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Hopefully Dampier is like QB Jennings from SMU. Looking forward to the game in a few.

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CBS Sports is high on Dampier

Dampier is going to give Utah an entirely new look. He’s one of just five FBS quarterbacks since 2016 with at least 2,500 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in a single season, joining the likes of former Heisman Trophy winners Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels. He did that while playing under offensive coordinator Jason Beck, who now occupies the same position at Utah. Dampier absolutely lifts the Utes’ offensive ceiling and his continued collaboration with Beck could produce some big offensive numbers.

CBS Link

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Living in Colorado I am surrounded by resurgent CU Buff fans. The older fans believe that Sanders has not just changed the willing column, but changed the culture, one far more appealing to blue chip football recruits. These fans had been waiting for the return of the McCartney era, but no longer. Sanders is the wave of the future. If he leaves, they want or will expect a Sanders clone rather than a McCartney. Colorado is ‘primed’ for the future, with a culture entirely suited to the NIL and the transfer portal. Colorado will dominate the Big 12.

Alternatively, Utah, in a similar vein, albeit two decades ago, hired Urban Meyer, improving upon Ron McBride’s success. But Urban also changed the culture, with winning expectations and the MUSS, notably. His replacement, Coach Whittingham, was not a clone, but a hybrid, and Utah has enjoyed success, until this year. Whittingham returns next year, but with a new look? Perhaps, but I expect more of the same culture, “next man up”, with a return to developing rather that hunting for the most talented. Utah will edge back up to front, but will never dominate the Big 12, any more than they did the PAC 12.

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Two Rose Bowls, with key players opting out, did it for me. Opting out of the Rose Bowl? Really? Where are the Ute, NFL standouts, that explain turning your back on your teammates. No excuses, no respect of the game, no respect period.

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Going back to 1978, my freshman year, University of Utah beat BYU at Rice Stadium, 23-22, when Randy Gomez threw the touchdown to Frank Henry link, to win the game, I’ve watch QBs come and go, Cam Rising the latest, and favorite.

Cameron J. Rising is now part of Ute football history, I do not think he plays another down. But I will remember the Oregon and USC games, and the Rose Bowls, and appreciate the heart of a gunslinger.

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My last four – it evens out.

Rose Bowl vs Ohio State = L
Home vs Oregon = W (Covey’s runback)
Away vs Colorado (2019) = W (The Defense bare-chested prior to the game in a snowstorm)
Home (2018) vs USC = W (Lynn Swann in the stadium)

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Is this is our “USC” game? I think so, and the Utes will be ready. Excepting a key injury or excessive turnovers, I expect an exciting game and a convincing win. Look for the tight ends, and running backs to be key.

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Massey Ratings has Utah at 18, with Kansas State at 15.

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^^^^ The most electric moment ^^^^ I noticed the Oregon team watching the big screen, Rising was living rent free in their brains, from that point on. The video, the grey US Salt Lake City uniforms, the crowd, quite the experience.

Covey’s punt run-back was a dagger, but this was Rising’s best game.

And this is where Rising excelled, the Gunslinger, the swagger, the grin. I’m not sure how Wilson replicates this. Rather, I am hoping/expecting Wilson is another Alex Smith.

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Massey, a composite, has compiled 13 other polls, but will add and average other polls into its composite. Massey and Dokter Entropy have Utah at 15, Daniel Curry Index has Utah at 43, the other 10 or so spread out between.

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