[Desert Ute]

Lots of good suggestions in this thread already. Nearly all these shows/podcasts have helped me survive long commutes or home improvement projects over the years. As far as professional media goes, ESPN 700 shows are the most Ute-centric, but Hans on KSL is probably my favorite for talking Xs and Os while still maintaining some objectivity. His Football Friday shows with old Coach Mac are pretty enjoyable and informative, though you’ll have to tolerate (or skip) segments focusing on the other local teams. Especially that One.

Living near Phoenix, I don’t have many opportunities to talk to ordinary Ute fans, as most of my friends and neighbors are grads/fans of other Pac schools, Big Ten transplants, or Zoobs of all varieties (original, cactus, and potato). So I like a couple of podcasts hosted by regular schmoe Utah fans like myself: (1) the Utah Football Fans Podcast; and (2) the Utah Man Podcast. They’re not hard-hitting sports journalists or former players, so listening to them is like eavesdropping on the conversations of fans sitting around you at RES or standing around the water cooler. That can be a good or a bad thing, I guess, but I definitely appreciate it as a fan in exile (just as I appreciate UteHub).

[RoboUte]

If you take almost every quarterback related decision made since 2020 and look at it, it’s a near guarantee to be wrong. Whatever is decided, I genuinely hope Whittingham has absolutely nothing to do with it, for the sake of our team. He at least tried to start Cam over Bentley during that timeframe, but other than that. It’s tough to reminisce about.

[RoboUte]

Any collection of folks can feel untouchable before the rubber ever meets the road, I’m sure spirits are quite high. The real test is how the team dynamic reacts when unexpected or negative things happen. Some rise to the occasion and some wilt. If you watch every game and keep track of the news on a team it’s not hard to track their overall mood as the season progresses, you can see it in the way they play. In the past I would say that one of the things that set our team apart was how they dealt with setbacks from an attitude standpoint, how the team would come out after a loss felt like clockwork in a positive way. I want to see how the team responds after an opposing pick 6 or a tough loss.

[UtesRule]

1. The Utah Blockcast, by Steve Bartle

2. The Utah Checkdown, by Josh Furlong

3. In the Zone Podcast, by Sammy Mora

Several local sports radio shows to follow:
1. The Sean O’Connel Show
2. The Drive with Spence Checketts
3. ESPN 700 & 92.1 FM (post practice / post game interview)
4. University of Utah Sound (KSL Podcasts) – Also provides post practice interviews, pre and postgame

[chinngiskhaan]

Or… instead of all these conspiracy theories, maybe he actually DOES look better than Ficklin. I’m not saying Wilson at QB2 is a good thing even if he is the better of the two, but there is always a possibility that (the guys with the most information about which one is better) the coaches know more than (those who have essentially zero information about which one is better) us about who should be QB2.

[BeachUte]

Tbh I can’t recall a season, at least in the social media era, where the vibe wasn’t good…even years where Utah finished with a losing season (thinking 2012 or 2013).

[Jim Vanderhoof]

It certainly wasn’t good the last 2 years. It’s one thing to say it’s there. Another to back it up. If you can’t back it up it wasn’t there to begin with. Last two years the vibe has been over confidence, injuries,turmoil and bad coaching. I loved the vibe going in to last season didn’t turn out. My vibe is these things have been corrected and the players are hungry to prove last year was an anomaly.

[Roy Rangum]

So you can only know the vibe in hindsight? I don’t buy that. Last year the vibe and expectations were as high as they have ever been. But then the wheels came off the bus. It’s what it is. But, I will say, I would rather go into any season with a good vibe rather than a bad vibe. While not all good vibes translate to good seasons, if you start with a bad vibe, it seems unlikely you will be successful. Unfortunately I’m not sure I’m feeling the same good vibe everyone else is, but my fingers are crossed that my pessimism will be proven wrong.

[Chasqui]

Agreed. I had to stop listening. I wish JT the best but the overall locked on brand is going downhill fast.

[RoboUte]

The whole “locked on” series is clickbait trash imo. However, most of the hosts in them are quite good. There’s clearly organizational pressure that brings the quality down.

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