utefansince79

Not that it would help out of state fans at all, but I start to miss the times when almost all our games were on KJZZ with lengthy pre-game and post-game coverage.

Had a seven game losing streak last season ending with no bowl appearance. Need to start season off with a win in Pasadena to get some respect back.

Have experienced and witnessed pleasant respectful interactions between our fans and visiting fans from many of the schools in our new conference and perceive that gave them a positive perception of our fan base.

I commented before that their only disappointment after hearing ‘bear spray’ allegations may that they couldn’t buy a cold refreshing…[Read more]

Very much want this one. College sports and conference affiliation in the entire Western part of the country is a terrible mess due largely to the LA schools heading to the Big10.

My goodness we took Bama to the woodshed in the first quarter of that game.

We should recognize that we have a very diverse fanbase of various belief systems, political leanings, economic status, etc. and respect each other’s differences and most of us are good at that. But sadly a significant number of fans (not all thankfully) of a particular school act that they are superior because of their religion which makes…[Read more]

Mine have yet to show up.

They mic the band simply so they can be heard over the crowd.

But no need to mic the crowd. We make enough sound on our own.

Thinking of the TCU game in 2008 and the announcer said “this is a well build stadium, the press box is shaking”

Meanwhile I have UCLA circled. Was the 2 LA schools that bailed on the PAC so they could be 2000 miles away from most of their conference and led to the entire west becoming a fustercluck.

A few years ago high profile Heaps signed with TDS, boasting he would take a victory formation knee 4 times against Utah and lead BYU to a natty. Didn’t quite live up to those predictions.

I received an email thanking me for loyalty, energy, support, etc. in the past which included a new pricing map. Implied renewal information would come out in a few weeks.

Brutal price increase for some of us. Would be nice to have a few respectable pre-season opponents.

Wish the Cal Poly game was a bit later as September games under the lights are usually quite pleasant, but 4PM is usually much better than high noon that time of the year.

Said a few times that USC and Utah had many memorable exciting close games, lots of them settled in the closing seconds, with both teams enjoying their share of being on the happy side of the scoreboard.

Sadly may not see them face each other again for some time.

While 2 teams with rather low odds of being drawn (Mavs about 1.5% and Spurs about 6%) got first couple picks, it really wasn’t that unlikely for Jazz to not pull out at all. (Something like 47%).

Tanking is foolishly optimistic and rather bad mathematics.

Not going to waste any time at all watching what was once an entertaining product back in…[Read more]

Still annoys me that it wasn’t a ‘football play’ but rather an unnecessary deliberate attempt to put him out of the game.

2 things Utah has done very well over the years

1. Recruit players ‘under the radar’ and develop them over a few years into great contributors, often ready to play on Sunday.

2. Players that play here a few years, get a feel for a ‘family’ type atmosphere and bond together as a unit.

NIL sort of ruins both of these. A rising star heads to…[Read more]

Great athlete, but certainly not lacking in confidence.

May be in for a rude awakening (and perhaps get a bit of humility) when he starts playing in the pros.

Makes sense to recruit and offer great local LDS athletes, even if they indicate they want to serve a mission (usually after playing one year).

Of course in the NIL $$$$$ era, far fewer players are playing their entire career with one school.

Can’t remember the last time I made use of the ignore feature on this board but felt that was the sensible thing to do in this situation.