Last Week Rank: 119
UNLV 50, Utah State 34
Up Next: New Mexico

I had a free Saturday so I decided to watch CFB from sun up to sun down yesterday.

Probably watched 500 offensive plays yesterday and I saw pre snap formations and motions with concepts and play designs and execution of said plays that would make Whittingham’s head explode if Ludwig tried any of that with his offense.

We hear over and over how complex Lud’s O is and how it takes most QBs 2 to 3 years to master it which Rose and Haurd haven’t but some how an 18 year old true freshman who’s only been here 6 months has….head scratcher.

Back to my original point. Lud’s O is NFL level stuff allegedly but we see the same 12 and 13 personnel on almost every play with the same formations and pre snap motions. There is next to nothing to confuse the D or create mismatches or misdirections.

Whit will never change. He believes proper execution of a play can over come the D knowing the play. Here’s what we are going to do try and stop us Jerry Sloan old school Stockton to Malone pick and roll mentality.

The only change will come when Whit retires and takes Lud with him. Until then we just have to sit and watch.

Alex analyzes the loss to ASU:

That on Nov 9th Utah would be playing the roll of spoiler???

At the beginning of the season I would’ve predicted Utah hangs half a hundred on byu.

Now I doubt they’ll even be favored in that game

My head is spinning

2024 Olympia The most anticipated event of the year LIVE from Las Vegas October 8 - 13!​

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Watch LIVE as Derek Lunsford and Hadi Choopan continue their rivalry and Chris Bumstead returns to the biggest stage in bodybuilding! This production includes complete coverage of the pre-judging and finals of all 11 Olympia divisions (Including exclusive backstage coverage). Join our all-star lineup of celebrity hosts, with record prize money on the line, for a special presentation of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend. The 2024 Olympia Pay-Per-View is brought to you by Hi-Tech Nutrition.

Package includes: The 2-Day Amateur Olympia and full coverage of all Olympia divisions, including pre-judging rounds and the Friday and Saturday evening Finals. Watch all eleven divisions including 212, Classic Physique, Men's Physique, Wheelchair, Women's Physique, Fitness, Figure, Bikini, Wellness, and the legendary Ms. Olympia and Mr. Olympia competitions, PLUS the pre-event press conference and Sunday seminar! Re-watch it as often as you wish!!!

2024 QUALIFIED: MR. OLYMPIA

Derek Lunsford (USA)
Hadi Choopan (Iran)
Samson Dauda (United Kingdtom)
Theo Leguerrier (France)
Rafael Brandao (Brazil)
Martin Fitzwater (USA)
Nicholas Walker (USA)
Tonio Burton (USA)
Akim Williams (USA)
Brandon Curry (USA)
William Bonac (Netherlands)
Behrooz Tabani (Iran)
Nathan De Asha (United Kingdom)
John Jewett (USA)
Mohamed Foda (Egypt)
Jonathan Delarosa (USA)
Chinedu Andrew Obiekea (United Arab Emirates)
Hunter Labrada (USA)
Bruno Santos (Brazil)

Mr. Olympia Winners

One of the most stacked lineups collide at the 2024 Olympia press conference.
This weekend holds the biggest event of the bodybuilding season, the Super Bowl of bodybuilding if you will, with the 2024 Mr. Olympia. After the Olympia took place Orlando Florida Nov. 2nd-5th 2023, it is now back in Las Vegas for October 10-13. With the competition just a day away, we’re excited to kick things off with the official Olympia press conference.

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The 2024 Olympia press conference, alongside the rest of the Mr. Olympia event, is available to stream via PPV to give fans the full virtual experience of the show, the press conference took place Thursday October 10, 2024, at 12PM eastern standard time. While the main events are locked behind a paywall, the press conference is completely free on olympiaproductions.com.
The 60th Joe Weider’s Fitness and Performance Olympia Weekend is here from October 10-13 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mass monsters from the Men’s Open Bodybuilding class met on Friday evening for prejudging inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Samson Dauda, Derek Lunsford, and Hadi Choopan are leading as we head into Day 2 Saturday!

With this historic anniversary upon us, competitors were eager to shock the world in hopes of claiming the sport’s most coveted title. In 2023, Derek Lunsford made history after defeating Hadi Choopan and Samson Dauda to become the first two-division Mr. Olympia in bodybuilding.

