UteThunder

. . . 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]

Heard a sound bite from the USU AD saying that we could be limited to only 6,000 fans at football games this Fall.
How would those be distributed? Would we give the visiting team any kind of allotment or would they be available to home fans only? If so, how many tickets would the visiting team get?

Because Pace thinks firing Scalley is the right thing to do.

 . . . when he is able to share his insight on the Scalley situation, I’m hoping he is willing to comment.

Two of the common arguments we hear when players transfer are 1) Transfers happen everywhere and 2) It’s okay because we have better players coming in the following year. 
Both of those arguments completely fall apart when you look at the actual numbers. Using 247 (and some ESPN) recruiting numbers, here’s where things stand during LarryK’s time…[Read more]

Two of the common arguments we hear when players transfer are 1) Transfers happen everywhere and 2) It’s okay because we have better players coming in the following year.
Both of those arguments completely fall apart when you look at the actual numbers. Using 247 (and some ESPN) recruiting numbers, here’s where things stand during LarryK’s time…[Read more]

Utah will be one of 11 P5 playoff contenders playing a non-conference game on the road this year. I am shocked that Vegas has us in the top 21 of teams with the best chance to win the playoff.
Replacing so much on defense, our starting QB, and arguably the best RB in school history? Wow! 

If non-conference games are cancelled, how will the BYU series be handled?
This year’s game is supposed to be the return game in the latest home-home agreement with BYU. The next home-home agreement begins with Utah going to Provo in 2021 and BYU coming back to SLC in 2024.  
Although most of us, myself included, would be fine with cancelling…[Read more]

Let’s say the college football season is minimally impacted, but teams aren’t allowed to start playing until what would be Week 3.
Which is more likely to happen:
Option1 – The first two weeks of the season are cancelled, meaning games scheduled for Aug. 29th (week 0) through Sept. 12th (week 2) never get played? 
Option 2 – The season opens…[Read more]

The second round voting opened at noon today.
Round 2 Voting Open – Go Vote

Matt Van Komen “intends to enter transfer portal”
 
Cue the “he’s a stiff and we have better players coming in next year” crowd.
 
Rinse and repeat.

KSL has a bracket to vote for the best basketball player in Utah history. It’s not much but it is something sports.
 
Go vote

Yes, transfers are more common these days but not at the rate that they have been happening at Utah the last several years. The national average is 14% when looking at transfers from one 4 year university to another 4 year university, while Utah’s is around 25%.
Why are so many more players transferring out of Utah than at other schools? 
If the…[Read more]

Utah, UCLA, & Gonzaga have all had their best run of the last 30 years, which included going to the Final Four, while having Donny Daniels on staff.

NM

. . . they are making some catches! Impressive to watch and makes me jealous.
Our WRs have looked better overall this year, but still too many drops on easy passes.