Trailgoat

Yup. Utah at the moment is a top level player developer for the blue crew. Enjoying the rest of the season. It’s been a good run.

Agree, use the $ to go get players, starting with a RB. Time to shed the what could of been Cam days of past and establish stability in the offense. Utah can’t sustain super conference market value with more of what’s going on now and last season. Guessing KW and Lud retire this year or do a transitional year at most. Looking fwd to watching IW play.

Agree, use the $ to go get players, starting with a RB. Time to shed the what could of been Cam days of past and establish stability in the offense. Utah can’t sustain super conference market value with more of what’s going on now and last season. Guessing KW and Lud retire this year or do a transitional year at most. Looking fwd to watching IW play.

No way MS keeps Ludwig. The culture is set, time for a new generation OC. Wilson has an excellent arm and needs an innovative throwing mind to use it. The Utah OC job is going to be a coveted opportunity. Plenty of coaches see how good an offense can be with a MS run defense, thats not going away.

A couple dumber questions :). With half the season remaining, Why is it so hard for Utah to move on from Cam Rising and is KW losing the trust and confidence of his players, maybe even some coaches? CR has been the best unavailable QB option to win football games for Utah over the past two years. The healthy (if possible) 2024 version of CR is not…[Read more]

IMO, this is KWs last season. At 65, time to ski, play golf, hangout with family. Sometimes at the end of your career it’s not in the cards to achieve all your high level immediate high level goals. Celebrate the collective achievements over the years and pass the torch. KW staying on as a consultant he can represent Utah’s work towards Super Lea…[Read more]

Not living in SLC, I gauge Kool-aid consumption based on communication from the coaches/prayers through various media outlets, social media, this site etc before the season. The main Kool-aid message was anything less than getting to the B12 Championship game was a failed season. Roughly half way through the season the goal is pretty much…[Read more]

KW has run his course as HC. KW leaves when he wants to so any firing talk is silly. Hopefully he has sensible people in his camp advising him to hand off the program to a new generation of coaches before it gets worse. A 7 year age/experience gap between the starting and backup QB speaks volumes, along with many other issues discussed on the…[Read more]

ASU game tells us whether or not Utah is off to a slow start this season or is truly not a very good football team. KW’s back in his comfort zone coaching as the hunter. We saw last weekend what happens to good teams that don’t show up. Sone Bama fans are already calling for DeBoers head…geez.

Defense is fine. Utes score TDs 2 out of 3 times…[Read more]

Too early to tell. Going with P12 team bandwagon. Brent Brennan and Kenny Dillingham fan. BB is a damn good coach and KD has ASU moving in the right direction. Deion’s entertaining and CU is scary. No into the other B12 teams yet. If Utah flames out, jumping on the old P12 team bandwagon.

Adding to Gatorade finger mania. Is it possible the laceration may have actually been an open dislocation? I did not pay much attention to the aftermath replay during the game other than shaking his hand running off the field. As mentioned on the board, QB room management’s been less than desirable for many years compounding the situation. Even i…[Read more]

Good points. Crazy to think Isaac Wilson is 7 years younger than CR. Wilson has a bright future ahead of him. Interested to see how the season plays out IF Rising comes back for the ASU game. Anything short of a CFP is not going to sit well with Utah fans and boosters who have very high expectations for CRs performance when he returns. CR looked…[Read more]

Hard to take Rising or KW seriously after the knee injury charade. The weekly mental hopscotch last season only hurt the program in the long run. Everybody in the Rising camp, knew damn well he was not playing in 2023. The deception whether KW was aware of or not was a bad look for KW and the program.

The lack QB and RB development and…[Read more]

Man, I think Rising needs more game reps before the tough last quarter of the schedule. CR looked rusty in the last 15 minutes before getting injured in the Baylor game. Wild guess Rising plays a few series.

Huge benefit is longer recovery time for Reid and O’toole to heal up going into the rougher back end of the schedule. Utes beat up UofA they…[Read more]

RB room is very thin, great to see Vincent get reps. Got to keep Bernard healthy. Stanley is not a between the tackles RB. Mitchell looks like a Freshman missing running lanes and doesn’t run like a 220 RB. What happened to Hunter Andrews?

Would be surprised if Glover or Wood (since injured, is Wood still on the team?) ever see future game time…[Read more]

B12 is the best stop gap right now for the super conference beauty contest. From a fan access perspective for those of us living West of the Rockies, it’s a hell of a lot easier and more attractive traveling to the original P12 locations. From a talent show perspective, B12 is the optimal short term place to be as long as Utah contends for B12…[Read more]

Seems about right. At this point in the season, OSU even with their flaws, playing at home has the edge. After three games, OSU overall is playing better, more consistent football than Utah. Defining game for Rising and Utah’s defense. Rising looked like a QB who hasn’t played for 600+ days in the last 15 minutes of the Baylor game before his…[Read more]

Game observations from about mid 1st qtr until CR left the game. CR struggled moving the ball after the gifted field position TD by the defense. Other than the following series with his big run and wide open pass to Money Parks stalling in the RZ, the offense was ineffective throwing the ball up until CRs injury. Credit to Baylor’s defense making…[Read more]

Agree Proud. Almost two years removed from playing elite D1 football his performance at this point is impressive. It’s not talked about enough how hard it is to come back from a major injury and play at a high level right away. He still needs more reps to get the arm strength back, timing with his new receivers in the game plan. He’s only going to…[Read more]

Concerns going into Baylor in the context of Utah living up to the B12 champion hype. Rewatched the game. Clearly this was a successful tune up game for Rising and Kuithe. A lot of wide open options for Rising. Agree with all the positives discussed on the board. Some observations going into the Baylor game, O’toole got pushed around on run plays…[Read more]