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I don’t disagree for basketball (men’s or women’s), but what do you do about gymnastics pulling 15k into the stadium? I haven’t been around the campus in a while, but seems like there’s more non-sports events at Kingsbury than JHC (concerts, etc.). For graduations, a smaller arena is fine as only 1/2 of the JHC is used. I would assume they’d keep…[Read more]

You make some good points, sir.

I am in the minority of Utah fans who love our basketball program more than our football program, and I just want the Runnin Utes to be relevant again. I hate watching the greatness of March Madness every year and not seeing Utah in it. I think a new arena would help inject new life into the program (mostly from a…[Read more]

I wonder how a downtown arena would affect the student fans? It would be easier for non student fans to get to games, but I wonder if having the game elsewhere downtown would make student attendance take a hit?

Obviously there’s no ideal solution.

I wish I lived in Utah so I could get season tickets.

Though, I’m currently on a 5 game losing streak of games I’ve attended…. So maybe for the good of the team I shouldn’t go to live games anymore.

Well, it is old, but I like it and thinks its fine. I don’t know that I’d spend the money to replace it. I’d first say, putting a winning product on the court and see if it can fill up again consistently. If the U didn’t have a problem filling it during the Majerus years they shouldn’t now when the population has grown exponentially.

That said,…[Read more]

Off campus arenas are not ideal in most cases, but I’m not sure if that’s true in our case. The U is poorly located with respect to how our major roadways are laid out in the valley. Did you ever notice that our belt route is only 3/4 of a circle, and the missing 1/4 is right where the U is? It would be a different story if the belt route actually…[Read more]

The admin has said for a while the long range plan is to build a new arena downtown, smaller 10-12K. Apparently too expensive to renovate the Huntsman Center and the U wants the land for other uses. Dont know how the curent budget deficit affects that.

p.s. yes, I agree that off campus arenas are not ideal (look at Georgetown) but dont shoot…[Read more]

I agree that the JMC is a little dated but it is still a fine place to see a game. Replacing it would cost a fortune- so from where would the funding come? Would the funding be better spent on the team?

If funding could be obtained I would much rather see a winning team in the JMC, than more poor play in a shiny-new arena.

Given the weird…[Read more]

I think Burgess is finished at Utah and he knows it. He had to have known that when he basically trashed the owners house on the way out the door.

I’d like to see Miller or Jensen as coach, or some up and comer somewhere.

I actually think that’s why Smith will be back next year. Because Utah isn’t really taking basketball seriously right now, there is no appetite for buying out another coach and go looking for another (who most likely won’t do any better because he faces the same obstacles Smith did).

I fully expect Smith to be back next year. And I think I’m OK…[Read more]

If he plays football at all and is on athletic scholarship at the U, it counts toward the football numbers (see Lohner) which prevents schools from signing up a bunch of golf team football players. But, if the coaches think he’s worth that, i’m all for it.

The reason he’s not rated on 247 (or Rivals for that matter) is because he’s primarily a “lacrosse” player. This guy has been committed to Utah for LAX for a couple of years now.

I like his “size”, and “16 sacks” also looks REAL good. And since his scholarship is for lacrosse, I can’t see any downside to him practicing with the team, in hopes…[Read more]

I’m currently taking a sports law class. It has been very interesting getting my professor’s take on the whole NIL thing. The NCAA had so many chances to put the fire out before it blew up in their face, but they were too greedy, and not just once. This happened time and time again and their status as untouchable eventually eroded. Those greedy…[Read more]

I wonder why he hasn’t gotten more attention. The dude is HUGE. 6 ft 6 and 240 pounds of muscle! He had 16, that’s SIXTEEN sacks in his most recent football season.

I hate the name Ryker as much as the next guy, but that can’t be the reason he isn’t rated on 247

I agree. but when you have rich alumni who confuse their religion with their college, (if BYU was the school for the church, and wanted people to go to BYU, they would say so. lol, Russell M. nelson went to Utah) they give a LOT of money. F*** Ryan Smith. The taxes was one thing but the millions are ridiculous. So yeah, BYU isn’t lacking in the…[Read more]