Charlie

I suspect that that most successful QB transfers are the result of coaching changes. Maybe a new coach brings in a new system that is less of a fit or they bring in their own QB. Possibly they follow their coach. Most QBs not getting playing time will simply find the competition just as difficult but adding a restart with everything new. The…[Read more]

Keep in mind, the star system is a rank at the present point in time. If you have been around young athletes much you see, from year to year, some take great leaps and other maybe fade a bit, all while trying to improve. I am not surprised that continues into college. I have no doubt that at that point in time 4s are better than 3s, but there are…[Read more]

It depends, half say either in the stadium. I was on the Fan Committee, I think the first year. At one point some students came in to argue the point for changing the fight song. One of the students was, may I say not sized well, groomed well, and otherwise had an appearance that would not be considered attractive (trying hard to find political…[Read more]

We have sometimes had an assistant coach that is in the sunset phase of career, like Pease, that is less than full time. Dennis Erickson, I think, ended his career at Utah as an assistant coach with the RBs. I would love to see Meyer come to Utah to be a QB coach with whatever limits he would like on off season work. If we could get him to just be…[Read more]

I don’t know Smith’s plans but for the good of the program he should let Manny Hendrix make this decision as the best one in the program to assess options. Not the time to wonder about foot steps. Hard to imagine this would not be a desire from the U’s side.

Thanks, I missed that. At one point I thought it was 85 and 105.

Hard to say. I don’t know Bamisile and Teat status. Johnson, I think is a mission kid. I don’t know about Katoa. I expect Huang and Haddock are WOs. The four that played often and the portal guys are 8 so there may be more on scholarship?

Andre has the fire, he and the U would just need adequate mutual interest.

For walk-ons there is a limit, I believe it is still 20 additional non-scholarship players. At one time the difference was the walk-ons did not get the training table – unlimited food with the team. Conference travel team restrictions also drew a line. There always has been, likely always will be big schools that can carry more numbers but making…[Read more]

Could possibly be an upgrade to the PF spot after all? Do we have as many as 2 open spots following this?

My guess is he made his decision before the point that Worster and Smith made their decisions. Likely he did not see playing time coming his way in 24 and wanted a chance to play more. With the redshirt decision, I expect he had his plan in motion already and chose not to change it as new developments took place. It would appear now that staying…[Read more]

The QBs last year had the issue that they either we not able, talent level or willingness, to learn from Rising the year before. There was so little progress to keep the previous offense running. Possibly, Rose gets a partial pass due to his injury. This year we have two new QBs that I believe have the talent level to mimic Rising and they both…[Read more]

Absolutely right Miami. Merit and test scores will produce not only the greatest diversity, it also eliminates so many nonproductive hires. I have gone variety of universities, gained degrees in three different states and enjoyed advanced military training and would say the UofU is as welcoming as any. As a non-LDS I have had zero issues as well.

It was George Patton who reminded us, the other side will have a plan also. Someone in conference always has a development no one saw coming.

Of course Utah is not a slam dunk for the B12 championship. Not perfect at all but likely is the best chance to win it all. The other contenders have their issues as well so the hype is relative to the other choices.
Texas and Oklahoma are gone.
UofA rebuilds again this year. Some of the players will be playing for their third different staff.…[Read more]

Could also get minutes from Caleb Lohner, the new FB TE with BB skills.

Could it be possible that the MBB team is looking for better days? I like Keller, Utah wanted him quite a bit out of HS. May give us more minutes than Kata and could approach Braden, maybe. Little, I think, is equal to my expectations for Smith last year before we saw him play. Dawes seems to have potential much like starters we have had in the…[Read more]

I think that may be a guess. For years, Utah benefited from 2 individuals they have no longer. Chris Hill’s first love was MBB and he was good at his job. He was supported by Jon Huntsman, also a MBB fan, in a big way. Together they made Rick work out for as long as he did. Football has enjoyed an unusual long run with an awesome HC to get us…[Read more]

As I recall the eligibility rule when Manny Hendrix finished playing BB… One gets 4 years of playing college sports in a single sport but can get a fifth year if in another sport. Manny played 4 years of BB, one of my favorites. Following the BB season he come out to play spring football, intending to play in the fall. A scout from the Cowboys…[Read more]

For the near future, the money pumped into TDS’s BB program by Ryan Smith will make competing with them quite difficult without our own Huntsman…