Uteanooga

This is just some dude’s guess. W. Virginia is a great place to visit but has a population of 1.5m. Nebraska has about 2m, loves football but has not won in a long time. Utah has about 3m. Arizona has a population of 7m and Colorado 6m.

Would any rational decision makers take schools based on recent success despite small populations like Utah,…[Read more]

This article about the waning importance of the 40 is interesting. Puka ran a 4.57 but logged the fastest top speed by GPS.

Bishop is made to play safety and is going to have a long career. Vaki is going to be a steal for someone. He is just as explosive as ever despite the combine numbers.

Was that Cam running around the cone at :08? He looked quick changing direction and accelerating. He is looking good if that is him!

Will Utah’s viewership continue at the rate of the past few years when playing B12 teams rather than the more popular P12 teams like Oregon, USC, and Washington? That is the question.

I suspect that yes the viewership will continue at a great rate if Utah can win, make the playoffs periodically, and do some damage in the playoffs. Utah has a lot…[Read more]

I am similarly concerned for the fate of Utah athletics and will miss the enjoyment of our P12 ride.

What seems to be lost in fan’s complaints, however, is the simple fact that the previous system violated the inherent rights of the student athletes. That is what the courts have ruled. Everyone bellyaches about how the changes will affect their…[Read more]

DT that is a fine point regarding the Ohio St. Rose bowl. I had forgotten how close we were. Looking at the box score- Utah gave up 573 passing yards and 683 yards total offense. Yikes. That is what I was remembering and completely forgot that despite our depleted defense we were in the game at the end. I stand corrected.

If Utah had beaten Ohio St. and then Penn St. rather than looking like they did’t really belong on the same field, we would care. I, at least, would be very happy about it.

Whitt has been fantastic and the P12 was a great time.

16 Makes the most sense and provides more home games to the top seeds. It virtually guarantees any team with a real chance to win the national championship will be in. The bubble teams will be too far down the probability curve to matter- like the basketball tourney is now. There is still argument about the basketball bubble teams but as 16 seeds…[Read more]

Capitalism creates wealth inequality while socialism distributes misery evenly to all- another Churchill quote.

Sports leagues are inherently unequal because larger populations have more resources. What country has cities that are all exactly the same size? Most people in S. Cali don’t care about college football very much but there are a whole…[Read more]

I’ve had a very hard time getting P12N. I enjoyed the product. Yogi Roth, for example, did a great job.

The P12N distribution is terrible in SEC land. No one cares about west-coast football outside of the west coast. I am as disappointed as we all are at the demise of the P12 conference but am not sad at all to see the P12N go. I’m tired of…[Read more]

“I’ve never understood the Zoobs fascination to be liked by everyone. It seems kind of weird in a creepy insecure kind of way.”

That is pretty funny. Does anyone who is not affiliated actually like BYU? I very much doubt that.

Good stuff.

In terms of betting- I decided long ago that I am virtually incapable of separating emotion from reason regarding Utah sports. I just can’t do it and consequently don’t bet Utah games. The truth is that just paying attention is a fairly large emotional gamble- if we win I feel great and if we lose I feel badly for a while. That is…[Read more]

Ranked worst to best:

6. Current coach
5. The previous coach
4. The one before that
3. The one before that
2. The one before that
1. Majerus

So they are going to take space from a public park where everyone can use and enjoy the space in order to build a stadium that will be accessible only while watching baseball games that cost $ to attend?

Yikes. Put me down for a “bad decision” vote. Public green space should remain so.

It is all about whether Utah stays healthy. If the coaches have the benefit of choosing playing time based on quality rather than health through the entire season- watch out!

If Utah ends up playing 4th and 5th stringers by the end of the season, get prepared for disappointment and ridiculous arguments about how the coaches don’t know what they…[Read more]

Texans love their high school football and consequently have a lot of great players. Utah has brought in many late bloomers and under-recruited players from Texas that have shined. We all know the names like Brant Kuithe.

These Texas universities sitting a tier below Texas and Texas A&M will sometimes be stacked with such players and I expect…[Read more]