ProudUte

He said in his interview with Riley that he has as much game film as anyone else going into the draft.  He also said that coming back for a 6th year would be hard.  However, he said he is a month or two away from making that decision.
I want Kuithe to do what is best for him.  He doesn’t owe the Utes anything else.

My top 3:
1.  In the 1978 BYU game, we trailed 22-17 late in the 4th.  We got inside the ten and made some mistakes.  We had 4th and 19 when Randy Gomez hit Henry for the game-winning TD.
2. In 1994, Utah and Colorado State were undefeated and highly ranked.  We led 35-28 late in the game.  CSU had a great drive that took them into the…[Read more]

Arizona has a great offense.
Barnes did an admirable job considering the lack of reps.
NO SEASON-ENDING injuries.
Cam had a little setback on gameday making it so he could not play.  An injury got worse.  He was right on track to play.
Gameday decisions on who plays is not uncommon.
Tavion issues are in-house and he would not divulge anything…[Read more]

For some reason, I think ASU may upset UCLA at home.

We are the highest-ranked 2-loss team.  Higher than KState, Penn State, LSU, and Wake Forest.  Do we deserve the high ranking?
IMO, Tennessee should be ranked number 1.  But, they come in at three.  I guess we will see when Georgia and Tennessee play this Saturday.
The PAC12 comes in at 8,9,11,12 and 26.  Not bad.
BYU now has a loss to another…[Read more]

Odd time.  I am glad it is not another late game.  We will start in the sun and end after dark.
Go Utes!!!

I am impressed with how Arizona has improved over the last two years on offense.  They are averaging over 470 total yards per game and 340 yards passing.  De Laura is slippery and very difficult to bring down.  They may end the season with two 1000-yard receivers.  When was the last time Utah had a 1000-yard receiver?
Obviously, Arizona’s defense…[Read more]

I suspect it was Johnson since Jackson has been in the RB room for the last month.  OnlyU, do you know who would have played QB if Barnes would have gone down?
 

A number of players on this year’s team have no choice, their time is up, e.g., Kincaid, Enis, Dixon, Gabe Reid, Kaufusi, Hubert, Diabate, etc.
But, what will happen with these guys?
Phillips – likely gone IMO
Kuithe – I have no idea.  He will not be in shape to participate in the combine, so who knows?
Rising – Most people say that he will be…[Read more]

I have not been pleased with our defense over the last month.  But, tonight _ I was very impressed.  There were three or four bad plays.  We made that many mistakes in USC’s first drive last week.  The D played great tonight, with 4 sacks and 10 TFLs.  I admit that I was surprised but very pleased.  They will need to step up next week since we…[Read more]

Who would have expected that a pig farmer from a town of 1400 people would end up being a Pac12 starting QB?  Milford High has just over 200 students that includes 7th-12th grade.  Barnes is quite a story.  He is no Cam Rising but somehow led us to victory on the road.
 

The game was not pretty.  By the end of the game, we had virtually none of our offensive studs on the field.  This is a memorable win, but very costly.  I can’t see Kincaid making it back.  We lost Hubert for the first half next week.  I have no clue what Rising’s status is.  I assume Tavion is gone for the season and I don’t know if Bernard will…[Read more]

About Thomas and Bernard not playing, we are down to a true freshman and converted QB to run the ball.  I hope that Jackson and Glover step up and have great games.
I remember back in 2003 when all of our RBs were injured going into the AFA game.  Urban moved Ben Moa to RB and we found a way to win the game.  I hope that Whitt and Ludwig have…[Read more]

Both teams have become pass-first teams.  That’s not what Utah wants to be, but KW admits that is what we are right now.
I suspect both teams will have 300+ yards passing.  The difference maker may be our running game thanks to Cam Rising’s ability to run.  I would love to see Jackson get 5-6 touches tonight.  He needs to get some playing time to…[Read more]

I have been out of the country since Utah made the amazing comeback against USC.  I followed the board from time to time, but haven’t taken the time to post.
We played terrible defense against USC and UCLA (allowing over 500 yards) and had problems against OSU.  We have serious issues on defense.  I am a big Scalley fan, but I don’t think he has…[Read more]

These guys were gutsy last night. I’m impressed that they did not give up. I’m very proud of Rising and Kincaid.  They had amazing games. We may never play USC in SLC again. This was a great way to send them packing. 

That’s how they built a good team in year one.  
A year ago these guys were playing for Oregon, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Alabama, Washington, etc.

So, Troy Aikman said, “Take the dresses off” when referring to the questionable roughing the passer call on MNF.  Now, people are asking for his job and saying things like he is anti-woman.  
Wow, anything you say can be so twisted today.  He meant nothing anti-woman with his comment.  It is just a phrase.  I understand that there are…[Read more]

KW does not like the NIL and he made no bones about it today.  However, I think this article is just trying to stir things up between Utah and USC.
KW on NIL

“Ideally, we would like to kick every kickoff out of the endzone.”
It appears that most teams are much more successful at this than we are.  Why?  We need to find a guy who can kick it long.  I am not concerned about accuracy.  Just use him on kickoffs.  There has to be some Utah high school football or soccer player that can kick it 70 yards…[Read more]