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Hey folks, chin up…I remember traveling to see Utah play Oregon in the 2019 CCG in Santa Clara.

Utah had absolutely everything to play for, most importantly, a spot in the CFP.

Oregon had nothing to play for…if they won, they went to the Rose Bowl…if they lost, they went to the Rose Bowl.

What happened? Oregon 34 – Utah 15 is what…[Read more]

Ramble away. GO UTES

It is going to be ugly. Colorado still has a lot of play for. Utah, not much. I hope to be surprised but I have extremely low expectations for the rest of the season.

The late calls have been going on for at least the last two seasons. Most offenses will stick with their own plan since it can really screw up your tempo switching your own timing to take advantage of that.

I’m sure ARod has been planning for the late calls since this game was announced. He did a couple of things that I really liked. They used…[Read more]

The defense has played with heart all year and kept us in every game. I hope that’s a good sign moving forward into next season.

The offense, outside of Bernard, has been pretty uninspired and gutless all year and I expect that to continue.

That said, for this game, this is probably the worst outcome going in. If CO sucked and dropped a few…[Read more]

Appreciate this post and agree with a lot of the sentiment. A few thoughts —

2.) I am sick of the BYU rivalry. Speaking as someone from the NE region where I grew up with RedSox-Yankees, Bruins-Maple Leafs/Canadiens, Patriots/Jets and some Pats/Ravens games… The BYU thing is something else and I can’t stand it. I think a lot of it comes from…[Read more]

BYU thinks the rivalry is too nasty because they won and the people who are pissed are on the other side. You won’t see a fraction of that when it doesn’t go their way. The “too nasty” business an attempt at grabbing moral high ground when you don’t personally have anything to bitch about.

I also don’t think it’s become too nasty. The nastier and…[Read more]

Well, I’m not wrong, am I?

My dad always told me to ignore people who start written sentences with “Ummm,” but I’ll make an exception in your case.

I just love people that say “I work with XXX” so that makes me the be all and end all for whatever is being discussed. Do you work with people that head the Boulevard Collective? If not, then your opinion of where SMU sports…[Read more]

We had developed a very good rivalry with USC. That was really fun, especially since they out-recruit us by a long shot. I was happy with that, and even Oregon. We have had a good back and forth with them as well.

My guess is there is an injury of some sort, making that play for him ineffective.

Certainly could be a deflated team but I think we’ve got too much leadership on the defensive side to, at least, stop it from getting real ugly.

Thanks for upgrading from lurker to contributor! Post more! GO UTES

follow up:

Let’s be clear on the circumstances. Yormark offered the 4 corner schools because they were the best available schools which would also increase the overall conference compensation.

The second reason is that he could envision the same west coast conference that I just laid out with 7 former PAC teams and a few MW. And I beg you…[Read more]

Something y’all have to more honest about is, Utah had no where else to go
That’s not technically true. The Big 12 was the best of a lot of perceived bad options. It did not represent an increase in compensation from previous (which I know was no longer available), it did not represent an increase in competition, and joining after Texas & O…[Read more]

This! This frustrated me so much, especially with so many backup lineman in for byu. Reid was constantly getting by with almost no resistance every time he came up the middle.

Insert Spiderman Finger Pointing meme. There’s going to be a lot of finger pointers.

I don’t have issues with that specifically.

What I do have issue with the defense is that after the mythical holding call, Scalley didn’t blitz again after that. I don’t understand why we stopped. Retzlaff was terrible when we blitzed. I don’t have stats but would be surprised to know if he even completed a pass when we blitzed. So why stop…[Read more]