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I don’t know how this works. Can another school contact athletes that are not in the portal and make offers? Can an athlete contact other schools to gain an offer without entering the portal? Oddly, this only gets under control when the schools with the most money become convinced it needs control.

Absolutely. The people who openly post on social media about scriptures and religion are often using it as a shield for criticism, as a facade for being a good person, and to feign moral superiority. Doesn’t mean all religious people are bad by any means, but the genuinely good religious people usually don’t spout their beliefs online and then act…[Read more]

It’s over. I’ve been as optimistic a fan as there is over the years. The Power conference roster we’ve built over the last 15 years is being reduced to a G5 roster piece by piece. Wake me when all the dust settles and we’re either in or out of the club. If we’re out, so am I. If we’re in, I’ll be a slightly more than casual fan that will lean more…[Read more]

Like I said earlier, I’ll never fault someone for taking care of themselves. And the system sucks.

But fuck em. I don’t have to like them either. Especially this kid. 3 star kid, not a star. Goes on a mission. Most schools tell kids like this to fuck off. Utah doesn’t. Stays in contact. Works with him. Has a system in place to get his body right…[Read more]

Does anyone on the roster even matter until game day when the season kicks off on Aug 30? Even then, players quite mid season.

I can’t imagine how frustrating this is for coaches. This is the new age of college football. The best way to protest is to not watch or buy tickets.

What I’ve learned doing business around the country and especially in Utah:

If they talk about their Jesus or scriptures or have “light the world” bullshit or scriptures posted around…

Those are the snakes. Those are the ones that are in it for themselves and while they may do the job you pay them to do, it will be bare minimum and they will…[Read more]

Until some kind of rules are put in place, I don’t know why I, as a fan, should really take much of an interest any longer. I hate to be that guy, but the roster shuffling along with the greed is really killing my interest.

The saying is “Dog eat dog” not doggy dogg.

“legally off limits” – there is no such thing anymore (if there ever really was). Every team that wants a recruit continues to recruit him on a mission. Hell, teams recruit players that are actively playing for another team. It doesn’t matter. It is pointless to complain about such stuff – if a player wants to go somewhere else, they will go…[Read more]

Even before NLI policies were dismantled, they only lasted 18 months and it was never against the rules to stay in touch with missionaries. Our staff does the same thing for the players/recruits we are interested in.

this is just messed up. Recruit can commit to a school then signed with the other the next day; current play posted on social media promising to stay then entered the portal. I don’t know what to believe any more.

Brutal. This makes it hard to be a fan of college sports.

Good points Yergie. I think money trumps all in the portal. Now even if you get a top Florida recruit if you can’t pay them they’ll go back home after a year or two if they are good.

I also believe there is a lot of shady stuff going on behind the scenes from other schools taking our players, especially that school down south. that school wants to destroy Utah’s program and I believe will steal our players before they go anywhere else to pouch players. I could be wrong, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up at BYU.

not sure it’s worth it. Doggy dogg world out there where there is no loyalty anymore, and these players who once proudly claimed they were committed apparently had a sudden change of heart. The portal and NIL have ruined and are destroying college football to a point its not worth the time and effort to care anymore. For example, BYU paid a…[Read more]

Hopefully, but naked eye can’t see the potential right now based on UNLV performance or recruiting profile.

The problem with Whitt’s coaching network is that it is small and Utah bound. It rarely includes a guy with reaches into major recruiting areas. Dennis Erickson was one of those exceptions. Beck, Detmer and Atuaia are just 3 more BYU guy…[Read more]

Money not culture or development matter. Recruiting pitch “ we have more money “. Changes are coming with Alabama and Ole Miss getting left out of the CFP. Super league is inevitable.

Utah needs to find a mega donor or it’s going to continue to be a feeder school for other programs including byu which would be an absolute disaster for the program if they even compete in their own state and conference