Show r Courtesy of Salt Lake Tribune Former Bingham high Ed was a surprise starter in I the game with Saturday which the Utes lost 55 to Weekend What Do They f. By FRED PINGREE Last Friday and Saturday night were two of the most disaster- v ous evenings that University of Utah athletics has ever They can be compared to some of the losses that came in the season when the combine of Gardner and Ferrin was supposed to do great things and they managed to consistently lose most of the important games they played during the entire But why were the games in Colorado and Wyoming so sad for the Ute Two losses on the eastern half of the conference are pretty regular happening around so one can't get excited about just the But one may take very sad notice of the way those defeats were The Golden Rams of Colorado A M thorough-tX ly trounced the Utes on Friday and the Rams didn't have a particularly hot Saturday was practically a repeat performance as a fairly warm Wyoming club played possum with us entire evening and beat us farther than any other club has all Why did it all One may try to explain it as a slump that many teams while another could blame it on the opponents home But one fact that any team that was worthy of being placed among the nations leading clubs should have the stuff and spirit to come back to overcome adverse conditions and put up a good at The over the looked like a retired official's home club playing it's last game of the No one and can they be Hard practice all plus little praise accomplishment would be enough to put any club on the All the Utes didn't seem like they wanted to A good pre-game pep talk might have given them or even a square deal during the earlier part of the season might have been impetus for an excellent Redskin But all the past performances pf bad faith and poor taste finally took their toll and the Utes literally Their isn't a fool in the world that could feel that no criticism will produce winning ball but the sky isn't the limit of fault There aren't many at this school that won't give their best when it is But the best team of stars shouldn't be left in to play the whole game when the score is lopsided and certain players are Such was the case when Montana was down And another touchy subject with the Ute coaching must have been the fifth starter in the Wyoming a tough competitor from the did the best he could against the but it still wasn't His lack of experience came forcibly to It wasn't Ed's fault that m only seven Utes had seen much action this year and he wasn't one of About the last tough assignment he'd had was in the Utah State High School Class B tournament and that quite a step below watching a potential All the Utes lost two in a so Jt means that we're going to have to win the rest of our ball games while BYU and Wyoming split the two they have to If this could happen and no other upsets there would be a three way tie for first place in the conference and we'd have a chance for the first clean conference championship we've seen in 20 But if we don't come out with something this a Silver Anniversary might turn out to be a rock bottom |