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I saw this video and immediately felt empathy for the Shadeur Sanders of the future, realizing just how pathologically tone deaf he had been to build a shrine to his “legendary” status before ever having played in a single NFL game. Then I reminded myself who his dad was and remembered that that day will never happen.

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The baffling thing to me isn’t that players are following the money. That’s the understandable part. The baffling thing to me is that we seem to have such a weak counter punch to these programs that are waving cash in front of our players. Who knew we would be so far behind in adapting to the modern college football landscape. We are out there preaching family and culture and draft picks and all of the stuff that we all wish it was still about, but it just isn’t. At least not in the same way. The narrative has shifted and we haven’t shifted with it.

The terrifying part isn’t the prospect of losing a single player like Williams, it’s the prospect of losing the foundation. Utah doesn’t have the type of tradition to withstand multiple losing seasons. We are not Alabama or Ohio State or Notre Dame. If donors aren’t willing to pony up on the heels of multiple Pac 12 championships, do you think they are going to be ready to do it if we are sub .500 for multiple years? Do you think a guy like Scalley who could potentially be a successful coach for the next 20 years is going to stay around knowing that he doesn’t have the support needed to put contending teams on the field every year? We still have some really solid units (o-line, linebacker,etc) but the momentum has clearly shifted and not in our favor.

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Question for Tony-

I understand the non-censoring stance. I’m not requesting that you do that. If a user decides to “ignore” another user though how does that appear on the board? Would this thread not even appear because it was started by him? Asking for a friend. The childishness is genuinely taking away from the experience. Why grown ups can’t just be grown ups is lost on me.

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Apparently the players are really feeling it too. Reading Mason Madsen’s comments after the BYU game would have Majerus turning over in his grave.

“I will say, it would probably be fun to play for BYU and have those fans. Because that was pretty sick,” the senior said. “That is something I hope I experience in the future. Not that I haven’t at certain places. But playing where people really care about basketball.”

Ouch

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I believe it’s been shared on the site before, but I loved hearing Andre Iguodala talk about Andre Miller when asked about the smartest player he ever played with. I always loved his game and loved his approach. Bringing him in would easily be the most exciting thing to happen to the program since the Bogut days.

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Hope you’re ready for hibernation, because it might be a minute.

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At this point, how could you not just laugh at all of this? This portal/NIL stuff jumped the shark so long ago. If I have to read another 18 year old make a formal announcement like he is giving a f***ing state of the union address I’m going to blow a gasket.

“To my friends, family, administration and community members, I’d like to first of all thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the opportunity to sign and then renege on my commitment before even setting foot on campus.”

I understand this is your life and only shot at this, but you were going to be the third string WR/QB/DB or whatever and you are eating Taco Bell and playing video games as your overpriced agent writes this announcement for you. It is so far away from the game we have come to love.

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Hey, it was a bad post but let’s not get carried away. Your seat is safe.

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Amazing post 😂. I don’t make a habit of cutting people slack when they are douche bags. You made your own bed there. By the way, do you know who else thinks you are a douche bag for posting this? 90% of BYU fans that realize when you win you don’t have to talk. Don’t come on here regurgitating somebody else’s words and think BYU or even CB has your back. You stand alone, a douche bag all by yourself.

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Not sure I get the indifference reaction. You want the best players on your team to stay on your team. To each their own I guess. Does anyone really think he was only going to bring 10 catches and a hundred yards to the table this season? Everyone isn’t productive until they are. He was clearly talented and just needs an opportunity to showcase that more. The bigger concern is that he went through spring ball and the spring game and was clearly intending to play. He knew he was going to get big opportunities on the field and still left anyway. Again, this is about Utah not being able to figure out how to stay competitive on the NIL landscape.

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