Rick

I think Miles was the last Ute eligible for the draft, am I right?

Based on all the draft experts I listened to over the past week, they seek Vaki as just an OK safety but a better than average prospect at RB. They especially like his film of catching passes out of the backfield, even though it was a limited amount of plays. I tend to agree. Whatever he ends up doing for the Lions, I hope he kills it!

Moose was unbearable!

Many of their sacks were from Sanders holding onto the ball and taking the sack rather than throw it away in order to pad his completion percentage stats. He took a lot of sacks he didn’t need to take.

I think Utah Blizzard and you can have a Yeti as your mascot and call him/her anything you want that is Utah related. Call the Yeti “Wasatch.” Which kind of phonetically sounds like Sasquatch. Black Diamond would be difficult to get through legally AND very few who don’t ski would have a clue to it’s meaning.

Are you disparaging Georgia State by lumping them in with Idaho State? Apples and oranges.

Lighten up Francis!

Best of luck to him in the prolific passing offense of Justin Wilcox! LOL! Mikey is just a big meh for me. I moved on from him the second he announced he was entering the portal.

I’m sorry but your logic about using the NCAA tournament as the measure of how great a conference is has many flaws. Top to bottom the Big 12 is at least in the top 3 of all D1 basketball conferences and it has been for many years. Just using this year’s tournament to support your logic does not make it valid. The NCAA tournament is all about…[Read more]

Exactly. Just because you were a great player does not translate to being a great coach. There are TONS of examples in almost every profession. I think Steve Smith would be an absolute disaster as a coach. His temper alone is a red flag. I don’t think Alex would be up for the near 24-7 commitment that a coach needs to agree to these days.…[Read more]

I look at it as a completely different sport. Kind of like baseball is to softball. When you look at it that way you can appreciate both more easily. Some women’s sports are actually better than men’s IMO. Like tennis (minus the grunting!) and volleyball.

Yes, for sure. It was a great game without a lot of the crap that happened last year. Both sides were guilty of it too. It was also great seeing those two great players come together after the game in sportsmanship.

And our guards and forwards consistently going under screens on outside shooters. The defensive rotation on shooters is also horrible and it was on full display all night last night. Other glaring issues like free throw shooting, rebounding, turnovers, poor in-game adjustments, etc. I hope Coach Smith finds a few guru basketball workshops he…[Read more]

Not sure they are in the same league in terms of popularity or TV eyeballs. The numbers don’t say so. You cannot compare LSU’s draw to Iowa’s in terms of national TV audience.

But will it all go back to the mean once Caitlin leaves?

Zipper?

I am only speaking for myself here but my lack of in person support is really a combination of things. First, all of the games are on TV and when it is 15 degrees outside and snowing, I am not a fan of going out to watch something I can see at home. Second, I hate watching bad basketball. No sport pisses me off more than basketball when it is…[Read more]

You are a double digit lead and a big man who shoots 50% from the line on the floor and you don’t immediately take him out? Happy for the win but I am getting so tired of lazy coaching. Talk about court awareness! It doesn’t just apply to players.

I completely disagree with this initial post. Just because the current state of the program looks bleak does not mean that it has been bleak except for the Majerus years. If you look at the history of our head coaches, only 2 coaches in our entire history have had losing records. Only two had .500 records (Craig Smith and Joe Cravens, who was…[Read more]

Smith’s teams have been notoriously bad on the road pretty much his entire tenure. Why? They consistently play poor perimeter defense, they consistently turn the ball over, they consistently shoot below .500 on free throws, and they typically get out rebounded. I do not see how he survives this loss because it is not going to get any easier next…[Read more]