Charlie

I grew up listening to sports on the radio because TV games were few, attending a game was a real treat. Today, or better yet before the Big 12, all the games were on TV and access to attending games are way up for kids. Additionally, there are so many more entertainment options. Easy to pass and maybe catch the next game. I spent several years in…[Read more]

I have spent several years coaching youth football and basketball. I have also spent years watching my kids in sports. I expect my experiences have a lot to do about my opinion about this subject. Of course, I could not at all imagine booing my kids or their teams even due to any imaginable errors or mistakes. I can be disappointed but can’t boo.…[Read more]

Keep in mind Kenan Johnson started over Calhoun when healthy and he is coming back. Rabbit Evans is another awesome replacement. Tanavasa and Pepa were good for the DT group, however, Utah always seems to have an embarrassment of riches at this position.

CU has clearly realized a big gain recently in the football landscape, however, there is no reason to believe this gain will persist longer than Sanders and there is no reason to believe he will remain in Colorado much beyond his sons eligibility. ASU has achieved AAU status but in the academic world there is a pecking order even at this level and…[Read more]

I don’t know how this works. Can another school contact athletes that are not in the portal and make offers? Can an athlete contact other schools to gain an offer without entering the portal? Oddly, this only gets under control when the schools with the most money become convinced it needs control.

The degree from Cal or top schools was very respected 40 years ago. Not so much the case anymore since it has been revealed that there are so many entry options beyond simple merit. But as Miami pointed out, the degree matters. A tech or engineering degree has a higher degree of difficulty then maybe liberal arts. Sadly, I am not sure all medical…[Read more]

I am a football fan beyond simply my own school. I won’t watch end to end like a Utah game, but I am happy to check in as much as I can to see if there is some drama that will be interesting.

Men are bigger and stronger on the BB court than the women, however, the lady utes shoot FT better than the men. How could there be a reason? Our ladies were 78% at the FT last year. To solve this problem have a mid week free throw contest between the men and women, the winner each week gets preference over the basketball resources for the…[Read more]

Bernard entered the portal, came back, and was all in. I would say it depends on the individual but success may be less than the first time through guys.

It may be hard to gain that insight directly, however, if coaches let a key guy go without effort to retain them I begin to believe the coaches also see value in the change. The future QB leaving should leave signs that the coaches tried to retain the player. Because coaches don’t want to be know as someone to make negative aspects of a player…[Read more]

I think in today’s reality, players that do not break into their desired playing time consider a quick change. If you bring in a dozen portal players there will be lateral competition not just players behind you for minutes vacated by those ahead. If players that are not in regular rotation leave it is not the issue it once was. As for offensive…[Read more]

Well there is Becker and Ficklin who are freshmen. I expect the NM QB and likely another portal QB. Rising might stay for QB3 level NIL. That mix may just be better then this last year.

I don’t know that ASU so much pulled a rabbit out of the hat, Leavitt I think was a Y legacy kid. ASU brought in 3 QBs in the portal, had a derby, and came up with a good QB. They got 30 in portal I expect hitting their needs and moved quickly past Colorado with their star players. Scattebo was a rabbit out of the portal the previous year. Anyway,…[Read more]

Good view Miami, there may be more positives to this than negatives. I know nothing about the locker room but I think their may be some chemistry issues. The thing with Glover makes me wonder and the lack of a RB stepping up given the opportunity this year leaves me with unknowns in the RB room. The rumors around Wilson also make me wonder and the…[Read more]

Lots of talent on the defense line. These guys can assess well the chances to play next year. There are younger guys in the program and there is good talent coming in this spring. The DL will continue to be good.

Don’t get me wrong, I want more particularly on the offensive side, as much as anyone. I just don’t think is is as simple as slap leather and go out and get someone better. Other schools with greater resources want the very same solutions that we seek. Better is very difficult and the hoped for solutions carry a real chance of not delivering…[Read more]

I feel prep for next year starts with the OC. I would prefer we start high on the list of possibilities and work down rather than start in the middle which leads to coming up second a few times. We also need to understand that there are actually many schools with more resources than Utah. We also need to understand that there are also parts of the…[Read more]

I expect that so many of the great coaches have awesome offense numbers but have defensive numbers like Whitt’s offense numbers. I expect that very few have great numbers on both sides over a range of years like this. But we remember and note the coaches with great offenses, I suppose because most fans completely enjoy a 45 to 42 win. Whitt’s…[Read more]

Could be he did not want to play behind Damuni and Barton, two very good LBs. I am assuming Damuni gets a medical year.

Who is it that has the loop of a guy beating a dead horse?