Rick

If you can afford it, Paradise Valley and Scottsdale are amazing areas. If you are on more of a budget, Chandler, Mesa, Gilbert and parts of Tempe are nice too. I would stay on the east side as much as possible.

For me it is the unique combination of NIL and player movement without any guardrails, the lack of any connection with the Big 12, and the reconnection with BYU that has made this last season almost unbearable. I am actually more excited about season 2 of our hockey team than I am about Utah Football. I am not sure how that happened, and I would…[Read more]

Here is what I am sick of: the Jazz drafted and built a good playoff team with Williams and Boozer. Blew it up. They then drafted and built a decent team with Hayward. Blew it up or let it get blown up. They then drafted and built a really good team with Mitchell, Gobert, and Conley. Blew it up. The fired a really good GM in Dennis Lindsey…[Read more]

Did you watch Utah football in the 80s? Did you ever what Lance Rice? Come on man! Wilson was not great but he was much better than the parade of mediocrity we had a QB for most of the 70s, 80s, and some of the 90s.

I’m sorry but having a 6’8″ point guard who rarely, if ever used his length to any advantage, and a 7 footer who neither blocks shots, nor makes free throws, is anything to strive for or compared against what Alex is putting together here. Just a dumb, contrarian take.

The post called him point guard. Try decaf next time! Yesh!

Who?

He looks decent and was on a decent team that beat some pretty good teams last season. Nice that we have a true PG again!

Attitude, genetics, and character aside, these are the objective things that I have seen in his game these past two years:
1. Average athlete.
2. Average arm.
3. Will not throw the ball away and would rather take sacks. Incomplete passes and picks hurt your QBR and sacks do not. You make your own decision on his on field decision making.
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I just realized this weekend that I am more excited and supportive of the Utah Hockey Club than I am Utah Football. I am also a bigger fan of my favorite NFL team (Go Dolphins) than I am Utah Football. I never thought I would ever say these things but it is how I feel. NIL has NOT killed college football. The way it has been rolled out and…[Read more]

Looking at the Browns QB room, the only shot he will get is in the UFL next season.

They will have no depth and I think Florida proved how important depth is.

He dribbles the ball way too much for a player his size. Not upset at all by this and I wish him well.

If you were a top PG prospect why wouldn’t you want to come play for and learn from a college All-American, first round draft pick, 17 year NBA veteran? Especially considering you have zero competition in front of you to worry about. If you are a big, why wouldn’t you want to play for the coach that is credited for developing Rudy Gobert into…[Read more]

That is your opinion. The actual results say otherwise. That is my point. You are basically saying that if Smith was a better recruiter he would have better results. Recruiting is a HUGE part of coaching success in college basketball so Smith had a glaring weakness that contributed to his lack of success. Hypotheticals do not win games.…[Read more]

I’m sorry but results are the only stats I care about and if you take away the absolutely dreadful team that Larry inherited from Boylen his first year, Larry’s winning towers over Smith. If winning isn’t the measure than what the hell is? Nerdy, David Locke-esq made up ratios? In college, I look at winning, graduation rates, elevation of…[Read more]

I am getting really sick and tired of folks on here constantly saying that Larry was a better recruiter and Smith was a better coach. I’m sorry but the numbers just simply do not support that absurd theory. Here are some real numbers:

Larry had 5 20+ win seasons in 10 years, 50%.
Smith had 1 20+ win season in 4 years, 25%
Larry’s overall win…[Read more]

I am sorry but 19 turnovers in a college game is unacceptable vs. any foe, but one that has not won a game in 7 straight tries is beyond ridiculous. It is never a great time to fire someone but sometimes you have to rip off the band aid and just do it. This gives us some extra weeks to find a new coach before the off-season kicks in and…[Read more]

Isn’t Smith having the same transfer percentages? Or do his not count since they go to our biggest rival? Larry is not Majerus but he is the best basketball coach overall that we have had since Rick. If you say otherwise, you are just not being honest.

Rick Majerus 1989-04 323–95
Joe Cravens (acting) 1989–90 12–12
Dick Hunsaker (acti…[Read more]

Calling Craig Smith a good, possibly great coach is the funniest thing I have heard in months. Yes, we just won two games in a row. One against possibly the worst Kansas team we have seen in a decade and the other over a mediocre KSU squad. Prior to that we lost three road games in a row against two mediocre teams and one crappy team. Smith’s…[Read more]