2008 National Champ

You’ve got a top 20 defense in both scoring and yards allowed. The problem isn’t on both sides of the ball. One side is just having to shoulder an extra load because of the ineptitude of the other.

The two P4 wins were built on the defense either directly scoring points or putting the offense in position for easy points. The two losses, the…[Read more]

It is a fallacy. If you are the underdog, you are expected to lose so you can only get positive outcomes. You either did as expected or you outperform. When you are the favorite you can only get negative outcomes. People want positive so they put mythic qualities on David beating Goliath.

The same fallacy exists when people talk about coaches…[Read more]

I also said 9-3 but thought the issue would be all of the new faces and places that were going to have to be dealt with. Instead, it’s been the teams Utah should be most familiar with that have been the problem.

Finishing 3-3 would represent an epic coaching failure. Roughly the same team went 8-4 last year against a tougher schedule and with…[Read more]

are you Jay Hill’s agent? I kid, but at the same time, Hill would be a local hire for a program with National aspirations. There’s nothing wrong with a Utah guy running the Utah program but swapping Scalley out for Hill just sounds like an older version of the same.

When some of us talk about doing a search and if Scalley is the best guy run…[Read more]

Urban also had a pretty good ability to identify future head coaches who had the same aggressive philosophy that he did. Between Whitt, Mullen, Sanford and I think at least one more that I’m not remembering off the top of my head, that 2003/04 coaching staff had a lot of talent on it who also became HC’s in a very short period of time…[Read more]

They’ve decided that Rising is the best chance for the team to achieve it’s goals which is fine. At the same time, it was incredibly shortsighted to not have a package ready for Wilson and give him a planned drive in the 2nd quarter so that you can continue his development with a set script of plays that he is comfortable with. Questionable…[Read more]

He’s also said that he didn’t see himself coaching into his 60’s. That “I’m not going to be around after ___” number seems to get extended every time another contract gets signed.

That’s the key.

O’Toole has another year and then could apply for a medical after that. O’Toole definitely hasn’t done enough to move on to the next level yet.

And there’s a vocal part of the OSU fanbase that wants a different coach. Which is what happens when fans delude themselves into believing that only championships EVERY year are acceptable outcomes.

It’s a good thing Utah doesn’t have any fans who spend the whole offseason trying to convince anyone who will listen that championships are not…[Read more]

does it have to do with tires?

Baylor is also a possible job that will be opening up this year. Not sure they’ll want another defensive guy after Aranda but that’s a place that could be turned around pretty quickly with the right guy and he’d get P4 money.

With Rising in the game, the D has to respect the hot routes and the ball coming out quick. With Wilson, the decision making is slower and he’s struggling to come off his first read consistently so you can devote more resources to forcing him to make decisions before he is ready.

ASU was content to drop 7 against an inaccurate QB last night and…[Read more]

I think Hill would have to take a pay cut with the USU job. There will be more attractive jobs open this year and Hill will be a candidate at a lot of them. Because he has HC experience, he’s better able to evaluate which jobs are set up for success and which will get him fired in 2 years.

Vegas could be a good stepping stone job if Odom moves…[Read more]

Guarantees are easy to give out when they can’t be proven right or wrong

I was given a lifetime ban from drinking whiskey in my early 20’s so I never got to the point where I could afford to try any good ones. Canadian Club, Canadian Mist, Seagrams, Crown was pretty much all I could afford.

Got my dad a bottle of MacAllan 18 for his 75th birthday but didn’t try it.

Yes, I’m a big fan of the Kiltlifters but not many people make it. Are you getting 4 Peaks? Or maybe the Pike’s version out of Washington. Both are much smoother than an IPA, in my opinion, without the fruitiness of a Hefeweizen. Alaskan Amber was my go to about 20 years ago and 4 Peaks has been a nice next step.

Sure but you have to play with what you’ve got, just like your opponent. If’s won’t change the last 6 results and will have no effect on the next 6. So the only thing that sounds asinine to me is playing the what-if game.

What if Rising was fully healthy last night. What if ASU wasn’t missing two defensive starters the first half along with…[Read more]

follow up:

Anyone notice that Vegas’s offense hasn’t missed a beat the last two games? Imagine having a fully qualified backup who was ready to take over if the starter got injured or was otherwise unavailable for any reason. I guess that can only happen at deep pocketed universities like Texas or UNLV.