ProudUte

What a horrible second half.  Three turnovers, sloppy play on both sides of the ball.  Oh well, I am not going to let anything about this season bother me too badly.  We were the last D1 team to play football and it shows.
What I hope to get out of this season:
– Game time experience for our very young team.
– Improvement at key positions where…[Read more]

We looked like a team that had not played in over ten months – true
We looked liked a team that lost 9 defensive starters – true
We looked like a team that hadn’t practiced together for  a few weeks because of a virus – true
We did not look good and I suppose that was to be expected.  The offensive line was terrible.  However, I understand that…[Read more]

We lived in the same neighborhood years ago  (he was much older).
I really felt bad for him when he interviewed Majerus in the pre and post-game shows.  Majerus never made it easy on Bill.  He would say things like, “Bill, what do you know about basketball …”  Bill was a professional and never let it get to him.
 

Bill Marcroft was definitely the longest play-by-play guy in Utah sports.
Can you name the two guys who announced Utah games before him?  I am old enough to remember having listened to both guys doing Utah games.
Hint – both were quite famous in local network sports broadcasting.
Who was Marcroft’s long-time sidekick for both basketball and…[Read more]

Or is Arizona better than we all expected?
USC looks beatable as long as we aren’t stubborn and try to play man all night.
 

I doubt we play next week or at all for that matter.
 

Sounds like Herm and a bunch of his players tested positive.
 

He has an adult body and very athletic.  He may not end up being a QB in college.  I love local legacy kids.  I know many suggest that it would be risky to recruit him.  IMO it will be a mistake to not recruit this young man.  I would hate to be playing against him someday.
 
 

The good news is that some of the Covid tests from last week may have been false positive.  I guess they need four straight negative tests before those players are eligible.  However, I doubt any of these guys have been able to practice.
The bad news that I am hearing is that there will definitely be starters who cannot play this weekend.  How…[Read more]

The only difference is that walk-ons will have a chance to get some reps this week in practice.  This doesn’t sound great.  If true, we will have walk-ons in our 2-deep and maybe even starting.
On the other hand, there is a possibility that a few guys may have had false-positive tests.  It sounds like KW is playing a few games to keep UCLA…[Read more]

Normally, I do not like the late games.  But, due to other commitments – this turns out to be a great time for me!!!

And others in quarantine.  Will we have enough eligible players to field a team this week?  If so, how many key players will not be able to play?  KW will never say.
I hate to say it but I have my doubts about this week’s game.
 

The tackle is made and then about 1 second later you hear the crowd going wild.  I keep looking for a fumble or a personal foul.  This fake crowd noise is odd.
 

Not a big surprise considering the circumstances.  Both teams have a lot of talent but seem poorly coached IMO.  USC had a difficult time figuring out how to pass against 8 men back.  USC had four costly turnovers and still came up on top.  If we play USC, I would play zone pass defense.  They struggle to get open against the zone.
Too sloppy on…[Read more]

Would it be a good idea for Scalley to go for this job?  I am not aksing if it is good for the Utes, because it’s not.  Would it be a good career move for Scalley?
Thoughts!
I have mixed feelings because USU is a dumpster fire right now.  It could ruin your career or it could make it.  I think USU would be smart to go after Scalley because he…[Read more]

We set new records in new cases and deaths today.  I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that our game was canceled.
Come one Utahns, we need to do everything possible to get this under control.
If the country had the same number of cases per capita as we do, there would be 330,000 cases per day. We have lost any control we had over this…[Read more]

This ticks me off.  We will now likely have to wait two to three weeks to play.  Why play at all.  This sucks!!!!!

How many of these games did you attend or watch?  I watched 16 of the 20 games listed and have good memories from each.  I think the 1978 BYU game should be on that list.  It makes my top 5.  I’m sorry I missed that 1930 game.

I wanted to go back 48 years when we played Arizona on a cool fall afternoon.  Robert Rice had just donated a million dollars to install artificial turf (thus – Rice Eccles Stadium).  Arizona was undefeated in conference play and we were 3-1.  The winner would be in the driver’s seat for a conference championship.
We played poorly for three…[Read more]

Apparently, Cal says they cannot field enough players due to Covid contact tracing.