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Even worse…as we speak, someone is plotting to put Utah vs BYU in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.

Are you kidding me? Do you track NFL draft ratings of college players? Ellis, prior to his injury, was rated as a low 1st RD – high 2nd RD draft pick by PFF. Why in the world would he come back and risk a catastrophic injury that would ruin his draft stock? He’s gone and you can book it.

How will you feel is Utah ends up 7-6 on a four game losing streak? That USC win still enough to make the season a W?

I found this:

Top Arizona NIL Players

When you compare it to this:

Top Utah NIL Players

it looks like Arizona is ahead.

They certainly have. It looks like beating OU was their bowl game.

Yeah, I’ve lived near Tucson during three different times in my life and I quite enjoyed it. If you’re into the full-up college experience, it’s a cool place to go to school. That whole bar area near the school is hopping pretty much every night and gets unreal on the weekends. I’ve seen girls walking around there wearing outfits that would get…[Read more]

I hope that happens but I wouldn’t bank on it, especially if Fisch stays in Arizona. The Wildcats are a young team and will have almost all of their key contributors back next year. Utah is going to have to figure out a way too stop Fifita and McMillan because both those guys will be playing in 2024.

Bet you nobody picked the Utah versus Arizona score correctly.

Well, last week surely was the last time that we saw Jonah in a Utah uniform. The only caveat to that is if the injury was of the type that requires a long period of rehabilitation.

I’m not certain that Utah will have a chance to do something like what Arizona did today any time soon if Fisch stays with the Wildcats. For some reason, Arizona (and ASU) have the ability to recruit blue-chippers of the type that Utah rarely gets. Maybe it’s their proximity to California, or the fact that the state has a bigger population, or…[Read more]

LOL…I guess Nate Johnson and Steve Smedley aren’t black enough for you, huh?

We’ve talked about this in the past. As we discussed, it wouldn’t surprise me to see Rising transfer to USC, Oregon, or Washington and play next season for any of those teams. He’d get more exposure, more money, and the chance to play in more offense oriented systems with higher rated recruits. Of course, he’d have to weigh all of that against…[Read more]

I could definitely see that. The majority of these players are in college to try and get to the next level. You can’t do that sitting on the bench or by just having bit appearances over the course of a season. If Johnson is bound and determined to be a QB, then he needs to move on because it ain’t happening at Utah.

The question is where…[Read more]

You’re probably right. He probably isn’t too keen in switching positions and is at the point in his career where he just wants to play. He might be better off going down to a G5 or FCS team. He’d probably be king at any of those stops. Won’t get him anywhere close to the next level though.

Wake Forest is a decent team (picked to finish 6th in the ACC):and this was a pseudo home game for them. Nice Quadrant 1 win for the Utes. Now, if Utah can beat Houston tomorrow, we might be on to something.

I think Barnes stays, considering he’s from Utah. Rose and Johnson, I’m not sure about. Howard is another guy that’s probably wondering about his future as well.

A decision like this has second and third order effects and has the potential to create a series of unintentional consequences. For example, does this prompt an exodus out of the Utah QB room? Who stays and who goes?

This is what happens when you try to run an university like a corporation. Glad I don’t live in Arizona and have to be on the hook for the bailout the university will most likely need.

This tidbit is interesting and might be a harbinger for other university athletic programs:

Robbins also indicated that individual sports could be eliminated…

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