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I’ll take a look at the places I disagreed with you (even if slightly) and try to give a bit more info on my thought process

QB: Krindor gives slight edge to Utah, MDUte gives HUGE edge to Utah
I wouldn’t be surprised if this ends up being a HUGE edge for Utah, definitely think it’s in play. This one has a lot of variability, and I’m trying not…[Read more]

LB and D-Line have arguments, but I did end up calling each position group with a slight edge. Keep in mind that Jack Kelly and Isaiah Glasker (both BYU LBs) were HM All-Conference performers. LB is absolutely a position of strength for Utah….but it’s also really really good at BYU. And (reasonably enough) a lot of folks here don’t know BYU…[Read more]

I didn’t forget Bentley and he’s part of why I said Utah has better depth and more options. But he has three catches in two years, so I can’t put too much stock in him yet.

I want to and I really do believe he’ll make a big step…but if I’m assessing based on what’s been shown, I can’t put too much weight on him yet. For right now, King is the…[Read more]

DE: Slight edge to Utah
Utah has historically had a very strong DE rotation, but has more questions than normal this year. Fano looks to be a stud, but the spot opposite him and the depth is uncertain. I’d like to see Kash Dillon lock it up, but it’s a battle between him, Fitzgerald, Holtzclaw and Jones.

Meanwhile BYU has Logan Lutui as the only…[Read more]

It would absolutely not be a surprise if Dampier is a major advantage. At all. Like I said, he has electric upside and has some sources ranking him as one of the top returning QBs in all of college football. But I think it’s also fair to be wary about drinking the Kool-Aid too hard, too early. He was playing at a lower level and still has to…[Read more]

As someone who follows both teams, here’s my thoughts – starting with the offense

QB: Slight Utah Lean…but with extremely High Variance
BYU had a great season last year, but a lot of it was despite Retzlaff instead of because of him. He definitely had moments where he rode to the occasion, but he also led the conference in interceptions and…[Read more]

To clarify, I’ll say that most of the folks there are pretty solid good people, and I’ve received a lot of support from them as well. There’s just a relatively small portion that absolutely, unequivocally suck – but that’s something we should unfortunately well understand with the small portion of our fanbase that enjoys being toxic on…[Read more]

Thanks all, appreciate it. Not going to lie, I’m hurting a bit right now.

That’s always felt like home and been where I primarily post, with occasional excursions here or to the Utah 247 site.

Being completely rejected and shunned there with heavy-handed religious references (from a faith I share) for the fact that I also like Utah…well I…[Read more]

Here is a good way of looking at where we actually rank

It’s generally hard to measure a recruiting class – 247 has their rankings, but frankly put way too much emphasis on class size – especially in a transfer portal era where its not always helpful to fill more spots. And looking at average recruit rating is an improvement over that… but can…[Read more]

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Next week Tuesday

lost both its starting corners to the portal?

This is Scooby Davis erasure

To open last season, the starting corners were Zemaiah Vaughn and Kenan Johnson with Snowden as the nickelback.

After Johnson went down with the injury, it was Vaughn on one side with Scooby Davis and Cam Calhoun alternating on the other side. But more starts for…[Read more]

Here’s why the extra money to go to BYU isn’t as obvious a choice as you might think

Last 20 years of Utah DBs (i.e. Snowden’s lifetime)

• Eric Weddle, 2nd Round Pick, 14 years, 5x All-Pro, 6x Pro Bowl, 115 AV
• Sean Smith, 2nd Round Pick, 9 years, 47 AV
• Brice McCain, 6th Round Pick, 9 years, 21 AV
• Robert Johnson, 5th Round Pick, 2 years, 2…

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Here’s why the extra money to go to BYU isn’t as obvious a choice as you might think

Last 20 years of Utah DBs (i.e. Snowden’s lifetime)

• Eric Weddle, 2nd Round Pick, 14 years, 5x All-Pro, 6x Pro Bowl, 115 AV
• Sean Smith, 2nd Round Pick, 9 years, 47 AV
• Brice McCain, 6th Round Pick, 9 years, 21 AV
• Robert Johnson, 5th Round Pick, 2 years, 2…

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At this point, I’m expecting some WR transfers out in the spring. Right now, Utah has a lot of WR who are coming in with the appeal of available playing time. But at spring practice some are going to stand out and others will fall behind. And there’s no way to get all of them the opportunity they want

Z Williams, Zip, D Washington, Buchanan,…[Read more]

Honestly, as someone who has feet in both Utah and BYU fandom, I mostly just feel bad for the kid

He was building a legacy and meaning at Utah. And then he left it for the promise of short term monetary gain. And with that he’s given up the feeling of being able to come back beloved anywhere in 20 years as a returning hero….which is worth…[Read more]

Honestly, he’s probably a depth play and for the future. He’s probably not ready yet, butif/when Fano declares after this year, it’ll be nice to have someone ready to slide in

There’s a bunch of smoke on Bear Tenney (TE) who is a 2025 HS recruit. I’m guessing it is him

There were hints dropped elsewhere that it’s a QB who left the program more recently than Nate Johnson or Bryson Barnes or Mack Howard….

which means there’s only three potential options

1. Cam Rising: Could see this, that he comes back for another year. Think someone here mentioned his locker was set back up

2. Isaac Wilson: I’ve heard a few…[Read more]

100%… which isn’t unusual. I’m active in a few places and I’ll say that in the offseason, I saw a lot of BYU fans whining about the $$$ and NIL and how it was the end of college sports and they weren’t sure if they’d stick around (basically the same thing you see here).

Weirdly, after BYU just gave AJ Dybantsa $7M dollars, there’s a LOT less…[Read more]