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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.

I think Utah has more NIL money than people give it credit for. It’s just not as loud or flashy. Our top players would not have stuck around if we were on a different planet with our NIL offering.

Also, they have won two in a row close games against Utah. They are not dominating and have never dominated outside of the LE era. Why are people (…[Read more]

Cool. Throw in 2019 and that’s basically four games in the last 20+ years Utah dominated and three of those wins involved Utah teams that went on to win 11+ games. Definitely doesn’t change the point that Utah rarely dominates, especially when the teams are generally equal.

I’m cool with just a win in Provo.

No. I mean the 90s and early 2000s when Utah started beating BYU head-to-head but weren’t at the level nationally as the Cougars, who were still winning conference titles and finishing in the top25.

The Utes did a great job stepping up in the rivalry compared to the 70s and 80s but they certainly weren’t BYU’s equal most seasons, and they rarely…[Read more]

He’s a legend. The 1970 performance of War Pigs in Paris, France is nothing short of a classic.

This is aligned somewhat with a ranking published earlier this year in the Wall Street Journal on what each team would be worth if it could be sold in the open market. Out of 131 total teams, Utah ranked 28th with a worth of $425 million. Ohio State was the top team with a worth of $1.96 billion. TDS’s projected value ranked 35th.

This analysis…[Read more]

Isn’t it amazing? I know this AI version is over the top, but you should have seen the version it gave me before I edited and toned it down. Good Times!

Just a win will do. I don’t ever expect Utah to dominate BYU. I feel like I can count on one hand where the Utes dominated a game (2004, 2008 and 2011).

Just winning should be good enough, especially since I’m sure the Utes will be underdogs entering that game.

I think that’s what some Utah fans fear: the cycle we’re entering is not favorable for the Utes.

Utah and BYU had not been on even footing conference-wise since 2010 – or 14 years before Utah joined the Big 12. That’s a cycle right there that Utah took advantage of by out-recruiting, out-revenuing and out-playing BYU (going what, 8-1 vs the…[Read more]

Work hard, eat hard!

Impossible… with all of the billionaire TDS NIL-checkwriters? Surely TDS needs to be at the top of the list

Just great. Another dick measuring contest the zoobs can freak out over.

In the SMU case. as the Chair of the SMU Board of Trustees put it when they joined the ACC and agreed to not take any distribution for 9 years, ‘It’s a couple hundred million dollars. I’m not losing sleep over it.’

My best golf buddy (RIP) owned the Cinegrill restaurant. Best salad, pizza and sausage sandwich ever. Unfortunately he and the restaurant are gone. Rick would come in late to the restaurant and my buddy the owner would keep the place open for him. He would order something like this: A pizza, lasagna, spaghetti, salad, and a sausage sandwich.…[Read more]

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