TomahawkCruise

Yes more should be added.

That definitely includes Doleac and Grant.

OK those sound like fair points. Thanks for enlightening me.

I don’t have a problem with Vranes being in the rafters, I just think it’s less evident why he’s up there compared to the others (minus Bogut).

But your insight definitely lends some credibility to his inclusion.

Good to see.

I have no tolerance for people like him.

I can’t imagine Utah going this hard on a build up for the program if they aren’t gonna improve their NIL situation much. It would be a total waste of time and resources.

So I think they have to have assurances from boosters/donors.

Yeah he’s got obvious talent but he’s clearly a project that Utah doesn’t need to be spending $500k on to ride the bench.

It sure seems Utah is going all-in on getting folks with NBA credentials.

It sounds like that is the correct way to go, given the current climate of collegiate athletics.

Which makes it even more surprising they haven’t announced Andre Miller yet.

Perhaps you can enlighten me why this is so.

I’ll admit that I’m not terribly familiar with Vranes, but a cursory review of his stats makes me wonder why he received the honor when others with similar accolades have not.

To me, it’s obvious why McGill, Gardner, Ferrin, Miller and Van Horn are up there. Clearly they had to change criteria to get…[Read more]

Oh, I wasnt aware they retired Chambers’ number. But that’s good, it should be up there.

Yeah, I mean it’s not inexplicable why Bogut had his number retired, it just seems to me that he didn’t stick around long enough to really have the impact you’d expect from someone who has their number in the rafters.

There’s surely an argument for having Bogut’s number up there, but I just don’t think he deserves to be up there as much as some others.

Yeah in the current age of college athletics, perhaps there’s a feeling that they can try anything – just throw some stuff to the wall and see what sticks.

My guess is you are mostly talking about football. If so, you are right. There are no real elite teams in the XII.

In basketball, however, there are several.

That’s probably another reason why I’ve been receptive to the change: I value college basketball more than I value college football. And through a basketball lens, going from the Pac to the…[Read more]

That’s definitely understandable. I think a good share of Utah fans would feel the same.

I’ve been able to make the switch, partly because some of our mates are easy for me to like. On top of that, I now have even more contempt for USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington because they killed the Pac 12 for nothing more than a bigger check to overpay…[Read more]

The thinking may be to combine all the time he missed with injury across those four years and argue to the NCAA that he should get a grad year to make up for it. If so, I’d be shocked if that works.

Isn’t it interesting how realignment has changed our attention on other teams? It used to be we also kept track of teams like UCLA USC Oregon Stanford etc. Now I have zero interest tracking how those teams are doing – and instead now we’re following teams like TT Houston Baylor Iowa State and others.

So weird how realignment has done that in such…[Read more]

Ugh, I can’t stand seeing those video game final scores. The golden age of the NBA, roughly 1990-2002, was so fun to follow. I can’t understand how we got to a point where the league has de-emphasized defense so much.

Remember in the old days how we’d watch games and occasionally see a whistle for “illegal defense” – which was basically a zone…[Read more]

Agreed. Our current uniform is kind of interesting. It’s OK because it’s not overly gaudy like our unis for most of the past decade have been (especially the ones before the current unis). I like their simplicity.

On the other hand, they are bland and uninspiring. I’ve also said a zillion times I don’t like the arched UTAH type, it needs to be…[Read more]

Yeah I was virtually certain that he was out of eligibility, but I guess there’s some hope for the medical appeal. I think it’s a bit odd to enter the portal when it’s uncertain whether you can even have another year. I mean who’s gonna take a chance and sign him if he’s not even guaranteed more eligibility?

He must be pretty confident he will…[Read more]

Yes you are correct on that. The Wikipedia page on the 96-97 team incorrectly lists him as being a freshman that year.

I just love that 96-97 uniform. I sent these concepts to Harlan’s office, so let’s see if maybe they might be inspired by it.

Utah is under contract with UA until summer 2027. Let’s hope at that point they become a Jordan school!