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Jim Vanderhoof

  • Keba reminds me of Mike Sogourner that played in the early 70’s. Very similar size and game. He got drafted in the first round and played three years with the Hawks. He couldn’t shoot either and was a little under sized at the time. Shot blocker and rebounder could jump out of the gym.

    NBA is different now. No three point shot back then. Now you…[Read more]

  • I wear my Utah gear everywhere but at a game ( any sport ) where Utah is not playing. I’m a packers fan but went to a few Charger games in San Diego with a friend who had season tickets. I bought a charger hat and t shirt out of respect.

    Last year I went to Utah State BB game with the PA announcer for the Aggies. We went golfing before the g…[Read more]

  • Jim Vanderhoof replied to the topic Utah BB in the forum Basketball (Men) 1 year, 1 month ago

    I agree Rick. Teams have gotten more and more athletic the past 5 years. Being able to switch on the pick and rolls and guard multiple positions. Also getting turnovers and offensive rebounds for easy baskets. This team reminds me of a Majerus team. Picking up an athletic wing should have been a priority to go with Smith.

    Carlson and Madsen have…[Read more]

  • Jim Vanderhoof replied to the topic Utah BB in the forum Basketball (Men) 1 year, 1 month ago

    I agree ghost. They just can’t get over the hump on the road. Their lack of athleticism shows more on the road ( defense ). Unable to get stops at the end of games. D Smith helps us offensively and defensively.

    Coach Smith needs to get his rotation and players roles figured out. We have the pieces to be better. D. Smith changes Wosters role. S…[Read more]

  • If we get Bridges our WR room will be solid. With speedy new RB and Bernard catching passes out of the backfield we should be able to spread the field with speed. I’ll take that over 3 yards and a cloud of dust any day. Rising wouldn’t have to run as much just get it to the playmakers. Ludwig should be in offensive heaven with those weapons.

  • Good questions! I have been going to Utah games since the 60s with my dad. 70’s going to school. Took my daughters and now my grandkids. It’s been a fun family tradition. Season tickets were cheap and fall weather to tailgate is the best. That’s why I still go because of the above and because it’s a high quality program.

    My 4 tickets are well ov…[Read more]

  • My question to you. Do you think the portal and NIL is good for college football? I personally don’t like it. I’ve had season tickets since the early seventies. My tickets go up every year. 50 50 on renewing.

    The ratings are high on tv because it’s free!! If you had to pay for streaming to watch games ratings would drop. Plus the population has g…[Read more]

  • NIL makes college sports professional. Paying players with free agency (transfer portal). Can you imagine the NFL with no salary cap and a free agency portal. The biggest complaint from scholarship athletes in the past was time commitment and inability to work for spending money.

    Instead of paying a few players millions why not give each player…[Read more]

  • Seems we can’t put together a complete game on the road. Usually it’s turnovers. Arizona it was defense. Today foul shooting. 4-12 Stanford 19-26. 15 point discrepancy. It was nice to see D Smith get more minutes with Worster out. He needs a bigger role when Worster returns. Ericksons minutes need to dry up.

  • Jim Vanderhoof replied to the topic Taeshaun Lyons in the forum Football 1 year, 1 month ago

    Lyons spending a year at Washington is huge. Best receiver room in the nation. Penix gone. Coach may be leaving. A chance to contribute to another playoff team. Plenty of reasons to transfer.

  • Congrats!! Enjoy the college experience. Get that MUSS fired up.

  • I thought he would go to Utah tech or southern Utah. Surprised by Utah state. We had a big enough sample size to know his limits. Wish him well he was a great teammate and class act.

  • Agree Charlie. He doesn’t play that many minutes. He has not developed any kind of role on offense. Comparing Batin to Carlson who cares? Both should be considered limited role players at best.

  • Watching the ASU AU games same story as last few years. Lack of athleticism on defense and lack of adjustments on offense. Once the offense breaks down as the other team adjusts we become stagnate and depend on Woster to create. When is the last time we had a good athletic point guard? Guards that can penetrate and shoot give you the best chance…[Read more]

  • The perfect storm at WR. Coaching philosophy (run first don’t turn it over) scheme ( one primary receiver throw short to TE) lack of talent to overcome the other two.

    Unless the philosophy changes and Whitt gives Ludwig the green light to take some shots downfield nothing will change. Tough to recruit good receivers.

  • With the addition of D. Smith we are now under rated. It’s good to stay under the radar until the pac tournament. Use it as motivation. The committee will ultimately decide our position. It’s fun to even be discussing it.

    Hopefully by time the Pac tournament starts we can have our rotation s set and playing our best.

  • That’s the point we’re not Michigan and it still took three years and a commitment for them to get there. TCU isn’t Michigan and they made it last year. Reality isn’t how many dudes are coming back. Reality is we lost 6 NFL caliber players to the draft and two key starters to the portal. It’s only January?

    We got a glimpse of next years tea…[Read more]

  • I think we all had some grand illusions of 2024. Michigan gave us hope. They made a commitment to all come back for one more year and go all in on a CFP title. The pinnacle of college sports.

    We had a similar situation for 2024. A healthy Rising and Kuithe returning along with a defense that would return all starters and another year of…[Read more]

  • I don’t give Ludwig a pass. Part of his job is to develop the QB room. Rising could have been done after last year. What would have been any different? Rose Barnes Johnson competing for starting job. Whitt stating Rose didn’t have a grasp of the offense before the Vegas bowl is puzzling.

    With Rose not grasping the offense that left Barnes as the…[Read more]

  • I couldn’t agree more Homer. I’ve had season tickets in football and basketball since the early 70’s. I lost interest in basketball long ago after Majerus sabotaged the program with bad recruiting before he left. The basketball program has never recovered with bad coaching choices and mediocre teams.

    Transfer portal NIL and not knowing who is pl…[Read more]

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