UteThunder

Sports belongs to the players? Get real. If it wasn’t for the fans, none of these players would have a team to play on.

Wouldn’t be 3 years in a row. Utah didn’t go to the Rose Bowl last year.

NFL: Bills – Love the uniforms and they were so good back in the early 90s.
NBA: Bulls & Jazz – As has been mentioned, my NBA fandom died when MJ, Malone, Stockton, and the other greats of that era retired.
MLB: Mets & Dodgers

He had a voice that just sounded like what a baseball radio broadcaster should sound like.

I remember hearing someone in the last year claim Utah admin has been made aware by the B1G of what they would need to do to receive a B1G invite in the next round of expansion, and Utah admin is actively working on those items. This would seem to be in line with that claim.

This is true, but if you are entertaining other options, you aren’t going to tell your boss you love it here, and you love your clients, and you and your family plan to be here for a long, long time the way Urban did. Urban was unnecessarily over the top in the way he talked about staying at Utah. That said, you would’ve had to be pretty naive to…[Read more]

Did we not just spend over a decade in the Pac-12 taking money and being cool with other school’s being left out? Will we not continue to do the same thing in the BigXII?

Them being left out of the B1G, ACC, and BigXII had very little to do with what they are and almost everything to do with where they are.

That’s interesting because Harlan’s big thing was supposed to be his fundraising ability. Then again, this is some rando commenting on an article. Could be totally made up.

2020 – Need I say more?

Relegation, on paper, seems like a good idea. In practice, it will be a disaster for everyone other than the blue bloods.

Relegation would create a P5 vs G5 recruiting disparity on steroids. Recruits with options aren’t going to want to sign with a school that is on the verge of relegation or has been relegated. So those schools will become…[Read more]

Along those lines, I would say the one play that changed the trajectory of the program was Marty Johnson destroying his knee trying to get a meaningless record in a blowout of Indiana back in 2002.

Utah started the year 2-0 with wins over Utah State and Indiana. Without Johnson, we went on to lose 6 in a row with 5 of the 6 losses being one…[Read more]

Weren’t those numbers from his Freshman and Sophomore seasons? Those are pretty dang good for someone that young playing for teams that typically have loads of WR talent for him to compete with.

It’s more than just Harlan. Hill couldn’t find anyone either.

Is there a Big 12 network?

Runner up in 2 of the last 6.

I think Hill’s motivation in taking that job was to help him get a P5 head coaching job; probably hoping to put himself in a position to replace Whit in a few years.

They do if there is contact before the ball is snapped.

Would they? He only has that job because of his dad. I don’t think low ratings are going to get him replaced.

Harlan’s either lying, lazy, or dumb. I looked up teams with openings on their schedule shortly after we accepted the BigXII invite, and there were something like 20 schools with openings that match the current dates we have scheduled for Baylor and BYU.

2007 – We lost Brian Johnson, Matt Asiata, and Brent Casteel in the first two weeks. Not sure if there were any other key injuries early that year, but those three were tough to lose.