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[2008 National Champ]

1st round isn’t done yet (waiting on Arizona) but at this point:

Utah played against 8 of the 1st rounders in 2023. An additional 3 in previous seasons in Daniels, Robinson and Harrison.

[2008 National Champ]

Iowa State is going to be in the mix and if Kansas can keep Jalon Daniels healthy, they will be there also. I think you can put a blanket over 5 to 6 teams at this point and just see who separates during the season.

No one really has a gauntlet like we saw in the PAC the last 2 years so it may come down to tie-breakers to even get into the game.

[2008 National Champ]

The problem is that the G5’s have had equal representation at the votes and keep voting to give themselves scraps. The time to stand up for themselves has pretty much passed by this point so I’m not sure what leverage they have.

Until they are willing to force change, this sounds like just more clickbait speculation

[2008 National Champ]

I may be in the minority but I see one of the three RS Freshman backs taking over RB1 by season’s end. I don’t think Utah needs a transfer as much as they need to figure out what they have and move on from any that haven’t shown they can handle the job by now.

There’s just a logjam at the position that won’t be helped by bringing in someone to start. 3 backs in the same class isn’t sustainable in the long term. At some point you use them or lose them and I think a transfer could mean you lose all 3.

[2008 National Champ]

That was the 1988 Rice Bowl to break the 9 game loss streak. Sean Knox recovered but I can’t remember who had the hit.

[2008 National Champ]

I think it depends on what year you are talking. National opinion forced Utah to be allowed to break through in ’04 and by ’08/’09, there was a groundswell with TCU and Boise that one spot wasn’t enough. Realignment slowed that talk down but in the initial 4 team structure, the G5’s agreed to just the one spot that they were already getting instead of pushing for a 2nd guaranteed or higher revenue share(s) which they may have been able to get.

A decade later, I agree that they don’t have any leverage but superconference wasn’t really on the radar in 2011-2013. What I’ve found in my own negotiations is that I will never have more value and leverage than before I sign my first contract. I think that mindset is common, that once value has been established, it’s very hard to get the other side(s) to increase unless you can show them that you can get a better deal elsewhere and are prepared to leave.

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There’s been 11 votes(voters) since they decided to go to a playoff and it has had to be unanimous every step of the way. The time to force anything was before the initial playoff started, and the next best option was while the 12 team options were being floated. Instead, they were just happy to go along with the bigger conferences as long as they got 1 autobid for 60+ teams and a pittance of the revenue sharing.

Now that the superconference train seems to be reaching critical mass, saying that you want exactly what you are probably going to be left with anyway just doesn’t move the needle.

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I’m not at practice so I certainly don’t have any insight other than speculation. At the same time, the RB room is starting to resemble the QB room from a year ago with Charlie Vincent playing the Bryson Barnes role. Cute story but not what you want to have your season riding on.

Bernard has had multiple years to seize the RB1 spot and hasn’t done so. Glover is improving but I’ve never been convinced that he can be a Moss type back who runs through contact and he doesn’t appear to have Booker/White type ability to take the slightest crease and break for big yards. If Vincent is still getting RB3 reps this fall, then I have to wonder if the 2023 class is going to be a washout which I don’t think is the case. One of those 3 has to be capable of flipping the switch this year. Or move Hunter Andrews back to the O.

In any case, I just don’t see RB as a pressing need out of the portal.

[2008 National Champ]

broken clock syndrome?

[2008 National Champ]

She does make you want to stand up and say hi