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Good post and I stand corrected. Here’s a link to the media markets that shows which schools are associated with each market. SLC at #27 is comparable to Indianapolis at #25. Kentucky goes with Lexington which is small in comparison at #63. As you pointed out, Illinois shares Chicago #3 with a list of schools but the 2 B1G schools are Northwestern…[Read more]

If you read the article Staples defines his underlying assumptions for selection. He based his model on the assumption that both the B1G and SEC would be adding schools to their leagues vs what you are referring to which would be the biggest brands leaving the B1G and SEC and building an entirely new Super League. If it’s merely the B1G/SEC adding…[Read more]

Awesome, I like yours even better. But the one thing that makes this whole Super League concept so great IMO is cutting out the crappy, body bag games. As you said, every single week with each game played it would be nothing but great matchups and huge ratings. Season ticket holders would have to love this because there wouldn’t be one bad game on…[Read more]

Agreed, that would be ideal keeping Utah in the West division. But pretty cool to see Utah included in a model that is limited to only 28 teams.

I think any future Super League would have at least 32 teams and most likely 40. The closer to 40 and the more likely it seems Utah would be included.

And here’s the article with more details behind Mandel’s proposal:

College Football Premier League: 28 teams survive in standalone football product

Yes, MD = Maryland

I’ve lived away from Utah for the past 16 years (Chicago, Philly, DC) and I wear my Utah gear most every day. Without question, people recognize Utah and talk to me about the Utes all the time.

I don’t know what you mean about not hearing people talking about Utah unless they are playing Utah. Because I don’t hear people talking about any…[Read more]

Yep, that’s the understatement of the day!

Who are you talking to?

The PAC 12 was grossly mismanaged by the Presidents of the member institutions for years. They are the ones who enabled Larry Scott to lead the conference over the cliff to its death fall. Lots of blame to go around but it all has to start at the top with the Presidents who Larry Scott reported to.

You’re right Backer…I thought I’d be moving forward by now but I’m still feeling depressed about this new conference. The release of the schedule the other day was just another reminder of the major step backwards Utah has taken by being forced to join this conference.

I think undefeated is entirely possible this year with the way the schedule lines up. But it’s really tough for any team in any power league to go undefeated. IMO, I would expect us to slip up in 1 or maybe 2 games.

That said, I would say the floor for this year is 10-2, the expectation is 11-1, and obviously the ceiling is 12-0.

I will say…[Read more]

I like that Utah has finally followed the SEC by scheduling an FCS opponent in November on 11/9!

#CakeWalk #B12sucks!

I know Whitt has had a long-standing great relationship with Kevin Plank (founder of UA) and so I realize Utah will remain an UA school as long as Whitt is there. But the current agreement with UA is scheduled to run through 2027. I believe Whitt has gone on record as saying he wants to move on from coaching when he’s around 65 which would be in a…[Read more]

I realize things didn’t workout for JJ at QB ultimately. But I’m a little surprised we haven’t seen any RPO plays where JJ turns into a passer.

It seems like UA quality went down when they got into financial trouble a couple of years ago. UA was on run for many years of double digit growth and this also led to the huge signings of UCLA & Cal that ended up putting UA in over their heads. I might be way off base here, but when UA was flying high it seemed to me like they were also putting…[Read more]

Yes, the minor surgery he had was just to clean up his knee so he could play out his senior season. But I heard over on 247 that Wilson is going to need meniscus surgery on his knee after his senior year is done. Bartle at 247 was saying not to expect Wilson to be ready to go his freshman year as a result in terms of being able to win the QB1 job.…[Read more]