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This is my take. I’ve always figured it would be Shah. Why else would he have stuck around so long?

I would make Jay Hill a priority for DC. I think he comes back home for equal or more money. BYU will not be outbid!! He is worshipped in Provo. Their donors won’t let that happen. He would have taken the Utah State job if it wasn’t for transfer portal and NIL. Tough to win at USU without a large NIL budget. He will get some lucrative offers nex…[Read more]

I think the revenue sharing and oversight of what we can call endorsement deals (Deloitte) will help bring some of this under a little better control. Collectives and just people giving cash to hand out will not be allowed the same it has in this wild west version of NIL. Direct pay for play will have to go back under the table.

Listen, I don’t care for BYU and its often arrogant culture, but your short argument is riddled with logical fallacies.

1) Argument from ignorance, and begging the question. “I have no doubt they have a giant chest of untaxed revenue.” So, churches are tax-exempt and receive tax-exempt donations. If they receive revenue, this is taxed and is not…[Read more]

I like internal/family culture, but it’s nice to get coordinators with experience at this level. Someone with the same style for the personnel we have, recruiting chops, etc. If it’s a perfect fit, sure, hire from within, but sometimes fresh ideas are welcome.

Utahs success teamed with BYUs lack of national notoriety has been eating at their fans for many years. Getting in the Big12 put them back on equal footing with us. Suddenly $$ starts playing a major factor in team success. The theme has changed from “we won’t allow pay for play” to “we won’t be outbid”.

Suddenly getting non-LDS and top LDS rec…[Read more]

Is there anything less interesting than two fanbases arguing over which has the bigger inferior complex?

Athletic dept expenses are carefully kept separate. There could perhaps be some underlying infrastructure paid through CES funds, but even facilities, etc. are not paid from church funds.

I agree and its unfortunate that Utah fell flat on its face the first 2 years of major NIL changes in college sports.

I mean, it feels like it already has, no? Utah’s last win was what, six years ago?

Are you sure you are not a byu fan pretending to be a Utah fan? Or browsing Cougarboard a lot, and letting that influence your opinion? Just kidding, but I wonder, since the “six years” comment is constantly brought up by byu fans.

I mean, there have only been T…[Read more]

I mean, this changes nothing considering we’re looking at a year where BYU very likely will out-recruit Utah.

I’ll also point out that in the MWC era, the difference between Utah and BYU recruiting-wise was generally only a few spots – not as dramatic as we’ve seen from Utah in the Pac-12 era where they were out-recruiting BYU by a lot.

Just…[Read more]

I don’t think anyone should concern themselves with the idea that BYU will return to the era of Peak LaVell but it’s just silly to say the rivalry can’t change.

The dynamics of the rivalry, whether we like it or not, has changed. Utah and BYU are no longer on unequal ground like when the Utes were in the Pac-12 and BYU was independent. In that…[Read more]

I’ll be surprised if it is not Shah. They have been friends for a long time, they have both been in the same system for a long time, and Shah has demonstrated a lot of loyalty to the program.

Anyone who has been around Shah knows just how bright and charismatic he is. His path of inner city California to Utah All American to Utah Law School to…[Read more]

I really like Jay Hill. But, I do not see him coming to Utah at this point. I do think he will leave BYU at some point for a HC position.

As for our new DC – We have some good candidates in-house that Scalley knows well. I think he stays in-house when he picks his DC.

I saw a report that mentioned Jay turned down a HC job this offseason, but it didn’t mention which one, though I assume it was Utah State. My guess is that if he is going to be a HC, he wants it to either be at Utah or BYU but he would leave the state for the right P4 HC job. In the mean time, I think he is content to be a DC for BYU but would…[Read more]

Before LaVell, Utah won 70% of the time.

Since LaVell retired, Utah has won 70% of the time.

There ain’t no fucking cycle.

BYU had LaVell. Kalani ain’t no LaVell.

Whitt messed up and didn’t adjust fast enough with the demotion to the Big 12.

BYU ain’t it.

I am a part-time day trader. There are three things doing day trading that actually apply here:

1. The trend is your friend.
2. The trend hasn’t changed until it has confirmed it has changed.
3. Use probability and no emotion

For a sustained trend, it is reasonable to exoect a “pause” in the trend. 9 wins in a row is a trend. 2 losses is…[Read more]

Utah out-recruited ybu-p every year since 2002, when recruiting services started rating players, and ranking recruiting classes. That was well before our “Pac-12” era.

Also, Utah went 7-5 against them during the “MWC” era, and outperformed them overall since retaking the mantle of “top dog” all the way back to 1993.