2008 National Champ

I think they already had one. Whether that results in further stratification of the team or a new focus will probably be evidenced the first time they try to respond to adversity.

Other’s have said it better than I so I’m not trying to be profound, but what we are seeing right now is the worst case scenario of tying your fortunes to one…[Read more]

It’s not ludicrous. I do believe that the talent is there to still accomplish everything the team wanted this season which is to get to the CCG and play their way into the playoff. But it’s going to require what should have been done prior to the USU game, and absolutely should have been done in 2023, which is tailor the damn offense for the…[Read more]

Saban’s greatness – other than leaving Miami for Alabama at exactly the right time – was in surrounding himself with accomplished people who were not interested in lifetime positions. Every year, half his staff took promotions elsewhere and he brought in proven coaches looking to restart their careers or up and comers hungry to prove themselves…[Read more]

I disagree. The second the head coach starts listening to fans on how to run his team, he’s done. You pay the guy 7 MM per to know better than that.

My hope is he sits out until the BYU game and comes back for a last hooray.

Nope. Let him walk with the other seniors before Iowa State. Give him a couple of plays in the 2nd quarter so that he can walk off the field to thunderous applause for everything he did for the program. And let him ride off into the sunset on Whitt’s Harley.

The last…[Read more]

Oregon has Dante Moore holding a clipboard and prepping for next year (which is what Wilson should have doing this year in a functional program). Anyone going there is going to have a battle on their hands. Starting for a bad Utah still provides more exposure than sitting somewhere else.

Based on the current circumstances, I’d be happy for you to take him. If Utah is no longer a place that is going to put its players in the best chance to succeed, I’d rather they go elsewhere to get that chance.

I want Whitt to get himself out of this mess. But he won’t be able to do it unless he completely overhauls his staff and that doesn’t…[Read more]

Jim, you just made the critic’s point about Ludwig. If his offense is so difficult that only one person can run it effectively, he’s not a great coach. A great coach gets the maximum out of all of his players. He is adaptable with his scheme(s) so that when he is forced to use a different option at the position, they can still maximize their…[Read more]

Ghost has been the better source for how things are in the locker room. He was the first of our “insiders” to point out how unhappy Jackson was last season.

OnlyU tends to be a little on the positive spin side which is great for pumping us up

Both are great sources and the slants may come from who it is they are getting their info from.

That’s one hell of a quote. Thanks for posting it

scoring more points than your opponent = lucked out?

No one in their right mind puts 2004 Utah in a one-off championship game over undefeateds USC, Oklahoma and Auburn. I wish the team had gotten a stronger opponent than #19 Pitt but short of an 8 team playoff, Utah wasn’t getting a chance to play for the title. I’m fine with that even though I…[Read more]

Depends on how much you value his time at Weber regardless of his record. Yes, he has CEO experience and had to do it on a shoestring budget. At the same time, Utah has kept Scalley from striking out on his own and getting that same experience. Based on where things stand right now, I think if Utah said that Scalley not ever being a HC was a…[Read more]

That’s a nice story that parochial school fans tell themselves. Oklahoma wins the Orange Bowl against Washington or the next best available opponent and the winner of a hypothetical parochial school/UW Holiday Bowl doesn’t matter. Yet the same pollsters who would have been willing to move #2 to #1 couldn’t bring themselves to move #4 to #1 after…[Read more]

We all need to realign our priorities from time to time whether it’s faith, family / work goals, etc. The worst thing though is to realize that priorities have changed but you stick with what you’ve got because that is easier than changing to meet your new reality.

Take that from someone who has spent close to 30 years in construction…[Read more]

That’s part of being named Head Coach in Waiting. He wasn’t promised to get an interview so that he wouldn’t look at Alabama (which wanted to interview him under Saban) or any other school that might come in with an offer. He was promised the job barring any scandals between then and whenever Whitt moves on.

Short of a new AD who won’t honor…[Read more]

I’m on your side on this one. I really am. I’m trying to nibble around the edges and take baby steps to maybe turn one acolyte at a time towards the TRUTH. Just hoping that I can create a trickle, then a creek, a stream and finally a river that will break the dam of “whatever he does is always right and the results or the methods are not…[Read more]

Every year there are missed tackles, receivers wide open, QB’s extending plays because D Ends lose contain. It just looks worse right now because it’s in the moment AND there isn’t a margin for error. Neither of the Skattebo breakaway runs are backbreakers in a 38-14 game but they absolutely make the difference when down by 1 or up by 3.

The D…[Read more]

of those, 3, maybe 4 had realistic playoff aspirations. So is Utah underperforming like SC, FSU, Oklahoma State and maybe NC State? Or are they a couple of years away but hoping for lighting in a bottle like the rest of the list? Because I was led to believe that this was a playoff or bust season.

I know i talk about UW more than people like but that’s what I grew up with so it makes for easy analogies.

In 1984, UW had what should have been universally recognized as a National championship season (apparently the trophy got lost on the way to Montlake. Maybe someone knows where it’s being kept and can return it to it’s rightful owner)…[Read more]