ProudUte

See the link below.  I am not a big Newsom fan.  However, I believe he is right to be upset that UCLA made this move without communicating with the regents.
Governor Newsom not Happy

We have a great LB room.  Who starts on day 1?  I predict Diabate and Karene Reid.  I suspect that Barton will be in the mix as well.  We have a bunch of other guys too like the Calverts, Medlock, et al.
Who starts at safety?  I think Bishop is a sur-fire starter.  The other spot may be filled by Clayton Isbell or Hubert.
I believe we are very…[Read more]

The current spread for the Utah/UF games is Utah -2 and the O/U is 52.5.  That would be a score of about 27-25.  Vegas typically knows their stuff, but I think that the strength of both teams is their offense.  I hope Utah scores more than 27.  I think our offense should be potent with Rising, Kuithe, Kincaid, Thomas, et al. (The Oline will be the…[Read more]

I am not going to worry about it anymore.  We will land where we land and life will go on.
I love the tradition of amateur college sports.  I started following the Utes (Redskins then) in the early 1960s.  I have seen horrible Utah football teams like back to back 1-10 seasons in the 70s.  I have seen the best of the best including two undefeated…[Read more]

Alliances are made and then broken for personal gain.  Every entity is looking out for itself.  
There have been a dozen possible scenarios presented by the media hacks.  I am sick of reading and listening about it.
The University of Utah must look out for its own interests.  They should be busy and engaged.  But, there is NOTHING that I can do…[Read more]

The remainder of the PAC12 needs to work as one and be proactive.

The portal seemed like a good thing for the athletes, but it is being abused.
NIL was intended to give players a piece of the pie, but with few regulations – rich schools are getting richer and no one can stop it. 9 million for one kid (before he has played a down) is absurd.
Conference changes is all about the money.  Big TV market teams along…[Read more]

The website below shows the USC at Utah game listed at 1:00 PM.  The only other USC games with times listed are the first few weeks and a Friday night game.  Has this game already been picked up by Fox or another network?
USC’s 2022 Schedule

Very impressive to be in the discussion with Texas, OSU, and Wisconsin.
Ranked 4th
I saw somewhere that our offensive line was ranked in the top ten.  If this is all true and you add our tight ends and Rising to the mix – we should have one helluva an offense this season!!!
 

That during speed tests that the football team was doing at each position – Barnes was faster than Jackson.  I cannot confirm this, but apparently, it was posted on Twitter.  If this is indeed true – we need to find a place for Barnes in our lineup.
 

He chose to be on offense first (starting about mid-season).  Will he continue that pattern this year?
I say yes, at least in most cases.  There may be some situations where he doesn’t.  However, I believe he has great confidence in his offense’s ability to score and he wants to score first.
 

USC was known as tailback U and Penn State as linebacker U, etc.
So if Utah is to be known as great at finding and developing great players at a specific position what would it be?
It’s certainly not WR or QB even though we have had a couple of good ones and I like our current QB.
Up until a few years ago, it would have been kicker and punter,…[Read more]

I think UCLA will be a good team this year.  However, I still expect the top three teams will be Utah, USC, and Oregon.
What do you think?

Some of my favorites by the decades are:
1960s – Roy Jefferson (He was an AA when Utah players were not even considered.)
1970s – Steve Marshall and Randy Gomez
1980s – Popcorn Rogers and Scott Mitchell
1990s – Jamal Anderson and Chris Fua…
2000s – Alex Smith and Eric Weddle
2010s – Covey and Tyler Huntley
My all-time favorite is The one…[Read more]

It sounds like health issues influenced his decision.
Penisini Retires

I am going with a large group.  We have our flights, accommodations, rental cars, and game tickets.  I am pleased we are playing at 7:00 Eastern Time.  It should make the temperature bearable.
Go Utes!!!
 
 

What a fun game.  Rising has some good zip on his throws.  Our tight ends dominated in Vegas.  It’s going to be hard to wait for September 3rd.
Our offense should be very good IMO with Rising, Tavion, Bernhard, Glover, Kincaid, Kuithe, Vele, and an experienced offensive line.
The defense played lights out in that game and held Oregon to…[Read more]

I heard a guy from SI on the radio today talking about the PAC12.  He ranks each team based on some kind of statistical algorithm. 
He said Utah ranks 10th on offense and 31st on defense nationally.  He said the defense ranking for Utah is lower than usual and could change as the new guys start getting experience.
He said USC ranks 20th on…[Read more]

They post often that Hall is a top-ten QB and a certain NFL draft pick.  Let me first say that I have nothing against Hall.  He passes the eye test for an old man like me.  I think he has a very good arm and is a good QB.
I thought that the best way to compare Hall to Rising would be to see how they performed last year against their four common…[Read more]

I found 12 preseason polls.  Utah is ranked in all of them.  They are ranked as high as 4th in two different polls including the Athletic and the Pro Football Network.  They are ranked in the top 10 ten times.  The only two exceptions are 13th (CBS Sports) and 20th (College Football News).
So most preseason polls think that the Utes are a top-ten…[Read more]