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Will very much need ESPN+ beginning next year for a lot of Utah games. Was using it to watch Baylor/BYU last night.

Darn. Jonah had become my favorite player on the team. At least he’s not headed to another school. All the best to him in his upcoming pro career.

Coaches poll just dropped, Utah 29th in both polls.

Polls mean very little to the selection committee. Schedule strength, quality wins, bad losses, etc. are what determines who gets in the dance and where they are seeded.

Utah was poised to sneak into the Big Dance last year before the injuries to Madsen and Worster and we lacked the depth to overcome the loss. Great chance to make it this time (8 or 9 seed in some projections right now) but indeed fun seeing the team improve. Need fans to get out to the games now.

I would be uneasy spending a lot of $$$$ for Jackson given he has been quite injury prone. Seems to come right back each week (for a quarter or two) but seems a season-ending event is inevitable.

But wherever he lands, I wish him a healthy productive season.

As noted we need to get some playmakers at WR and THROW TO THEM once in a while.

Similarly, Utah had a lot of transfers and potential draftees sit out against a mostly full Northwestern squad but you play with you have available. But Arizona is one of the most improved teams in all of college football the last few years (in 2021 went 1-11 which included a loss to Northern Arizona). Will very likely be among the better teams…[Read more]

Really want to be there to support the team, but came down with COVID a few days after the BYU Game (as did a few fans I attended with) and missed the UVU game a few days ago. Finally feeling a bit better last few days, but still keeping myself under quarantine a while longer.

Devon seemed a bit rusty playing his first game in a long time, but appears ready to be a solid contributor. (Now if only Exacte can come back). Another warm up Wednesday against a team that has given good challenges to teams like Louisville and West Virginia. Then it’s onto conference battles.

Radio said Brandon will play

I guess one thing to remember is most of the rowdiest spectators in blue in the upper bowl are students and young enough to be my grandchildren. I certainly was more loud and boisterous 4 decades ago when I was in college than I am now.

The visitors wearing blue have very much tried my patience and tolerance their last few visits. When they are ahead on the scoreboard, they get very arrogant.

About a decade ago, they were well in control by halftime. During the break, coach Whittingham and a few of his players came onto the floor to encourage Utah fans to attend the upcoming…[Read more]

Will be unnerving if BYU team and crowd both dominate, but it’s on Utah’s fan base if that happens.

Many games the band outnumbers the rest of the students. They sold out all the seats for this one, but likely will be back to 50 or fewer when UVU comes to play next weekend, and I honestly couldn’t tell if there even was a MUSS section in the Delta Center last week.

I’ll be there (as always) tomorrow to cheer on my Utes, but as I follow…[Read more]

In response to question asking if the athletes get educated:

Back in the day, when schools gave the players a full ride scholarship (seems a very lucrative benefit when many students work their way through college and still graduate with a large student loan debt), players had the incentive to get their degree they can use to help their career…[Read more]

Should they do this and the mostly first string Bulldogs take the Seminoles to the woodshed would just make FSU look bad.

We need NIL deals setup so that a player that leaves before the end of the season (which includes bowl games) then they forfeit their $$$$

Their very first basket and very last basket (where the buzzer sounded while the shot was in mid-air) were banked threes. Another couple of times we were all over them defensively only to have them hit a shot well beyond NBA 3 point range as the shot clock sounded. Just that sort of a night.

Utah showed at times they should be able to dominate…[Read more]

Always gave his strongest fearless effort out on the field.

Good luck where you end up Bryson.

Oregon has announced Bo Nix is expected to play for the Ducks against Liberty. Good for him.

Erickson has been shaky at times, but lit it up from the field last night.

Would love to see him put up that many successful shots against his former team next Saturday.