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I have no insight on the rest but the Weber state offer tidbit is a fact.

How doesn’t it make sense? We have a long history of Utah and BYU being on equal conference footing and when they were, the rivalry was much more competitive than it was when Utah played in the Pac-12. That’s just a fact.

In 2021, Utah had the 32nd ranked class in the nation according to 247Sports. In that same season, BYU had the 74th ranked…[Read more]

I’m in wait and see mode

Who says I’m new? Just because my account is new, doesn’t mean I haven’t posted here multiple times in the past.

Attempting to fool someone would suggest I care whether they’re convinced of my Utah fandom. I hate to break it to you, but I’m not. Unlike you, I’m very secure in my fandom: Give it time, you’ll probably get there one day.

Utah should be improved. But Utah also has a much tougher schedule, at least on paper at this moment, than last year’s team. Last year’s schedule was their weakest since the MWC games and extremely favorable with only one really good opponent away from Salt Lake: ASU.

But injuries aside, and I’ve said this already, the losses to Arizona and…[Read more]

The last two years have completely stripped me of any ability to forecast a position group

Confidence- no confidence. Optimism- yes lots.

I’m going into this year trying to have no expectations. I am going to enjoy the games and take what comes.

I would give the OLine, linebackers, safeties a passing grade. Pass or fail only

Qb, RB,TE, WR, DT, DE, CB an incomplete because we don’t know for sure. They should all pass I don’t see any failures.

My biggest concern will be depth at many positions. Special teams can’t be any worse than last year. Same can be said for the whole offense.

32 Days away is like a slow drip for me…. I feel like after the UCLA game, I’ll have a better clue on the team.

Here’s a good resource for some of the things you are interested in rather than me filling up Tony’s server with my blathering. It’s not definitive and it’s 10 years old but there’s still some pretty good stuff in there, especially if you just want to bone up on the basics.

Be a better fan

two of the most misused and misunderstood terms in today’s football.

Spread: refers to alignment of eligible receivers. Many think that it refers to an offensive philosophy but it’s really not. It’s best understood when used in conjunction with the word “box” that you will hear a lot on broadcasts. When the offense is lined up, imagine you are…[Read more]

Just look for the following…

1. Brand new “UteHub” account
UteHub had been around for years, as have most of the posters here. We don’t see many “new” posters, so when we do (see #2)…

2. Content
If the vast majority of their comments are either “pro-ybu” or “downsliding Utah”, you know they’re a zoob. Also, the Ute fans on here comment…[Read more]

Is there really a problem of BYU fans posing as Utah fans on this board? I’ve seen some on YouTube comments, but they are always pretty obvious.

How does one levy legitimate concerns about our team, but not become a “zoob in Ute’s clothing?”

I am new here and naive regarding site etiquette.

Why do zoobies always think that after they’ve been so-very-busted over posing as a Ute fan still think they’re fooling anyone? So answer DT’s question. Why DO you fools continue to insist to maintain this transparently insecure masquerade?

AND… enforce tampering! Players are being shopped and pursued while not in the portal. BYU was guilty as hell. Snowden said everyone was doing it to not point the finger at BYU. Tanavausa changed his mind before entering the portal. Both cases were NIL driven.

How often varies by opponent and Utah’s roster composition. When you had two great LB’s like 2016 through 2021, Utah ran nickel probably 75% of the time. The last couple of years, they’ve been going with more 3 LB sets and even been playing around with 3 DE, 1 DL, 3 LB sets. Part of that is to give different looks but it’s also been to cover…[Read more]

Beach your argument about equal playing field makes no sense. Thats like Utah saying if we were in the big 10 we’d be equal to Ohio State. That’s a hypothetical view. I would agree recruiting is harder. Would you rather play for Whitt and Utah or Bronco and BYU ? Utah had a better program reguardless of conference.

Now with the NIL era money tru…[Read more]

I am high on Blake Cotton; he is our second highest-ranked transfer this year. I expect him to take over CB #1, or maybe even Donovan Saunders. Snowden is a solid #2 in my mind, but his size will hurt him. CP was small too, but that kid was cut from a different cloth.