[OffensiveLineEnthusiast]

If I had to guess at one cause, I’d say it’s the successful year they had down south.

Our 2023 was disappointing, but we were still the best team in the state. In 2024, we were not. That’s probably raised some blood pressure around here.

[Tednab]

Two years of failure

[Chasqui]

Awesome post! Don’t care what anyone says! I would take Grit over love in my football coach any day. His days are numbered but it’s been a great ride!

[HeyyyUguyyys]

Thanks for sharing. Of all of the interviews, I think my favorite take was Kenny Dillingham’s. Everybody equates Kyle with toughness and discipline and family and none of those are wrong. Dillingham is the first person I can remember though who measured Kyle’s success by the number of years that Utah could realistically win the conference. It’s such an underrated part of being an Utah fan over the last 10+ years. Losing is really hard when expectations are that high, but a fanbase with hope is a dangerous animal. It is engaged, and hungry, on a Saturday night, is electric. It’s pretty awesome to be a contender every year.

[Grizzly Adams]

The Utes are in an interesting situation. Generally you want to maintain the chemistry of the starting unit because that’s what makes an O-line great. Scheme and chemistry can make a line with mediocre talent elite. With that being said, the U is going to lose every starter after this season, barring a Lomu or Fano drop off/injury, and coach Harding won’t want to get caught with his pants down next season having no starters with meaningful snaps starting in 2026. They’ll need some experience up front so I would not be surprised if guys like Isaiah Garcia, Al Harrison, and Keith Olson see some meaningful snaps this season.

[Charlie]

I was wondering the same. Another possibility would be to completely sub out the OL in game situations when the Utah win is no longer in doubt. Hopefully that is the case near the end of several games with the most sets in Provo.

[UTEopia]

OL rarely rotate except in the situations you identified.

[BeachUte]

Honestly, I’m going to tell you what I told BYU football fans for so many years when they were fixated on their success in the 1970s, 80s and a chunk of the 90s: I don’t care. It’s not relevant to me what a program did 30 years ago. If you have to reach back that far, you’re losing the argument and you look desperate doing it.

When was the last time Utah basketball finished ranked?

When was the last time Utah basketball made the NCAA Tournament?

When was the last time Utah basketball won a NCAA Tournament game?

When was the last time Utah advanced beyond the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament?

When was the last time Utah basketball won a conference championship – either regular season or tournament?

This isn’t about BYU. That’s the weird thing here. You all focus in on BYU and I mentioned them in passing along with other programs. This is about Utah and their standing in the college basketball world.

It really does show that some Utah fans have an inferiority complex when it comes to BYU basketball – just like a lot of BYU fans do with football. That explains why they have to steal from the Cougar playbook and throw around stats that were largely built up 30+ years ago to prove their point.

[BeachUte]

Re-read what I put. I said I don’t understand how someone can look at the last 25 years and claim Utah is of better stature than BYU. That’s not the same as saying in the last 25 years, BYU is better.

But again, it’s kind weird that you guys keep getting stuck on BYU. BYU is only part of the equation. I’ve also mentioned Colorado and SDSU (as well as USU). In the end, Utah has played in two NCAA Tournaments going back to the 2010 season. People should not be upset over their placement in this list.

[Jim Vanderhoof]

I would hope they had more success. They played 3 or 4 tough games a year. Winning 20 games playing WCC competition does not make you a better program. Utah was playing a much harder schedule. Would BYU have done better than Utah in the Pac 12? To say BYU has been better the past 25 years is ridiculous. No arguement that Utah has been down but besides the Jimmer year I haven’t seen any BYU team that looked much better. Both teams have been irrelevant.

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