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Utah sports talk radio 101 content is capturing both BYU-Utah, and the hybrids. Kall 700 is very protective of KW. Occasionally poach the Utah football specific guests, Weddle, Mitchell, coaches, pressers, etc on the podcast rewind. Other than that, OC’s program is hard to listen to live. I imagine filling 3-4 hours of talk radio everyday is challenging especially with KW’s no access mandate. OC does have a solid radio presence. I have given his show a couple shots, half the time chiming in it was some loud mouth friend of OC sitting in clearly from somewhere outside of Utah. Another time it was another of OCs buddies talking Oregon football the entire time. Stopped listening live after that. To be fair, I listened very infrequently so hopefully better overall than what I’ve experienced. Bottom line, Riley’s a tough act to follow. I do find it odd when listening a few times to Checketts how he bagged on Utah fans collectively from a small sample group of Utah/trolls on social media posts. Guessing it’s a tactic to get more BYU listeners? Not sure, but it certainly was a factor in me losing interest in his show. Upside is Utah football is being talked about, all depends what you want to listen to. Go Utes!

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He’s earned the right to turn it round. He’s also primarily responsible for mismanaging the program over the last two years. KW’s not going to walk away from that big contract amendment he attained in 2022. If year three ends up of more injury blaming, and sabotaging the offense, he needs to hang it up. He looks MS sounds much more refreshing and up beat. Interesting season ahead. I hope KW has a great year to finish off his amazing career at Utah on a high note. Ready for the Scalley head coach era. Go Utes!

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Keep Rose if he wants to come back as a PWO to play TE or LB, maybe he can focus on getting a college degree which seems to be the last thing on some of these players minds these days. I get there’s probably a large number of players in the TP cut loose by their institution. Beck’s got his guys. Good hell, Utah can’t go right back to where they were last year with a gluttony of players fighting for limited reps. Rose had his shot. Dampier, Zurbrugg, Wilson, and Becker are plenty.

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Man, last two years were bad. The injury’s out of Fall camp is not new. I think it was 2021 or 2022, maybe both, half of the 10 strong Olneman were out hurt when the season started. Some trickled back into the rotation, but it was a constant shuffle of players in, out, and around to different Oline positions throughout the season.

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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 shortage of off season activity.

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Crazy. I remember skiing Alta pow on a weekday for less than $20 a pass back in the early 90s while attending the U. The 2002 Olympics was a blessing and a curse for SLC.

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Agree MU. 5 conference wins from here on out should be considered a success. Can’t believe that’s how far the program has fallen. The athletic department has systemic issues no one really wants to address. As a fan, I am ready for some new, forward thinking leadership. Time for KW, Harlan, and Smith to move on in 2025 for a fresh start in 2026. Beginning to think maybe Randall is part of the problem as well. In my 30 years of being a Utah fan going back to days as a student, I have never seen both men’s BB and football collectively be this bad together.

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Good for him moving onto a fresh start with a new, younger, up and coming coach. Assuming he’s on full scholarship, gets the opportunity to resume playing football and finish his degree. He gave it a shot and unfortunately stepped into a dysfunctional situation at Utah. Smart move.

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Agree. Utah coaches probably didn’t feel he was worth the investment as a player or leader who played only half the 2024 season. Didn’t play up to expectations after a good 2023 season. Take the emotion out of it, by Utah dline standards, a very average player that can’t stay on the field. Honestly, didn’t even know he was out most of the season. Probably lost in the large list of injured players. After the 10/19 TCU game, looks like he only played in the BYU game, then disappeared again. Money saved for better players that can consistently contribute. Moving onto the next man up.

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Guessing the risk to reward made sense for TV exposure/revenue for CU who is hanging on to every last minute of the Sanders-Hunter show. Half the teams rarely show up to play anyway. As for the non-playoff bowls, I still enjoy watching some of the games during the holidays. Honestly, I am finding my college football interest overall migrating in the same direction as college BB. The quality of the game is getting hard to watch.

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