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Conference Games
 
South
USC 5-4
UCLA 5-4
Arizona St 5-4
Utah 4-5
Colorado 4-5
Arizona 4-5
 
North
Oregon 5-4
Stanford 5-4
Washington 5-4
Wazzou 4-5
Oregon St 4-5
Cal 4-5

I know.  I know.  I’m sure everyone is getting worn out reading takes on the game.  Allow me to throw a few thoughts in before I mentally move on from this.
– The odds caught up to us.  Even Utah State took us out a few times in the last thirty years.  
– This game reminds me of UNLV 2007.  We lost that game 27-0 after beating the living hell…[Read more]

Interview with Solo
I just finished Bill Riley’s interview with Solomon Enis.  A few observations:
1) In this day of the easy transfer, I thought Solo was GONE.  Some of you might have seen the frustrated tweets his mom was shooting out during games last year. You know that frustration was felt by her son.
2) Kudos to Solo for not only honoring…[Read more]

This is a good get!
Theo Howard from Transfer Portal

Let’s hope the Pac12 does as they always do and follows the BigTen in this decision!
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With the addition of Ja’Quinden Jackson this morning, Utah now has 3 of the top 4 recruits in the history of Utah Football on its current roster….  and they’re all FRESHMEN.
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Geez, how bad is Washington this year?

In the biggest non-surprise news of the weekend… Sumlin is out at Arizona.

Apparently, Washington likes to play from behind.  14-0 Stanford in the 1st Q.

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. 
Thank you, Tony, for creating this awesome board.  I think it will continue to grow because it has very high-quality posters willing to give their 2 cents.  
Thank you to those that takes time to come on here and give their takes.  We all have our own view on things, but it’s always…[Read more]

Looks like conference management received bonuses shortly before all of the furloughs and lay offs took effect.  I thought the Enron model of fiscal management was a BAD idea.
Hotline exclusive: Pac-12 paid performance bonuses

Haha… do you guys watch these SEC Shorts?  This one’s pretty good although it pokes a little fun at the Pac12 being the Big Ten’s whipping boy (and right now that’s accurate).  I do take exception to the ACC acting like they’re equal with the SEC though.  The ACC is a one-trick pony.  Anyway, there are a whole host of these things and they’re…[Read more]

Sign me up for this!
Pac12 Bubble

Now that the season is shot, I’m curious what you guys are going to do about this year’s season tickets?  I think I’m going to just put it towards next year’s cost, but I’m wondering if any of you are considering calling this year’s cost a donation?  

Happy Holidays to all of you.  That was one hell of a football season and I’m VERY thankful to have been in the playoff discussion the last week of the season.  We’re not quite there yet, but I love the upward trajectory.
I’m wondering what everyone’s thoughts are on the upcoming bowl game.  I’ll be honest, the life was kind of sucked out of me a…[Read more]

Most of the top 9 in the CFP rankings are on the road this weekend.  These are the only 9 teams that still have a chance to make the playoffs (teams with 1 loss or less).  
Based on Massey’s predictor, there’s only a 10% chance of all 9 teams winning this weekend.  Utah’s 98% chance of beating Colorado is second only to Georgia’s 99% chance of…[Read more]

OMG, it’s about time to get this thing rolling again!  I’m so excited to sit at a rain-free game tomorrow (probably just jinxed us all).
I know it’s been a long 2 weeks, but is anyone else kind of thankful that we had a bye after that Washington game?  I mean, we got a GIANT monkey off our backs on that one and if we would have played this UCLA…[Read more]

Just a few random thoughts for a stress-free bye weekend…
 

• Utah is only six wins away from shoving our Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl trophies aside to make room for the National Championship prize.  Interestingly enough, we have an 83% chance of winning the first three games but it drops to a 3% chance of winning the last three (I used Oregon,…

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