2008 National Champ

If we just limit the evaluation of the portal ins/outs to recruiting rankings, Utah is down across the board from the “deepest and most talented” roster Whitt has ever put together and it’s not even close. We won’t get a true indication of whether the staff and the ranking services are better at identifying talent the 2nd time around until August…[Read more]

Mitchell ran a 10.81

Matthews’s stats for Cal might not be better than Utah 2023, but I fail to see how he would have gotten 30 catches in the 2024 iteration of the Utah offense.

Until every school has the same available path to the playoff it will always be an Invitational and only slightly more legitimate than any previous version

Unless the laws are different in Utah, wouldn’t the information your are trying to find be under seal since he would have been a juvenile at the time?

RG3 never rushed for 1k in a season.

I did find this from the BCS era. Couple more Heisman’s on that list if they’d wanted to expand the range to this century.

2016 is an odd line to draw for the comparison

I’ll use the theory from my HS Biology teacher: Everyone starts with an A, whether they keep it or not depends entirely on their results.

To keep that A, I’d use the following statistical benchmarks:

RB coach – Top 2 rushers combine for an average of 1500 yards per season coached
WR coach – Top 2 receivers combine for an average of 1250 yards…[Read more]

Well, I got my wish that if Whitt came back it would be with an overhauled Offensive staff.

Now I wish that I had been more specific and the overhaul wouldn’t be with (3) former players from the parochial school.,,

Yes

The students did not sign something giving away their rights

That’s not true. Students gave away their rights to NIL which was clearly stipulated when they signed their scholarship agreements. O’Bannon v NCAA is what changed that.

The scholarship agreements were binding on the student because their Parent / Guardian also signed and that hasn’t changed.

The offensive chart had Utah in the lower left. There were only 6 teams worse on both axes (axesses? axis?). The word is pronounced ack-cees but it doesn’t look right when I type it. No matter how it’s spelled it was putrid and the chart backs it up.

I didn’t like the attention it got at the time for those very reasons. A leased truck isn’t a tangible benefit. And who is going to take that over someone else offering 10k more in cash?

I just think the Ute collective outsmarted themselves in thinking that something they would find valuable in their world – a company car which is a nice perk…[Read more]

haha, didn’t even notice that. I guess you did use the possessive for entry

I think there will be more entries than commitments. Unless I have the rules wrong, the only people officially in the portal before today were grad eligible. The announcements we’ve seen were “intend to enter” but only the schools can officially put their names in the…[Read more]

Working now and the charts match perception. The Colorado and Iowa State games hurt Utah’s overall defensive rankings but on a pure by play analysis, that was a top level defense we watched in 2024. With even a competent offense we’d be talking about it being one Utah’s best ever instead of thinking that the defense could/should have done just…[Read more]

more entries

I’m sure I’m still naive about it but I just don’t think every player that goes somewhere else is strictly because of NIL. At the same time, I feel like the truck thing was a miscalculation on the part of the Ute collective. A company car is a nice perk but I wouldn’t sign a deal for better perks and less base money. These kids aren’t any…[Read more]

Defensive link isn’t working for me

I’m with Rick on this one. Until I see the defense fail, I’m going to assume that they’ll get the job done. I don’t think they will be as good as 2018 but that’s a really high bar with seniors all over the place.

D Line – Luther and Powell have earned the benefit of the doubt that they will have those spots ready even if Fano is the only name…[Read more]

Me? say stuff just to say stuff? couldn’t happen

If we hear Rising has entered the portal, that to me would be an indicator that he thinks he can still play and would be healthy in time for spring ball. My guess based on Rising wearing a boot and using the push cart thingy to get around at the next game is that it was ligament damage but at…[Read more]