Uteanooga

Exciting year. And the B12 is looking good preseason with 5 of the top 25 teams according to Klatt. It would be so fun to get in the tourney and do some damage.

The pieces are there but much comes down to staying healthy. A few key players going down could make us very pedestrian.

Matt Gay has the 2nd highest 3yr average salary at 5.9m/yr and the 3rd highest guaranteed money at 13m. Very impressive career for our former walk on. He has put in a lot of hard work to make it happen and I’m happy for him.

These stats are interesting to peruse. In terms of money it is QB and then everyone else.…[Read more]

I loved Utah being in the P12 and having somewhat moved on from the BYU rivalry. Utah’s program made big strides during this time and it sucked to see it die.

Utah has little choice other than embracing their current conference mates and that includes BYU. I expect the rivalry to have a resurgent presence in the program’s sphere of influence.…[Read more]

The biggest problem I have is the federal facilitation of large rates of student debt. The feds have ensured all students access to these loans which has naturally fueled elevation of cost to the student. The debt students are incurring is not reasonably serviceable for many graduates. This causes significant hardship and now the feds are in the…[Read more]

Ah. I am supposed to assume it is the unused and obscure meaning. The one where the audience is in a fever of anticipation waiting for the ladies to move slowly around the court.

I stand corrected. The Fever is a great name.

Fair points and virtually any new coach may not succeed. I was not trying to make a prediction of how well Pope will do @ Kentucky but rather point out that though Kentucky swung and missed on their top targets, they still wanted Pope. Do you hear of anyone trying to lure Smith away from us?

Many programs would like to hire Whittingham and…[Read more]

Once you get past 20 or 25 programs, you are comparing a lot of really solid places with substantial upside but some warts. Even some of the programs that are dismissed are fantastic. Take Vandy for instance, who many automatically assume would be out with the creation of a new alliance.

Nashville is a fantastic city and Vandy is an elite…[Read more]

As much as I detest Zoob athletics I have to say that this has been an amazing sequence for them and I am really jealous. They had a coach good enough for arguably the most resource-rich program in the country to lure him away. Then they hired the highest-paid NBA associate head coach that has been linked with multiple NBA head coach positions.…[Read more]

His opinion that no one in the B12 would leave for the B10 is entertaining. I am not sure who the B12iest of all B12 teams is, but I am fairly certain that they would leave the B12 for the B10 without needing more than a few moments consideration.

Is there a single B12 team that would turn the B10 down? I think not.

I wonder what is the rough ratio of “serviceable” QBs in the portal to programs who would like to upgrade their QB room. I would guess that at least half of programs would like to upgrade at QB and that the number of such QBs is pretty low. Hence their significant price tag.

Perhaps 1/4, maybe 1/8. For every such QB, 4 or 8 teams would like to…[Read more]

What surgery, specifically, is Wilson going to have?

Is this what he is considering or waiting for?

Cartilage Transplants – Allograft (from cadaver)

I also took notice of his creeping depth comment. I assume he means helping players that are not quite good enough to contribute improve enough to become contributors.

Dream DC is Pappa Shah. Sharrieff is a star. He is also a loyal Utah man. Look no further.

Obviously Eric Weddle may be our GOAT and we would love to have him as a graduate assistant. 🙂

It is interesting to consider but it will all depend on how many teams are invited to the next party.

If they only invite 20- Utah will be on the outside looking in.
If they invite 30- Utah will be a bubble team. There will be some quality programs left out in the cold.
If they invite 40- Utah should be safely in.

40 or 50 programs have…[Read more]

The $ comes from broadcasting rights. Conference affiliation is the mechanism for collective bargaining- without this how would Utah negotiate and compete with the big dogs for broadcasting dollars? A Utah game is not going to bring as much revenue as an Ohio St. game.

The reason we are not in the B10 is that we don’t bring enough eyeballs to…[Read more]

Best skier in Chattanooga. I’ll compete with you for that.

The ACC has teams that either the SEC or B10 would take. The B12 does not- as we are painfully aware.

He was wearing one legging and no brace in the pic- which surprises me. Many QBs who have not been hurt wear a brace on the throwing knee to mitigate risk. The braces do suck but not as badly as getting hurt again. Studies show they reduce risk of injury. He must be confident to be out there without wearing the brace.

What was Barton’s injury- ACL? If it was a complete tear requiring surgery, he will certainly not be healthy yet.