There arent many good quotes that come out of a Kyle Whittingham team. Thats because players tend to reflect their coachs philosophy. Whittinghams style is to downplay everything.

But Utahs Heisman prospect, Devontae Booker, is going out on his own a bit.

Deseret News photoThis week, he was saying Michigan is going to be a great game for us, when ABC-4's Dana Greene, referencing a Popular Mechanics calendar that called the Utes a cupcake, said, I thought you guys were the cupcake.

Well, yeah, we are, Booker said, but we aint gonna hit like no cupcake.

Later, when asked about the national pregame hype being mostly about Jim Harbaugh and Michigan, he said, We kind of feel ticked off about it. But it is what it is. Weve got to go out and prove everybody wrong, because at the end of the day, were always going to be the underdogs.

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Which raises another Whittingham tactic: playing the underdog.

Utah is favored to beat Michigan.

Regarding the national medias obsession with Harbaugh and Michigan, Booker said, We kind of feel ticked off about it, but it is what it is. Weve just got to go out and prove everybody wrong, because at end of the day, youre always going to count us out and well be the underdogs.

No matter what the odds makers are saying.

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