[BeachUte]

Are these programs lesser stature? Colorado, BYU, Gonzaga and SDSU have all done significantly more over the last 15 years than Utah has – at least on a consistent basis. In the last 15 years, Utah has two NCAA Tournament appearances. Colorado has six. BYU has eight appearances. SDSU has 12 (including a title game appearance). Hell, USU has seven NCAA appearances. If anything, Utah is the lesser-statured program of all those (+Gonzaga) I mentioned sans USU. So, despite being largely ass these past 15 years, the laurels of things they did nearly 30 years ago has kept them from getting pushed down to the MWC with schools like Boise State.

Honestly, if Gonzaga and BYU aren’t making the Pac-12 cut, why should Utah?

It feels like since this was heavy on region, the only other realistic option was the Pac-12 or MWC and both would still keep them at Power-ish.

[OldAsDirtUte]

Yeah, in 2023 the ticket office charged $25 extra to print paper tickets. Last year, they wanted $50.
Very customer-unfriendly.

[Chasqui]

So a couple of things with the article

1. It is completely based on basketball and their overall conference “net rating”. In this world, Utah is in the WCC with a net rating of 15.5 and a spot in the “power-ish” conference. That rating is technically the fourth best behind the Big 12 (19) SEC (17.8) and Big 10 (17.4). It’s better than the ACC, Big East and PAC-10. This is for the years 2020-2024

2. It also has the PAC-10 as a powerish conference with teams like UCLA, Arizona, USC and Oregon. Basketball wise, they tend to have pretty good years year after year.

3. The conferences were heavily based on geography. If anything I think it shows at a national level that people miss regional rivalries. USC and Maryland don’t make a lot of sense but UCLA v Stanford does.

Overall, I don’t think the national brand of Utah is hurting much. On the basketball side, for sure but honestly it’s been at an all time low for decades. Football is keeping Utah known. If you look at all the national writers views for Utah football, everyone is predicting a comeback year for us and how abnormal last year was.

[UTEopia]

In my opinion the Utes have a 50% chance of going 7-5, 20% of 8-4, 10% of 9-3 and 10% of less than 7-5. My main concern is defensive tackle. The Utes struggled more than normal against the run a year ago and right now they do not have the 4 guys they will need to fill those spots. Some guys who have not seen the field will need to show out.

[lgt4141]

For me, 7-5 would be a successful season. Between the last two seasons, falling well below expectations last year and the portal I am keeping my expectations low. NIL is a different world that seems to change a team on an almost daily basis. I hope the games are entering and Utah wins more than they lose.

[pedro]

Maybe if they stopped changing\adding different apps every year and just worked on getting the current ones working.

[Rob]

I saw something that said Utah was moving to Paciolan instead of Ticketmaster for ticket distribution. But not sure what that means. But that would explain why we are not getting tickets until the 2nd week of August. Years prior we got tickets in mid-July. Anyone miss the paper tickets?

[Chasqui]

You should still be able to get paper tickets. I know our rep asks us every year.

[BeachUte]

My expectations are lower because Utah is coming off a 5-7 season where they won all of two Big 12 games. The O/U on Utah is about 7.5 wins, right? I think that’s likely where they’ll fall – either 7 or 8 wins. So, Utah going 8-5 and grabbing a win down in Provo would be a successful season in my book because it met the overall expectations.

Nine wins should not be the expectation and gauge on whether Utah was successful or not.

Honestly, I think some fans are underestimating the potential that Utah only sees marginal improvement over last year, especially factoring in how difficult their schedule likely will be compared to last year’s team. It’s just kinda crazy to me how confident so many of you guys are despite the fact Utah is coming off a losing season and have struggled quite a lot the last two seasons at times.

[UteThunder]

Utah can have a successful season without making the championship game but we don’t have to set our sights so low as to hope for 6-6 with a win over BYU.

For me, 9 wins or more will be a successful season.

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