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Sorry, man. I missed the part about him becoming head coach. We could possibly pull that off, but I think Morgan will be a solid hire. I think the game is unrecognizable to these older coaches (Whitt, Saban, etc) and we may be better off with a youth movement.

Thanks, Tony! I think it took awhile to hit the goal this year based solely on the poor performance of the football program.

You won’t make it to the 2nd half.

Hey, no matter what happens, you guys have had a great season and no one can take that from you. Your coaches have done a great job this year. I think Kalani secretly built really good offensive and defensive lines while no one was watching. I’d love to say that anything can happen in a rivalry, etc, etc, but I haven’t seen a pulse out of our…[Read more]

I say this with all due respect to TDS, but if they are the best team in this conference this late in the year…the BigXII sucks, and yes, I know they’re better than us right now.

Tony- one of the winners asked me to donate his winnings to UteHub. Why don’t I just add this win to the donation pool? I’m just holding on to those funds and will give them all to you at the end of the season.

I don’t think we can or will beat TDS. Yeah, it sucks, but it’s not because they’re great (although 8-0 is hard to do), but it’s because we have shown absolutely no ability to generate offensive production. Nothing we try works. Some pretty mediocre teams are shutting us down. I just don’t see where we can improve, do you? Maybe Bottari can…[Read more]

What to watch for: running up the middle against a stacked box on 3rd and 8.

Expect a win at your own peril.

Oh, I care. I just don’t have any expectations of doing well the rest of the year. These past three games pretty much put a bullet in the head of my hopes and optimism.

Zero expectations (good or bad). Actually, this is one of the more stress-free games in some time for me. We’re not really playing for anything other than a little pride.

When my wife is guessing the plays we’re going to run WITH A 80% SUCCESS RATE, it might be time for a change.

That said, we’re finishing out the year with an 18 year old at the helm. I really like Isaac, and have confidence in his future, but it’s going to be a rough ending to the year.

Sometimes the talent is there, but the team just isn’t good. That’s us. It sucks.

I’m not one to complain about the coaches, but it seems like we are awfully arrogant about our ability to run it up the middle. I can’t help but think being a running back at Utah has become a little more difficult because you’re facing stacked boxes the whole game.

P4 teams with 3 losses after half the season, which effectively negates them from playoff contention:

Arizona
Cal
Maryland
South Carolina
Central Florida
USC
Washington
West Virginia
Michigan State
North Carolina St
North Carolina
Northwestern
Oklahoma St
Stanford
TCU
Auburn
Baylor
Minnesota
Purdue
UCLA
Virginia Tech
Wake…[Read more]

We had a similar game called “Smear the Queer”. You’d gang tackle the dude holding the nerf football. Ah…the good ‘ol days when you just offended everyone and they just had to suck it up.

You guys are gluttons for punishment…

I don’t know, beating Washington, UCLA, Oregon & especially USC did WAY more for me than beating TDS. We have none of those “great win” opportunities in the XII.