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Amazing arm. Especially given that these highlights are his sophomore year.

https://x.com/BartleKSLsports/status/1903941155793887433?s=19

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Even former NBA all-star Isaiah Thomas likes the hire.

https://x.com/isaiahthomas/status/1903179154398601298?s=19

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I’m cautiously optimistic. With an emphasis on “cautiously”.

If Utah can be reasonably healthy, they’ll be in contention for the conference championship.

That said, we’ve been absolutely snake bitten at QB injuries. So what do we do? Get a running QB. Which concerns me. He’ll be effective running the ball until he’s injured – at least it is hard for me to NOT think negatively like this.

However, the OLine has two of the top tackles in the nation. If they can stay healthy that OLine itself will probably be enough to keep the offense humming along. Dampier will need to cut back on turnovers and improve on passing. I think he can – it’s just that the question is can he remain healthy. That is questionable right now as any running QB is always at risk of serious injury.

The D should be solid as always. Scalley will have them ready and they will be in the tops of the conference again.

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Any team (not named Ohio State, Oregon, etc.) playing QB 2 all season will lose some games. Any team playing a true freshman as QB 2 will lose more games. Any team also playing QBs 3 through 5 will lose even more.

With that, I am not convinced Utah’s football program is “in decline”. Not yet anyway given that it all points to the QB position. Most other positions outside of QB were performing well. One more season like the last two however – then yes the program is in decline.

Somehow, Utah must find a way to keep their QBs healthy.

Next season is it. 8-4 as a minimum before I agree that the team is in decline. Anything less than 8-4 then yes, the program is in decline and “the trend is your friend” (meaning it most likely continues) and it will take years to recover.

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Yup I miss it too.

Tough D. Physical. No easy baskets. Pick and roll. Assists. Only a few 3-pointers a game. Final scores 85 – 82 instead of 134-128.

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Yes. Almost forgot about that Isaiah Thomas. I was a huge Jazz fan in the 90s. I still remember that elbow to the head that required stitches Karl Malone gave him many years ago. Ouch.

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Yup. Comments like this will become more frequent. And if you follow the link in that CB post you’ll see some Iowa State fans don’t have nice things to say about BYU fans.

One by one the dominoes fall.

https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=34988828&tab=laugh

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Agreed. I am backing away from it more and more. I’ve blocked tons of BYU fans on the X platform. Just tired of them.

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Butterball Jones?

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