UteNamedOg

Utes should be fine. Show up to games, be loud, and support on the road if you can. Utes will have a target simply because many media outlets and personalities have their championship pick as OSU, KSU, or Utah. Plus it could always be worse – imagine how weird it is to be an ASU/BYU fan getting off the plane and seeing you’re the only one walking…[Read more]

There’s quite a bit of time left between now and any signings, but this class is getting commitments WAY ahead of schedule. Cracking the top 50 used to be a October/November tradition.

Huntley was the most athletic human on earth who didn’t slide. I recall a bunch of his runs were because a hole opened up and the defender in space wasn’t wearing his seatbelt. No Kincaid this year, but I have cautious optimism for the WR group – ideally this pans out to be an offense where Cam can elevate everyone else with his play and then have…[Read more]

I lean yes but think it’ll come down to health (no s***) and the secondary. Aside from the game where Cameron Smith was Utah’s leading receiver, the games in which Utah saw itself setback or derailed from a CCG were those involving some five star manchild WR: N’Keal Harry, Ju-Ju, Pittman, and even McMillan (not a manchild, but he’s the favorite…[Read more]

I respectfully disagree. JJ came across the country, endured the loss of two of his best friends, swapped positions to help the team, and had absolutely zero off the field issues while doing all of it. I hope he rushes for 2000 yards with his only injury being a sprained wrist from cashing in gigantic NIL deals.

Implies the heavy use of medicinal cowbell

This dude racked up a dozen sacks as a 20 year old. Very possible he isn’t even in his final form.

I remember the zoob STIdent section, in the mix of a sugar rush and ignorance, chanting “overrated” prior to the 2019 game. Whitt’s most consistent quality seems to be his high floor; very few mental mistakes in a game. Assuming Krindor’s data holds, there’s a good possibility we end up around this ranking come the end of the season, which means…[Read more]

I’ll still take it. In the past ~decade your average college fan has gone from not being able to find Utah on a map to reading/hearing about the program in mock drafts, preseason rankings, pig farming, etc.

(the fact that half the country is moving here also might have something to do with it)

“Our stadium is very nice”

> Proceeds to give two paragraphs about why it needs to be torn down, remodeled and given a better playing surface.

Now for some nice things: First is that the views are top-tier. Hit that nail on the head. Second, I’ve heard you give out ice cream to visiting fans, which is very kind. Third, the entire program being…[Read more]

I’ll guess the domino effect first:

> Cam’s been punting again.
> Kuithe tried it too when they were both rehabbing.
> Lud’s gonna run a 4th down double RPO TE sweep where Cam can run it, pass it, punt it, or give hand it to Kuithe who can then also run it, pass it, bop it, twist it, or boot it.

Well researched list! Only critique is I think it needs more Kenneth Scott and Gionni Paul. I am heavily biased with the latter, but that dude was a fire hydrant on legs who was ALL OVER the field. Also very tempted to put in Ty. Very, very small sample size but I just remember being blown away watching him against CU and WSU. I can’t bring myself…[Read more]

Larry Scott deserves most of the blame by gambling on the PAC12 network; the big matchups between Oregon/USC, Stanford/UCLA, etc. seemed to fade into the “P12 After Dark” background, and the conference as a whole lacked any consistent national contenders, whereas other conferences were perennially represented within the CFP.

I personally think…[Read more]

Joel Klatt had an excellent monologue on NIL, see below. I think athletes getting paid is a good thing, with pros outweighing cons; example being the outreach that the Crimson Collective does with charities, and players staying longer in college, not feeling pressured to leave so they can support themselves, family, or friends. Micah Bernard…[Read more]

This may be me drinking the red kool aid, but 11-1. I flipped a coin to decide the loss between the two “dubious but talented” away games in UCF and Buffs.

Travis Hunter is a damn cheat code. OkSt’s Ollie Gordon is the same, but they had the 122nd ranked defense last year. Colorado was actually *worse* on defense but Deion’s efforts in the…[Read more]

Couldn’t agree more. Lots of change between then and now, but Fifita is an excellent QB and I have terrible memories of bigger WRs being very present in Utah losses over the years. On the other side, it is VERY difficult to beat Utah at home and at full strength, unless you’re Chris Petersen. That dude tuned us up.

I figure if you’re nervous just…[Read more]

Maybe. Whitt would be a placeholder – conjecture, but he seems to follow the “I’ll do it until I can’t do it at 100% mantra”.

I do, however, think he would be successful at Michigan. His persona of being very serious, disciplined, and deliberate seems to work well with teams (technically team) whose play-style is the same. Of course, this is a…[Read more]

Rivals: Bagpipe-Y-U and ASU.

Mutual Respect: Arizona, KSU, and Colorado.

Frisky: Tough one. Utes have had issues with teams who have a freak manchild on their roster: Juju Smith-Schuster, Hercules Mata’Afa, N’Keal Harry, and most recently Anthony “dammit there he goes again” Richardson. I lean UCF. Their program just signed a large and…[Read more]

I do agree with the coaching philosophy – the 2015 equipment manager probably had to order an angle grinder just to get the maize + blue paint out of Gionni’s facemask. I also agree that Utah should accept the share of the 2008 natty.

Just from an observer’s standpoint I feel Whitt is comfortable here. He gets paid very well, lives close to…[Read more]