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I’m with you Anfernee. Whitt would have retired if he didn’t want to right the ship. I would definitely say he is pissed off and fired up. Time will tell.

Like an old girlfriend?

I’m with you Proud Ute. If Whitt is staying I will support him 100%. Hiring a QB friendly OC and Detmer to help out the QB room is a step in the right direction. I wish Rose would have stayed but I don’t blame him for leaving.

Hopefully we can get the New Mexico QB to lead the way for the young incoming QBs. Wilson was a bust for many rea…[Read more]

I tried to look it up and didn’t find any concrete answers.

If that happens I’ll take the picture I have of me and him and cut him out of the picture with my scissors.

Resurrecting this thread – Akana just hit the portal. Would like to see the Utes make a push for him to help the LB room.

Seems like a longshot, but one can dream!

Trucks, more NIL money, playing time guaranteed etc etc. Lost in all the madness is a free education and life changing experience at a quality university. The entitlement has gone off the charts.

In a perfect world all scholarship players (in revenue generating sports) should get an equal amount of money per month as compensation for their…[Read more]

The offensive chart had Utah in the lower left. There were only 6 teams worse on both axes (axesses? axis?). The word is pronounced ack-cees but it doesn’t look right when I type it. No matter how it’s spelled it was putrid and the chart backs it up.

I didn’t like the attention it got at the time for those very reasons. A leased truck isn’t a tangible benefit. And who is going to take that over someone else offering 10k more in cash?

I just think the Ute collective outsmarted themselves in thinking that something they would find valuable in their world – a company car which is a nice perk…[Read more]

haha, didn’t even notice that. I guess you did use the possessive for entry

I think there will be more entries than commitments. Unless I have the rules wrong, the only people officially in the portal before today were grad eligible. The announcements we’ve seen were “intend to enter” but only the schools can officially put their names in the…[Read more]

I think i remember hearing to expect about 40% of your roster to enter for every team, prior to the portal it used to be 20%. New age of NIL and transfer portal. Things are about to get crazy. Just remember, the portal giveth and taketh. I expect to see a lot of depth move out and possibly 1-2 contributors every year. The plus side…we didn’t hav…[Read more]

Working now and the charts match perception. The Colorado and Iowa State games hurt Utah’s overall defensive rankings but on a pure by play analysis, that was a top level defense we watched in 2024. With even a competent offense we’d be talking about it being one Utah’s best ever instead of thinking that the defense could/should have done just…[Read more]

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Got it working I think again.

I’m sure I’m still naive about it but I just don’t think every player that goes somewhere else is strictly because of NIL. At the same time, I feel like the truck thing was a miscalculation on the part of the Ute collective. A company car is a nice perk but I wouldn’t sign a deal for better perks and less base money. These kids aren’t any…[Read more]

I am going to try and stay positive on the subject. Looking at other schools in the current “NIL” world you absolutely can rebuild a team in one year. Now can Whitt and Co do it? That is the question.

I’ll say this, Whitt seems REALLY motivated and pissed off about last year. I think can be a great thing if it’s channeled correctly and not at his assistants. I think Scalley and Beck being such good friends is another positive in this staff staying cohesive. I’m optimistic. Let’s get to work. Go Utes!

Defensive link isn’t working for me