The Miami Ute

You think so? I mean, we didn’t blow them out and they made it a very close game at the end of the game. Personally, I just think that they’re not very good and overrated.

Bad, bad loss for Bama…it wouldn’t surprise me if they picked up one or two more the rest of the season…they conceivably could have lost to GA last weekend and essentially be close to being out of the SEC race already.

Great game…been watching the entire second half…betcha Bama didn’t see that coming…but, if Bama loses, the SEC acolytes will just use it as an example of how tough their conference is…this even though Vandy already has a loss this year to G5 Georgia State, a 2-2 Sunbelt Conference team…

Well, Cam has been loyal because he’s been getting paid quite handsomely. If he wasn’t, he would have jetted to Florida after the first Rose Bowl. It’s a two way street you know…

Oh, I totally agree that the season is not over yet. We’ll just have to see how the rest of the games play out. Hopefully Rising is under center next Friday night.

Well, as I said, given Utah’s current circumstances, you’re not wrong. It just takes turning on the TV and watching more than one team.

Also, Utah destroyed ASU last season 55-3 at RES and have beaten the Sun Devils quite handily the last four times they’ve played them. So, I think ASU is going to be extremely motivated to play Utah, and, historically, visits to Tempe don’t normally fare well for Utah. Utah is 5-15 all-time in Tempe. Make of that what you will.

I can’t begin to explain to you how worried I am about that game. Dillingham has something cooking down in Tempe. It kind of reminds me of the feeling I had last season before we went down to Tucson to play Zona. Hopefully, Cam is back for that game and stays healthy for the rest of the season.

Jim, at the end of the day, in business and in life, you’re judged on your results. If this season ends up as bad, or worse, than 2023, then sticking with Rising after the Jan 2023 Rose Bowl will have been proved to have been the wrong decision. We can play if/that and shoulda/woulda all day long, but that doesn’t feed the bulldog. The only…[Read more]

Where’s the overreaction? You think UTah, given its current circumstances, would be up 23-14 on Bama at halftime? Everyone of those teams that he mentioned have been killing it or, at least, looking better than Utah without Rising.

You know, I hope I’m wrong about this, but as I was driving home from last Saturday night’s game, the feeling that I had was that Utah got found out. Once again we were in the Top 10 and once again we were playing in front of a national audience and once again we crapped the bed. This is just me, and I could obviously be completely wrong, but I…[Read more]

There’s a lot of historical revisionism going on here with this issue. Whitt played mind games all of last season having Cam take up 1st team reps and calling his participation a game-time decision until November rolled around. I know I will be downvoted for this, but I’ve never seen a QB room as badly managed in 50 years of being a football fan…[Read more]

So I guess Utah is shit out of luck winning anything once Rising leaves? That’s flawed logic for the simple reason that the past doesn’t always predict the future. In addition, this version of Rising is not the same version that won those two CCGs.

I’ve said this a few times already. Given the current circumstances, Utah’s best move after the 2023 Rose Bowl would have been to part company with Rising. That’s hindsight but, if I was Whitt and I knew the full extent of his injury, and I can’t imagine he didn’t, that’s exactly what I would have done. Doing so would have opened the QB1 spot…[Read more]

Last season, all I hoped for was a victory over USC and the team obliged me. Unfortunately, they then proceeded to go 3-4 after that game. Be careful what you ask for…

I wouldn’t take ASU lightly, with or without the presence of Rising. Dillingham, who is an offensive savant, has them trending in the right direction and, as much as I hate to say it, I’d favor them over Utah if Rising can’t go. The Sun Devils are starting to remind me of how they played in Todd Graham’s best years and we all remember how much…[Read more]

Sometimes I pine for the old MWC days. A lot of the innocence and enjoyment is lost when you’re in the college big leagues.

If I was a betting man, I’d bet that Zona blitz on the vast majority of passing downs. I mentioned that on a previous post. Until Wilson proves that he can hurt teams when they do that, you can bet that every single opponent will take Zona’s defensive blueprint and build on it.

The only reasons why I could think that a great local kid would want to stay at home are:
1. He wants to stay close to home. Not everyone wants to be away from their family when they turn 18.
2. Guaranteed playing time and a path to the NFL. Utah has put enough guys at the top level for that to be a legitimate selling point.
3. The Big XII is…[Read more]