Holladay Ute

I’m glad that nobody is talking about the Utes as a contender for the conference. Better to set expectations low and hopefully outperform. Utah performs better as the hunter rather than the hunted.

That said, I think the Big 12 is wide open. I do not think last year’s records are any good indication of what we’ll see next year. Sure, we were…[Read more]

I like old school basketball better. I used to be a diehard Jazz fan and would watch most games. Over the past five years, I have almost completely tuned out for two main reasons:
1) The NBA has turned into layups and a heavy dose of free throws and 3s. It’s so boring. Defense is heavily undervalued (not just by players or team executives but…[Read more]

This is sad! I think basketball is a great sport…one that people in the state still clearly love (e.g. the Jazz, the Aggies, etc.). I do enjoy watching football more than basketball, but the basketball games are still a lot of fun if there’s a good crowd and if we’re competitive.

I think the biggest thing for Utah is building a stronger…[Read more]

I’ve seen a lot of players shoot air balls in college and the NBA. It’s obviously rare, but it happens. Props to him for hitting the 3 and making 3/4 free throws w/ all the pressure of the world on his shoulders. I have criticized Erickson for his entire tenure w/ us. He made the clutch plays to win us this game = he deserves nothing but love…[Read more]

No kidding. I re-watched the last 5 minutes of regulation and all of overtime. I tried to pay attention to the whistles and I’d love for their fans to call out any specific calls (or no calls) they disagree with. I really don’t see many, if any, questionable calls. They were playing highly aggressive defense whenever Lovering and/or Ausar were…[Read more]

BYU basketball really knows how to live up to the standards set by their sponsors. PACS is being investigated for fraud. Apparently, BYU basketball should be too!

https://x.com/BYUMBB/status/1880839214243430500

Isn’t he a 70%+ free throw shooter? Based on how our team shoots free throws, that’s got to be one of the best percentages on our roster?

His post game was kind of lame too. Kind of seems like a dick. Basically blames the refs but then also says the classic “not why we lost” garbage.

The TCU road win is something that last year’s team couldn’t do. So I feel very encouraged.
It seems like we have less talent this year (versus last year), but perhaps more grit. I think that will translate well to the game this weekend. It’s just one game (I guess two, if you count the OK State game) so I don’t think we should get our hopes…[Read more]

Why would any of us care about the perspective of some kid in his early 20s (who attends college at one of our competitors)? The growth of YouTube, podcasts, etc. has created a lot more content for people to consume…but kind of like Netflix, it’s all about quantity and not quality. Too much low quality content out there. When it comes to the…[Read more]

Brutal. This makes it hard to be a fan of college sports.

Has to be.

I know it. Utah needs to get this guy. It seems like he’d be a game changer for our offense w/ Beck and Dampier.
I’m trying to not get too excited about the prospects of our team w/ him though. So much better when Utah has the underdog mentality and lower expectations.

There’s definitely positives to it. Talented 4* recruit out of high school, got a lot of experience last year (hopefully learned a lot), and showed us some glimpses of his potential. And it’s nice to have more depth at that position.

I’m not sure what to believe regarding the “attitude” and “culture” problems we’ve heard about all year? Was…[Read more]

Maybe everyone on here is totally happy to share perspectives on hot button political topics through the misc. category. I’m not speaking for everyone else on the website and I’m not the administrator. I’m just saying that for me personally, I don’t come onto this website for that. I just want to come on here to interact w/ a community of Utah…[Read more]

I’m not an expert on this subject, and I don’t even disagree w/ you. But is this a political forum now or a place for fans of college athletics?

I’m directionally in the same camp, but probably a little more pessimistic generally.

I initially would’ve said B+ for Beck (given he was the third choice), but maybe it is an A- now that A) we got Dampier and B) it looks like Whitt isn’t going to micromanage as much as feared.

I’m meh on Detmer (so a C), mainly b/c I don’t know much about him…[Read more]

I wonder why they haven’t fixed this. It feels like it’s been bad for years now. On top of what you mentioned…

FG kicking has been spotty (unreliable) and it’s a miracle if we gain positive yards on a punt return. It’s been a dumpster fire. I think the only positive thing is that our punting has been good…but haven’t we had one or two…[Read more]