2008 National Champ

Time to throw Logan back into the mix? Because Baylor is staying as a non-con game, I don’t think they’d add an 11th P4 next year, especially after the difficulty of this year. Record matters more than SOS, regardless of what the talking heads say.

Swan is the lead recruiter so he’ll probably get the first look at LB.

For comparison, Andrews runs an 11.1 hundred. Roughly the same as Randle. Mitchell is a 10.8 guy and Stanley (got the throwback on the kick return Saturday) is a little faster at 10.75.

Team speed isn’t really an issue for Utah, should they ever want to go with a “quick”…[Read more]

The numbers Nix has put up in that offense are just too good to ignore.

At Auburn: 34 games, 628-1057-7251-39-16, 59.4%, 6.85 y/a, 11.55 y/c, QBR’s of 125, 123.9, 130
At Oregon: 21 games, 500-672-5930-50-8, 74.4%, 8.82 y/a, 11.86 y/c, QBR’s of 165.7, 178.6

What QB with one year left wouldn’t want to fill their combine audition tape with…[Read more]

I don’t know. I could see Rising running that Oregon offense at a pretty high level next year.

Lots of hype moving to a new conference so there will be plenty of eyes on him. NIL money isn’t an issue. Would be able to get up to speed against a very manageable non-con schedule with games against @ Michigan and home Ohio State down the line.…[Read more]

I’m not saying Rose can’t do the job. The truth is that I don’t have a clue whether he is capable or not.

The post I was answering made it sound like the only choices were a Rising who did not play in 2023 or an incoming Freshman. Perhaps I made the wrong assumption but I read the post as Rose, Johnson, Barnes, Bottari and Howard not having a…[Read more]

very fair. I’ve always considered the boosters, facilities, etc., everything other than the team itself that would make a kid want to go somewhere as part B and team success, coaching staff, playing time as part A on why I would choose one school over another. It makes sense to split the outside funding off from the rest as it is not guaranteed,…[Read more]

Rising and Kuithe playing but nowhere near 100% was baked into my prediction. I thought the team would be 5-3 at this point with those two playing at least half the games so far. My only miss was them winning the first two, but Baylor was this [] close to being a loss anyway.

I was skeptical about that Arizona roadie – 4th tough game in 5…[Read more]

I guess I’m considering the resources as under the school umbrella and you have them as a separate entity?

I thought he’d been benched but didn’t want to commit.

Perfect example of Utah breaking a highly recruited kid with it’s defense. Damn near did it to Jayden Daniels and Thompson-Robinson also. Most of these kids have never had to deal with the kind of pressure that a defense like Utah’s can put on them. It takes time to learn how to handle it…[Read more]

Walker was different. Yes it was his 2nd transfer but he hadn’t reached graduate status yet. Rising can transfer every year he still has eligibility left since he’s made it to graduate so the number of transfers no longer applies.

The list of coaches who were in the category of “if they only were at a top school with unlimited resources” that also failed miserably is pretty long. For every Chris Petersen I’ll give you 25 Neal Brown’s.

To Eagle’s point: Whitt has been in the position for 19 years. Every aspect of the program has his fingerprints on it. He’s put forth the…[Read more]

The opponents have been keying the run since Utah got into the PAC, if not before. Why would this year be any different for the O Line?

Utah was at least able to have an offense that was complimentary to the defense and special teams with Jon Hayes, Travis Wilson and Troy Williams at QB. Why does the team require great QB play this year?

hee-hee. I’ve got the downvotes to prove it

True Freshman coming off surgery and not enrolling until summer workouts? If that’s your plan B, you need to clean out your QB room asap. If Wilson isn’t plan F for 2024, you need to admit that you’ve completely mismanaged the position group and start over in the portal.

I’d imagine any of the 4 schools going to the B1G would love to have him. 3 are losing their starters and I’m not sure if Moore at UCLA is injured or benched.

Rising won’t have a guaranteed job if he transfers but he shouldn’t if he stays either. Having a proven winner in a “contract year” is a pretty good option. If he can’t beat out the guys…[Read more]

Deepest, most talented line in the history of Utah is pretty much the quote

He can transfer or stay at Utah. Whether he plays at either depends on the NCAA and typically that decision wouldn’t come until next summer.

Playing them every year moving forward is more than enough. No reason to go out of the way to get even more games against them.

Give the kids more of a reward than travelling 1,000 miles to play a school that is 45 minutes away from your home stadium like they had to in 2015.

When did it become okay to call out the coaches?

The GOAT hired Harding —> The GOAT has never made a mistake —> Harding is the best OL coach ever

Why do you want to Fire Whitt?

That’s quite the ratio. Definitely found impactful WR transfers this season which were able to significantly upgrade the room and the overall performance.