High Uintas

Can we just have a good laugh at the “Rising is a limited passer” comment. This limited passer was 6th and 9th in the country in Total QBR the last 2 seasons he played. If that’s limited, give me limited!

Whit has clearly stated that Bernard, Glover and Mitchell will be the 3 on the running back committee. I expect Mitchell will get lots of carries.

I’m not worried about Cam. He’ll have 3 games to get the feel back.

This is why it’s 5-7. The Football Power Index has been very positive on Utah over the last 5 years, but it’s based largely on the statistical results of last season which were not very good. The current FPI has Utah ranked 27th in the country and 5th in the Big 12. With those numbers, of course the simulations are going to throw up a lot of 5-7…[Read more]

Hawaiian Sup’pa Man for Isaac Kawiki.

Tilmon is a hurdler which is a great indicator that he’s got a defensive back’s hips. Utah got a great recruit!

UCF (6), TCU (5), Baylor (5), Texas Tech (3), and Colorado (3) have more 4-stars than Utah (2) so we need to get some bumps to have competitive classes with the top of the Big 12.

According to CB, it’s not a miss because “he is soft and he has the physical tools but not the mental.” Also questioned his “desire to want to be in an LDS environment,” which we all know what that is code for. There’s a lot of sour grapes in the green Jello today.

Today’s the day. Let’s be like Brooks and add a Dunn.

I’m wondering if the scarcity of information is creating an echo chamber situation among fans. When all we get is a smattering of second and third hand information, that contains very few critical observations, we start repeating and recycling them among ourselves. This could easily result in fans getting overly optimistic since we can’t see it…[Read more]

Blame assignment for PAC-12’s demise.

FOX: 60%
ESPN:25%
USC, UCLA, Colorado, Oregon, Washington: 15%

This is a short clip, but you can still learn a lot. Singer’s got the moves to get open. Wilson to Lyons is going to be a deadly combo. Andrews looks like a RB. Alford can really win that jump ball. Reid is, well Reid.…[Read more]

Andrews’ numbers at running back were ridiculous. Over 9 yards per carry! I think this is a clear statement that we need a power back.

And Fox has a financial incentive to promote the Big Ten and ESPN the SEC and even the ACC. The Big 12 isn’t getting the prime broadcast slots except for their biggest games.

Feels like we moved out of our gated community and into the trailer park.

According to the contract, ESPN gets 12 of the top 20 picks from the Big 12 schedule. There are 72 conference games and 48 non-conference games. FOX has the rights to 8 top 20 picks and 18 other games. Do the math, most games are going to be on ESPN+.

I think some of the teams we face are going to be frustrated by Utah’s run defense.