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Yeah, looking back, I have to wonder how much of Utah’s current situation hinges on that PI call on the 2-pt conversion vs OSU in 2008. Whew.

During Ron McBride’s tenure, Utah football had the reputation of basically being the Iowa of the WAC/Mountain West. The bowl game against USC (won 10-6) was a great example of one of the most “Utah” football games I have seen. Things changed after Urban arrived, but even then, there was the 3-0 game to end the 2003 season. There have been ups…[Read more]

I would imagine that if Rising stays healthy, we will see him pick up a few key 3rd and 4th downs with his feet this year.

What is “Big 12 Now?” An app, or some special flavor of ESPN+ or something?

I looooved the Pac-12 network, but it really did limit cable/streaming service options. ESPN+ and a bunch of normal channels will certainly be easier to come by on TV. ESPN+ is also where most out of market NHL games are anyway.

Also, why does CBS Sports still exist.…[Read more]

That seems fair. I am happy to move some pressure and hype to K-State for a bit. I hope we get to test out their sophomore quarterback in the championship game.

Alex Smith seems to be in a category of his own. I wonder who will be next, and if current coaches are eligible?

Here are a few ideas:

*Eric Weddle

Then other options, with stars for the guys I think are lock to go sooner rather than later:

*Steveon Smith Sr.
Jordan Gross
Kevin Dyson
*Luther Ellis
Chris K? He was an impactful player, but…[Read more]

If we some how get to “and then there were three,” with Utah still involved, that would be a tremendous success. Maybe Brett Yormark is who Larry Scott thought he was. What a crazy ride. This season has an apocalyptic feel to it.

This “report” also says that the B1G already said no to FSU and Clemson due to the AAU thing, and that the SEC also said no for reasons that are less clear (probably already having Florida and SC). Is this a steaming pile of nonsense? Who knows? There are also hints that Yormark has assembled some huge pot of Private Equity $ to basically…[Read more]

Eh, the dust has not settled yet, but this roster should not be a complete embarrassment. That seems pretty good considering the level of turnover. I was worried we were going to be filling our roster out with 5 more Rily Battins for a minute there, but this is workable. It will probably not be a dumpster fire.

There is a reason Utah is known world-wide as a racist misogynistic backwater, and you are part of that reason.

This state has a lot of baggage (i.e. a lot of state sponsored backwards racist garbage flowing from the legislature), and that does not help our cause. Yes, it is possible for things to work out in spite of that, as you allude to with USU, but we certainly have our work cut out for us. A lot of potential recruits look at things like the…[Read more]

If we make that game, I will stoked!

I never thought Utah fans were capable, but Goatnapper was right, btw.

I think Caliman is joint account that is mostly Patrick Kinnehan screaming about stuff, but occasional David James shows up to briefly say something sane-ish.

Do you think it’s Monson trying to get back at the internet for when he got punked with fake recruiting news?

The proposal is for 70 of the “power” teams to be permanent members of the “power” division. There would also be a single 10 team division of “non-power” teams who get promoted and relegated based on (hopefully) performance.

At this point, I think something like this, as ridiculous as it is, might be the only thing that can save college sports…[Read more]

He’s running around, throwing touchdowns, running for touchdowns, and taking all the first team reps. He’s not wearing a brace. The injury he suffered will probably cause him to feel a bit off, and make crunchy noises with his knee, for the rest of his life. If he can move on the field, and change direction without thinking about it, he’ll be…[Read more]

Nice. I’m trying to find the cheapest/easiest way to bundle espn+ with a streaming cable service that has ESPN, Fox-sports, etc. I’ll check out the Fubo options in August.

Not to go all dystopia membrane, but I do follow a Big Sky team closely, and that conference is all on ESPN+, as are many NHL games, so that will be a “+” at least.

I am…[Read more]

Just imagine their how mad UCLA would have been if they picked up Battin from us instead :). I liked Lazar, but I really like this team this year. There continue to be some growing pains, but they seem to get better every week. The second line coming in with Smith and Keita is ridiculous. It just keeps the energy rolling.

I’ll second the anyone running behind Bamidele Olaseni, and add in Chris K. for good measure.
For an actually ball carrier: Chris Fuamatuma’afala, or Cam Rising.