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I also am withholding optimism until I see how he works out at Utah.

OTOH, it’s hard to pin the 5-7 record on Beck when the defense was giving up 38 points per game. There were only four worse scoring defenses in FBS.

Utah had a couple of common opponents with UNM this year. Lobos scored 39 at Arizona (Utah 10) and lost because their defense…[Read more]

I don’t know what the contract is but the rumors were that the Sparks were willing to pay to to $2 million per year.

Exactly what Miami said.

Going to coach in the pros, gets a hefty raise, no longer has to recruit/deal with NIL, and gets to go home to California. A no-brainer for the coach.

The new coach, Gavin Peterson, has been an assistant at the University for all of Roberts’ time here and he has been the Associate Head Coach for five (going on six…[Read more]

I’m not the person that you asked but if you are interested in my perspective on the topic:

As a Utahn that grew up in the 80s-90s, there was a lot of arrogance directed at me for being a Utes fan when most of my classmates were cheering for BYU. Whatever, but when the rivalry started to shift to equality (and later Utah dominance), those same…[Read more]

I would love to go back to the world where Utah plays USC, Oregon, et al. and your guys are going against Texas and that team south of OKC. But that’s not the current world so I’m happy to watch the Utes go against a bunch of quality teams (mostly) in the central time zone.

Go Utes!

Go (but not this week) Cowboys!

I agree with what you are saying: old PAC-12 was awesome but the Big XII is a good place to be right now and better than the current (and hypothesized above) PAC-12.

However, the CFB numbers you share don’t really show that they view the current Big XII all that better than the PAC-12. Of the six Big-XII playoff appearances, five belong to…[Read more]

Using the same six-year period:

Average Home Margin of victory, 5:00 or later kickoff: 20.46

Average Home Margin of victory, kickoff before 5:00: 19.84

These numbers can be analyzed further (most games in 2019 were blowouts, how often the FCS kickoff is early vs. late, etc.) but I should probably get back to work 😉

Some quick numbers based on the past six seasons. I picked 5:00 pm kickoff as the line since the game referred to in the video kicked off at that time.

Utah record at home, kickoff 5:00pm or later: 18-2 (90%)
Utah record at home, kickoff before 5:00pm: 14-1 (93%)

Seems to me that the Utes are pretty good at home, regardless of kickoff time.…[Read more]

In case anyone needs it…

Plouffe, Crozon, and Smith-Gaucher – 3 on 3 Basketball, Canada

Nilsson Garip – 3m Springboard, Sweden

Eriksen – 4 x 400m relay, Norway

Plourde – 1500m, Canada

1.The backup quarterback battle
2 Which running back will emerge, or will it be by committee?
3 Who will be the other starting safety? (Next to Tao Johnson)
4 Will the offensive line take a step forward?
5 Utah’s modified fall camp

But… it sounded like a great opportunity and, from what I hear, he’s a team player.

Seriously, though, thanks for all you do.

The mention of the Uintas and immediate shift to a peak in the La Sals was absolutely something Walton would have done. His style wasn’t for everyone but it was certainly distinct.

Free. I just want someone to enjoy them and support the team. Send me a PM with the email address I can forward them to and I’ll send them from the Utah Utes app.

My understanding it that players can ask the advisory committee for a grade (either first two rounds or stay in school) but if they go through the full draft process, they will lose their remaining college eligibility. From the NFL Football Operations website:

The NFL encourages most underclassmen to finish their college eligibility and earn a…

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Out of curiosity, is there a reason you referred to sports as “Mens” or “Girls”? Seems like mens/womens or boys/girls would make more sense to me.

Three total teams face Utah after a bye week.
– The aforementioned team in Provo (Utah has a bye too)
– Arizona
– TCU

Yes; and that left me with many questions as well.

I’m still trying to understand when the ref stopped a Utah possession so UCLA could make a substitution with no visible blood/injury.

I’m a bit worried about McQueen (because I haven’t heard anything after she limped off) but the others should be back in action by Friday, I think.