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None of it is hard and yet Utah is coming off two conference wins. Guess how many times Utah finished with just two conference wins in the Pac-12? And that was a much bigger jump (from MWC to Pac-12) than what we’ve experienced here.

Utah struggles historically on the road vs decent or better teams. @ UCLA, @WVU, @BYU, @Baylor, @Kansas could be…[Read more]

No. I don’t believe Utah sucks no matter what lol

But Utah is coming off a 5-7 season where they finished 13th in the conference.

I’m the fan that needs to see the actual results before I feel confident enough to pick them to do better than 6-6 or 7-5.

We’d played #7 Ariz St, #13 ybu-p, #15 Iowa St, and #25 Colo last year. You call a schedule with 4 ranked opponents “ridiculously easy”? And don’t forget that our conference schedule was 4-Home, 5-Away.

This wasn’t our toughest schedule in Utah Football history, but I wouldn’t have described it as “ridiculously easy”.

This thread is mind boggling to me … I understand limiting expectations but even limiting expectations Utah is still a top 5 team in this conference! Health is the only thing that would derail that!

If Utah stays healthy they will win at least 10 games. If we see a lot of Zurbrugg than it’s another 5 or 6 win season.

To feel better, know that:
1) We aren’t relying on Cam Rising and Cam Rising alone like the last 2 years
2) We have an OC that doesn’t require 2 years just to start understanding the system

Beck and a ‘simpler’ offense that can adapt if injuries do occur (knock on wood, hopefully not) and a still very good defense and we can play a well-rounded…[Read more]

Exactly.

It’s easy to forget 2021. The DLine was young and inexperienced that year. And BYU pushed them around early in the season, and so did Oregon State.

We all know what eventually happened in 2021.

I think he keeps trying because this shit would actually work on cougarboard. I keep crossing my fingers that one prediction ends up being randomly correct just for the entertainment though

I’m not surprised, but it looks like he just used Utah to get more from TT.

https://x.com/On3sports/status/1914403078696030474

Big12 officials are pretty lax on holding

Unless BYU desperately needs the yards.

It’s the Big 12 none of the seasons are that hard. If UCLA is our standout test I might remind you that we just exited a league where they were perennially one of our easiest opponents.

I won’t be convinced that we aren’t on track for one of the worst offenses in all of college football again until at least week 5 of the season.

Amen Yergi. Let’s wait until the last drive to start calling it.

“Big12 officials are pretty lax on holding.”

Except that one game deciding call on some press handplay against a front running team.

Felt like Larry Scott was back.

I agree Rick. Getting a new offense that is player friendly will make a difference. Lots of unknowns with this team but the team vibe seems much better with the new offensive staff. I’m optimistic we can contend but not drinking the koolaide again.

Ludwig’s offense took a couple years to figure out and understand. Under Whitt it has always been run first. We haven’t had a gunslinger type QB that is throw first. Rising wasn’t a great downfield QB.

Obviously the offense was not designed for WR to get big numbers. Two NFL guys Vele and Patrick didn’t have big numbers.

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Micah Hudson predicted to transfer back to Texas Tech

In the spirit of helping the OP feel good about the upcoming football season, here’s 1 nugget:

Wayshawn Parker is a LEGIT P4 running back, Dampier is a 1,000 yard rushing QB and they’ll be running behind what many college football media members consider to be a top 5 offensive line unit.

You say you’re worried about the defense, well show…[Read more]