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Yasmin just got cut. To make way for … Fotheringham.

I have a sabbatical for a month, so my wife and I are going up to Spokane/Palouse/Coeur d’Alene/Hiawatha Trail for a short week while kids are in camp, going to a family adoption heritage camp, then later going to Cancun for an inlaw family reunion (not looking forward to the temps in late June). Daughter is going to a 3-wk course in Utah then on…[Read more]

Why do people think the WVU game will be at night Week 5? There is BYU @ CU (late, late game?), Baylor @ Ok St. and a few other games that might be the late game.

Week 7 ASU @ Utah might be night. There is KU @ TT, TCU @ KSU, but that seems like a good one to put at night.

Now, Utah @ BYU Week 8 certainly is a possible night game, but hoping…[Read more]

Jesus said love God and your neighbor. He spent most time with outcasts and sinners, not the ruling class or rich. And he definitely didn’t put himself first.

Oh, and even though the current administration feels they have some mandate to say what being an ‘American’ is because they won, it should be remembered that 36% of the population (the…[Read more]

Not sure why the downvotes – was trying to be factual, but as a non-Catholic, perhaps I shouldn’t really comment other than he seems like a good guy to me who has tried to serve in his faith and appears humbled by the mantle. Or perhaps the downvotes are that he isn’t who some hoped it would be or favors policies or positions they don’t agree…[Read more]

Not sure, but Pope Francis didn’t ever go back to visit Argentina (did visit other SA countries). I think Leo XIV has been in Rome for a while. Seems like he wasn’t generally on the list of top ‘favorites’ but is centrist, maybe a compromise between the progressives that would take Francis’ path even further vs the conservatives who want to take…[Read more]

I guess good he thanked Ludwig for what he taught him, but that’s the only person named. Interesting. Some weird silence until this point, but maybe because he was getting other opinions on the hand. Must of jacked it up good or it healed weird or had a lot of scar tissue.

I was going to say this as well. McBride was probably joking with that one. And honestly, even though they handed him a bag of money, his fiancé (proposed in Jan, might be his wife now?) is there and I think there’s just some ‘ease’. Sure, he says it was God, but I am fine with that. Remember, these kids are in their early 20s and still figuring…[Read more]

Agree and disagree. Injury is always a huge factor, especially to starters. But ESPECIALLY for QB1 with Ludwig. QB2 was never prepared. There will always be a dropoff and QB2 getting up to speed, but with Ludwig’s ‘complicated’ system (Rose still hadn’t picked it up in 2 years?!), they had to go so vanilla, it was easy to defend. So, yes, it…[Read more]

To feel better, know that:
1) We aren’t relying on Cam Rising and Cam Rising alone like the last 2 years
2) We have an OC that doesn’t require 2 years just to start understanding the system

Beck and a ‘simpler’ offense that can adapt if injuries do occur (knock on wood, hopefully not) and a still very good defense and we can play a well-rounded…[Read more]

Buyouts in NIL contracts

Restricting transferring (they come up with some reason – family issue, coach abusive, mental health) seems to be a no go with a lawsuit. Although SEC requires year off if you change SEC school – so not sure how that is enforceable. I think 1 transfer ‘free’ OR if coach leaves.

1 transfer window, not 2. Timing also is…[Read more]

I believe he enrolled in Jan and was around, but I guess he saw how he was at best 5th. Maybe had to reset his expectations or find a better fit.

Agree, you almost have to put OL and RB together for ‘run game’ rather than separate even though OL also has pass protection. It’s going to be interesting with Dampier as he will also rely on OL blocking when he scrambles or options to run. I would expect that we will have to weather a few more INT than before (and Whitt will have to swallow his…[Read more]

I guess it will be a reconstruction and not a lift job…

They really do need a more modern (smaller, like 9k for bball, but 15k at gymnastics is great) arena with more boxes and better experience. They are still considering options, but wouldn’t be surprised if this ends up as part of the downtown development. I hope it stays on campus, but not…[Read more]

34 in wrestling
11 in men’s golf
5 in men’s cross country
2 in men’s basketball (’45 & ’46)
1 baseball (runner-up 5x)
(55 total, 53 team NCAA titles – claim 2 non-NCAA titles in football and equestrian)
183 individual national titles

For Utah:
16 skiing (15 combined men/women)
10 gymnastics
3 claimed by basketball (’44) + NIT (’47) + AAU
1…[Read more]

The old adage ‘if you can’t do, coach’. His size probably limited him and buried on the depth chart led to fewer reps to get better. As a grad assistant, not like he’s a lead/position coach, but will be, well, assisting and learning. Could end up working up through college ranks over the years or go high school – but creating future options for…[Read more]

hmm, maybe like AD and now NIL type stuff? hmm

I don’t disagree for basketball (men’s or women’s), but what do you do about gymnastics pulling 15k into the stadium? I haven’t been around the campus in a while, but seems like there’s more non-sports events at Kingsbury than JHC (concerts, etc.). For graduations, a smaller arena is fine as only 1/2 of the JHC is used. I would assume they’d keep…[Read more]

Especially in a year with 5 Big 12 home games. I guess with home-and-home swaps, it just works out some years that we need to be away for 2 non-conference games. To have 7 home games, you generally have to be paying the other team or getting 2 patsies. But we generally have tried 1 patsy (Cal Poly), 1 G5 (Wyoming), 1 P4 (UCLA).

Team (worry 1-10, 10 being worried they blow us out)
@UCLA (6) – solid team, but it’s going to be more about if we get the offense clicking. we typically have slow starts and it is on the road to start the season. will be a REALLY good indicator of how the season will go
Cal Poly (1) – blowout, get the 2nd team in
@Wyo (2) – mostly worried about…[Read more]