Paul Allen, an eccentric technophile formerly of Utah County’s myfamily.com, predicted in a recent blog that BYU’s football team is “going to run the table.”

On the other hand, Devin Thorpe, a nerdy blogger from Salt Lake City’s Thorpe Capital Group, believes that “his”* team, the University of Utah, even with their poor season, is more than a match for BYU. Devin myopically predicts a Ute victory.

Full Disclosure: I’ve got a BS from BYU and will shortly have an MBA from the U. I’m good friends with the owners of UteFans.net, oh, and I live in Salt Lake.

So, since non-athletic people are prognosticating about sporting events, (and at the risk of alienating my base) I’ll throw my hat into the ring with this prediction: The BYU Cougars will win this Saturday. Yeah, I know that’s heretical around these parts. Still, the truth will set you free, right?

Oh, and Happy Turkey Day everyone! Is the tryptophan kicking in yet? :)

* How is it that spectators self identify with sporting teams to the extent that they use the pronoun “we” when referring to a team’s victory? “Yeah! We WON!” We, as in YOU, didn’t do anything.