So the Utes had just won their thrilling overtime game against New Mexico last night, and for a moment there, it looked like coach Jim Boylen was going to add to the mania with another wild reaction.

Facing a smattering of reporters in the post-game press conference, all just desperate for a quote to throw into their stories on an impossible deadline, Boylen was asked for an opening comment by the moderator.

"Well, first of all," he began, a dead look on his face, "I want to say I'm a little disappointed in the media ..."

Oh, God, I thought. Here it comes. What did somebody do, to make him so angry that he was going to start blazing, first thing after the biggest victory of his young career?

We waited.

It seemed like forever.

"I tell my guys when they go to class to sit in the front row, and everybody is sitting way back there," he said.

Silence. I think a tumbleweed rolled across the room.

"That was a joke, guys," Boylen said.

Not a bad one, either, but I told Boylen later that he needs to work on his timing. There were few reporters in the room to begin with, since it was nearly 12:30 a.m. Mountain time, and the ones who were in attendance simply needed quotes fast for their stories. That's why they were all loitering near the back of the room, so they -- I should say "we" -- could dash away as soon as they got the quote they needed and go file their stories.

Probably would have helped, too, if Boylen had been smiling more to indicate he was kidding. But the next game isn't until late tonight, so he has plenty of time to work on some new material ... ;-)