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Wilson is a true freshman. It’s not reasonable to expect that we’d be in the Big 12 race with a true freshman QB. It’s too soon to cut him.

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Since it hadn’t already been mentioned yet, Bernard is currently 6th in the nation in yards rushing this season. He’s only 1-yd behind #5 Kyle Monangai (Rutgers), and 6-yds behind #4 Ja’Quinden Jackson (Arkansas).

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It was MISERABLE….. for the 1st-Half. However, there was a cool breeze periodically wafting through the stadium after the 2nd-Half started. So that wasn’t so bad.

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If someone isn’t healthy enough to play, they shouldn’t play. So if Rising can’t grip the ball, and we have a greater chance of victory by starting the true freshman, then so with the freshman. I don’t have much problem with that. My issue is seeing all these strong hints that Rising will play, only to find out that on game day, he’ll be a “game time decision”. But if he were a “game time decision” on Saturday, how was “most probable” or “will play” several days earlier? And this isn’t a “one-off” either. It all of “preseason 2023” through “October 2023”, and again pre-Utah State and Oklahoma St.

I would LOVE for Rising to get back on the field as soon as possible, but I’m done with UteHub telling me when he’ll take the field. As of yesterday moving forward, I’m no longer counting on Rising to play until after I see him donning his helmet, and taking the field†. And that’s not me “hating on Rising”. It’s me “hating on dubious reporting”.

† The coin toss doesn’t count

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Away games are tougher, and especially when…

(1) We’re playing our 2nd (or 3rd) consecutive game(s) on the road
(2) We’re facing a ranked team

In 4 days, we’ll get both. We’re gonna need to play our best game. Mike Gundy had already flat out stated they’re taking this one very seriously. They are respecting their opponent. I hope we will be too.

And for what it’s worth, there are also fewer players on the “travel” team, than during Home games.

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To be fair, they were coming off a bye week, so they had more time to prepare.

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With or without Florida St, Clemson, and Miami, short of a BigTen invite, I would have much preferred the ACC. And especially if we could have taken Colorado and Arizona St with us. If those aforementioned hopeful defectors were to stay, all the better.

That said, since we’re already here, unrestrained by any exit penalties, I think we might be better off where we are. If we really believe we have a shot at a BigTen invite, not having an exit penalty positions us better for when the next consolidation occurs.

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As a former student at ybu-p, I’d personally witnessed a ton of “superiority” comments from the student body. Here are a few.

1. “BYU is the Harvard of the West.”

2. “The only reason why people go to Utah, is because they were rejected by BYU.”. They also claim that’s why Utah fans hate ybu-p.

3. “Utah professors are anti-Mormon.”

4. “Everybody at Utah is always drunk/is a dirtbag/wears a mullet/has a goatee.”

5. “BYU alumni have higher earning power./Nobody’s wants to hire Utah alumni./Most HR managers throw out resumes with ‘University of Utah’ degrees./University of Utah degrees are worthless./I’d turned down a full ride scholarship to the U, but received nothing from the Y, but I still chose the Y.”

6. “I had beer poured on me at Rice Stadium.”

The disdainful sneers of those fellow students saying that suggests they really believe it. It’s not spoken in jest, or “rivalry” trash talking. As an out-of-stater, I didn’t know any better, so I’d just assumed it was true. After all, why go through all that trouble saying that were it not so? And then I met Utah student’s and alumni, and realized that all of that nonsense was just folklore. The “legends” are so common, they just adopt it as their own. There was so much phoniness down there, and they either “can’t” or “won’t” think for themselves. I just couldn’t stomach it. And when I’d transferred to the U, I’d met a lot of other former ybu-p students who all had similar experiences. And I’m not talking about the ones who’d “got caught” either. I’m talking about the ones who’d left on their own accord — sans “academic” and/or “Honor Code” expulsions.

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Ordinarily, so would I. But seeing as how Arizona has had an extra week to prepare, I’m not expecting this week won’t come without an extra layer of complexity.

The OSU/UA 2-game stretch has all along been widely deemed our most difficult stretch of the season.

Still looks that way.

GO UTES!!!

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The point is, there’s no evidence that TSPP has “a much larger fan base” than Utah as you’d suggested.

There is some evidence to the contrary though.

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