2008 National Champ

Green will need a lot of development before being ready to play on the hill. Two of the three interceptions on his hudl were from passes thrown so far away from the receiver that they hit Green in the chest while he was out in right field catching butterflies instead of covering someone.

Was it Sonny that put Jaret Goff and Webb in the NFL at Cal? Certainly did well with the transfer from (Texas?) he had a couple of years ago at SMU. If I was a QB prospect Lebby, Kendall Briles, Riley, and Day would be the first places I would want to look. Dykes wouldn’t be far behind

but, but.,, Jamal Anderson did a dance 20 years ago

Henninger is interesting. Do they take into account that he could not get on the field when he was at Utah? Give the kid all the credit for recognizing this, finding a place that would let him play and doing well. But it feels disingenuous to list him above players like Filinger or Tafua who he would probably be backing up if he hadn’t transferred.

I’ve tried to do an 8 game schedule and it just doesn’t work if you are forced to have all of the California teams play each other every year.

Using the current division structure you would have each school play one game against each of the crossover areas, i.e. Utah would play one Washington, one Oregon, one NorCal per season. But the games…[Read more]

It would be interesting – if someone had the ability – to track the predictions over the course of a year and compare that with your poll. Utah exceeded my expectations for 2021 as I only had them at 8-4 and getting into a mid-tier bowl so I am very satisfied.

At the same time, I saw a lot of 11-1 or 12-0 with a berth in the playoffs before…[Read more]

1. Television game times.
2. Access to recruiting areas
3. Increased viewership: I assume that home games would be telecast on that conference’s network with the exception of the marquee “game of the week”. B1G and ACC networks are available nationwide. PAC network is only available to a select few. Why would either conference want their…[Read more]

The PAC 9 game schedule is the result of the California schools insisting on playing each other every year. The other schools all wanted to maximize games in California every year for recruiting purposes so the compromise was to split the 4 in opposite divisions. Unfortunately, you can’t fulfill both desires in less than 9 games.

I would imagine it is because they see more value in showing conference games on their highly profitable network as opposed to non-conference games against random P12 or ACC opponent where they have to share that revenue. Until the new SEC/ESPN deal kicks in, the B1G distributes the most per team from it’s television deals.

The other issue is…[Read more]

What’re the odds on Gary Anderson 3.0?

In all seriousness, the DLine looked good in 2019 when he was helping Po’uha. If you could guarantee me that Anderson will just stay in his lane coaching the DLine, not leave again for Utah State or ever hold a title like “coach in waiting”, he would be a good pickup.

9-3 is anywhere from 10-18 in the final regular season rankings on average. SC misses both Oregon and Washington in crossover games and has a nice run of opponents before finishing with Notre Dame. I’m actually struggling to find 3 losses for them next year just based on the schedule and assuming competent coaching. USC Schedule

OOC – Rice,…[Read more]

I’m pretty sure Utah just got a master class in receivers being able to catch balls that were thrown “before they got separation”. That phrase should be banned from any fans lexicon. The QB has to be willing to throw it where the receiver is supposed to be and the receiver has to be willing to go get it.

Compare Utah receivers recruiting #’s…[Read more]

Personally, I don’t have a problem with the transfer rules. Any student is free to change schools with the only penalty being that some credits may not be applied at the new school. Additionally, any student athlete in any sport besides Football and Men’s Basketball has been free to transfer just like every other student without restriction. I…[Read more]

Punter, yes! What happened to the Australia pipeline? Lennon was supposed to be the next great one and was a liability. That was 3 classes ago (2019). I’m struggling to understand why Utah hasn’t been able to get another Aussie once they knew Lennon wasn’t going to work out.

Hackett and Wish should be enough to entice someone else to come on board.

I’m fine with you disagreeing, this place would be boring if we all agreed on everything and gave thumbs up to the right reverend OnlyU 🙂

I think we can all agree that a failed two-point conversion when down one forces you to rely on converting the onside kick to get the ball back. But let’s assume Whitt went for it and converted. Utah is up…[Read more]

you beat me to my edit. thanks for for updating.

He’s listed on 247 at 215lbs, nowhere near heavy big enough to take on tackles play after play, game after game. Anae played at around 260 and still got shut down when he played against a tackle with good footwork like Sewell. Kirkland at UW also neutralized Anae in that 2019 game.

I’m surprised because I question nearly all of Whitt’s decisions and had no problem with kicking. Why add degree of difficulty when you’ve got around a 95% chance of tying the game?

Going for two has less than a 50% of success, otherwise coaches would always go for two. Additionally, if you do not make it, now you are relying on an onside-kick…[Read more]

That I fully agree with. Bernard, before he got hurt against wSU, was the most effective back on the roster. In an alternate reality, Bernard is the first option against USC and Thomas gets the same # of carries as Curry for the rest of the year.

When the line couldn’t block air against the parochial school, it was Bernard that had 146 yards on…[Read more]

He’s also been out of football since 2001. He wouldn’t be recruiting anyone who was alive when he last played. Being able to point to recent success and/or other players he has mentored to the league is much more important to a prospective recruit than someone who can tell them how much fun SLC was in the 90’s.

I’d like the next RB coach to…[Read more]