EagleMountainUte

For years, I’ve only watched Utah or Miami or games which impact those schools directly. I have neither the time nor the desire for anything else.

I think the issue there is that there are a lot of schools within the Big 2 that don’t move the needle at all. Personally, I don’t think that the B1G and the SEC can get paid at the level that they think they’re worth by ignoring over 50 percent of the country.

What you could see is what I and a lot of others have been saying is going to…[Read more]

Thanks. That chart lists Rising as a Junior though. This even he’s been in college since Fall 2018.

Interesting. Charlie Baker used to be the Republican governor of Massachusetts and is known as a consummate deal maker.

If you’re asking whether someone can play in a bowl but still be eligible for a medical redshirt, the answer is no. In order to be eligible for a medical redshirt, you have to meet the following criteria:
– Suffer an injury that is deemed “season-ending”
– The injury must occur before the halfway point of the season
– Not participate in more tha…[Read more]

I’m guessing that he’s on scholarship based on the fact that the Utes did recruit him. Is there a possibility that he’s with the Utah as a preferred walk-on?

Smedley is a scholarship player out of Conroe, Texas…I don’t know what his potential is…it seemed like he was the lowest QB in the depth chart.

Are you asking me? I mean a QB with experience that can provide some guarantee in case Rising goes down again or isn’t effective in his return from injury. I’m talking someone like a Troy Williams…a guy that has legit P5 talent, has some starts in another program but hasn’t worked out in his previous team for whatever reason.

You bet.

Well, if that’s the way you sell it, no one is liable to come. I’d put it in another manner to any prospective portal addition.

Ghost of the HEB said that there’s a rumor that Vaki is receiving million dollar offers from various top schools like USC, Texas, and Oregon.

If you’re saying that Utah isn’t shopping for a QB from the portal, I just think you’re wrong. Utah’s QB room going into 2024 is a QB that’s coming back from a near career ending injury, a RS Soph that’s never played a down in an actual game, and a true freshman. There’s also Steve Smedley but I’ve never even seen him. Those guys, and their…[Read more]

I think that, sooner or later, some sort of guardrails have to be placed on NIL and the portal. I mean, I’m all for allowing players to transfer once or if the head coach is fired or moves to another job. What we can’t have is have some teams use every other team as some sort of farm system which they can raid at no cost to themselves.

Though it might hurt, that’s the answer. Utah needs to at least come close to what others offer to make him think twice about leaving. Most players won’t leave their current teams if the numbers are about the same, considering the hassle of moving and adjusting to a new environment.

More than likely. But, now we know what the Utes will have to pony up in 2025 if the team wants a top flight starter.

I have seen them…Utah needs to go get one, even though it’ll be a hard sell with Cam coming back for another year.

The only P5 program I see him going to is BYU and he’s going to have a hard time picking up the starter’s job there. Oh well, he’ll forever be a part of my life because I got one of those “Pig Farmer” t-shirts. After this, I have to think that the Utes are picking up a QB in the portal.

Yes, but if 50 million other people like you do the same thing it’s a different story.

Hell, if you that, he’ll weigh 300 lbs by the bowl game.