ProudUte

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.

Hard road to get here, but it feels unreal.  It was harder to repeat as PAC12 champions.
The pregame vibe was exciting.  Appreciates the fans showing up.
Got some confidence when the D held USC to a FG.
Kincaid was in all but one play in the first USC game, but he was not capable/healthy enough to do that this game.
Different stars in this…[Read more]

Highly ranked WR from Idaho.  I hope we can land this kid.  We made his final ten.
Gatlin Bair

It started last Thursday when we beat 4th-ranked Arizona.  Then we beat 4th-ranked USC in the PAC12 championship.  We got an official invite to the Rose Bowl.  We also beat WSU in basketball.  On top of that – it has been a terrific week in recruiting.
We will have good weeks and bad weeks.  But, I am going to enjoy this great…[Read more]

I hope that our entire coaching staff stays intact after the Rose Bowl.  Often when a team excels as we have, coaches will get poached.  However, I don’t see Scalley going anywhere since I believe he is the unofficial coach-in-waiting.  Ludwig has been all over the country and I don’t think he wants any more changes.  Shah isn’t going anywhere…[Read more]

Thanks to the players and coaches for making this December a wonderful month.  On December 2nd, the team left us in a positive mood with the stomping of the Trojans.  We have a month to enjoy it while we wait for our matchup with Penn State.
Go Utes!!!
 

than LA.
In SLC – 50% of TVs were tuned to the PAC12 championship.  In Columbus, it was 27%, and in LA 19%.
I guess the Utes are popular in Ohio. 🙂

Over 6 million viewers watched the USC/Utah game on Friday.  That is the highest rating the game has ever had.
This game was great publicity for our Utes.  I hope it pays dividends.

That’s interesting since the combined average score for the two teams is 76.  It looks like they expect more of a defensive game.  The combined opponent’s score for Utah/PSU is 38.

I don’t want black. Our colors are red and white. I want us to wear red in this big game.  But that’s just me. 
We know what uniforms Penn State will be wearing. 

He committed to Utah after his junior year. He stayed true to his commitment even though he was highly recruited after his senior year. He developed into one of the top QBs in Utah football history. Today he led a game winning drive for the Ravens. Congrats TH!!!
 
 
 
 
 

1. Back-to-back conference champions.  Amazing!
2. Beating USC twice in one season.  Beat them next year and send them away.
3. We will play in the last “traditional” Rose Bowl.
4. It will help with recruiting.
5. This may have the most immediate effect – I think it will help us get some portal players.  We NEED some wide receivers.  This game…[Read more]

There were a lot of great ones on both sides, but my favorite was the Yassmin TD catch and run. What a beast!!!

He said that Utah outplayed them and deserved to win. Not every coach would do that.