Charlie

This may be a longshot if looking for help rowing the boat.

He is a great RB no doubt. Whitt has been good at managing second chances, however so soon after TT he may still have some PTSD related to player issues. Oregon is more lenient than Utah with a limit of .8 vs .5 in Utah. I went to a game at Oregon a few years ago and I was quite surprised to stop at a gas station with a deli and next to the…[Read more]

Or maybe you can see a QB complete in a tight window. That angle requires the DB to slow to see the ball unless he is part owl. Turning to the left the DB is playing position to tackle, if he turned to the right the chance to bat the ball increases but if he misses he may give up a TD. I assume Rising understands the angle.

2023 was a strange year where we struggled to pass the ball. Next year I think we return to ideal with 50% passing, he may have needed to wait. I think 50/50 with a very good RB benefits WRs more than an offense that passes most of the time.

I assume he is more of a 4, like Ben Carlson. I assume Exact was not interested in the portal, it would be nice to know his current health status. It seems coach does not lose players to the portal and average bringing in 3 per year. Chandler will be coming home from his mission and I am hoping Smith makes a run at him. The second priority should…[Read more]

You must have 2 QBs ready to go in the season, of course one will be better than the second. We have no idea how far along Rose is currently. The fact that he has not been mentioned by Whitt as QB2 means nothing to me for the reasons above. The spring game will be the first hint as to where he is but I expect the ‘competition’ to go thru the first…[Read more]

Goodness, Whitt wants to completely encourage the next 3 or 4 QBs behind Rising. There is zero benefit and a mountain of problems is Whitt was to give you a report this early in the competition for QB2. His focus is getting as many as 3 QBs ready to go next fall and the carrot is the QB2 position. I expect in the next portal window he will look…[Read more]

The only mention of the Y is in the Utah game, however, I think the Utah vs Colorado game will be better.

I wish Rollie stayed, he has a better drive to the rim game and he can play with Smith in a 2 PG system. Keba will likely not ever be a starter but is an awesome bench option. Lovering does not have high minutes in him even if we tried to give him high minutes. Erickson will be better next year. All these guys, much like Smith, should realize it…[Read more]

Awesome, I want to sit with you. Kids have quite an impact on concessions, I don’t bother to stop unless I have my grandkids.

Sadly, 80% of the NIT teams are pissed they did not make the NCAA tournament. Oddly, I watched college basketball for decades before the NCAA tournament surpassed the NIT and picked first. Maybe the only single significant accomplishment by the NCAA was eclipsing the NIT. Fun fact, when Utah won the national championship in 1944, they went to the…[Read more]

Not sure. I had a friend that owned a station on the side and he always laughed at that thought that is repeated a lot. However, event concessions have a very high profit margin but comes in after TV and ticket sales, I think.

Exactly. Coaches have their job to do. Players have their job to do. Fans have support to do. When any of the three wait for the others, progress is slow at best. A wise man once said things happen for only one of two reasons: chance or you make it happen. As fans, if you have spending money you can help the administration and influence coaching.…[Read more]

Best case, Rising is healthy and misses little if any game time, Rose and Wilson both have a healthy attitude about growing as a QB, and the portal provides a serviceable backup that finishes several games letting Rising chill. Rose and Wilson have no reason to panic about a spring depth chart.

Remind me, did Utah get a QB coach? Has there been…[Read more]

Win tonight, we are that close…

Goodness, DEI is often simply virtue signaling, to actively promote it with departments, statements, policies has nothing to do with actual desired results. Consider the recent news coming from the Veterans Administration related to problems in their DEI department. Sadly aggressive voices promoting DEI may actually be making things worse not…[Read more]

Odd how Dante is pushing everyone around with no calls in-between flop after flop.

Don’t get me wrong, the Big 12 is great in basketball. However, rather than assume it is miles ahead of the Pac I want to wait and see. My hesitation is watching the Y go from mid conference in the WCC with a losing record in conference to 1 game over 500 mid conference in the Big 12. They did that with the same coach and almost all the same…[Read more]

It is interesting how those outside the Utah program respect it the most. They are aware how hard it is to beat Whitt. They would prefer to play most all of the big name coaches over having to play Whitt in a big game they need to win. Often even when getting a win over Utah they whish they were more like Utah. I feel the better respect from…[Read more]