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You’re totally right. I’m not very good at responding to the right comment. My post is in response to those that say Utah’s in-state talent isn’t very good or important to recruiting. Clearly it is to this year’s team. And, as pointed out, we often don’t get the state’s best talent. Imagine if we got it all… wouldn’t mind having had guys like Jax…[Read more]

I could be wrong, but pretty sure all them played high school in Utah. But you’re right several are not top 10 or didn’t sign with Utah out of high school. The OP says in-state recruiting is in the decline… as pointed out, I don’t think that’s true. But several comments were made that in-state talent isn’t that great and not important. I don’t thi…[Read more]

I could be wrong, but pretty sure all them played high school in Utah. But you’re right several are not top 10 or didn’t sign with Utah out of high school. The OP says in-state recruiting is in the decline… as pointed out, I don’t think that’s true. But several comments were made that in-state talent isn’t that great and not important. I don’t thi…[Read more]

I remember those days also proud Ute. 10,000-20,000 at the games. 6-6 was considered a good season. We have come along way with lots of bumps in the road along the way. The loss to Arizona is just another bump.

Thanks for the post, Jim. We are lucky as fans to have what we have.

For some stupid reason, I let this Arizona loss bother me much more than it logically should. I really can’t explain it, and it does not make sense.

I was a season ticket holder back in the days when we had back-to-back 1-10 seasons. I had great fun going to games. We lost…[Read more]

I think both eras were great in their own way. I give tons of credit to Coach McBride for bringing excitement back at the start and it’s been building ever since. I look at the top-tier SEC and B1G schools and it will be really difficult to get on their level, if ever. That said, I don’t think I’ve ever felt more euphoric when Cam went for 2 at…[Read more]

Miami remember when we used to say the big boys were afraid to play us. We can beat anybody. We could be competitive in a P5 conference. Don’t miss the New Mexico Wyoming UNLV games. Air Force was always a test. BYU TCU were always a big rival for conference title. You could drive to most away games.

Great post, Jim, very balanced and well reasoned – how the heck am I suppose to overreact to that? 🙂

Back when we hoped to win the battle of the brothers and maybe win a few other games against the likes of Wyoming, Colorado State, and New Mexico, and at least blowing out UTEP was a foregone conclusion. Dreamed of one day beating that team down in Provo and heaven forbid attending a bowl game or maybe being in the ‘others receiving votes’…[Read more]

11 of the 21 listed are not Utah Top 10 guys, or are not from Utah, or didn’t sign with Utah out of HS.

I think you have it backwards. When I heard him, Mitchell said the thumb and index fingers are the two most important digits for throwing a football.

Agree. Utah is 4-1 with it’s best player out. There are positives to build on.

I get what you’re saying. What the other post was griping about was not landing top 10 Utah guys. Half the guys on your list are not top 10 or didn’t sign with Utah, originally, or are not from Utah.

Mokofisi, not top 10,
Kump, not top 10,
Bently, not top 30
Vakalahi not top 10.
Damuni signed with Stanford
Tao Johnson, Idaho
Togiai, Idaho
Karene…[Read more]

Sometimes I pine for the old MWC days. A lot of the innocence and enjoyment is lost when you’re in the college big leagues.

Copying this list from another thread. Not sure if they’re all “lighting things up,” but I would say all of them are making very positive contributions. And the list does not include a bunch of future starters (guys like Ike Garcia, Cash Dillon, John Henry Dailey, etc).

– Smith Snowden
– Nate Ritchie
– Tao Johnson (Utah-north lol)
– Karene Reid
–…[Read more]

Vele’s from Southern Cal, but he did serve an LDS mission which I could see confusing people and making them think he’s from Utah.

To clarify, I believe Utah recruited more of the top ten in-state players than that, but that is how many signed with Utah. Your point remains the same (in terms of success trends for signing in-state recruits). But I want to clarify the distinction because the original poster on the other thread made it sound like Utah was not even recruiting the…[Read more]

Here’s what I’m sure is an incomplete list of impact players on the current team…
– Smith Snowden
– Nate Ritchie
– Tao Johnson (Utah-north lol)
– Karene Reid
– Lander Barton
– Levani Damuni
– Junior Tafuna
– Simote Pepa
– Dallas Vakalahi
– Sione Fotu
– Tevita Fotu
– Logan Fano
– Van Fillinger
– Dallen Bentley
– Carson Ryan
– Spencer Fano
– Micha…[Read more]