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Mel Tucker leaves Colorado in the dust: What it says about the state of the Pac-12

 
Though it is mostly about Mel Tucker’s departure, it lays much of the blame on the Pac-12, Larry Scott and mentions the difficulties Western teams face.

Had to put this in the other Utah sports category. Had a trip to Utah planned. Women’s B-ball last night. Women’s tennis this morning and sitting in the Maverick center to watch the Red Rocks. Two daughters and I are having a great time. Head home tomorrow. Love being in the Pac12 for the increased competition. Overall our non revenue sports are…[Read more]

So the question is which finish to the season hurt more?
I remember in 2018 watching Northwestern come back on us and feeling numb. Wondering what happened. And of course the hip interception in the championship game. Both of those hurt.
I don’t know about you but I think the last two games hurt more. In 2018 we had hope, we’d barely lost the…[Read more]

Since this board knows everything.
Do you need tickets to watch a tennis match at the Eccles Tennis Center? I’m thinking of taking my daughter but couldn’t find anywhere to buy tickets. Are there bleachers/seats for the inside courts as well as the outside courts?
Anything else I should know?

@utestuckinseattle are you streaming?
My SlingTV month ended the 29th and I figured I’d either stream it, or hit a sports bar, rather than pay $35 more just for this one game.
But I’d rather sit on my own couch.

So who would you rather have as a coach?
Coach A wins 3 national Championships in 25 years at the same school.
Coach B wins 3 National Championships in 17 years, at two different schools.
Coach A coached 21 years before his first national Championship in year 22.
Coach B coached 5 years at three schools before in year six winning a national…[Read more]

Utah isn’t as horrible as we all felt like last Friday.
We are the Stanford of the North. We play physical football, we are not a prolific passing team, though we certainly had a few really good games this year through the air.
So what is Utah? Utah is a team that will most of the time line up and try to rush the ball down your throat. We will…[Read more]

So before I read Stone’s musings below I was thinking, conferences which are successful in the CFP era all seem to have quite a bit in common. Two of these three allows for a “good” CFP candidate.
A. One really dominant team which ends up with zero or one loss. The rest of the teams are all mediocre to poor.
ACC, Big 12, and to a degree SEC (see…[Read more]

Thanks for making Utah’s first half not look quite so bad. Second half to come.

Yeah, morning.
So the family and I went to Boulder yesterday morning to watch the Ute Volleyball team dismantle the Buffalo Chips. Utah finished 3rd in the Pac-12 in Volleyball, that’s pretty impressive.
So anyway, I’ve been to at least 5 volleyball matches in Boulder and their fans have always yelled, screamed and tried to distract our servers.…[Read more]

Going in football because it is on the CU Buffs site.
 
https://www.allbuffs.com/threads/please-beat-utah-this-week-to-shut-them-up.142132/
 
 

Here’s an interesting story. Not common in today’s world of sports.
https://tucson.com/sports/greghansen/greg-hansen-years-ago-former-ua-president-ad-risked-reputations/article_5ea47e02-2081-587e-85ff-a5a3f0689b02.html#7
Arizona AS and University lied about Tomey’s departure for 19 years. Not what you think.
 
 

I keep seeing posts about USU-BYU, but have watched less than one quarter of BYU football this year, not involving the Utes. And probably less than a half of USU.
So here’s my question, are you:
A- watching just as much BYU football as two years ago?
B- watching more BYU football?
C- watching a little less?
D- watching a lot less?
E- haven’t…[Read more]

A defensive TD combined with a shutout. That would be the trend I’d like to see. Basically resulting in -7 points.
I really don’t see a shutout, but Washington’s offense will not score many against our defense. And our offense should be better than last year, because we’ve improved and also Washington’s D isn’t as good.
As long as we don’t turn…[Read more]

So what will be the differences between last year’s games against UW and this year’s?
1. Ludwig, I’ve always liked him, but he has made Tyler Huntley so much better. Putting him in a great spot to succeed.
2. Defense, yes our defense was great last year but it’s even better this year.
3. Wham Bam, thank you slam slam slam. Bam is fresh and will…[Read more]

Oregon drops one more, if they lose tonight. USC wins out, Utah wins out?
Utah would not make the Pac-12 championship.
So to add confusion, what if Utah climbs into the top 6 or maybe even #4. Any chance Utah makes the CFP due to other teams crazy losses?
I mean we’d have lost to the South Champions.
And looks like Oregon’s gonna come back.

Probably not. With our luck Oregon will move up 1, Wiscy will call right in front of us.

Probably not. With our luck Oregon will move up 1, Wiscy will fall right in front of us.

Deserves mad props along with TH for that beautiful pass and catch. Nacua’s adjustment on the ball which was placed perfectly, that is a top ten team play.