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[Uteanooga]

Awesome post!

There are so many great memories. Utah took advantage of the opportunity and went from being an outsider to an insider during the P12 days. It was an amazing transition. I am proud of the program not pulling a Colorado.

Being associated with the P12 universities was really fantastic and every game had the feel of being a huge deal.

Playing USC, in particular, was fantastic. Beating them, wrecking some of their best seasons, roughing up their vaunted QBs- so delicious.

Ah well. RIP P12. Progress is not always what we want it to be. Hopefully the B12 will be just as great in different ways. I have the suspicion that we will have a lot of tough games. Getting into the playoffs would be awesome and the pathway to admission is there for the taking.

[Utah]

Anyone associated with Utah could go to a BYU fan and say “my favorite BYU uniform was *insert shade of blue*. Those were clean.”

And BYU fan would take offense. They are the softest group of people I’ve ever seen.

[NarfUte]

Looks like he was mishandling reports of sexual assault last year:

Utah State University officials informed Head Football Coach Blake Anderson on Tuesday of their intent to terminate his employment agreement for actions taken in spring 2023. These actions violated both his employment agreement and university policy. Under his employment agreement Coach Anderson will have 14 days to respond.

This decision comes after a thorough external review of alleged noncompliance with university policies that implement Title IX, which require full and timely reporting of disclosures of sexual misconduct — including domestic violence — and prohibit employees from investigating disclosures of sexual misconduct themselves.

Associate Vice President & Deputy Athletic Director of External Affairs Jerry Bovee (Interim Athletic Director, 2023) and Utah State Football Director of Player Development & Community Austin Albrecht have also been dismissed for violations of university policies related to the reporting of sexual and domestic violence and failures of professional responsibilities.

https://www.usu.edu/today/story/usu-makes-significant-changes-in-football-program/

[MDUte]

Based on this, my guess is when FSU and Clemson leave the ACC there’s going to be an opportunity for the ACC to try and survive and become the 3rd best power conference over the B12…like what the PAC should’ve done when they had the chance but failed. Either the best remaining ACC schools secure a place in the B12 or the ACC bands together and forms a best of the rest league. If the latter occurs, would Utah rather be associated with the B12 schools or potentially in a new ACC that includes North Carolina, Miami, Stanford, Cal, Virginia, Va Tech, Georgia Tech, NC St, Pitt, Louisville, Utah, and maybe ASU, WSU and OSU???

Edit: forgot about ND who still prefers to maintain independence. A newly reorganized ACC would likely also include a scheduling agreement with ND.

[Yergensen]

@Pedro, is there inside info or experience that is the reason for your lack of faith in U leadership?

From the outside looking in we know Randall acknowledged being associated with the $50m/team PAC12 ESPN ask and there were claims Harlan didn’t do great in selling USF to the Big 12. I’m curious what your reasons are.

[The Miami Ute]

Yeah, I guess I’m also of a certain age. To me “Yeti” will always be associated with the term “Abominable Snowman” and the Himalayas. Yeti coolers are a product of the last decade and still don’t register with me.

[The Miami Ute]

Don’t forget to mention the textbook scam associated with all courses or degrees. I wonder where all of that money is going to?

[UTEopia]

So many of these figures are meaningless without the details. For example, Utah sports pay rent to the University to play in both the Smith’s ballpark, Huntsman and RES (I don’t know about other facilities). Which other schools pay those fees? If they don’t pay rent, is that institutional support? Utah athletic department pays the costs associated with scholarships, including housing, food, etc. Do all schools do that? If the athletic department does not pay those costs but they are paid from general fund or some other university budget, is that included in institutional support?

[bopahull]

Coaches don’t get paid NIL deal money. They are under contract with the school. No doubt Smith made a major contribution to TSPP’s athletic department to facilitate the hire it wasn’t really associated with NIL.

[Uteanooga]

Once you get past 20 or 25 programs, you are comparing a lot of really solid places with substantial upside but some warts. Even some of the programs that are dismissed are fantastic. Take Vandy for instance, who many automatically assume would be out with the creation of a new alliance.

Nashville is a fantastic city and Vandy is an elite institution with massive endowment, elite professional schools, and an elite medical system servicing a state with 10m people. I’ve recently attended some track meets there to watch my daughter run and Vandy is a really impressive place. They are completely renovating their football stadium and I have no doubt that it will be a great place to watch a game.

I suppose whether Vandy would be included would come down to whether the alliance would be based on whom university presidents would like to be associated with or which group of programs ESPN feels they can sell.