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I really didn’t know anything about Craig Smith prior to his hiring. But I’ve been trying to get caught up reading up on him and watching recent Utah State games. I have to say, this hire looks very encouraging to me. Like most people, I was really pulling for Alex Jensen to take the job but maybe this will end up being a better situation for Utah…[Read more]

Just taking a look to see what young talent might be out there that can both recruit and develop talent:
Adam Breneman, Graduate Assistant, Arizona State (25): A former top 50 recruit and an All-American tight end for UMass, Breneman has quickly transitioned to the coaching ranks following his playing career. Breneman joined Arizona State’s staff…[Read more]

There’s been a lot of talk about how we aren’t passing the ball enough. Just wanted to dig into our team stats to see the actual numbers. 
2017 (Taylor): 953 total plays; 526 Rushing attempts to 427 Passing attempts; 55% Run vs 45% Pass
2018 (Taylor): 971 total plays; 563 Rushing attempts to 408 Passing attempts; 58% Run vs 42% Pass
2019…[Read more]

So with Veltray Jefferson asking out of his NLI, what does that mean for our scholarship count? Do we have another spot available for someone in the portal to go after? Was this already accounted for since we’ve known Jefferson was not coming for a few weeks now? 

Great get at a position of needhttps://twitter.com/MasonTufaga! And after months of hearing that he’s coming to Utah, it’s nice to finally see him announce his commitment…Go Utes!!

Wright is rated as the #4 DB in the country. He still has roughly 8 schools in the mix but has good things to say about Utah. Sounds like Shah has a great relationship with him. Wright isn’t looking to make his decision until January so maybe that gives us a better shot at him when the bigger schools have already locked up their class? I want to…[Read more]

Whit said he plans to retire by age 65 which is in 5 years. I think most would agree that Whit has done an amazing job building the program. And based on our current trajectory, I’m optimistic in 5 years Whit could have us solidified as a top 20 recruiting class, year in and year out. 
 
Scalley might very well be our next Head Coach in 5 years…[Read more]

With all of the recent push to root out racially insensitive mascots in College sports, is now the time to finally transition away from Utes to Red-tailed Hawks? Looks like Illinois is feeling the pressure: https://footballscoop.com/news/could-we-be-on-the-verge-of-a-big-ten-program-changing-their-mascot/
I realize we have the consent/support of…[Read more]