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kinda feels like when someone starts the sentence “with all due respect” because they think that allows them to say disrespectful things.

I’ll second that Holladay. Tommorrow will tell us a lot more about this team. We have the talent with or without Rising to take care of business with ASU. If you heard Kuithes comments about social media it’s clear the players have heard all the rumblings going on. I expect the TEAM to play good regardless of the QB. If Cam plays look out for a blowout.

If we want to avoid all these “sky is falling” takes from fans we just have to make sure we don’t lose before the bye week. 🙂

“Fans invest a lot of money and time into the sport and so they have every right to form whatever perspective they want.” Your words and I agree with them.

I could care less how other fans think about the current state of the team and I’m not going to shame them for thinking so. I get my own opinion. I can choose to spend my own money however I please. Both the coaching staff and now players are a “for profit” organization and in my eyes are fair game for any scrutiny any person wants to express.

I also don’t get how people will speak as if they know how Rising is thinking/feeling. I have no idea how bad he wants to play. Maybe he doesn’t want to play at all since he’s already been paid out his NIL money regardless if he takes another snap. I appreciate what he’s done but the last time he did anything meaningful for the team was two years ago. I do know that Utah needs to find a way to win games any way possible in order to stay relevant in this new environment.

Seriously the fan policing/shaming on here is crazy.

Fans are quite literally fanatics – by definition. it’s our jobs to be unapologetically irrational.

I think the coaches caused all the friction with their bullcrap “gametime decision” comments – that has inspired a ton of fan drama and heartburn

If Cam is cleared medically after being a game time decision – that allows fans to ask all sorts of questions of the staff.

I for one am hoping for a healthy Cam to light it up tomorrow – I hope he tries to get Singer the ball, keeps the TEs involved, that we don’t have to hope for another hero game from Bernard, that the running lanes open up enough for Mitchell to finally find a hole big enough he can actually hit it, that we can some how punch it in when in the redzone, that we remember we have 6 TEs that can catch the ball in the redzone, that we find a way to get our burners involved again (cue Stanley becoming part of the game plan again) and that we end the game without significant injuries to anyone. Oh yeah and that we remember how to defend the run……let’s not make an all-american against this skatabo guy

One of the biggest knocks on AZ is their defense. I’m not sure how anyone can claim Utah is dangerous by scoring 10 points at home against a bad defense. I’ve usually been one who doesn’t like to publicly criticize because these guys know their job way better than I do. But that was ridiculous. Every mediocre football fan could see what the Utes were doing from a mile away, and it showed in the red zone. If that doesn’t get cleaned up, I don’t see how the Utes can contend or be dangerous. The Utes defense has been great, however.

Paraphrasing, but I remember Saban saying something along the lines of “nobody wants to win more than they do, and nobody feels worse than when they lose”. I try to imagine how nervous I’d be trying to do my job in front of 55k people in person and another few million at home, then add that Hercules Mata’afa dude chasing you the entire time. Or Anthony Barr. Or the memory of a game in 2010 against a purple team that I’ve wiped from my brain.

Utah won’t ever be flashy under Whitt, but everyone will always be bought in to the process of doing things the right way. The injury confidentiality has sucked. “Cam’s status is optimistic, Cam is throwing in pads, aaaaand Cam is in street clothes” can be read as the rug being ripped out from under us, but is very likely Whitt giving Cam every chance to see how well he’s healed and opting to not risk it when his throwing during warm-ups shows he’s not. Not that anyone ever asks for it, but here’s my take:

Yes, Utah’s offense sh*t the bed. Another yard on a run or a little more air under a jump-ball, and it’s probably more of a back and forth punch up of a game. Arizona has a few players who are getting first round grades, and they all (Fifita as well) played up to the hype.

No, the sky is not falling. Utah is a very good team. Next year? Also likely to be very good. Year after? Same deal. I see a consistent trend of recruiting good defense and the number 1 offensive lineman in the state. Wilson has also grown in leaps and bounds from the time he’s been given to play. Defense, the line, and QB are in good shape going forward. Keep showing up to games and donating to NIL, and maybe we can snag a WR or two.

He is Scam Rising.