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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]

Yeah, the hard part is 100% getting that top talent to Utah. Add one of the three I mentioned (Myles, Epenesa or Dunn) and this class would look a LOT different by this rating. Pushing every recruit down one slot would be a game changer and have Utah right up at the top (in line with Baylor, though probably still behind Colorado and TCU who are…[Read more]

Side Note: to really look at the data, I recommend NOT hitting play and instead just tapping on each # along the bottom to progress it at your own pace and see how rankings change for the depth of the class

I think this is an oversimplification to some extent. The Big 12 did well to jump ahead of the PAC. But they also had an easier time doing so.

To be blunt, the Big 12 had a bunch of unwanted leftovers who were going to be happy to take whatever decent deal they could get. If they couldn’t get a deal, then probably at least half that conference…[Read more]

Where did you see the ratings for the Utah / Iowa St game? I’ve been looking for that?

I’m not sure if Wilson has really regressed, so much as it is that teams have figured out his weakness.

I’m reminded of after the TCU game, someone asked “How is the OL grading well, it seems like there’s always pressure on the QB?” … and the answer is the same

Normally, TCU blitzes 20-something percent of the time. Against Utah, they blitzed…[Read more]

It’s worse than that – there’s a possibility that a 2 loss Big 12 champ could get left out. Probably not BYU (currently #14) or Colorado (#16), but if Arizona St (#21) and Army (#19)both were to win out, then even an 11-2 ASU could be in danger

Consider that Army is currently ahead of ASU. And ASU would add two quality wins (#14 BYU, #16…[Read more]

Realistically, I think we (barring Wilson transferring out) go into next season with a (declared at least) 4 way battle for starting QB

• Transfer QB as the likely favorite
• Brandon Rose as the guy who has looked good in short chances, but mostly hurt
• Isaac Wilson as the touted recruit that struggled but is hopefully better with some seaso…[Read more]

I expect (assuming everyone stays, which isn’t a guarantee) a 4 way competition next season.

Transfer QB as the favorite
Brandon Rose as the guy who has played well in short bits, but has been hurt
Isaac Wilson as the guy who struggled as a freshman, but hopefully put work in the offseason
And then the true freshman also at least getting to be…[Read more]

This gets to what rankings are supposed to be. Is it a reflection of resume and accomplishment? Or of which team is the best?

Reality is that if Alabama played BYU, every metric would favor Alabama. They’re probably the better team. But BYU has the better resume based on pulling out a few miracle wins. Which is why BYU is higher.

And…[Read more]

My take from as neutral an observer as I can be

If we’re going letter of the rulebook, there’s 5 penalties in that play. And it was the last one (also the most meaningless one) that hurt Utah

1. Jatta (#50) has a pretty good hold on the passrusher coming up the middle
2. A different Utah pass rusher comes and runs the RB over….which is allowed,…

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93% of bettors are betting on BYU. And yet the line is moving towards Utah.

Which means one of two things

1. Lots of small bets on BYU and some massive whales on Utah – basically that the average bet on Utah is 14x larger than the average bet on BYU.

2. Vegas is exposed and could lose a bunch if BYU covers, but is confident about the outcome…[Read more]

Well, he said it’s Pittman and another WR an dthat between them they’ve combined for 7 receptions.

Pittman has 6.

So if I’m looking at the guys with exactly 1 catch, it’s Miki Suguturaga (not a WR), Munir McClain (who Ghost says is “definitely still on the team”) and Taeshawn Lyons.

As a chaos gremlin, I would love this

Dybantsa takes $6M (mostly from Smith) to come play for BYU. He’s everything he’s reported to be, a Wooden finalist, the obvious #1 pick, and he leads BYU to a #8 finish.

But then, #3 seed BYU is somehow upset by #14 Duquesne in the first round of the NCAA tournament. And shockingly, Kevin Young convinced…[Read more]