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Well that didn’t take long, the new Pope is already in the portal.

Good stuff – can’t wait for Aug 30th.

Go Utes!

Signed with USC today.

Money aside, baffling to me that he would transfer there as from what I’ve read so far, he won’t even be starting. Goes from being WR1 to a back-up.

Yep, didn’t take long for his destination program to be finalized.

According to 247 it is 100% that he is transferring to Duke.

“Do not contact” means they don’t want to be contacted by schools as a destination is already lined up.

Very surprised to hear in Checketts Josh Grant interview that Andre Miller tried to come back to Utah to be an assistant but was never accepted back. I assume from this take this was another example of Smith not wanting to accept any help from anybody who had been associated with Utah BB.

Andre is a head coach in the G league. I would think the…[Read more]

I second the suggestion on listening to the Josh Grant interview by Spence. Lots of great stuff from Josh such as why Smith wasn’t successful and who the next coach should be and why.

One of best interviews I’ve ever listened to concerning anything related to Utah athletics.
Here is the apple podcast link:

Josh Grant on Smith dismissal &…[Read more]

Mitchell signs with Arizona:

The UA has earned a commitment from former Utah rusher Mike Mitchell, who will have three seasons of eligibility remaining. He joins ex-Texas State running back Ismail Mahdi in a backfield that also includes returners Kedrick Reescano and Kayden Luke and incoming freshman Wesley Yarbrough.

The OP of this thread, “Taylor Mangina” is a zoob troll. Here is his first posting on UteHub; he’s a real piece of work:

They call me TCuz

He also goes by TCuz in cougarboard. The guy is a complete loser. Some of his postings there are just despicable. For example, he’s posted that the U is “pro-cancer” and “pro-terrorism”. Another posting…[Read more]

DT is especially concerning. As of now we have no one that was starting or any of the primary backups from the 2024 team. This was our DT depth chart at the start of this past season:

LT:
No. 58 — Junior Tafuna — 6-3, 308 pounds, Sr.
No. 95 — Aliki Vimahi — 6-4, 305 pounds, Sr.

RT:
No. 57 — Keanu Tanuvasa — 6-4, 301 pounds, So.
No. 99 — Tevita…[Read more]

Wouldn’t be much of an upset since it is #8 (OSU) vs #9 (Tennessee) but out of the four first-round games I think Tennessee has the best chance of an upset. OSU is favored by 7.5 points.

I think there will be at least one upset out of the four.
Looking forward to watching all the games.

Absolutely am watching, one game on Friday, three on Saturday.
Will piss-off the wifey (especially being the weekend before Christmas), but I’m a diehard college football fan so gotta watch.

Recruited by a lot of big programs, e.g., Ohio State, Texas, Florida, Oregon, but “only” a 3-star. Wonder why all the attention??? Must have something real good that they all see.

Assume he’ll be playing DE rather than LB since we’re looking a bit thin in this position at this point.
247 shows him weighing 230 lbs so he may need to beef up a some.

Also, he’s a legacy. Father was a Ute WR in 1997-98 – caught 98 passes for 1,435 yards.

Bartle on a recent broadcast said that Wayshawn Parker is visiting the U next weekend.
Before Utah I’ve read that he is also visiting USC, UCLA, and Arizona.

I know both USC and UCLA lost both of their to-be 2025 starting RBs to the portal so hopefully hiring the WSU RB coach gives us a fighting chance. USC for sure will be offering bags and bags.

Even better, another punter from the land of Oz.

Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!!!