PhiladelphiaUte

I don’t think you can hear much about fall camp reports up on the hill via watching Al-JazoobieTV — the preferred news source for the witless one.

Dude…we don’t NEED to dominate them for all 4 quarters. History has shown that we really only need to dominate them for just 1 of them.

And for the record, the OP was never about “How many quarters must the Utes dominate the zoobs?”. It was “Why are ybU-p fans so confident they’re going to beat us this year?” Your response failed to address…[Read more]

It’s because neither “logic” nor “reason” are part of the zoobies’ “brand”.  Down there in the bubble, a “close” game means either (1) “almost won”, or (2) “total domination” if they’re the ones coming out on top.  And in the first case, “almost won” means they were the better team, and we’d just gotten lucky, and that they therefore would/should…[Read more]

Well…?  What is it?  What’s the Vegas/Christmas joke?

[I love Lewis Black]

Bummer. While not our best RB, he’s clearly in the Top-3, so that counts as a hit to our depth.

Oh well. Good luck to him.

Utah was picked to finish 8th this year, but we’d finished 3rd. One game out of second. And he exceeds expectations every year. That’s solid coaching. You are correct that Coach Krystkowiak should work on keeping his talented players on the hill, but when a talented player opts to transfer, that’s not always the fault of the coach. Some kids…[Read more]

Don’t forget also that former 4-star LB/Stanford transfer Sione Lund sat out last year, and will be eligible for the 2019 season.

Personally, I hope that Thompson doesn’t transfer, but since Utah moved to the base nickel defense (only 2 LBs on the field), we should have fairly decent depth at that position by the time Fall Camp rolls around.

GO UTES!!!

Correct you are Larry. They even have a page on cougarboard committed to that very subject…

https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=21248120

I think getting USC early plays to our favor, as there’s a lot of turmoil and drama going on over there. Ergo, the less time they have to “get it together”, the better it is for the Utes — a team who’d already gotten it together.

GO UTES!!!

…and he’s not arriving by helicopter either.

I used to play Midfielder for the Utes back when I was a student there, during our “club” days. I LOVE Lacrosse! I’d totally go if I didn’t live all the way back here in Philadelphia. And last I’d heard, tickets were only $8 anyway.

That said, depending on my work schedule/work load, I’ll DEFINITELY be making at least ONE trip this season to…[Read more]

You didn’t predict anything. You just made some vague comment about having “sunshine on a rainy day”. And that didn’t mean anything. You were exposed as a know-nothing fraud, so don’t try to take credit for Olaseni’s signing. You didn’t know.

As disappointed as I was to see Tuttle transferring out, the acquisition of Rising sure smoothed things out nicely for us. And as had already been mentioned, his 235-lbs frame spells “durability” — something we haven’t had at the QB spot since Travis Wilson.

That said, in order to fully exploit Rising’s talented arm, we’re really going to need…[Read more]

How would the grad program exemption apply for someone who’d only completed 1 semester of college? If Rising were to have loaded up on classes via completing 20-hrs/semester, at best he’d be an “academic Junior” by the opening kickoff this Fall.

I don’t see any possible way the NCAA would deem Rising eligible for the 2019 season.

Where from Philly are you? Are you still there?

cjd1:

The answer to your question is “yes”. Sports like Gymnastics, Ice Skating, Diving, and Freestyle Skiing/Snowboarding have somewhat of an “arbitrary” scoring system, where 5 judges can see the exact same thing, yet award 5 different point levels. And it’s long been reported that east coast judges are more generous with their scoring. But…[Read more]

Tony:

Per ESPN, they pay out “nearly $4 million/yr”. But that figure doesn’t include the additional $50 million /yr in super-secret “imaginary” revenue that nobody outside of zoobnation can corroborate, but that everybody INSIDE of zoobnation knows for a fact it’s real.

It’s hilarious that over on cougarboard, the zoobs were all excited about his potential back in December after they’d offered him a PWO…
https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=20887225…

…but 8-wks later, after committing to Utah, they’re all acting like they didn’t want him…[Read more]

Getting Darren Jones’ signature might be the most important signing of the 2nd signing period, but I don’t believe that he’ll be able to contribute immediately. Because while at 6-9, he has great “length”, his 185-lbs reflects poor “size” for “Pac-12” play. He’ll get lit up by every LB and FS/SS in the league. He’ll need to get into the gym.…[Read more]