2008 National Champ

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]

maybe you’ve missed your calling?

The best thing about being a Utah fan while living in Arizona is that I can get great seats for a very reasonable price every year.

Based on the level of QB play the last two seasons, are we really sure that the right people are determining who is good enough to get snaps?

It actually might be preferable to go O-fer the rest of the way. If the team somehow scrabbles together two wins and makes a bowl the AD can blame injuries for the 2nd straight year, the new conference, global warming, inflation.,,

But if “the deepest and most talented roster ever” that was the betting favourite for the 4th seed in the playoffs…[Read more]

nope. 10-6 and then scored with 48 seconds left