Trailgoat

Hard saying if MM is that big of a loss considering the depth of offense issues. The entire offense including coaches minus the Oline is a redo. A restart for MM might be a good thing for him. Beck has his guys coming in to run his offense. This overhaul is relatively new for Utah and us fans. My only concern is KW staying out of the way. No…[Read more]

Watch out for UNLV. Dan Mullen may turn out to be the Rebel football version of Jerry Tarkanian. UNLV won’t be short of cash to pay players and Mullen knows it. At some point we’ll see the West regroup regionally especially with the fading relevance of academic arrogance from the UC schools. The current cross country conference realignment is not…[Read more]

Beck evidently sees a future system fit with IW. KW seems to be letting Beck do his job, good sign. Need to lock down Wayshawn Parker.

Maybe KW can go the Gundy and Norvell route agreeing to restructure his big contract to help support the football program. He’s all about doing what’s best for the team…right?

Hardings fine. Young BYU coaches seemlike good hires. Biggest concern, once again, will they be allowed to do their job? Don’t see any of these guys sticking around if KW extends his rehab tour to collect another fat pay check for another year or two. Utes still have zero worthy RBs, spots on the Oline and experienced WRs to fill. Long way to g…[Read more]

Pepa: definitely yes.

Rose, maybe if unable to find at least one or two serviceable backups fit for Becks offense. Still a risk coming off surgery. I doubt Rose gets picked up. Maybe he just wants new scenery. Can’t blame him.

Calhoun: no thanks. Utes easily find a better replacement.

Wilson not wired for Becks QB run game. Needs a fresh s…[Read more]

Replaceable. Calhoun still has a lot of work to do to be NFL ready. Basically signed up for the Utah DB training camp and bailed for the bag. Until there’s contracts, programs at different levels are the training ground for Billionaire programs. The these are “just kids” nonsense needs to stop. KW and the other whiney, overpaid coaches compl…[Read more]

The long term affects of his knee injury does get somewhat overshadowed by the other injuries he suffered following. Of the five athletes I know from H.S. and college suffering the similar “terrible triad” knee injury, three never played competitive sports again and the other two limped through one year no where near the same level of performance…[Read more]

King is a good fit for Beck’s offense. Hybrid TE/WR you can spread out, move inside, good blocker. New Mexico did throw to the TE a decent amount. Clearly WRs are the primary pass targets, some RB. Very curious to see who Beck gets in his QB room. Guarantee the QB room comprises 2-3 or more guys with the similar run, pass, option body stature to…[Read more]

Weirdness is in the eye of the beholder. What’s getting weird is many within the SLC bubble refusing to recognize what’s going with Utah football funneling back to KWs mismanagement of the program. I really don’t care who the head coach is at Utah as long as he does his job. KW failed this program over the past two years for what has been flushed…[Read more]

Agree, none of Utah’s QBs on the 2024 roster fit the player profile for Beck’s offense. Guessing Beck lands a couple QBs in the portal matched with Becks QB running scheme. Might see Becker also hit the portal being a pro-style QB. Either way, zero expectations for meaningful improvement with KW as head coach.

Rising won’t survive in Beck’s true RPO offense. Dampier in 2024, 155 carry’s for 1,166 yards. In Rising’s few run plays, he looked a step slow. Small sample of work due to injuries of course. That said, we’ll likely see the KW, sabotaged version of Beck’s offense. 2025 is the KW rehab attempt tour and collecting his pay check.

Is IW athletic and durable enough to run Beck’s true RPO scheme where the QB actually is a threat to run not the phony BS Ludwig tried to run sometimes where everyone knew the QB is a zero run threat. Dampier was the leading rusher in 5 of 12 of UNM games. Hard to visualize IW running for 800-1000 yards in a season.

Yeah, was being mostly a smart ass. Agree, that would never fly with KW’s situation. Gundy will tell OSU to pound sand and force OSU to fire him for his payout. The move seems as much as a PR, shaming move from OSU to Gundy. Either way, the move is interesting.

Casual watching interest for BSU, ASU, UO, SMU and Texas. BSU is a crazy story in the new B12 format. The Boise HC Daniels was hired mid-December last year after Andy Avalos was fired mid-season 2023 with a 17-5 conference record, 22-14 overall. Daniels has arguably the top Heisman candidate in Jeanty and a bye going into the CFP play-off…[Read more]

Scalley’s got a sweet, well paid gig as DC he’s mastered. He’s guaranteed the HC job at Utah when KW finally leaves. MS likely inherits a rebuild with the way the past two years have gone. Risky move MS going somewhere else if he flounders as a HC. Utah is his dream job so he’ll stick it out during KWs rehab tour. Good move to wait it out while K…[Read more]

KW allows the same offensive philosophy he’s had for 20 years. Utah’s been down this same OC road many times with the same results. Nothing changes until KW leaves, to think otherwise is a set up for recurring disappointment. Beck will do what he is told and if the offense sputters he’s the fall guy. Rinse and repeat.

I can understand why an up and coming OC in their right mind is not going to risk their career coaching under KW while he’s day to day on retirement plan trying to go out with a feel good season. KW’s track record with OCs spanning 20 years has to be a factor. The only OC basically keeping KW with a winning P12 record walked out the door mid…[Read more]

Fixing the out of Fall camp injury problem would be a good start.

Are we officially in off season entertainment mode? Wait, isn’t KW meeting with CR this week to determine if he wants to come back for year 8? Looking forward to episode #3 of KW and CR doing another Bad Moon Rising truck video announcing a comeback with IW, Huerd, and Rose laid up in the truck bed. This off season is going to be fun! Saw Mateer p…[Read more]