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Utah isn’t as horrible as we all felt like last Friday.
We are the Stanford of the North. We play physical football, we are not a prolific passing team, though we certainly had a few really good games this year through the air.
So what is Utah? Utah is a team that will most of the time line up and try to rush the ball down your throat. We will…[Read more]

So before I read Stone’s musings below I was thinking, conferences which are successful in the CFP era all seem to have quite a bit in common. Two of these three allows for a “good” CFP candidate.
A. One really dominant team which ends up with zero or one loss. The rest of the teams are all mediocre to poor.
ACC, Big 12, and to a degree SEC (see…[Read more]

Thanks for making Utah’s first half not look quite so bad. Second half to come.

Yeah, morning.
So the family and I went to Boulder yesterday morning to watch the Ute Volleyball team dismantle the Buffalo Chips. Utah finished 3rd in the Pac-12 in Volleyball, that’s pretty impressive.
So anyway, I’ve been to at least 5 volleyball matches in Boulder and their fans have always yelled, screamed and tried to distract our servers.…[Read more]

Going in football because it is on the CU Buffs site.
 
https://www.allbuffs.com/threads/please-beat-utah-this-week-to-shut-them-up.142132/
 
 

Here’s an interesting story. Not common in today’s world of sports.
https://tucson.com/sports/greghansen/greg-hansen-years-ago-former-ua-president-ad-risked-reputations/article_5ea47e02-2081-587e-85ff-a5a3f0689b02.html#7
Arizona AS and University lied about Tomey’s departure for 19 years. Not what you think.
 
 

I keep seeing posts about USU-BYU, but have watched less than one quarter of BYU football this year, not involving the Utes. And probably less than a half of USU.
So here’s my question, are you:
A- watching just as much BYU football as two years ago?
B- watching more BYU football?
C- watching a little less?
D- watching a lot less?
E- haven’t…[Read more]

A defensive TD combined with a shutout. That would be the trend I’d like to see. Basically resulting in -7 points.
I really don’t see a shutout, but Washington’s offense will not score many against our defense. And our offense should be better than last year, because we’ve improved and also Washington’s D isn’t as good.
As long as we don’t turn…[Read more]

So what will be the differences between last year’s games against UW and this year’s?
1. Ludwig, I’ve always liked him, but he has made Tyler Huntley so much better. Putting him in a great spot to succeed.
2. Defense, yes our defense was great last year but it’s even better this year.
3. Wham Bam, thank you slam slam slam. Bam is fresh and will…[Read more]

Oregon drops one more, if they lose tonight. USC wins out, Utah wins out?
Utah would not make the Pac-12 championship.
So to add confusion, what if Utah climbs into the top 6 or maybe even #4. Any chance Utah makes the CFP due to other teams crazy losses?
I mean we’d have lost to the South Champions.
And looks like Oregon’s gonna come back.

Probably not. With our luck Oregon will move up 1, Wiscy will call right in front of us.

Probably not. With our luck Oregon will move up 1, Wiscy will fall right in front of us.

Deserves mad props along with TH for that beautiful pass and catch. Nacua’s adjustment on the ball which was placed perfectly, that is a top ten team play.

A few weeks ago i was going to jokingly call for the termination of our special teams coach. You know, “Fire Ludwig” style. TIC
So what is the cause of Utah’s special teams efficiency being so low?
Not enough FG attempts/makes?
Not enough touchbacks?
Too many returns out to the 30?
Punting just not long enough? Punt coverage?
It doesn’t feel…[Read more]

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2019/10/05/ncaa-digs-against-new/
When you see some of the examples of how limited students (Covey) are as opposed to their classmates, it sheds some light on another dark corner of the situation.
When an athlete is restricted from activities which enhance their major, i.e. business it kind of sucks. Money making…[Read more]

https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/leki-fotu-s-fulfilling-his-promise
 

I found this article interesting and thought provoking. Health issues, mental health issues, life.
https://utahutes.com/news/2019/9/30/soccer-i-carly.aspx
I have a co-worker who played softball at Utah State and was in a 27 year relationship (funny she’s dating men now but not sure what is driving that), my best friend from age 4-12 came out to…[Read more]

So there are several possible unintended consequences.
First the NCAA is going to fight this tooth and nail. So we’ll see how that goes.
Second, what happens if say a different states legislature makes it illegal for an amateur athlete who is getting paid to play in their state. So let’s say Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Utah all pass laws, what…[Read more]