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Coach Prime is putting an interesting staff together. He has hired the former FSU and Vikings head coaches. What do you think? Is this a good thing for Colorado? Or are there too many egos on the sideline?

I read yesterday that Utah has signed 16 of the top 1000 high school football players. By comparison, our friends down south have signed 4. Also, according to Rivals, Utah had a better recruiting class than any team in the “new” Big12. The 2023 recruiting class is amazing. It’s a great time to be a Utah football fan.

Go Utes!!!

Here is an article about Walker Lyons. He has started his missionary training and still has not announced his college choice yet. It sounds like he will sign with some team on the NLI day. Some are suggesting Georgia may be his choice.

If I was him, I would not sign with any team until I returned from my mission. He can change his mind then…[Read more]

I think we will go 6-4 and considering the schedule, that’s not too bad. If we do win six more games – we will end up 13-7 in conference play. Considering where we were – this would be a major accomplishment. Coach K left us in a bad place. I like the direction we are headed. I hope we can get back to where Ute basketball was 20 years…[Read more]

Coach Prime does it again

Here is my position-by-position thoughts.

QB – (Net +) I hope we have a healthy Rising and I “hope” that Johnson is our backup and that we have a package where he plays 4-5 plays a game.

TE (Net even) I know we lose Kincaid but we get Kuithe back and I hope Yassmin continues to make progress. Also, I hope Jacobsen is in the mix as a…[Read more]

because he was still in physical therapy.

I don’t know a lot about knee injuries so I have a question. Would he be doing PT if he was going to have ACL surgery? Or did he already have surgery and I had not heard?

We have now got a pretty good idea of who will be on the 2023 football team.  There will be some more portal changes after spring ball.
Offense:
We will lose a couple of linemen, but four of five linemen will have been starters.  This bodes well for our offense.  Rising will be back, so we will have an experienced QB which is huge.  We lose…[Read more]

The Rose Bowl didn’t turn out the way any of us wanted. Oh well. We made it to the Rose Bowl for the second consecutive year. I went out and bought a Rose Bowl shirt today in fact. I am proud we were there and I will wear my shirt proudly.

Why did we lose? Not having Kincaid and Phillips turned out to be huge. Nonetheless, we played…[Read more]

An interesting article was posted this morning.
Penn State Media
 

90-second video interview of Penn State’s QB about Utah’s defense.
Penn State QB

It comes from a Penn State site.  But, it goes into detail covering the two teams and how they did against the teams they played based on how these teams performed throughout the season.
Rose Bowl Analytics
Based on the RPI stats – the prediction for the game is PSU 29 – Utah 24.  Just using stats – that makes sense.  However, we have seen the…[Read more]

I know it won’t last but I think we have a good chance of being 6-0 a week from now.  Then we play UCLA on the road. Oh, and by the way, Arizona has one loss this season.
They are playing better than I had expected.

TCU was 5-7 last year and just not very good.  A new coach came in and went to the portal big time.  USC did the same thing.  We are seeing a new era in college football.  A national contender can be built in one year if you can get the portal players.
TCU started the season unranked and now will be playing for the national championship.  I did…[Read more]

However, I have to give the players credit.  There were no opt-outs.  That’s impressive for a team that will likely have 7+ draft picks.

about who is staying and going.
The fact that he has not brought in a QB or TE portal transfer could make you believe that he feels like Rising and Kuithe are returning.  He did say that nothing is certain until the deadline has passed.
I gotta think we could have gotten Holker if we has pursued him hard.  But, I am sure Holker would not want to…[Read more]

They compared it to how the NFL does things.  In the NFL there are very strict rules on free agency.  The players union and the owners have come together to have a defined process.
There are very few rules governing the portal and there is virtually nothing to protect the teams.  The portal has become a free-for-all in my opinion.
There need to…[Read more]