GameForAnyFuss

Looking at it from a pure sporting perspective (i.e. setting aside fandom), for the life of me I can’t figure out why people like football more than basketball. Don’t get me wrong – I like football. But football is so much worse than basketball from the standpoint of straight up entertainment.

A game takes 4 hours and there’s only something like…[Read more]

I think it comes down to a single thing: Utah fans love winners. Track attendance throughout the modern history of football and basketball and it’s no big mystery.

I don’t buy the whole “NCAA/NIL/transfer portal/one-and-done is ruining the game” excuse. Those same things are happening in football and it’s not affecting attendance.

As a fan who…[Read more]

A couple of notes from the game:
– Keita is now a grown-ass man. He put on about 20 lb of muscle in the offseason and he’s learning how to use it. As noted, his free throws have improved and he’s actually got a nice touch at the line.
– It was nice to have the real Gabe Madsen back. He was absent in the exhibition game, but he took over in this…[Read more]

I don’t know why an investor would be displeased. Despite the fact that Rising and Kuithe aren’t playing, their names are still well known. And it’s not like they would be wearing the investors’ logos during games.

BYU-Provo Campus will never have the horses to compete in the Truck Stop Conference. Their recruiting class rankings remain low. They haven’t seen the “Big 12 bump” they predicted, likely because it’s a weird school and top players have other options in good conferences.

They were successful as a G5 because they recruited like a G5. Now they’re…[Read more]

Utah is the only team since 1999 to gain more than 500 yards AND allow less than 100 yards in a PAC12 game.

It can’t be overstated how comprehensive of a beatdown that was.

Here’s the only way I can make you feel better about tomorrow: Whether the football team wins or loses, when the game is over, you will still have all the things that make life worth living. The love of your family and friends, your hobbies and passions, your career (if applicable), your beliefs, your health, and your possessions.

It’s just a…[Read more]

I’m not sure what you meant by Lovering was having “just one of those nights”. He had 15 points in 18 minutes. Maybe it was just a case of the 7-footer feasting on an undersized opponent, but it’s hard to not like 15 in 18. I do agree that his free throw shooting is a mess, but he was really good from the floor.

Hat tip to Bob Uecker.

Thanks – that’s good advice. Of course, the Niners could make this decision easy for me by not sucking hind titty lately.

Serious question: Dalton has been getting better every week. He’s my fantasy TE2. At what point do I make him the starter? My TE1 is Kittle.

I was watching this with my son, who was a college kicker (D2, but it still counts, right?). I asked him if that was the right move.

His answer: In college, yes. Chances of a mishandled snap are lower than the chances of a right-footed kicker pulling it from the right hash.
In high school, no. Mishandled snaps are much more common. You would…[Read more]

Sounds harsh, but it’s true.

– Most of the member schools are located in mid-size, semi-rural cities with low economic development that reside on major interstate corridors.
– Most of the member schools have low to mid-level academics.

Truck stop conference in every sense of the word.

Truck stop conference.

Won’t matter today. The Cal pass defense sucks hind tit. Anyone in the Utah QB room would light up Cal’s secondary.

No…it broke the plane of the endzone before it went out of bounds. Kind of like how it’s a TD if a runner dives for the endzone right by the pylon and he lands out of bounds. As long as the kickoff breaks the plane before going out of bounds it’s a touchback.

If history is any indication, you’ll only see it in the NEZ.