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Yergensen is spot on. The focus needs to be on avg rating per recruit. What has shifted with Utah is our focus on increasing the number of spots left open for transfer portal players. Whitt has gone from taking around 20 high school kids and 5 transfers to around 12 high school kids and 13 transfers. The feeling is there are more kids in the…[Read more]

whatever the song is, the goal should be an entrance like one of these (Nothing can beat VA Tech IMO):

Here’s one of the online tweets I saw that claimed the naming rights was worth anywhere between $30-$50M annually to the conference or between $1.88M-$3.1M per school annually. I agree it seems awfully high but if the low-end number is true, that’s still a good amount of money that Utah could use.

That could add a bunch of additional recruiting…[Read more]

Yea I have no idea what the $ amount the naming rights would generate. But I thought I saw people throwing out the $50M figure on Twitter and $3M per school. Seems way high to me too.

Absolutely. I was going to say Utah, Kansas, and Oklahoma St as the likely 3 schools pushing back on PE. Totally agree with you, though, that there has to be a number of others who are wanting to position themselves for the chaos of future realignment.

I think I heard that there are 3 B12 schools who have pushed back on the PE idea. And I’d be willing to bet that 2 of those schools are Utah and Kansas. Why? Because if the B12 does a PE deal and all the schools sign onto it, it will make it basically impossible for any B12 schools to leave the conference early if an opportunity arose to join the…[Read more]

I think they should shut down the Tailgating lots an hour before kickoff. Sound off a big “RED SIREN” signaling to all of the Tailgaters to start making their way over to the stadium. That would help out a lot IMO.

And if they did this, I would think the tailgaters would be fine with it because they are already getting up there early to tailgate.…[Read more]

Very true, naming rights certainly aren’t going to close any of the gap that exists between the B12 and the P2. But if it could mean an extra $3M to each member school, that’s still $3M that the program could certainly use.

Totally agree with everyone about the need for a better intro song the team runs out to. I get that Whitt’s an 80’s hair band fanatic and so I don’t mind the Motley Crue “Kickstart My Heart” song…I just think we can do a lot better.

Maybe this is one that doesn’t change until it’s Scalley’s time and he puts his stamp on things. But I’d love…[Read more]

I will say though…one of the funniest posts I’ve ever seen on here was someone said, “I’ve been going to football stadiums for road games my whole life and not once have I ever had someone pour beer on me. If it’s really true that Max Hall’s parents had beer poured on them at both RES and Arizona’s stadium, they must be the biggest douche bags…[Read more]

Good call on TRAX! I decided to give it a try and do the whole park and ride for the Florida game…that SUCKED! We thought we’d be smart and park-n-ride from Millcreek (3300 South) and were packed into that thing like sardines. It seemed like I could’ve walked to the stadium faster, stopping at about every block and having people try to squeeze…[Read more]

For me it’s the in-game experience that has a lot of room for improvement. Rice-Eccles needs to add an upper concourse to relieve all of the traffic and congestion. Not sure there’s a way to do that without redoing the East/West stands. But they should carry the KGRZ concourse forward both directions for another 360 degree concourse. This way they…[Read more]

Growing up:
NBA: Jazz fan of the Stockton/Malone era. After they retired my NBA basketball fandom died.
NFL: Dallas Cowboys (Jimmy Johnson teams)
MLB: Atlanta Braves (same reason, thanks TBS!)
NHL: didn’t follow hockey
College: Go Utes!!

Now:
only Utes!! always Utes!!!

I like this podcaster (Lou)…very fair analysis. Thanks for posting this!

The only way the Utes make the CFP is if Cam Rising takes us there. So…

MVP – Cam Rising
Offensive PoY – Dorian Singer
Offensive Breakout Performer – either Landen King or Carsen Ryan
Defensive PoY – Lander Barton (it’s Barton’s defense now IMO)
Defensive Breakout Performer – Connor O’Toole or Kenan Johnson
Offensive Position Group of the Year…[Read more]

Sugar Bowl was the most electric game I’ve ever been too…that game changed my Utah fandom forever!

Both Rose Bowls were SPECTACULAR events…should’ve won the tOSU game but it was one of the most exciting Ute games ever!

Fiesta Bowl was awesome. The old ASU stadium sucked, but it was cool to see Ute Nation completely take over that place (Rice…[Read more]

Nice! This ^^ is the correct answer!

Nice shout out given to all the great Utah fans who’ve joined the Heartland Board at the 14:25 mark

All good Charlie, thanks so much!

Interesting. So does this mean the cost is much lower for Utah to build a production studio is much lower since the U already has this older space? Maybe all that is required is renovating vs building new??