UTEopia

Jason Kaufusi just left UCLA for UofA, but he would be top of my list to coach DE’s and move Powell to DT’s. Vic So’oto just landed at CU and he would be someone after not being retained at USC. Both are reportedly excellent recruiters. Former Ute Lei Talamaivao, was a grad assistant at Utah and then coached DL at Idaho St. He unexpectedly…[Read more]

I have talked with the U about NIL, and not only do they need to review what I am looking at, but the PAC does as well. People are under the misunderstanding that the allowance of NIL somehow eliminated all of the existing NCAA rules that apply to employment of student-athletes. It did not. It simply added name, likeness and image to the…[Read more]

Although the NCAA has increased the number of initials to allow teams to compensate for players (up to 7) entering the portal, the total scholarship numbers have not increased. The seniors on the current roster did not count against the 85 scholarship limit this past year, so the best way to determine the number available is to look at how many we…[Read more]

I have gone to several University sponsored bowl game tailgates and while the atmosphere is enjoyable, the food has not been worth the cost.

The more time passes, the better the chance that Morgan is the next head coach. If/when it happens, the past problem will again be pushed to the forefront and he will need to be prepared to address it out of the gate. Personally, I think AD’s do a disservice to the school to have a head coach in waiting designation as so many things can happen,…[Read more]

One thing to remember when buying tickets at the Rose Bowl is that seats below row 10 are mostly obstructed by the people standing on sidelines.

Correct – a set number of practices. The advantage of a pre-Christmas game is that the coaches and players can get almost a month off from football before recruiting is again allowed and winter workouts start up. The advantage of a post Christmas game is that the games are better and the players probably have at least a week off from practice…[Read more]

My daughter used to live in Thousand Oaks and we stayed a number of times at the Palm Garden. Very comfortable beds, great breakfast included, easy onto freeway.

I watched Brown is different the last few games than the prior games. It appears that he has some sort of lower body injury impacting his running ability.

The academic ineligibility claim is bogus because he would not have needed to be eligible until fall camp and by NCAA rule, a player needs to be academically eligible at his current school to transfer to another school.

He started taking official visits a couple of weeks after Helton was fired. Has visited Texas, Ole Miss and Ohio State.

The only thing I can think of is that the coaches told him that they were going to have him sign in February not December. The older brother of the Calvert brothers was committed to USC until they told him the same thing and he hopped over to UCLA

Sold.

I think Cam is back next year, but if he continues then what he has done this year, I doubt he uses his final year of eligibility.

I think Josh Newman provides the best Ute coverage in the market by far. As for the Trib, I subscribe because it is the only news outlet in Utah that actually does some investigative reporting.

Below is an e-mail from the U I received the other day. It included pricing for tickets purchased through the U. The pricing was the same as I purchased on Ticketmaster a couple of weeks ago. I can’t imagine there will be a better deal unless you are willing to gamble that prices on the secondary market will come down between now and gamete.…[Read more]

Why were you surprised?

Analytics show that if you can run the ball on 2nd and ten and gain 4-5 yards, the ability to convert on 3rd and 5-6 is better than if you throw an incompletion on 2nd and 10 and are left with a 3rd and 10.

2021 – Mokofisi was signed as a DT recruit but has been moved to OL
2020 – Tanoa Togiai was signed as a DT recruit but moved to OL; Keanu Tanuvasa signed and is on mission
2019 – Simote Pepa signed as DT and returned from mission; Junior Tafuna signed as LB and is DT