well Vell Johnny Winter Winter- holler Marty Krpan Albert Bill Sturman and the rest of the Cowboys rode into Logan Saturday afternoon and had a 27 0 lead before the realized what was taking place The Farmers got out pitchforks and gathered gather d themselves a pair of touchdowns in the last quarter but like the good neighbor who bought a lock after his best horse had been stolen the thc effort came too late After beating Colorado here Saturday 13 0 the Utes now have only to tie or beat Wyoming at Laramie Saturday to remain as the only unbeaten major team in the by way of winning the Big Seven championship and establishing themselves themselves themselves them them- selves as an attractive opponent for Idaho here Thanksgiving day Ordinarily Utah will be a heavy favorite over the Cowboys but the Utes need but reflect upon what the Lariat Twirlers did to Utah Saturday to realize how the Laramie aggregation can be In other words the Redskins will do well to profit by the lessons of C. C U U. B. B Y U. U and the others who let their overconfidence make things easier casier for their opposition Utah officials are to be congratulated for the splendid condition of the field Saturday despite all the snow which had fallen all week long Workmen cleared the field Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- morning and the heavy turf stood up remarkably well Pressmen scouts and other officials in the press box were mighty appreciative too of the piping hot cocoa and hot hot- sandwiches served them at the half time intermission |