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Conference opener (and with 2 of the pre-season favorites) so both teams should come out full throttle.

All about getting same amount of $$$$ on each side of the line.

Best feasible scenario, couple of mega-leagues of a couple dozen teams each with divisions where most of the former PAC12 teams are in the same division. 80% of conference play is your own division with the other 20% against teams in other divisions.

Utah has regular meetings with the teams like the Trojans, Bruins, Huskies, Ducks, etc., with…[Read more]

No need for sunscreen or danger of dehydration but means getting home well past midnight.

35-7 second half says it all.

That said, KUDOS to our brothers up in Logan for a spirited effort.

Wondering too would they eventually go after UNLV and/or Nevada (Reno)?

Indeed definitely a blow to our brothers up north.

Random thoughts

Do Cal / Stanford perhaps decide to go back (so most of their conference games in all sports aren’t 3 time zones away)?

Perhaps Air Force next to move over?

Obviously a blow to the Mountain West losing several key members.

Aggies fans and team will be fired up for our first visit up there in some time. But while Logan fans do a great job of cheering for their team, it isn’t nearly as unfriendly a place to visit as Provo is.

Saw many fans walking up the aisles carrying about half a dozen bottles of Dasani. Saw fans with armfuls of the frozen lemonades too. My allowed liter of water I took into the game was empty by half time when my father and I went under the bleachers to escape the sun for a bit. Nearest Hydration station was too far away to even try to get to…[Read more]

Worst case scenario playing in the middle of the day in late summer. Lots of fans on the concourse to try to get a break from the sun at halftime, and huge lines at the water filling stations.

Helps our SOS to have some of the conference do well against non-conference opponents. BYU winning at SMU helps us even though I find it difficult to pull for them.

Doesn’t have as strong a defense behind him but it would be hilarious if he pulled it off again.

Barnes played admirably against the Trojans when he wore the red and white. But this will be a tough test tomorrow.

I don’t care for taking the ‘surprise onside kick’ out of the game

How does Randy Marsh (inventor of Sarcastic Ball) feel about these changes?

Would imagine due to about a century of tradition, the Rose Bowl parade and game will remain on Jan 1, no matter what teams / conferences are involved.

Felt strange not being able get up Sunday morning and not able to turn on the Pac12 network to see highlights of the conference games from the weekend.

One of the wifi boxes happens to be located under our bench.

Usually huge numbers of Utah fans up on the east stands at the game.

Wish work commitments didn’t keep me from going this year (would need to trade shifts for a hone game weekend) and it is always an enjoyable trip.

Lot of new faces. Hate all the turnover that will be part of college sports now with NIL making pretty much every player the equivalent of an unrestricted free agent each spring.

Unless we somehow make it to the Big Dance in March (not really optimistic that will happen) likely his last season.

But will be there sitting in the Hunty and…[Read more]

I was on a few Big12 boards for a short time, left as there were way too many negative “fans” (or people posing as them) from the 2 Wasatch Front schools, but while there it became apparent listening to all the fan bases that they feel they have the worst officials in the land.