"2. a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last
digit is zero: the decade of the 1980s."
Maybe he was referring to the 2010's as the current decade. You're referring to the 2000's, apparently. You're right though - the UofU had a great "period of ten years" in football. Nice history.
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