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The PAC12 could be very good next year.
– USC returns Heisman winner Williams and looks to have improved overall.
– Oregon returns Heisman candidate Bo Nix and they have improved their team via recruiting and the portal.
– UW’s Penix is the best QB in the league IMO and he is returning.  They were 10-2 this season.  They look to be very good in…[Read more]

It helps the players with NIL money and I love the interviews each week with the players.  It’s a great show and helps the program.
Thanks!!!
 

I know this season has not been exactly what many of us expected/hoped, but we won another PAC12 championship and are going to the Rose Bowl for the second straight year.  It’s good to be a Ute football fan in 2022.
Go Utes!!!
 

He said he will make the decision on what is best for him.  That is completely fair.  I wish him well regardless.  He did say that if everyone stays who can stay – the Utes could be an undefeated team next year.
All of this being said, how are his and others’ decisions holding Whitt hostage as far as the portal recruiting goes?  As Bartle said…[Read more]

I like to be aggressive on offense to start games (like Alabama in 2009).  I hope we get the ball first.  Here are some plays I would like to see to start the game.
1. Have Johnson and Rising in the game.  Cam line up at QB but motions out to the left.  Johnson shifts into the QB position, takes the snap, and runs to the right (hopefully gains…[Read more]

Go Utes!!!

That is the type of competitor Eric Weddle is.  He will give everything he has all the time.  He kept playing in the Super Bowl after an early injury that would have kept almost everyone else out.  AT the end of his career at Utah, he was playing defense, special teams, and offense.  He did whatever it took to help his team.
I am not judging…[Read more]

He said that it is his intention to leave.  He did say that there is a chance he could stay.  However, it sounds like his heart and head are gone.
I would love to have an experienced QB to help us with our challenging starting games against Florida and Baylor.  However, Cam needs to do what is best for him  Whatever he decides, I support…[Read more]

Bill Riley told him that BYU was playing in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday.  Cam’s response, “That’s amazing!!!”  Then he started to laugh.
 

According to the CB – because they cannot understand why any young man would choose Utah over BYU.
1. We are offering up to 500k in NIL money.  I do not believe this for a moment.  I think we have improved our NIL status with businesses and donors, but not to the point that we are promising 500K to some players.
2. Coach Whitt lies to recruits. …[Read more]

CB is reporting that Raider Damuni is flipping on BYU and coming to Utah.  He was in the 2021 class from Timpview.  So, I guess he is a returned missionary.  He had a 247 rating of 90.
Has anyone heard anything?
 

Of the top ten list of players in Utah, only four would probably make the final top ten due to injury and/or poor play.  The four who would still be on the list are: Cam Rising, Jaron Hall, Clark Phillips, and Blake Freeland.  Phillips would have to be my number one.  He was picked third behind Rising and Hall.  Freeland got some AA mentions and…[Read more]

I see we now have an overall recruiting ranking of 21 when considering high school kids and portal kids.
I really want to get Holker.  He is a tight end that could immediately be a difference-maker at Utah.  
It would be nice if Blocker flipped back to Utah too.

He is fast, skilled, and intelligent.  He is not only a very good CB, but he is also a great return guy.  Also, it is a get of a BYU legacy kid.  He said that he is trying to get a 10.3 100-meter time in track this year.
Go Smith!!! And Go Utes!!!
 

If you want a laugh this morning as we wish the best for coach Leach – go to the link below.  It has some hilarious clips of the coach.  My favorite is the one when he is asked about which PAC12 mascot is the toughest.  
Mike Leach
God bless coach Leach.  I hope that he can recover.

named Phil Intheblank?
Great story.

Points per game: PSU-36.8  Utah-40
Points allowed: PSU-18  Utah-20.4
Margin of difference: PSU-18.8  Utah 19.6
Yards per game: PSU-432  Utah-472
Yards given up: PSU-317  Utah 325
Difference: PSU-115  Utah-147
Strength of schedule: PSU-33  Utah 42
On paper, this looks like a very close matchup.  Penn State’s two losses are both to top-4…[Read more]

Smith Snowden is a great player who I would love to see come to Utah.  If he goes to BYU, I will wish him well.  The same was the case last year when Moa decided to go to BYU.  He did not become a bad person just because he went to our rival.  As someone below posted, we can’t get everyone.  I hope Snowden still ends up a Ute!
Let’s not act like…[Read more]

Out of curiosity – I was looking to see what flights were going for right now.  All direct flights to LAX and Burbank from December 30th to January 3rd were sold out.
Looks like Utah is going to have another great showing at the Rose Bowl.

For the Stanford head coaching job.  At least that is what Bill Riley is reporting.
He has done great at Sac State.