EagleMountainUte

There’s a lot of misinformation regarding this issue. As currently written, NCAA statutes explicitly state that you have to suffer a “season ending injury” in order to qualify for a medical redshirt. In addition, the bowl exception for regular redshirts was a one time thing put in effect during last year’s bowl season. That exception was not…[Read more]

IMO, perception is everything.

In life as in the movies, perception is reality. All teams, no matter who they are, have a rough time replacing a legendary coach. Look at Alabama when Bear Bryant left (and Saban in the near future). Look at PSU when Paterno left. Look at Nebraska when Osborne left. Look at USC when Carroll left. Look at…[Read more]

I voted “Good”. The team still finished with a decent record even with a slew of injuries to key contributors. That has to count for something. I didn’t rate them as “Excellent” because of all of the QB drama that could have been mitigated with prior planning. I also wasn’t too happy with how the Barnes/Johnson situation was handled. It’s…[Read more]

I’d think that the motivation of the guys who were getting the opportunity to start in a bowl game would be quite high. My biggest concern is the addiction to Barnes when he’s proven in copious game tape that he’s not a P5 QB.

January 2009 Sugar Bowl?

If Barnes does come back it’ll be solely because no other team wants him. And, honestly, who could blame those teams?

Did you know that Jackson was like the #7 ranked QB in the 2020 HS recruiting class? I was shocked when I saw that because normally Utah would never be in play for a guy rated so high in any position.

Maybe you’re right. After all, he’s much closer to the end his career than the beginning. I saw things this season that left me scratching my head and still don’t understand. If he is going to go, I’d prefer it would be sooner rather than later so he doesn’t tarnish his legacy. Personally, I can’t imagine him coaching more than 2-3 more years.…[Read more]

After a performance like tonight’s, Barnes did himself a lot of harm. I sincerely doubt any top level FCS program would even be interested.

I’m at the game. Barnes has been as horrible in person as on TV. Love the guy as a placeholder QB but he can’t play another down for Utah. We’ve gone well past the point of diminishing returns with him.

Wrong conference and division.

I’ve been watching the Dolphins regularly since the mid-70s. NE, prior to Bellichick’s arrival, would go on cycles of being a good team to literally a dumpster fire. Buffalo had a good run with Marv Levy but sucked before and after. They’ve been good in the last half decade. What differentiates both those teams from the Jets, and I say this as…[Read more]

Yeah, but they were so good for so long that it became iconic.

Charlie, say it isn’t so…

Will you be at the game cooking out?

I’m just glad that the Utes are playing in a bowl close by so that I can drive. To me, it’s an added bonus that’s in the entertainment capital of the world and in a stadium that I’ve been wanting to check out for a while.

I don’t know how anyone could realistically say that, performance wise, JJ is better than Thomas. If you look at JJ’s full Utah career, it doesn’t even really equate Thomas’ 2021 season when he rushed for over 1100 yds and had 21 TDs. Maybe from a potential POV JJ can be better than Thomas, but that hasn’t translated over the course of a full season.

Any team but the Jets.