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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE FOOTBALL continued from page 11 the fans and start treating the game as children do. Ke wanted his players to have fun. And they listened. Armed with this new attitude basically playing without a care in the world and with no regard for the scoreboard the Utes took to the rest of the season with a dangerous mentality. They were looser than a fan belt on an old Chevy van. It showed in their play. The Utes ended the season with thee straight victories, took home a share, of the MWC championship (tied with BYU and Colorado State) and was the only conference team to win its bowl game. "We, as seniors, decided we didn't want to go out losers," Utah running back Mike Anderson said. "We wanted to finish our season the way we started it." Utah started 0 and finished giving the team a 3 record. As for McBride, he ended the season Like a hero, carried away. McBride found himself on the shoulders of several Ute fans, a place nobody expected he would be two months ago, after the Utes beat Fresno in the Las Vegas Bowl. State Nobody thought his yezi would end this way in the middle of November, that is unless those fans were carrying McBride's body to the graveyard of 3-- 0, 3-- 9-- 17-- ex-U- te coaches. So what happened? MONDAY, Whether it was McBride's speech, the prospect of saving their coaches' jobs or just plain pride, the Utes suddenly began playing like a championship team after playing like anything but that against Wyoming. So when the executioner showed up in Salt Lake City dressed in a wolf's clothing, the Utes turned the gauntlet on him. Utah's 7 drenching of New Mexico, paired with BYU's loss to Wyoming that same Saturday, meant Utah had an opportunity to go into Provo and earn a share of the inaugural MWC title. No problem. The Utes implemented a wonderful defensive scheme and forced BYU quarterback Kevin Feterik to throw into double or triple coverage the entire game, The Cougars could never get off the ground, and the Utes walked away 7 with a victory ' and a strong claim on a bowl bid. The madness didn't end there, though. Motivated by his final game as a Ute, Anderson turned the Fresno State secondary into his own personal video game. As long as he hit the right buttons, there was nothing the Bulldogs could do. He rushed for 254 yards and the Utah defense shut down the Bulldogs' vaunted passing attack. When the final gun sounded, the Utes spilled onto the field like children at recess. McBride was smiling again, and the crowd was in jubilatioa The dead were alive once again. JANUARY 10, 2000 52-- 31-- IA Fv" . 4f i 20-1- ' A Cornerback Andre Dyson made big play after big play for the Utah defense this season. If McBride could take whatever substance the Utes came up with, stick it in a juicer and bottle it, he'd be renting a pad on Wall Street in no time. e win streak to end Utah's the season included games against its rival BYU and a win against Fresno State in the Las Vegas BowL The fans are once again in love with McBride, and the Ute boosters are ready to hand out cash more quickly than a malfunctioning ATM. The reason for the turnaround is simple: The Utes started caring. S 3 three-gam- resiJULL test m only f on tap, PUGG! 41U LUMLUU OUUili I -- piyspeao I 6mecelmm 1 with your purchase of a sondwichldrink i i i 1 wmgs&things IT tii mum FY ANDERSON continued from page 1 I 1 1 11 u uu sandwiches salads game iong. He was an absolute stud, but he's been that way for two years." Last year, Anderson ran for 1,173 yards, the highest rushing total at Utah since Carl Monroe had a school-recor- d 1,507 in 1982. He added 977 yards this season, missing one game with an injury, and came back from a broken hand in Utah's regular-seaso- n finale to finish his career with his record-settin- g M Mil chicken fingers buffalo wings performance in the Utes' first bowl victory in five years. Anderson's 254 yards broke the Ute record held by Eddie Johnson, who rushed for 248 in a 1984 single- -game game. He was running with a purpose. "It was dizzying," Utah quarterback Darnel! 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