utah vs ucla

score: 27-34

the blackout game.

we have had some good success with the blackout in the past, but not this year.

our 2 losses this season have been heart-wrenching, down to the wire games.

we stayed with the #12 team in the nation all the way to the end, even with 6 (yes 6) interceptions.

while "almost" doesn't count, it sure has made us proud of our utes!

i was somehow scheduled to work a day shift which means i should get off work about 7:30pm,

which was cutting it pretty close to the 8:00pm kick-off time.

of course it was a crazy day so i didn't get off til exactly 8, so dawson picked me up and drove like a maniac to get us there.

i was lucky enough however, to take care of a patient that day who was the biggest ute fan in the hospital.

he came up from surgery and the first thing he told me was to find his ute blanket.

and then told me how devastated he was that he wouldn't make it to the game that night.

when he found out i was going to the game and that i had a little bit of a connection to the utes, 

he was thrilled and insisted his wife take a picture of us.
i don't want to get in trouble with HIPPA though, so i had to do a little editing.
however it is an uncanny resemblance.

no, football isn't everything.

but to me and this guy, it is pretty dang important!!!