ProudUte

This is just one old guy’s opinion. I think Ritchie and Bishop can handle the safety positions. Vaki has made this offense go. Vaki is also a great defensive player but he is amazing on offense!!! We need him on offense if we hope to win against Oregon and UW.

I realize many may disagree with me and that’s okay. I just like what I see from…[Read more]

He is on crutches. It will hurt big time if he is not available next Saturday.

I can’t believe how many injuries we have had.

They talked up Utah’s defense but made it perfectly clear that Utah has little offense without Cam Rising.

In the end – I don’t think anyone at the table thinks Utah can win because of their offense and because Bishop will not play the first half. Obviously, losing Bishop is a big deal. However, I hope Williams goes after Ritchie. I think they…[Read more]

Our 2022 defense was not great last year and that was with an offense that kept the ball longer than the 2023 offense. Why are we so much better?

We lost an All-American CB.
We lost a starting linebacker.
We lost a starting safety, but I think Vaki is much better than Herbert was on his best day.
We have had numerous injuries; i.e. Pepa, Tafuna,…[Read more]

Dave Bartoo, a successful college football and NFL statistical analyst made an odd prediction on Riley’s show.

He said if USC has a false-start on their first possession tomorrow, Utah will win the game.

Let’s see what happens.

I love what I saw with Vaki last Saturday. I hope he gets at least 10 carries and a couple of catches against USC. However, whenever he is in the game – USC will stack the box. We need to do some play-action when he is lined up as a back. Also, it would be fun to see him pass the ball out of the wildcat package.

Riley said that Cam called him and said that he did not feel comfortable doing the weekly interview today.

I imagine it would be difficult to do these weekly interviews under the circumstances. Everyone can read into it what they want.

This is a tough one for me. On the one hand, Rising has proven to be a great player and leader on the field. Why wouldn’t you want him back? On the other hand, I think Cam has held the program hostage this past year (coaches are also to blame). In the end – part of me thinks we need to move on. Then we can focus on the future of our…[Read more]

Big 12 Rankings

This really doesn’t mean a lot, but it’s interesting that Utah is number 1. Even with our pathetic offense, we are seen as the best team of the future Big 12. I think our team could be very good next year if most of our defense decides to stay and not go pro.

“Vaki already can bench press 400 pounds, squats 520 and vertical jumps 39 inches,” Feldman wrote. “He did 10-5 1/2 in the broad jump. His teammates could tell he was a Freak almost from the moment he arrived there, they say.”

Look at Vaki’s body and you can tell he is strong. He proved to me Saturday that he is also very fast. He’s a stud. It…[Read more]