Charlie

At some point they added the hill of dirt on the west side with crossing trails and lots of bushes. The area doubled as a urinal when the restrooms were packed. USU had the same thing going on their east side.

When you think in the context of just a game that can appear to be the story. However, if you remember, in those years Utah was wearing down and had great difficulty in November. It has taken us a long time to build Pac-12 depth in the 2s and 3s which if needed with little drop-off to win as the year runs down. I think a big part is pacing the…[Read more]

There is a locker room at the practice field for practice. There is a locker room at the stadium for game day or other stadium practices like the spring game. And of course, we would not build out new lockers for the visiting team and keep our team in vintage 80s lockers, or make our team run out to the practice field at halftime.

Ohio State is the only other school on both lists.

Do you realize the San Diego State game is not in San Diego? Go enjoy Tucson again.

Better yet, I will let you know 10 years out when things start to get close.

I don’t think any of this get sorted out until McKinney gets on the practice field. For now, we have a couple of safeties that create options and fall camp will determine the starters. Bishop has exceeded expectations for a freshman. McKinney never broke thru to start in maybe the strongest safety room in the Pac. Either could become a starter…[Read more]

It is not crap, it is unfamiliar. As web pages and apps evolve they often add complexity as quantity of content increases. Technology is always developing newer and better methods. When you see the larger changes to your favorite sites, stop and think about what was the designer’s intention. They all try to have a consistent approach to what…[Read more]

With one exception, any team in the top half of the MWC could have easily repeated what they did in 2020. The exception was they worked Boise State pretty good on the road. So I look at it as boy, they could have won the MWC last year. Other than Arizona while in a dumpster fire, could you have expected them to beat any of the Pac teams? They…[Read more]

We don’t know which QB will start among several QBs better than those at the Y. Would we become confident in beating Ohio State because they are trying to settle on a QB or would you expect to have your hands full with a mystery QB? The 2020 season made it appear that the Y had closed the gap with us however, 2021 will expose the gap again.…[Read more]

At one point I think everyone was trying to grow there own conference to a better state. We have clearly crossed the line now where some are happy to hurt or kill other conferences for gain. I think the SEC is guilty of listening to someone that promises more money. ESPN, on the other hand, is the one that has hatched an evil plan of control.…[Read more]

I noted some items in the preseason picks. There has been a lot of discussion about our OL but only Utah and ASU have two of the 10 preseason picks. Our bevy of TEs with Kuithe at the top could be motivated to top the two preseason picks in front of them. We don’t know who is our RB1, when we get that will he be a top conference back?
USC and…[Read more]

I expect that the Big10 and Pac-12 recognize that it is important for the two to work together in the current environment where trust issues are becoming a problem. Their unique history including the Rose Bowl is already unlike any other in college football. With that, I expect that there will not be consideration by either for the other’s…[Read more]

I can’t agree more. We need to get our leadership in place. Everyone down the line have reasonable deadlines and are asked to move quicker in times of great need. The folks up the line need to do the same but even better.

This is always the case when you can’t hit the QB in scrimmage. We will have sacks no doubt but the offense will pick up in true life action. We will only know where we are as games unfold in the fall. An offense and a QB that can make quick decisions can frustrate a defense as well as an unbeatable OL. Not only does an offense need to be good…[Read more]

I think WR was the position group to improve which was done. OL is at a crossroad. The improvement I expect this year may remove those questions leaving us without a weakness. I also expect the edge pass rush to improve this year. To get into the USC, Oregon tier of recruiting I don’t know what needs to be done or if it is possible. Our…[Read more]

Rising won the job last year, however, that bar was only high enough to beat out Bentley. Either way, the best of this years options will be much better than the best of last years options. Costelli will put more pressure on Rising than Bentley did as well.

If the P5s for their own subdivision the symmetry of 4 super conferences of 16 make so much sense for playoffs and for scheduling in general that can be the same across the subdivision. At some point I would think they would look to create fairness in scheduling and at the same time improve the quality of the inventory of 12 annual games.…[Read more]

The only highlight in 2003 from Provo was a Utah field goal thru the north goal post. It was hard to see in the snow.

Utah has a history of finding overlooked players, maybe noting good talent that has been under developed by their HS coaches. That seems to be the niche that is better developed than whatever it is that ASU does to draw in someone with lots of P5 offers. I do know that our coaches want athletes hungry to take the next step that do not feel like…[Read more]