Samson Dauda‘s fullness and freak factor were impossible to overlook during prejudging. He appeared confident, in control of his abs, and shocked the audience with major improvements to his back, traps, shoulders, and arms. Derek Lunsford also brought a tremendous look and stood out with density thanks to his signature back double biceps pose.

In addition, Hadi Choopan commanded the stage and held his own throughout this first portion of this competition, showcasing a striated chest. There is certainly some mystery surrounding who will walk away victorious on Day Two Saturday night, however, Choopan was in the center as tonight’s show wrapped up.

Check the callout reports below:

2024 Mr. Olympia Open Bodybuilding Pre-Judging Callouts
First Callout
Hadi Choopan
Rafael Brandao
Hunter Labrada
Martin Fitzwater
Samson Dauda
Andrew Jacked
Derek Lunsford
With this historic anniversary upon us, competitors were eager to shock the world in hopes of claiming the sport’s most coveted title. In 2023, Derek Lunsford made history after defeating Hadi Choopan and Samson Dauda to become the first two-division Mr. Olympia in bodybuilding.

Samson Dauda‘s fullness and freak factor were impossible to overlook during prejudging. He appeared confident, in control of his abs, and shocked the audience with major improvements to his back, traps, shoulders, and arms. Derek Lunsford also brought a tremendous look and stood out with density thanks to his signature back double biceps pose.

In addition, Hadi Choopan commanded the stage and held his own throughout this first portion of this competition, showcasing a striated chest. There is certainly some mystery surrounding who will walk away victorious on Day Two Saturday night, however, Choopan was in the center as tonight’s show wrapped up.

Check the callout reports below:

2024 Mr. Olympia Open Bodybuilding Pre-Judging Callouts
First Callout
Hadi Choopan
Rafael Brandao
Hunter Labrada
Martin Fitzwater
Samson Dauda
Andrew Jacked
Derek Lunsford

Pre-judging for the 2024 Classic Physique Olympia occurred at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV, on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. It is the world championship event for the 2024 season.

The firm favorite for this competition is the five-time defending champion, Chris Bumstead. He had 54 contenders seeking to dethrone him, including 2024 Arnold Classic Physique winner Wesley Vissers and 2023 Olympia runner-up Ramon Rocha Querioz.

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2024 Classic Physique Olympia Pre-Judging​

The following athletes competed during numerical comparisons and individual introductions. The numbers to the left of their names below are the numbers they wore on stage:

1. Tomas Adame
2. Osmar Alanis
3. Abdullah Al-Sairafi
4. Kim Angel
5. Breon Ansley
6. Vahid Badpei
7. Justin Badurina
8. Jihoon Bang
9. Bjay Carswell
10. Hanjin Choi
11. Adrian Cyronek
12. Michael Daboul
13. Niall Darwen
14. Carlos Dommar
15. Logan Franklin
16. Breno Penna Freire
17. Fanni Fuadi
18. Diego Alejandro Garavito
19. Matthew Greggo
20. Jorge Arturo Herrera
21. Junior Javorski
22. Not Assigned
23. Shicheng Jin
24. Tyler Johnson
25. Nathaniel Joiner
26. Fabio Junio
27. Urs Kalecinski
28. Chen Kang
29. Andrei Kozhokar
30. Hyun Seok Lee
31. Not Assigned
32. Everson Costa Melo
33. Matheus Menegate
34. Jose Manuel Munoz
35. Richard Nagy
36. Jaehun Park
37. Damien Patrick
38. Not Assigned
39. Zhivko Petkov
40. Ramon Rocha Queiroz
41. Luca Reger
42. Emanuele Ricotti
43. Lamar Shaw
44. Daryn Shirbayev
45. Not Assigned
46. Mike Sommerfeld
47. Fabiony Sylvain
48. Andres Eduardo Taveras
49. Tony Taveras
50. Robert Timms
51. Wesley Vissers
52. Shitian Wang
53. Eric Wildberger
54. Jeremiah Willies
55. Kellen Wilson
56. Soo Min Yoon
57. Gabriel Zancanelli
58. Chris Bumstead

The 2024 Bikini Olympia, a part of the Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, NV, will occur on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. Fifty-four competitors are scheduled to compete in this contest, the largest lineup on the women’s side of the stage. This is one of 11 IFBB Pro League Olympia contests slated to be held in Las Vegas.

