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Mikey Matthews 2023. Composite 4-star.

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LOVE this guy!

His commitment video just demonstrates several things: he’s intelligent and communicates well. He put a lot of thought into his recruitement. He’s grateful and gives thanks to his high school team and coaches and is grateful to be pushed to his limits. He pointed out the Utah culture and how it is everything to him.

He…[Read more]

This is great. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed it, and I’m happy for Clay. What a great asset to LAPD.

As a side note, when I saw the title to this thread, I thought “Kaelin Clay is probably in a post somewhere on CougarBoard”, given that they post his drop there all the time. So I wandered over to CB, and sure enough, there it is! A whole thread…[Read more]

Yea I agree. A borderline 3/4 star he is. Just for fun, here is a summary of his ratings on all four recruiting sites. He’s a 4-star (barely) on three of the four sites and a high 3-star on one.

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But you’re right on his offer list. Very impressive. Offers from LSU, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Oregon, etc.

Update: all three crystal balls, including Steve Bartle, have him going to Illinois. Looks likely that Utah will miss out on this one. Bummer.

New CV in for him to Illinois.

Ca’lil Valentine. Steve Bartle gave a crystal ball for him to Utah today.

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Bad news is that top Utah player Isaiah Garcia just received a crystal ball to Stanford. While his crystal ball to Utah by Bartle still remains, it seems he is trending away from Utah to out of state.

I watch the games alone also. I even attend home games alone.

Excellent analysis. It was a pleasure to read.

My biggest worry is Rising’s health. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has at least a minor injury that either causes him to have an off game that we lose that we otherwise shouldn’t, or he misses a few games, resulting in a loss or two that normally wouldn’t be losses. But if that doesn’t happen…[Read more]

Honestly, for me it was the Rose Bowl this year. I acknowledge the other losses listed in comments before mine, but I was never really a die-hard fan previous to 2011 or so – just a casual fan. So the 2009 TCU loss, for example, was irritating to me, but not being a die-hard fan, I shrugged it off. Admittedly, the 2007 BYU 4th and 18 loss pissed…[Read more]

“Cougarboard is the most negative, hateful, and angry site I have ever seen.”
Completely agree. It is shocking how angry they are.

“They of course hate Utah and the PAC12. But, they also hate everything about Boise State, Utah State, Wyoming, SDSU, and many more.”
Also, Coastal Carolina, Memphis, and probably a few others.

“I assume that…[Read more]

Exactly. Although I think 247 is now reporting 20 transfer comits for BYU and not 16, but the average ranking for Utah’s transfers is actually higher than BYU’s.

Also, On3 has the following for BYU:

13 transfers in at an average player rating of 64.39 (I’m not sure what this rating number means, exactly, but obviously the higher the better.)…[Read more]

Love it! 6 foot 6, 250 pounds. Offers from Colorado, Washington.

Here’s Bartle’s take on his commitment:

https://247sports.com/college/utah/board/105314/Contents/breaking-utah-secures-a-tight-end-commitment-from-snow-college-tight-end-dallen-bentley-209614687/?page=1

Yep. Now let’s get Isaac’s teammate, Isaiah Garcia to commit. He is considered the number one recruit in the state and everyone, including Alabama, is after this kid.

Hopefully. I haven’t followed his recruitment much, but On3 has Oregon and USC in the lead for him, but it is an online AI-powered prediction. But I don’t know how up to date or…[Read more]

Sorry. Slight spelling error on his name. It should be Jeilani.

Could be a trap game, but I think more likely it will be a must win game. Win the game and go to the conference championship, for example. Worst case might be if the conference championship is already decided and Utah needs to win to get to a better bowl. Either case, Utah should be motivated to win the game.