AlohaUte

Utah is right there with Stanford, Oregon and Arizona. I’d probably put us fourth behind Stanford. We have a strong, strong team this season, just a brutal schedule.

That is an incredible schedule. Good for them. They aren’t getting that in the Mountain West.

Some good games in there. Oregon non-conf schedule is embarassing. I know ours isn’t anything special, but yikes. Stanford could go 3-0 or 1-2. Washington State could maybe slip up against Wyoming and Cal will have a challenge against both UNC and BYU.

I can’t wait for the season!

A 3-way race between us, $C, and Zona. Will be interesting to see how quick Sumlin’s system can get traction in Tucson.

What Utah has going for it over the large market schools (Washington, USC, UCLA, CAL, Stanford) is that Salt Lake is also a large market but they and the Jazz are the only show in town (well RSL too, I guess) and Utah is a football state. So I think it has a similar draw as the Nebraskas and Oklahomas.

And it has an advantage over Oregon, Oregon…[Read more]

Excited to see Utah start the program. Establishing it now will make it stalwart program in the West as it continues to expand this way. Hopefully they can build a power program like they did with Gymnastics.

1. I’ve always been (and still am) a Mickelson guy and there was a bit of rivalry there. 2. Tiger was the popular, always trendy choice, generally I cheer for the underdog or the rival of such a team/player unless I grew up a fan of such a team/player. 3. Tiger always kind of seemed like a bit of a jerk. Not engaging of fans, etc.

I always…[Read more]

You know this Tiger may be more likeable. I may actually cheer for him from time to time.

9-3, Utah wins the South.

Well, they’ve created an echo chamber over there where everyone will agree with you if you are left wing and ostracized and mocked if you are right-wing. They’ve created a nice little “safe-space” for themselves.

You see, the problem with fan vote is that it has nothing to do with who actually deserves it and more to do with who has the biggest fan base.

I’ve always compared us to Iowa, small population state, good & tenured coach, with the occassional great season and mostly solid seasons.

Michigan State is also a great parallel.

Todd Graham also didn’t have to migrate a team from the Mountain West to the Pac-12. Don’t underestimate the huge undertaking this was.

This. Never ever turn down a bowl bid. The extra practice and development is invaluable.

Our pass defense is solid, better than usual. But our Run defense has been bad — at least according to Utah standards.

Wazzu – W

UW – L

CU – W

Bowl Game – W

Final Record: 8-5

Georgia does not own our land, they own BYU’s. Wisconsin owns Utah State’s. Wazzu owns our land (aka, Stanford beat us, Wazzu beat Stanford). Thus we have a chance to win our own land back again this week as we play Wazzu.

For the record, I love this map and it makes for great fun and conversation fodder.

To those who don’t understand it, as was mentioned, you start out “owning” all counties that are closest to you geographically. If you first lose, your territory is conquered by the team that defeats you. When that team loses their home territory, plus your’s…[Read more]

arguably the team which has most underperformed its talent in the Pac-12 other than us (8 NFL draft picks last year, and as many NFL players as any Pac-12 team other than SC and UCLA – which says a lot about how we’ve underperformed).

What? You mean the 2* and 3* talent that he developed. What kind of crazy statement is that? It’s not lik…[Read more]

Players still have to execute it. I have little confidence that Williams can.