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College football has always been a player carousel.
The carousel is simply moving a bit faster in the transfer era.

Players have always come and gone, with limited eligibility and aspirations to leave and play in the NFL.
There have been plenty of Utah players who only really had one good year; that doesn’t mean they weren’t exciting.

Sure it’s disappointing when players leave; however, we’ve never had a player stay forever.

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I don’t mean to imply that I like the current transient nature of College Football, just that it is an acceleration of a preexisting state.

I would love for our best players to stay here as long as possible.

There’s just not much I can do. I can either accept this new reality and enjoy what I can, or stop consuming CFB content (not likely, for now).

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A great fanbase is another tool in the recruiting toolbox.

If a player is deciding between two schools that are otherwise equal (money, etc.), do you think they would pick the team with fans that are known to boo their players if the others don’t?

If I were a recruit with options, I would certainly consider the fans when making my decision. Who wants to put up with a rude, entitled fanbase? Ours has certainly trended in that direction lately…

Anyhow, I usually don’t agree with booing at people, but I am okay with booing decisions (play calls, penalties, etc.).

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Notre Dame is sponsored by Under Armor and has an artificial turf field.
These two items are often blamed for Utah’s injury woes.
I don’t recall hearing the same about Notre Dame. Granted, I don’t follow them closely.

That said, ‘brand power’ and design definitely seem lacking.

As @utegator mentioned above, I too have tried to buy Utah merchandise and come away empty handed due to the poor selection.

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I want to downvote the first part and upvote the second part, so I guess I’ll do neither.

I would much rather be in the Pac-12; however, you are correct that it was poorly managed.
NIL contracts definitely need to happen.

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Yeah, we’ve seen this song and dance so many times before. “This time will be different.”

That said, we’ve had some recent years with good offenses. Not sure if the coaches deserve some credit or if all the credit goes to the players who may have just had the skills to mask the coaching deficiencies (Rising, Huntley, Kincaid, Moss, Covey, etc.).

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It would be more difficult to ski if you were a liquid.

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If you are going to keep it around, the politics category should be ‘opt in’ not ‘opt out’.

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While it is not my website, I’d be in favor of removing all political posts that don’t directly relate to Utah/college sports.

If people want political information/discussion, there are plenty of echo chambers out there for people to get the feedback they desire.

Discussing politics and religion in a detached online format intended for another purpose (in this case, sports) only really serves to divide. Most people aren’t going to change their political/religious opinion because you shared yours on a sports website.

People probably left after the last discussion because A) Who wants politics on a sports website? and B) Some people find the political opinions of others to be repulsive and no longer want to associate with that person or support their platform (not saying this is right or wrong).

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Maybe my memory of former Cam is tainted by recent Cam, but Rose looked just as good or better running than Cam ever did. At least, from an athletic perspective. Maybe not on the option reads.

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