UteThunder

Do Randall and Harlan keep their jobs if Utah doesn’t find a landing spot better than some sort of hybrid MWC/Pac remnants merger?

Please note, I’m not calling for their jobs, just wondering if they can survive such a devastating blunder. Seems like our biggest athletics donors would stop taking calls from Harlan if we get left out.

With Colorado leaving (reportedly) for the BigXII and Oregon & Washington the next in line to get into the B1G, Utah NEEDS to find their way into one of these two conferences ASAP.

Backfilling with SDSU, SMU and whatever other G5 teams we can find isn’t going to move the meter. At best the Pac will be viewed as the AAC West. In other words, not…[Read more]

Is it just me, or has it gone strangely quiet on the topics of Pac-12 TV deal and possible expansion by the Pac-12, BigXII, and B1G?

Haven’t heard anything in probably over a week now . . . 🤔

On expansion, they will say the BigXII doesn’t need Utah and shouldn’t invite the U because BYU already brings the Utah market and they don’t need two teams from the same market, but then in the next breath they will say the BigXII should invite both ASU and Arizona. 😂🤣😂

It’s like when they claim Utah did BYU dirty by not demanding the Pac-12…[Read more]

A coaching decision in the Florida game reminded me of last year’s BYU game. 
In Provo, down 10-7 in the 2nd quarter, Kyle took a risk and went for it on a 4th & 2 at the BYU 8 yard line. Had we settled for the FG, we tie the game at 10 a piece and quiet a hostile crowd. As it turned out, we failed to convert and gave BYU a huge momentum swing.…[Read more]

A conference of the remaining Pac-12 teams, with the right additions from the BigXII, would have a stronger national perception than would a conference of the remaining BigXII teams with the right additions from the Pac-12.
Which looks stronger to you?
Expanded Pac-12: Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, ASU, Stanford, Cal, Arizona, Oregon…[Read more]

Where are the insiders with info on what is happening behind the scenes with all of this conference realignment talk? I remember back in 2010 on UFN, there were many insiders with updates on what was happening with a potential Pac-10 invite.

The more I think about things, the more it seems Utah has only 2 viable options. 
1) Go to the BigXII with at least 3 other Pac-12 teams. 
2) Remain in the Pac-12, but ONLY if the Pac-12 expands by taking some combination of Oklahoma State & Texas Tech along with at least two other BigXII teams.
Only one of these conferences has a chance to…[Read more]

Just in case anyone is interested in attending. Proceeds go to Murray High School

vs. WSU – toss up
@ USC – L
vs. ASU – L
@ OSU – toss up
vs UCLA – L
@ Stanford – L
@ Arizona – toss up
vs Oregon – L
vs Colorado – toss up
 
 

Seeing a lot of comparisons of Saturday’s loss to the 27-0 loss to UNLV in 2007 in terms of this being a wake-up call for the team. 
That UNLV loss was very different because it wasn’t just the loss that served as the wake-up call. It was what Kyle did after the loss that was the turning point. Utah opened that season with losses to Oregon State…[Read more]

It’s no secret A&M left the Big XII in large part to get away from the Longhorns. If the report is true that the SEC has been negotiating with Oklahoma and Texas for 6 months or longer behind A&M’s back, what are the chances the Aggies decide to leave the SEC and go back to the BigXII?
The Aggies would instantly become the top dog in the depleted…[Read more]

I already believe Tom was the top QB of all time based on everything he did in New England, but people have argued that the credit belongs to Belichick. Or he played in a weak division. Or he’s a system QB that wouldn’t be nearly as successful somewhere else.
For Brady to go to a new team, at his age, and lead them to a Super Bowl in year one is…[Read more]

Watching his “Emergency Mandate” . . . what in the hell?
‘This is so serious that we are stopping all sports and extracurricular activities . . . except for high school state playoffs. Those will continue as normal.’
What a joke.

. . . and it is ruined.
For years, Labor Day weekend has been the best sports weekend on the calendar. We get the official kickoff to the College Football Season on Thursday night. A bunch of games on Friday night. Saturday matchups. A couple of big Sunday games and then one or two big games on Labor Day. 
There’s a handful of games this…[Read more]

. . . and the Pac fucking 12 can’t figure out how to play the season?!

It was great to see but also very frustrating. How in the world are high schools able to figure this out but the Pac12, MWC, and B1G can’t?

Looks like I missed a keyboard brawl. Anyone care to catch me up in a boardmail?

Pace: I can’t speak for black people.
Also Pace: Black people aren’t going to want to come here!
 
I’m happy to hear that Morgan is more than likely going to be retained. Is there some risk in keeping Scalley? Possibly, but I am more than happy to take that risk and I think his positives outweigh the potential risks. Personally, I would rather…[Read more]