krindor

Currently rostered Utah players, by position

Quarterback

• Tyler Huntley (QB, Browns): Fighting for the QB3 or QB4 role (with DTR). Unlikely to make 53 man roster

Running Back

• Zack Moss (RB, Bengals): Signed as free agent, expected to be the starter and complemented by Chase Brown
• Sione Vaki (RB/S, Lions): Pretty far down the depth chart at…

[Read more]

As a Utah fan, I’m both sad and excited.

There’s some sadness about going to the Big 12…but it’s not really directed at the Big 12.

Imagine you’re in High School, doing well academically, socially, athletically, etc. and then your High School burns down. You and your friends are then spread out to 4 different schools. The new school could…[Read more]

Absolutely insane to have them that low. Makes no sense. They were good and bring most everyone back, so should absolutely be a threat

The reality is that Utah is more likely to win the conference than any other team… but that doesn’t mean Utah is more likely to win than not win.

If you’re looking at Vegas odds, Utah has the best… but turning those into implied probability gives

1. Utah 22.7% (+340)
2. Kansas St 21.7% (+360)
3. Kansas 13.3% (+650)
4. Arizona 11.7% (+750)
5. Texas…

[Read more]

I wouldn’t count us out yet. He took his first official visit in April. It was to Ole Miss and he committed there within a few days of that.

But he still has scheduled OVs to Cal, Utah, and Arkansas (and just picked up an offer from Michigan as well).

Ole Miss is clearly the favorite…but I’d guess that it’s not in stone

To be fair, a big part of this is because Peyton Manning was before the Internet recruiting rating era. It’s not that he wasn’t rated highly, there’s just no consensus record of it because he was from a different era in HS -> College recruiting.

Same story with the other guys you mentioned – Always for example. There’s only a few QBs who have…[Read more]

Sounds like it’s mostly from that ranking/listing Altimore put together a while back…but it’s become an Oroboros at this point.

Altimore ranked teams, and podcasts reacted.
Then over the next month, articles were written (based on Altimore’s rankings) and now podcast are reacting to those articles as if it’s something new or corroborating…[Read more]

Agree with everything you’ve said – here’s why I wrote it up the way I did

Jaylen Johnson, I was trying to point out that he’s not just great, but also young

Kincaid is a stud….but his offensive snap share in the last 4 games was 49%, 42%, 55%, 55% for 137 offensive snaps. Dalton Knox had 155 snaps over those same 4 games. Kincaid is clearly…[Read more]

Thanks. I knew that and somehow with all the info overload it slipped out. I had thought he’d be UDFA so my brain reverted to that somehow. Knowing he’s drafted, his odds are much higher

If you’re curious on BYU, USU, Weber St, Southern Utah, or Utah Tech players, you can also see more in my post on that other site –> https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=32997104

Figured I’d rewrite the Utah breakdown here, but didn’t want to redo all of it

The most impressive thing about this is that it could be much more impressive. This isn’t a list of players who were drafted under Scalley. It doesn’t include (for example) Jonah Elliss, a DE who had Scalley as his DC. It doesn’t even include someone like Jaylon Johnson.

It’s not defensive players under the DC. Or even DBs. This is purely…[Read more]

It’s philosophy of the Bills GM – he’s more willing than most to go after guys who played out west or on a smaller stage. The Dolphins prefer to grab guys from blue-blood schools and the SEC or B1G (see Waddle, Tua, Chop). Not sure if that has to do with where they played or their pedigree/expectations (higher rated guys with stronger athletic…[Read more]

If you look at NCAA athletic financial disclosures, all athletic departments report the cost of scholarships as expenses for the AD, not as institutional support. That’s standardized.

On athletic facility rental/lease/use fees, every school also reports them as an expense (item 34). Those who have the University pay it (instead of the AD) still…[Read more]

Yeah, credit to LSU. They just went and took it. Even if we’d been able to count a 9.95 instead of the fall, LSU still would have jumped us. They just absolutely nailed it on beam to tonight.

How many Utah players will be drafted in NFL draft?

Bishop, Vaki, Elliss are basically certainties and Laumea would be a surprise if he wasn’t drafted. But I’ve also seen Vele and Bills occasionally mocked in the late rounds.

So 3, 4, 5, 6 players drafted is all on the table

Absolutely if we had less money, we would also spend less money. But that doesn’t change how much we’re actually netting.

Imagine someone makes $100k/yr salary…but also has generous parents who give him $20k/yr. And he then spends $118k/yr.

It’s nice to know that if his parents suddenly cut him off he’d cut spending to $95k…but it still…[Read more]

One note on student fees and institutional support: it used to bother me, but doesn’t nearly as much anymore. If I’m a 45 year old grad student from Madagascar, part of my tuition is also being used to support the theatre program. Or Band. Or a new computer lab. Or a free student gym. None of which I might happen to use. The big difference is…[Read more]

Of course that doesn’t tell the whole story. If you take less money from the institution but then run a deficit, someone (probably the institution) still has to cover it. So here’s a ranking of the same schools by net athletics revenue minus net expenses

1. Texas: +$37.21M
2. Texas Tech: +$10.45M
3. Kansas St: +$7.05M
4. Kansas: +$4.19M
5. Oregon:…

[Read more]

Here’s a ranking of (public) Big 12 + PAC12 most to least in terms of institutional/student support in 2023

1. Houston: $48.25M
2. Arizona: $46.64M
3. Cincinnati: $38.06M
4. UCF: $36.74M
5. Cal: $33.31M
6. Colorado: $31.88M
7. Arizona St: $21.1M
8. Utah: $18.15M
9. Oregon St: $11.21M
10. Washington: $10.28M
11. Washington St: $7.18M
12. West Virginia: $6.48M
13. Texas Tech:…

[Read more]