Trailgoat

Well stated. My first Utah football game as a student was an at home loss to the 1AA University of Idaho. Stadium was half full. Chris Hill and presidents Machen and Young patiently pursued a vision to get Utah where it is today. The outcome following entry to the P12 is immeasurable in all areas. The next 2-5 years, whenever it all shakes out are…[Read more]

Agree, Utah wins as long as CR stays healthy. Would like to see CR reduce running the ball intentionally and work on his down field slides. Oregon and UW did a good job significantly reducing Nix’s rushing attempts. Nix ran the ball 57 times in 2023 compared to 89 times in 2022. Pennix ran the ball 35 times last season. Rising ran the ball 74…[Read more]

Agree Utah. UofA lost a lot of talent. Other schools like Michigan could be in the mix for an experienced QB and WR.

Schedule is solid. Nit picky back to back away games, USU and OSU. Short bus ride to and from Logan no big deal. CU and UCF somewhat wild cards. Injuries of course is a factor late in the season. No significant time zone changes other than UCF. UofA at home better be a night game. I know the coaches and players like the earlier games. The fan…[Read more]

1. Rivals: BYU. B12 in it’s current form won’t exist long enough to build a rival with another team.
2. Back and forth: Oklahoma State, CU, TCU
3. Frisky: UCF, Texas Tech, maybe ASU
4. Achilles heel: Utah. KW as head coach struggles coaching as a winner, it’s a plain fact. Interested to see if the WTF loss pattern continues in the B12. Next 3-4…[Read more]

No way Harlan would leave what he has at Utah for the mess at UofA. Harlan hit the gold mine getting the Utah job. Next few years could be interesting for Harlan moving to the B12 and big coaching changes looming.

Credit to KW and the culture built supporting a solid succession plan for Scalley. As long as Harlan doesn’t Fu$% it up, transitioning Scalley to HC with KW in a consulting role should have little impact on player departures and may actually be good for recruiting. Further validates KW’s commitment to the people not only the player. Scalley owned…[Read more]

KW is definitely year to year. Give the 12 team play-off run. Would be surprised if he went more than two more years. Scalley would of split by now if he wasn’t next up. KW also has the option to stay on in a consulting role to support Scalley. Either way, Utes are set up right for a smooth transition.

Copy. Some unknowns going into next season. Let the off season analysis begin :)! Utah goes where Rising goes. Utah is still a young team overall.
!. QB situation is volatile with no intermediate back-up at the moment. I have a scary feeling we have not seen the last of Barnes taking snaps at Utah (giving myself a down vote for typing this)…[Read more]

Excellent off-season post to keep the board energy rumbling :)! Crazy times when your QB1 gets paid over $1 mil not playing a down of football over the last year and half rehabilitating his knee. Far removed from the situation so I am guessing some entity agreed there was still a lot of ROI through Cams NIL local advertising, etc. I don’t live in…[Read more]

Agree Charlie. Way more to this than us fans need to know. Seems clear there was no plan to play Rose in the bowl game. KW’s choice of words stating, Rose is “not ready” muddied the waters, not going to read too much into it. I truly don’t listen too much of coach speak on game day. Coaches are contractually obligated to respond to a bunch of dumb…[Read more]

Yup, same goes for Jedd Fisch. No way Fisch is at UofA after next season. He’s a Florida grad and would be a possible target hire at UF if/when Napier gets canned, which is looking very likely the way UF has been trending.

Looking forward to seeing Rising play his final season at Utah. Finding and developing a top level QB is not easy especially since very few want to put their time in. As some have posted, Rising, Penix, Nix, Ward, Uiagalelei all took time in a system to reach their potential. Penix’s first year at Indiana was 2018. It’s clear, the top college…[Read more]

Yup, and several away games other than USU. UofA has a solid defense. Not confident Utah has the offense to keep up with UofA in its current state.

Agree. Crucial 4-5 years in the B12 for Utah. Utah likely going through a head coaching change in the next 1-2 years. Utes need to make the 12 team play-off next season and 2-3 times over the next four years. Fan support for college football in the next few years is something that could be an interesting factor considering everything that’s going on.

Not in any order of importance.
Utah must effectively throw the ball when they have to beyond a balanced attack. Utah needs an outside WR threat Rising of course, if healthy changes the dynamic.

QB back-up and protecting Rising. UO did a solid job protecting Nix this season. Nix ran the ball 53 (lowest in his career) times this season compared…[Read more]

Seems KW made up his mind before the game Rose was not playing. Hard saying though considering the way info is communicated to the media and fans. I quit listening to KW’s pre and post game press conferences. Like most coaches, he spews a lot of BS coach speak and the playing dumb banter routine with the local media who are scared of asking him…[Read more]

The OSU rumor is interesting. OSU has the NCAA leading rusher in Ollie Gordon. Sounds like Gordon has not committed to coming back to OSU yet. Next season, OSU’s Oline is loaded with all five talented starters returning. Evidently OSU has a NIL, collective whatever you want to call it now dedicated to support the Oline. OSU’s Oline coach is…[Read more]

Happy for NJ. Great town, elite academic school. Greta move for NJ especially if he’s getting a scholarship and some NIL/pay to play. Fresh start considering the QB drama that went down at Utah with Rising’s mysterious injury status. New OC Tim Beck has a solid background of developing QBs, which he’s going to need. NJ fits Becks offensive.