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Pretty sure staying in a Pac-12 WITH USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington was not an option.

Pac-12 without those four teams and Big-12 without OU and Texas were the only two options.

Based on that, it was a lateral move, though current B12 fans might argue that the Big-12 without OU and Texas is better than whatever a remnant Pac-12 would have been…[Read more]

The citizenship requirements are the biggest hurdle keeping most players from going to the CFL

A HS coaches best chance is to catch on as a coordinator. The example I know about is Art Briles who was running a new offense and trucking people in Texas. He got hired on as Houston’s OC, then moved to HC before taking the Baylor job.

I’m sure there are more but the only high school HC going straight to top level college HC I remember was…[Read more]

My unpopular opinion is that Whitt while good, has difficulty adjusting and that is where is faults come up. This game is all about ajduting. Either you do our you lose.

All true things for me.

1. We would look terrible in ANY conference this year with what has happened.
2. I don’t like the B12 and it wasn’t my desired destination
3. The places I’d rather be either disappeared or didn’t want us
4. College FB is imploding due to $$, Realignment games, NIL, and transfers so it probably won’t matter in 5 years.

We’ll just have to agree to disagree. I do not believe previous success should let this season be overlooked. 2012 & 2013 I could forgive because he needed a fair shot to get PAC level recruits & money, we saw what happened when he got that. This year and last he doesn’t have those crutches.

As I said I’ll admit he possibly could turn it around,…[Read more]

Urban Meyer is probably the best coach Utah has had (so far 😉), but he didn’t stick around very long.

Kyle Whittingham has been a great coach with some glaring blind spots (offense, fan engagement). I am not in the camp that thinks he should be fired or forced out, but I really wish that he would adapt a little bit more on offense.

Throughout…[Read more]

I’ve purposely avoided saying anything bad about the Big12 other than that I would rather be in a west coast conference. But I do wish Big12 school / fan would recognize that Utah joining that conference without Oklahoma and Texas in it would be like any of their teams joining a PAC-12 without USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington. They wouldn’t be…[Read more]

I agree, but a coach as good as Urban is not going to stay at Utah, therefore, Whittingham is the greatest coach Utah could have that would stay long term.

How do you explain the last 10 years under Scalley then? He’s a proven winner. Get over it.

We don’t have a full running back. Sorry. We don’t. We have a 6-10 play running back. We can’t close games.

The Pac-12 routinely failed to get teams into the CFP.

1. He’s earned it

2. He’s a top 10 or 20 HC in the game

Why are you all so quick to assume that this season is the new normal? It’s far more likely under Whit that this is the anomaly.

Shouldn’t Whit be given that chance to evolve or die. He’s embraced NIL, he’s embraced the transfer portal, and he’s made it very clear that he’s looking at everything right now and how the program needs to evolve.

You don’t fire a great CEO because they have one bad year. You don’t fire a 20 year successful head coach who is one of the best in…[Read more]

You bring up a lot of valid points Baron. Each year we are asked to pay more for our seats and donate to NIL. We are considered part of the Ute family. When the game starts we have to figure out who is playing and who isn’t. Closed practices and no media coverage. Leaving everything to speculation from social media.

ESPN and Fox rule the roost. I…[Read more]

I’d choose Whit. He’s been a successful head coach for 20 years, one of the best in the game.

I think Scalley will do great, but I don’t know it. Being head coach is a lot different and a lot of “grear hires” turned out to fail.

I agree with you 100%

I would ask what do we gain by him staying for another 4-5 years? Based on comments made on multiple threads, the general argument for keeping him seems to be “next coach will be bad, team will take a negative trajectory” paraphrasing but that’s the gist of it.

Using that logic, would it not be better to rip the band aid off now vs push the issue…[Read more]

As one born and raised in a CFL city who still watches every one of my hometown teams games that I can, I appreciate the post! No, it’s not the NFL, but it is a fun and unique league with talented players. I’ve always been a little disappointed that some former Utes don’t seem to consider it as an option when the NFL well runs dry for them. It’s…[Read more]