UteThunder

  • The Masters is great. Super Bowl Sunday is awesome. The start of March Madness is crazy. But this weekend . . . the first full weekend of COLLEGE FOOTBALL is the absolute best! Starting Thursday, we get 5 straight days of college football and it’s Labor Day weekend as a bonus. It is by far my favorite weekend of sports the entire year.

    I’ll be…[Read more]

  • The Masters is great. Super Bowl Sunday is awesome. The start of March Madness is crazy. But this weekend . . . the first full weekend of COLLEGE FOOTBALL is the absolute best! It is by far my favorite weekend of sports the entire year.
    I’ll be watching a ton of football this weekend, but here’s the games that really have my interest . .…[Read more]

  • UteThunder replied to the topic Aaron Roderick in the forum Football 7 years ago

    I didn’t say “improvement”, I said “perform well”. I would base that on if his QBs perform better for him there than they did when he was here.

    Yes, there will be a difference between the schedules he’ll face there and the schedules he faced most recently here. But there is adequate grounds for comparison. A-Rod was our OC while we were still in…[Read more]

  • UteThunder started the topic Truth Serum in the forum Football 7 years ago

    There are three coaches I would love to give truth serum to and get their thoughts on our team’s talent level vs other places.
    Gary Andersen: He left after the ’08-’09 Sugar Bowl season and has come back after the team has been replenished with years of Pac-12 recruiting. How does our current talent stack up vs what it was when he was last here?…[Read more]

  • UteThunder started the topic Aaron Roderick in the forum Football 7 years ago

    Coach A-Rod wasn’t very highly thought of by most Ute fans. The criticism was always that his position groups were the weakest and most underperforming on the team and/or showed little to no improvement from one year to the next. And A-Rod was to blame.
    If the BYU QBs perform well under him, I wonder if the opinions of his coaching abilities will…[Read more]

  • I’m with the preacher. Haven’t seen anyone call Harding terrible, at least not that I recall, but there are a bunch who think he is the Nick Saban of OL coaches. In reality, he seems like ‘just’ a good OL coach. Not great, not bad, just good.

  • Making the Hallandale Trio or whatever they’re called, Huntley #1, Moss #2, and Simpkins #3.

  • Those are the two for me as well. I lean towards Washington being bigger because it sets the tone for the season. If we win that game, then we are legit contenders for not only the South but for the Pac-12 title. If we lose, then we are behind in the race right from the get go and maybe doubt creeps in that we aren’t good enough. 

     

  • Can’t really disagree with any of that, especially the 4 wins when they should have had many more given how weak their schedule was. They like to point to the difficulty of their schedule to help explain the 4 wins, but their SOS was ranked in the 70s or 80s and they lost to UMass. 

    I still think the rumors would have leaked out a bit more…[Read more]

  • The games aren’t great this week, but there’s a couple of games involving some of our former WAC & MWC foes that will certainly quench my thirst for college football.

    Saturday Aug. 25th

    Hawai’i @ Colorado State
    Wyoming @ New Mexico State

  • The games aren’t great this week, but there’s a couple of games involving some of our former WAC & MWC foes that will certainly quench my thirst for college football.
    Saturday Aug. 25th
    Hawai’i @ Colorado State
    Wyoming @ New Mexico State

  • UteThunder replied to the topic Jaylon Johnson #16 in the forum Football 7 years ago

    So you’re saying we routinely lined up an injured, 2nd string, freshman corner on our opponents’ #1 WR? Is that really your position?

    I’m sure Johnson defended the top WR from time to time, in fact I remember him giving up a huge pass play to Pettis on the opening play of the UW game. But there is no way he was covering the #1 WR more often than…[Read more]

  • UteThunder replied to the topic Jaylon Johnson #16 in the forum Football 7 years ago

    IIRC, Blackmon was routinely matched up with the opponent’s #1 WR while Johnson rarely, if ever, drew that duty. 

    I would argue the ball was thrown Johnson’s way fewer times because QBs will always look to their #1 guy first and it is easier for a CB to lockdown the #2 or worse guy than it is to lockdown the #1 guy.

    Also, according to the team…[Read more]

  • Here is how I see the season playing out for the three local schools . . . 
    And finally, Utah
    vs Weber State – W
    @ Northern Illinois – W
    vs Washington – W
    @ Washington State – W
    @ Stanford – L
    vs Arizona – W
    vs USC – W
    @ UCLA – W
    @ Arizona State – W
    vs Oregon – L
    @ Colorado – W
    vs BYU – W
    Overall Record: 10-2 – I’ve been slowly…[Read more]

  • Here is how I see the season playing out for the three local schools . . . 
    Next up, BYU
    @ Arizona – L
    vs California – W
    @ Wisconsin – L
    vs McNeese State – W
    @ Washington – L
    vs Utah State – L
    vs Hawaii – W
    vs Northern Illinois – W
    @ Boise State – L
    @ UMass – W
    vs New Mexico – W
    @ Utah – L
    Overall Record: 6-6 – The Cougars should be…[Read more]

  • Here is how I see the season playing out for the three local schools . . .
    Next up, BYU
    @ Arizona – L
    vs California – W
    @ Wisconsin – L
    vs McNeese State – W
    @ Washington – L
    vs Utah State – L
    vs Hawaii – W
    vs Northern Illinois – W
    @ Boise State – L
    @ UMass – W
    vs New Mexico – W
    @ Utah – L
    Overall Record: 6-6 – The Cougars should be improve…[Read more]

  • Here is how I see the season playing out for the three local schools . . . 

    First up, Utah State

    @ Michigan State – L

    vs New Mexico State – W

    vs Tennessee Tech – W

    vs Air Force – W

    @ BYU – W

    vs UNLV – W

    @ Wyoming – L

    vs New Mexico – W

    @ Hawaii – W

    vs San Jose State – W

    @ Colorado State – L

    @ Boise State – L

    Overall Record: 8-4 – A pre…[Read more]

  • Here is how I see the season playing out for the three local schools . . . 
    First up, Utah State
    @ Michigan State – L
    vs New Mexico State – W
    vs Tennessee Tech – W
    vs Air Force – W
    @ BYU – W
    vs UNLV – W
    @ Wyoming – L
    vs New Mexico – W
    @ Hawaii – W
    vs San Jose State – W
    @ Colorado State – L
    @ Boise State – L
    Overall Record: 8-4 – A pre…[Read more]

  • UteThunder replied to the topic Urban Meyer in the forum Football 7 years ago

    No, I love women and that is why I think it is the right thing for them to do to seek out help and self-advocate if they were ever to be abused. You’re the one who seems to have a problem with me thinking it is wrong for a woman to NOT report her abuse. 

    “Dig your ditch as someone who supports sports over morality, women are wrong for not…[Read more]

  • UteThunder replied to the topic Urban Meyer in the forum Football 7 years ago

    Hahahahahahahahaha!!! Are you kidding me?

    First, is it victim SHAMING or victim BLAMING you are accusing me of?

    Second, you have all the facts in this case? Ha!

    Third, Victim blaming is a devaluing act where the victim of a crime, an accident, or any type of abusive maltreatment is held as wholly or partially responsible for the wrongful…[Read more]

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