GameForAnyFuss

Meh. I don’t want to sound like an apologist, but recruiting classes don’t matter as much as they used to in situations like Utah is facing. Besides, you don’t want a team with 15 freshmen starting. The transfer portal is where it’s at – I’m much more concerned about how well we “recruit” guys in the portal.

Not the least bit worried.
1. He’s too close to retirement age, and money is not an issue for him.
2. He doesn’t want to relocate.

Honestly, I’m more worried about KW retiring early than taking a different job. He said earlier this year that Ludwig is going to be his last OC. So what if Ludwig gets hired away at the end of this year? *gulp*

Football is all about matchups, and in spite of UCLA having a great offense at the moment, the matchup is good for Utah. UCLA is heavily run-dependent, and I like Utah much more in a matchup against balanced or run-heavy offenses. Against CU, UCLA ran for 207 and threw for 226, so they’re pretty balanced. I expect that run number to be under 100…[Read more]

Good morning, sunshine!

Just announced: 6:00 MT on Fox (the mothership)

UCLA would concern me if the game weren’t at home. As it is, I think Utah wins comfortably. I do think we’ll start slow (we tend to be rusty after a bye week) but eventually dominate.

What I’m saying is that the odds of winning out are pretty straight forward:

97% * 91% * 92* = 81.2% chance of winning out

Think about the null hypothesis you are trying to calculate

Last thing I’ll say about it: Go back to my original post. All I presented was the odds of winning out. And I did that, and I did it correctly. I didn’t “try to c…[Read more]

Is that the wheel off Nick Emery’s Jetta?

I believe what i said is correct…

It’s not. Sorry man. Playing the degree card is going to make me sound like a dick, but I have a master’s in statistics and I’d bet my house that my math is right.

You might be overthinking it just a bit. I’m trying to figure out your rationale but I’m struggling. Are you trying to apply the Monty Hall Problem?

Since somebody will ask before long, the odds of winning out (using Massey) are 81.2%

Huh? Our D is much better against the run.

Good for the Utes…until the championship game. Oregon looks scary good.

Our ability to do something significant in the postseason has everything to do with (a) winning the south and (b) winning the conference. Our OOC respectability has nothing to do with anything at this point.

That said, I can’t bring myself to root for USU any more than I can root for BYU-P. Over the last couple of years I’ve found that USU fans…[Read more]

I caught the first drive while the OU/SC game was at halftime. There’s a massively obvious difference between P5 and G5 football. The speed of play, the power, the overall sharpness. The USU/BYU-P game just looks so…mid-major-ey.

Make that 21-10. Slovis with a bad pick 6.

No it doesn’t. USC is ghastly on the road. If ASU even shows up they will beat SC.

Football is all about matchups, not about results against common opponents. That said, I like this matchup for Utah. This doesn’t shape up like the USC game.

I’m just relieved my Kings aren’t going to go 0-82. Yeah boys!

You might want to give them your bank account and routing numbers too. Just in case there’s a problem getting the check cleared.

Yay…another sports know-nothing who doesn’t understand that those things are almost meaningless in the context of this year’s game.