2008 National Champ

I go back to the bye week during the 2023 season. It was announced that Rising was done for the year so the splitting of the reps BS didn’t need to go on any longer. I remember saying on here that my hope was that they would look at the tape, figure out what it was that they were doing well, and then lean into it. Instead, they moved Vaki to…[Read more]

Stanley was the decoy when Parks got ploughed and would have also gotten trucked himself if it hadn’t been a fake. It was almost like TCU knew what was coming with Stanley split wide. I’m not sure how that could be since Utah does such a good job with their personnel packages to make sure that tendencies aren’t a giveaway. Guess TCU just got…[Read more]

he already had a worse record over his previous 13 games than Helton had in any 13 game period during his tenure. Amazing that damage the losing to Bryson Barnes can have on a program 🙂

look at the source Tony

Ferentz didn’t fire his son. In lieu of forcing him to fire, the AD put in his kid’s contract that if certain season averages weren’t met, his contract would be terminated. And when the bar of just being able to run a top 100 offense for one season was to big a burden, the stipulation was enforced.

Problem is the timing. Nothing significant can change this week. After that, you’ve got another bye and then the parochial school. That’s where any changes will be seen, providing Whitt doesn’t decide the answer is that the team just isn’t physical enough and gets more kids injured in practice.

the only thing I’ve been able to find is the Locked On Utes podcast where they danced around the issues for 30 minutes but still weren’t willing to come to any real conclusions.

Locked on Utes

Which is why I took away my posting privileges for 10 days after it happened. I just hadn’t seen him post since and didn’t want to do a private apology when the issue happened in public. I’m 100% team Charlie

Or didn’t like Fisch enough to follow him to the rain capital of the world for 9 months.

Sure, but the relative entertainment opportunities between the two cities isn’t a new development. Any more than the fact that the state of Arizona produces more talent and Tempe is closer to Vegas and/or Southern California than Salt Lake is.

When the choice is old guy Herm v not quite so old guy Whitt (even discounting the racial aspect),…[Read more]

welcome back Charlie. I hope you took a couple of weeks off for some reason other than me being a complete jackass to you for which I sincerely apologize.

I’m on the same page. I want Whitt to dig himself out of the hole. But it can’t happen with his current staff. I brought up Harbaugh last week and think it’s still appropriate.

This season is done. Either announce your retirement effective at the end of the season so that Scalley can have two months before signing day to shore up this year’s…[Read more]

my only thought was that since the defender hit him in the back, instead of the leg, it was running into.

It’s more than just NIL though. People on here laughed about Kenny Dillingham’s postgame interview last week. Do you know who wasn’t laughing? His players. They absolutely love playing for a coach who is young, enthusiastic, doesn’t think the answer to every situation is the same one he’s been doing for the last 20 years.,,

Dillingham may…[Read more]

the 2017 parallel is apt. 3 of the 4 were when the starter went down with injury and the highly talented but woefully inaccurate backup was not able to lead the team to victory. The 4th was when the starter tried to return from injury before fully healed and had the worst game of his career.

All throughout sports history, highly successful coaches have been fired when they were no longer effective in their current situation. The notion that what you currently have is the best you can ever aspire to runs counter to everything that makes sports great.

To borrow from Biology 101, a cell in stasis is a cell that is inhibited from growing.

There isn’t anything parochial school fan can say that will ever faze me. If I would never go to that person, or group, for advice why would their criticism matter?

If the last two years are only “close” to fireable, then what does that truly look like? You and I had long conversations on here in early 2023 about how bringing Rising back would screw up the QB room for multiple seasons. If a couple of armchair analysts could predict this exact outcome, how much worse does it have to get before enough was too…[Read more]

It’s a bitter life indeed when your only satisfaction is derived from the misfortune of others

My future employment doesn’t rely on the relative performance of 18-22 year old kids so take this with a grain of salt. How many times has the Utah defense knocked a QB out of the game only to watch an untested, untried backup come in and look like Peyton Manning reincarnated?

Coaches aren’t always right on who should be playing. But the bigger…[Read more]