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Ok, I got you Jim…

Wow, so you’re saying that there are prospective donors with deep pockets who are sitting on the sidelines because Smith is the coach?

I can tell you there are people willing to donate enough money to Utah’s NIL coffers to make the Utes competitive again once Smith is gone. Which should be at the end of this upcoming season.

Man Miami you like to pounce on people. I was referring to fans not teams. Ohio State loses 1 game to Michigan and they want him fired.

No doubt Miami money is a factor. Who would turn down a million dollars. Don’t underestimate the fact that he has a chance to do something no Utah QB has ever done and make the playoffs.

If he was an NFL QB he would be long gone. He knows this is his most likely his last chance to play high level football and get paid doing it. I think he w…[Read more]

Cam celebrating the decision to let him play.

Celebration Dance

Why is it irrelevant? Because you say so? Wouldn’t it be more fair to say that Utah is 6-6 versus ASU since the two teams have been in the same conference?

The big tip-off or downer, take your pick, to me in that game was the way that Arizona continually blitzed Isaac time after time without Utah adjusting. You’d think that somehow Ludwig would adjust and make them pay but it never happened.

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…[Read more]

If we’re not, we need to.

Listen, a guy that is now 25 plus and in his seventh college season is still a Ute because: A. NIL money. Where else is he going to get $1M+ in salary? Not the NFL as a 3rd string rookie QB. B. The possibility to raise his stock and possibly (admittedly a longshot) make it to the NFL. and C. Grab some glory and leave Utah as the best QB…[Read more]

I’m glad you know. Rising isn’t getting drafted regardless of tape. He doesn’t have an NFL arm. Maybe his motivation was to get a big 12 championship and playoff birth. I’m sure he is fully aware this is most likely it for him. Some NFL eyeballs on the big stage and maybe a free agent landing spot.

I don’t understand the downvotes on Miami’s post. He’s absolutely right. First and foremost now in college basketball you have to be able to recruit at a high level. This has never been Craig’s strength. He was supposed to come in and make even mediocre talent better from preaching the fundamentals and coaching them up. We have not seen…[Read more]

Interesting. I’ve always thought of Whitt’s best defenses more like monster trucks that just slowly stomp the life out of the other teams while smashing every available surface beyond repair.

But it is definitely a thing of beauty when the D is flipping the field and scoring points on their own so I’ll cosign on Ferrari defense.

The first thing we need is more money. The second thing we need is even more money. And the final thing we need is gobs of money.

BYU-Provo Campus has shown the path to CBB success: A sugar daddy. They’re one Ryan Smith away from going back to being the ward ball all-star team we’ve seen for decades.

He came back because it was his best chance to get to the NFL. Playing at less than 100% doesn’t put anything better on tape than what he had shown pre-Penn State.

None of us knows how healthy Rising is. At the same time, let’s not pretend that his only motivation is to get Utah a championship or that he only plays because of his love for his…[Read more]

Yep Holladay your QB gets run out of bounds into a table and hurts his throwing hand. You lose a game and suddenly Whitt can’t coach and Cam is just collecting a check. Are we becoming Ohio State or Alabama. If Cam doesn’t return this year and we lose to ASU and a couple more games then we’ll have something to really complain about.

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Cam or not, I’m worried about this game, maybe because there’s so much to lose. Lose it, and we’re practically out of the B12/CFP race. ASU is no pushover, and it will be an ugly game like most of our games. I’d feel much better about our chances if Reid and O’Toole play.