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That’s how he came to Utah. I think NIL is just bad for college sports whether it favors Utah and other universities or not. Understand this is the nature of the business in college sports, but I think in time the balloon will burst and fanbases across the country will slowly discontinue supporting college sports as it doesn’t benefit all student athletes but just the good ones and only sports entertainment like ESPN and FOX networks. If these kids want to get paid, that’s what the G league is for (semi-pro league). When NIL completely controls college sports and negatively affects all universities in the country, I expect them to lose tons of money and the greedy powers that be won’t be able to sustain operations because fanbases will stop watching and stop attending games as their favorite teams are being left out. They will shift their time and attention to more important things that have more meaning in life.

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BREAKING NEWS!: caliman + TDS fan = FAKE Utah fan = FAKE NEWS!

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X-post from 4-star RB Racine Galliore yesterday, “patiently waiting” which I interpret as ‘I better start getting reps and more involved or I am hitting the portal already!’ Not surprised and even new high school recruits who haven’t played a down at the college level gonna bounce if they don’t get their way soon. From his high school highlight reel, I wasn’t too impressed. To me, the new freshmen 3-star RB to lookout for creating buzz in spring camp and got significant reps behind Wayshawn Parker is Daniel Bray out of Texas. His high school highlight reel is impressive. He’s quick and has a burst of speed when hitting those pockets or holes. It appears he has good field vision. Is shifty in short and open field and makes cuts on a dime when necessary. I expect Utah to lose and pickup a few more players from the portal that could be surprises (prolly both good and bad)!

[Utah#1]

Don’t think NIL will last long as it is ultimately destroying college sports.

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True, but he’s not going to BYU because they’re good. IMO, he’s going there because BYU is gonna pay players to play at BYU.

In my opinion, Whitt really hurt the team the past two years by mismanaging the QB room and BYU made their best move hiring Jay Hill that turned that whole program around. I must admit, they have kind of regained the rivalry momentum going into next year. I do not think they are the best team in the Big12, but they are for now the best team in Utah.

Whitt didn’t take advantage of the portal when they brought in talent. IMO, it was wasted talent regardless if Rising got hurt or not. We saw after Wilson went down and Rose was inserted, Utah started moving the ball and scoring. By then, it was too little to late. How can a 20 year head coach show irrepsonsiblity and not properly evaluate and judge talent wisely?

He did not trust Rose was ready and wouldn’t put him under center. Whether his evaluation was accurate or not on Rose, we do know is that Wilson went down and Rose went in and sparked the team and scored. Whatever concerns Whitt had to me was inaccurate and candidly poor judge of character. He wouldn’t give Rose a chance until he had no choice, and Rose proved him wrong. Could Rose have salvaged the season and turned it around? I believe so, but we would never know because Whitt went with Wilson regardless if Rose may have been the better option. Now that original QB room all hit the portal and the only one to come back was Wilson.

Whitt has always been Utah’s offensive achilles heel his entire coaching career. They could have a very good offense over the years had Whitt trusted his OCs and not keep running the same plays every year over and over again. Hard for me to believe approximately 11 different OCs he had all ran similar plays. Go UTES!

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the current players, if they stick around, will make that position loaded. I think we could see two four star QBs in the 2026 class who have Utah at the top of their lists: Peyton Falzone and Oscar Rios. we also have freshman QB Wyatt coming in the fall. Isaac Wilson may not want to stick around and I’m okay with that. Utah is gonna have a stacked QB room come fall camp.

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I agree, Whitt doesn’t get a pass! He’s been head coach at Utah for about 20 years. Most of those years except Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowls have had inefficient offenses and about 12 different OCs during that time. He gets paid approximately $4Mil+ a year not to be a solid top 10 experienced coach. He f’d it up with Wilson’s NIL and all the players knew it. He was a liability and Whitt did nothing to stop the bleeding and acted like nothing was wrong. His ignorance or denial cost us dearly 5-7, especially last two seasons. He’s got this upcoming season to make right or heads are going to roll! I think he’s got the talent and the players to be very good this year, it’s whether he can coach the players in a way to be successful, or will he F it up without even trying?! I think he’s one of the best coaches in college football except when he does something foolish to F it up and makes horrible boneheaded decisions that’s held him back over the years from making it to the playoffs. Caveat, it may not be ALL his fault, but he shoulders a good portion of the blame as him and Scalley have been the longest tenured coaches on staff. Hope he can take them to a CC victory and deeper than any previous Big12 has gone in the playoffs as possible, especially with limited NIL! I truly hope to be shocked in a good way! Go UTES!

[Utah#1]

With the amount offers he’s got for his services from respected reputable programs, any dificiencies your concerned about should be improvable coachable.

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okay, let me pump the breaks and let our new guys get on campus and prove themselves! just watched one of Racine’s hudl videos and no doubt why he was a highly recruited RB! he does have very good quickness and speed, to me though it just seems Daniel Bray’s video highlights standout. we do have some good talent coming in and fall camp will be the one to watch!

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oh my bad, didn’t know he wasn’t even on campus yet. i guess he meant patiently waiting to join the team and get after it. thanks for clarifying, i stand corrected! the way college football is these days, i looked too much into it. however, outta the two, Daniel Bray looked much more impressive in his high school highlights then Raycine and seems to have backed it up in Spring ball. will see come fall camp when competition heats up. very exciting times ahead!

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