View Comments
With plenty of offensive firepower in the University of Utah football team's lineup this season, the "Thunder Ute" cannon - a vintage World War I training weapon - has seen plenty of action. The cannon is fired every time the Utes score a touchdown or field goal. But considering the way the team gives up points, perhaps the ROTC crews that man the cannon should consider ammunition that is a little more potent than blank shotgun shells. The cannon has been a regular part of U. football games since 1968, when it replaced a World War II tank as the weapon of choice among Bleacher Utes (forerunners to the Crimson Club).