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He is now the number 1 recruit for the state of Utah, and just barely outside the top 100 nationally.

First time in I don’t know how long (at least a decade?) that the state’s #1 recruit stayed in state. So excited that he’s a Ute!

Mikey Matthews got a rating bump, taking him from composite .8867 to .8944. He is now a composite 4-star recruit.

That makes 7 composite four stars in this year’s class; if we can somehow get Lyons to commit (fingers crossed) that would make 8. And three more coming via the portal.

Incredible job by our coaches and staff recruiting this year. E…[Read more]

247 sports just posted a video discussing some high profile recruits, and discussed the state of Utah’s #1 rated player, Tausili Akana.
Both experts agree that Oklahoma is the leader in the clubhouse to sign him, with Texas and LSU also strong candidates, but both also mentioned that Utah is in contention due to a strong late surge. To…[Read more]

I don’t think anyone saw that coming. Many, myself included, thought he would almost certainly be a Ute. Perhaps a sign that Utah has landed someone else at TE?
Good luck to him.

Another crystal ball prediction on 247 just posted today on Smith Snowden coming to the Utes, with a 6 (medium) level of certainty. This pushes the U to close to 93% of prognostications for Snowden coming to the U, whereas previously we were at about 91%. Not a huge jump obviously but hopefully a prediction in favor of Utah 24 hours before…[Read more]

Not sure if you all have seen, but FiveThirtyEight published today a very interesting analysis of possible candidates for Big Ten expansion.
The analysis was based on athletic performance (with particular emphasis on football), media market, and cultural fit (essentially a composite of AAU status and being the flagship public university of the…[Read more]

Dang. Would have loved to have him but it sounds like he’s got a good thing going there. Hope it’s a great situation for him. Also glad he didn’t go to Oregon.

He didn’t specifically say he’s announcing, but he did just tweet that he’s dropping big news on Monday. He would be a HUGE get and I really hope the Utes land him. He’s an East High kid if I’m remembering correctly so it would be super cool to see him lace them up at RES, so close to where he grew up. Whatever happens, hope he finds a great…[Read more]

Seems like a great get; 2 sport athlete. He’ll need to put on quite a bit of weight to play on the O-line. Wonder if he stays there?
 
 

I was browsing around the internet trying to see if there are any new leads on how Puka might be leaning, and I found this old Des News article:
 
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865688348/BYU-Utah-rivalry-complicated-for-Orem-WR-Puka-Nacua–but-wheres-his-loyalty.html
 
Some really interesting points in there. Seems like a great kid. As a…[Read more]

I know this gets waaaaaaaay ahead of ourselves, but it’s fun to think about.
If the Utes can make the Rose Bowl and win it, Utah will become only the 8th school to have a Fiesta Bowl win, a Sugar Bowl win, and a Rose Bowl win. Can you name the other 7?  No cheating!
Bonus points: Utah would also be one of only 3 schools to win a Sugar, Rose, and…[Read more]

Haven’t heard anything official yet, and Beeno is pretty cryptic in his tweets, but he has updated his twitter profile with a pic of him in USC gear and his recent activity shows him as being in Southern CA.  I don’t believe he has reported to USC’s camp but I think we’ll hear that he has by the end of the week.
Tough loss for the Utes if he has…[Read more]