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He had this title years ago…and then they took it away for good reason. At the peak of cancel culture in the USA (2020), most programs would have fired him and moved on. Utah stuck w/ him. They reinstated that title less than six months ago. I’d be way surprised if he wasn’t fine w/ the current timeline and situation.

Jokes that are true are the best kind

800k from 1.2 to 2.0 seems like a pretty good raise to me. It’s always about the money. More money for his assistant coaches, more money for him, not working for a different boss than hired him thus greater job security so he has a better chance at earning that extra money. Easier access to west coast recruits so he can keep earning that extra…[Read more]

This is true. Whitt said that he might be able to come back. Kenan Johnson too.

As I said in the other thread…he knows our offense will be so good that he’ll never have any opportunities to punt!

Yea, this no bueno. Im guessing he’s getting some offers and so begins the highest bidder game. The free market is fully taking hold and Whitt was right–soon the top 25 teams will just reflect the top 25 spending NIL programs…

I mean the amount of blame fans threw his way despite him being a true freshman. The rumors of the locker room troubles and not getting along with the team. It’s not surprising.

If I were Beck first thing I’d be doing is trying to convince him to stay. I know many are down on him but I think his ceiling is highest from what else is on the roster or who we could feasibly get in the portal.

I think there’s a lot of angst as the landscape is changing rapidly in CFB and the program really needs solid leadership now more than ever.

Its clear Whitt’s a legend, just his coaching style doesn’t work with today’s NIL/Portal era. Scalley seems to be a good fit for the new era and playbooks need to be learned in 3 months, not 3 years. We…[Read more]

I think it was inevitable.

Similar take to Miami. I went w/ 3 stars. I think Beck is promising (and as good as we could’ve gotten), but I don’t think we know enough (or have seen enough) to go any higher. I’m encouraged by what he’s done at where he’s been. I’m very intrigued by the strong run game New Mexico generated (this is a part of Utah’s identity / formula for…[Read more]

I think every Ute fan has his/her own opinion. As for me, I am very frustrated about the last 16 months. I could make a long list of things that upset me that have nothing to do with wins or losses.

I love what Whitt did for our program, but IMO it is time for him to step down and turn things over to his student, Morgan Scalley. But, I am am…[Read more]

I wish people on here were generally more optimistic about things. I feel like most people (or at least the loudest voices) tend to be chronically half glass empty. And although I like to have all perspectives to inform my own perspective, I wish there was a little more hopeful commentary here. It’s good to have the reality checks and sometimes…[Read more]

Gundy won them the Fiesta Bowl a few years ago.

The reasons why I think it’d be more reasonable to fire Gundy versus Whitt: We had a really bad year, but they had a REALLY bad year. We were 5-7 and all our losses were arguably competitive/close. They were 3-9 and got blown out a bunch of times. Their players quit on the season. Ours didn’t.…[Read more]

I would be excited if we got this guy. I’m not even sure we could get him if we tried hard? Somebody that passed for 2,700 yards, ran for 1,000, and accumulated 31 total TDs w/ 12 INTs seems like a hot commodity. I’m ignorant to our other options. What other good QBs are in the portal (or might be in the portal soon) that we could…[Read more]

I mean…OSU isn’t wrong. College coaches are so overpaid. Why pay someone like Whitt or Gunny, who have never won it all and can’t win a big bowl game, all that money?

Cut their contracts to 3-4 million and take the other half and give it to the players.

I like what Oklahoma State is doing. Utah should do it as well.

We could get Jay Hill…[Read more]

I wonder what a good punter costs these days? 20-50K? Worth upending your life and moving somewhere new?