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2024 Bikini Olympia Roster​

The lineup of confirmed competitors is below in the order that they qualified:

• Xinyi Chen (China)
• Valeria Fedorenko (Ukraine)
• Wu Bi (China)
• Jordan Brannon (USA)
• Maureen Blanquisco (Philippines)
• Ashley Kaltwasser (USA)
• Luciana de Souza Santos (Brazil)
• Chanyu Xu (China)
• Alice Marchisio (Italy)
• Brittany Shulman (USA)
• Priscila Rodrigues (Brazil)
• Ariana Brothers (USA)
• Uyanga Bataa (Mongolia)
• Nittaya Kongthun (Thailand)
• Jiaqi Wei (China)
• Lauralie Chapados (Canada)
• Vania Auguste (USA)
• Alexandra Vatthauer (USA)
• Aimee Leann Delgado (USA)
• Sara Choi (South Korea)
• Ottavia Mazza (Italy)
• Brittany Gillespie (USA)
• Angelica Teixeira (Brazil)
• Chaoxian Chen (China)
• Dahye Jeon (South Korea)
• Francesca Stoico (Italy)
• Elisa Pecini (Brazil)
• Maria Acosta (USA)
• Tara Grier (USA)
• Lisa Reith (Germany)
• Maxine Alexandra Somov (Canada)
• Kate Carroll (New Zealand)
• Antonia Pettersson (Sweden)
• Reyna Perez Mecalco (Mexico)
• Stine Hansen (Denmark)
• Si Yu (China)
• Jodie Yuncker (USA)
• Reijuana Harley (USA)
• Ivanna Escandar (Spain)
• Lijia Zhang (China)
• Jasmine Gonzalez (USA)
• Ashlyn Little (USA)
• Sol Han (South Korea)
• Rukiye Solak (Turkey)
• Alice Rocha (USA)
• Jessica Wilson (USA)
• Tamekia Carter (USA)
• Jourdanne Lee (USA)
• Adair Libbrecht (Canada)
• Wenjun Duan (China)
• Iulia Baba (Romania)
• Anna Setlak (Italy)
• Ashley Hampton (USA)
• Adrianna Kaczmarek (Poland)

Derek Lunsford made bodybuilding history last year, flexing his way to the 2023 Mr. Olympia title.

It was a coronation of sorts for Lunsford, a 5-6, 225-pound tour de force who is the only man to capture the tournament's top prize in both Mr. Olympia and 212 Mr. Olympia (2021).

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He's one of a cadre of talents hoping to make similar inroads in the competition come 2024. The annual event, a staple of the bodybuilding calendar, returns to the fore starting Thursday, Oct. 10.

Lunsford will have to fight off stiff competition from the likes of Hadi Choopan, Samson Dauda and other members of the bodybuilding elite. If he can retain his title as the world's best muscle flexer at 225 pounds, Lunsford could join the likes of Ronnie Coleman, Lee Haney and Arnold Schwarzenegger as back-to-back winners in the famous event.

With that, here's a look at how prize money is expected to be doled out at Mr. Olympia 2024.

Mr. Olympia 2024 purse​

The total purse for the 2024 Mr. Olympia has yet to be announced, but it is predicted to break the record $1.6 million purse from last year.

The purse was previously set at $1.4 million from 2015-2020.

How much money does the winner of Mr. Olympia get?​

The winner of Mr. Olympia is the only event champion to bring home six figures, with last year's champion getting $400,000. It has the highest payout of all the events, coming in around $750,000 split between top finishers.

Ms. Olympia has the second-highest payout of the rest of the events, coming in at $95,000.

Mr. Olympia prize money 2024​

The total prize money and distribution has yet to be announced, but the winner of Mr. Olympia typically receives $400,000 and the winners of all other events typically receive $50,000.


This section will be updated when the payouts are announced.

Mr. Olympia 2023 prize money results​

For the third straight year, the winner of Mr. Olympia received $400,000 in prize money, followed by $150,000 to the runner-up and $100,000 to the third-place winner.

The payouts for those in fourth and fifth places in each event increased ever so slightly from 2021.

Mr. Olympia​

212 Olympia​

Ms. Olympia​

Men's Physique Olympia​

Men's Classic Physique Olympia​

Women's Bikini Olympia​

Women's Figure Olympia​

Women's Fitness Olympia​

Women's Physique Olympia​

Women's Wellness Olympia​