Staples

I was hoping we were past the transfer phase by now. You’re right, this one stings. We’ve been bringing in a ton of guards so wonder if Smith had an inkling this might happen. We still need to bring in some size.

Looks like the rankings were based on total number of sacks allowed, which seems like the absolute worst way to base it given that there was nothing approaching a uniform number of games for everyone. Sack rate (% of pass attempts that end in a sack) in my opinion is a much better overall look at something like this without getting crazy…[Read more]

I’d definitely say it’s a good sign that we’re having players returning to the team from the portal. Based on what I’ve seen on social media (so take it with grain of salt), seems like Battin and Thioune are pretty good friends and probably not a coincidence that once Riley decided to come back, Lahat wasn’t too far behind. Good news for our…[Read more]

The portal is the big difference between when Larry took over (and I contend he should have received coach of the year honors for getting that team to 6 wins) and now. Rumblings online were that half the team was leaving if Larry stayed. Assuming that still holds true even with the new coach, it should be easier to build up a roster with…[Read more]

Utes have already started to allow fans for the Spring sports, though they haven’t announced how the Spring football game is going work. Baseball is still honoring season tickets purchased for last year and I definitely plan on getting out to a couple of games.

I’m curious about the underutilized statement. He basically saw the second most amount of touches on the team behind Delon Wright. Kuzma and Chapman are mixed in there as well but didn’t see the same amount of minutes. So unless you’re saying that the ball should have been taken out of Delon’s hands more …. I just don’t see it. I know the…[Read more]

I didn’t like the fact that he cancelled the game because I’ve always enjoyed the rivalry games even when they get chippy. But I did enjoy how much it upset all the Cougar fans, they still haven’t been able to let it go.

Mentioned this on Twitter, but my out of the box, never going to happen candidate would be Becky Hammon. She’s destined for an NBA job (personally I think she’s lined up for the Spurs job whenever Pop decides to step aside) so I’m not even sure she entertains an interview request from us, but from all reports she has the coaching chops and the…[Read more]

Andrew Bogut mentioned on his podcast that Majerus would never make it today’s environment. Bogues didn’t sugarcoat how Majerus was (the good and the bad) and all it would take now days is one disgruntled player to leak a clip from practice and it would be all over.

Not obligated, but if a program fires your dad you’re probably not going to be thrilled with said program.

Noticed that as well. Has to be because of Rudy and Donovan testing positive and being the home of the Jazz it’s pretty certain that someone from the station had enough contact with the players or broadcast team to warrant quarantine for all as a precaution. Just strange that there wasn’t any sort of official announcement.

I think it was inevitable anyway given the direction other sports are going, but with big names starting to pull out it becomes a certainty. Guess I’ve got next Thursday and Friday off to hang out at home and watch movies or something.

20+ wins, NCAA tournament bid. At the very worst we need to be a bubble team. Problem is, that’s with an assumption that transfers of key personnel are kept to a minimum. I could see Battin looking elsewhere: lost his starting spot late in the year to Jantunen and could be odd man out for playing time next year. His leaving wouldn’t be…[Read more]

The Utah Uruk-hai

Haven’t been down to the conference tourney since the MWC days. It can be fun to watch that much basketball but it’s pretty pricey when there’s a good chance (especially this year) that it will be one and done for the Utes.

This game was a perfect encapsulation of why this season has been frustrating. First half it looked like we’d never even practiced before and as the turnovers piled up I texted a friend that 20 points should be our goal – for the game. Second half we clearly made some coaching adjustments (proving competency is at least possible) and had two…[Read more]

Well deserved. Shame we couldn’t have done this sooner while he was still alive.

As others have said, I’m not sure Larry has much of a choice given that we don’t really have a natural backup PG, but I do think there’s some cause for concern. He’s really only shot the ball well twice in conference play (Oregon State and Wazzu) and you have to wonder if that’s a combination of hitting the natural freshmen wall, the fact that…[Read more]

He can enjoy a couple of years of retirement then slide right into the DC spot when Scalley takes over the top spot from Whitt.