[Chasqui]

Just like most here, I can’t see anything I believe we will lose, but the scary games to me are @UCLA, @Kansas, Texas Tech, Kansas State, and ASU.

I’m super grateful we have those last three teams at home but TT is apparently trying to spend an NFL salary, Kansas State just feels solid every year and ASU are the defending champs. I don’t think Leavitt is as good as everyone says, but I do think Tyson is legit. Thank goodness Scatabo is gone. UCLA is the opener and as such should be scary and Kansas has the makings of being a big spoiler game being the final game and on the road.

[RoboUte]

I wouldn’t describe myself as a pessimist at all but I have no real confidence that the wheels haven’t completely fallen off the Whittingham train. The series of egregious errors this team has been making and the long timeline they’ve occurred over have no real explanation but gross incompetence. I think that’s just realism.

But at the same time we have no certain losses, no one we play is that good. I also think it’s semi-realistic to think that Whittingham won’t have his worst three seasons all in row (even though that does tend to happen at the end). I have faith in him. If he puts together even a subpar team by his standards we can beat anyone on the schedule.

[PhillyUte]

The things this man will do in order to not release the list he is most definitely on

[UteThunder]

Sure he is. That’s why Biden, Harris, Garland, and the rest of the Dems who were doing anything and everything they could to put Trump in prison and keep him from running/winning in 2024 never released the list that Trump is definitely on. 🙄

The logic of the left never ceases to amaze.

[RedRocks]

I wish people would stop treating political parties as if they were sports teams deserving of loyal fans.
We are not opponents and should be working towards a greater good instead of becoming extreme and divided.

I understand that our opinions on what ‘greater good’ means will differ. This is why we vote and have other forums for discussion. Vote during elections, not on a sports message board. Whoever gets the last word or yells the loudest is not necessarily right.

The logic of the ‘left’ looks bad to the ‘right’. The logic of the ‘right’ looks bad to the ‘left’. The sooner we can realize that and think for ourselves the better.

The reality is, if that list/evidence exists, there are probably lots of people on it who don’t want it to come out. They are more rich and powerful than you and I. Democrats and Republicans. If the allegations are true, they should all go to jail. Reality is not always black and white, nor is it fair (unfortunately).

I understand that religion and politics are often a large part of life. I just wish that we could be a little more friendly about it on a sports message board (if we want it here at all).

Cheers!

[stbone]

If you tour both the campus of the U and the Y, you quickly realize that the U is a better funded, and newer university. Despite that, the Y has (based on GPA and test scores), better students. This has led to both universities having the exact same ranking in US news this year. I believe that part of the reason for Utah’s difficulty attracting top students is because of the U’s reputation as being somewhat hostile to LDS. This leads to many top notch local students not even considering going there.

I am glad to see the U start competing for the best local students with improved scholarships and such, but ultimately they will have to address their reputation for being somewhat hostile to the LDS faith if they want to compete for local students. Having been a BYU student who always sat in the student section cheering for the U, I am very familiar with the holier-than-thou attitude at the Y and the frequent and weird religious overtones in their fanship. Regardless, it is not good for the U as an institution or their students/fans/alumni to be hostile to the LDS population. So, while I love Morgan Scalley sharing his hatred of the Y before the game in 2004, I cringed when CR started ridiculing the Y for soaking. One is passionate, and the other just hurts the school.

[hbUte]

Read a X post yesterday from one of our Ute insiders (forgot exactly who) that it is still between us and Tennessee.

On another note, on 247sports it states that Moa is now a composite 5-star:

“Local standout Salesi Moa jumped 0.0139 points in the composite ranking, going from 0.9712 to 0.9850. That jump would put him in the top half of the risers if he commits to Utah. With that jump, Moa became a composite five-star. If he commits to Utah on July 31, that would make him the highest-ever commit for the Utes. Moa would also be the first-ever composite five-star to commit to Utah”.

[Tyler Henry]

Not a bad list, but I am higher on Colorado than I am UCLA. Is UCLA higher on your list because it is a road game?

[Utegator]

Utah was 1 serviceable QB away from being in contention for the b-12 title. They’re not saying that the conference suddenly got worse, but we are being bullish on having a decent QB this season. Wilson couldn’t hit the side of a barn and missed A LOT of conversion passes purely on his inaccuracy and all of the games were still close.

[Roy Rangum]

Did the conference suddenly get much worse compared to last year when we went 5 – 7? While I agree I don’t think there are any world beaters in this conference, I’m guessing the conference will probably be about the same competitiveness.

So then the next question is, how much better do we expect this Utah team to be than last years team? My answer: hopefully a little bit better, but probably not leaps and bounds better. Hence what everyone else is predicting: Utahs most likely outcome next year is 7-5.

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