The Miami Ute

Yes, from what I’m listening to and reading, Vegas thinks that A. Their SOS isn’t that hot and B. Their performances against weak teams leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe this week versus Kansas is the week they get found out?

So, kind of related but a funny anecdote about magazines and censorship…I’ve lived in Saudi Arabia for a couple of periods of my life. At the same time, I’m a huge European soccer fan, following Real Madrid since pretty much infancy. So, every month or so, I would go to downtown Riyadh and pick up a couple of British soccer magazines like…[Read more]

Well, you’re not wrong…I listen to him on a daily basis and his last few shows have taken a “turn the page, move along, there’s nothing to see here” tone about last Saturday’s events…I mean, he’s said stuff like “the vast majority of Utah fans are happy and excited to be in the Big 12” which, to me, is the biggest hoax since the Cardiff Giant.…[Read more]

They just can’t let it go…when I hear statements from them to the tune of “our season has already been made, 22-21!”, well, they’re in for a fall…

I remember that, well, that and the February bikini issue with the likes of Cheryl Tiegs…

You’re a poet and don’t even know it. Exactly…so go back to your panhandling corner holding your sign. As we both know, it is, after all, the only thing you, and others like you, are good at. Maybe if I pass by, I’ll roll down my window and give you a dollar….then again, nah….

Consider my case Tony, almost the entirety of my Utah fandom has been spent A. Out of Utah and B. With the Utes in the PAC…as I said, before the last 12 months or so, I just viewed BYU as your basic, garden variety opponent. I’ve gone from zero to crazy regarding them in really, the last week. I pity you for having to grow up here during the…[Read more]

Oh fuck…that might force me to activate my Plan B (move back to Montana) sooner rather than later…

The funny thing is that if they lose against Kansas, a classic trap game because they’re away to ASU is next week and they’ve just expended a massive amount of psychic energy in the game versus Utah, it wouldn’t surprise me to see them lose every remaining game in their schedule.

Jim, thanks for your comments. That’s been my experience as well. I live in a cul-de-sac in southern Davis County where my family is the only non-Mormon/Mormon background one in the block. They are all good, thoughtful people, even the ones that went to BYU. That was pretty much my experience with LDS people until the BYU basketball game last…[Read more]

If that’s the case, we can probably expect a few bogus flags this weekend. Kind of glad that personal requirements will keep me from watching the game.

Have you seen Diego Pavia’s (Vanderbilt QB) suit against the NCAA? Really interesting…he’s trying to make the case that age or time-related eligibility requirements in NCAA competitions are unconstitutional. If he won, which is not a given, it could mean that a guy like Cam Rising could keep playing, should he want to, at the U forever without…[Read more]

I’m not from SLC, I just started living here five years ago when I fully retired. In fact, the only time I lived in Utah before that, was the 18 months I spent in grad school at the U a quarter century ago. And you’re right, it’s nothing compared to Miami, Atlanta, Madrid, the Bay Area, Amman, Beirut, Riyadh, Kuwait City, Rome, and a bunch of…[Read more]

It surely isn’t Mormons as a group. I would venture that the majority of Ute fans here are devout Mormons or have some connection to the LDS Church but they don’t engage in the shenanigans that the BYU fanbase does.

I will tell you this…after Saturday’s game, I’ve been perusing several Big 12 YouTube channels (Baylor, K State, Locked on Big 12, etc..) that focused on the aftermath of the Holy War and, well, let me just call it what it is, I was shocked at the number of BYU fans on those channels who, instead of talking about their own team, all they did was…[Read more]

I’m not sold on Retzlaff. He was horrible last year and last weekend versus Utah. Is he serviceable? Yeah, I guess so…but he’s not carrying the team on his back ala a Cam Rising or Caleb Williams…a guy like him has plenty of unfixable holes that can be exploited no matter his experience.

Absolutely. As you say, no dominant team exists in the Big 12. Any or all could go winless or undefeated. UCF is sitting on a veritable recruiting gold mine. So is Houston. ASU close to it, not only because of the huge Phoenix area, but because of their proximity and history with SoCal recruits…any of those teams gets their stuff together,…[Read more]