UteBaron89

Yes, almost half the roster spots have to be filled by Canadians, which is why it’s difficult to find a spot and carve out a niche as an American. About one-hundred starting spots for Americans across nine teams. The Canadians are usually the offensive lineman, a couple receivers, the odd RB, a DT or two, one LB, the FS, and the kicker/punter.…[Read more]

As one born and raised in a CFL city who still watches every one of my hometown teams games that I can, I appreciate the post! No, it’s not the NFL, but it is a fun and unique league with talented players. I’ve always been a little disappointed that some former Utes don’t seem to consider it as an option when the NFL well runs dry for them. It’s…[Read more]

I gave up my season tickets this year after 19 years of having those seats and 33 years of living and dying with the program ever since I moved here. I haven’t been as supportive as CobraUte above, but I have been to numerous road games and Bowl games. I still watch every game (most twice) and I went to two games this year with cheaper secondary…[Read more]

No Tanuvasa last night either. That’s a big one. Anyone else notice that Iowa St. was smart enough to pick on Vaughn every time they could tell he was in man coverage? They know he isn’t a threat to get a pick because he can’t locate the ball. Know he’s handsy and will likely get penalties. The one time he found the ball he was in bail with do…[Read more]

We went 8-4 with them last year against the toughest schedule in program history. Safe to say 8-4 would be the floor with this schedule.

Why are Boise St. and Miami not being dinged for SOS like the Big 12 teams are? Boise has played one P4 team.You all know that a one-loss Big 12 team would never be ahead of a one-loss SEC or Big10 team because of SOS. That same SOS component doesn’t apply to the Big12 compared to the MWC? Another thing. BYU drops because of all the close wins?…[Read more]

…and with Oregon already in the Big10 CCG, that would mean three former PAC 12 teams making a CCG in their new conference in the first year. Ya know? The pathetic, lousy, embarrassing PAC 12 teams who couldn’t cut it nationally?

Makes me feel bad for a guy like Damien Alford. I watched him at Syracuse and he’s talented and could’ve helped us. Apparently, the offense was too much for him to grasp in his one year here. His Senior year!

Changes mine. Finally a good angle. Too bad ESPN can’t afford more cameras. The only thing left that bothers me is how long he waited to reach for his flag. Was he waiting to see the result of the play?

If this is the case, it’s a great example of analytics being stupid or used incorrectly. All analytics should be is weighing risk/reward ratio. If the analytics are telling them that kicking inside the five, by average, rewards you a few yards of field position WITHOUT weighing the risk, then throw it out. I’m at the point where I believe the sta…[Read more]

I have no issue with the strategy in general, IF you have all 3 timeouts and can actually leave significant time for yourself after a FG attempt. We only had 2 left. So, there was no way we could stop them from running the clock all the way down unless they made a mistake (going out of bounds, throwing an incompletion). In this scenario, the…[Read more]

See 89-yard TD run vs. Penn St. in Rose Bowl. They scouted it and purposefully reset and looked to the sideline to cause Utah to do the same, then quickly got back to line of scrimmage and snapped it. It was totally by design. Caught the front seven standing looking for call. They must see this as the type of thing were they risk getting caught on…[Read more]