Just got my tickets today to watch Devin Lloyd and Clark Phillips on at Wembley stadium.

Still waiting for the games in Tottenham to see Lloyd and Kincade.

Is anyone else coming to London for ether of the games?

This is something I’ve long mentioned, but now it’s official.

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I’ll give a bigger breakdown on this soon, but here’s the list for this weekend:

Jeilani Davis
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Zechariah Sample
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Faletau Satuala
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Kamari Mothudi
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Decker Degraaf
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The following games now have a time set:

Florida: Thurs, Aug. 31 @ 6 p.m. MT, ESPN
Baylor: Sat, Sept. 9 @ 10 a.m. MT, ESPN
Weber State: Sat, Sept. 16 in @ 12 p.m. MT, Pac-12 Network.
Oregon State: Fri, Sept. 29 @ 7 p.m. MT

It’s time again for the annual UteNation Countdown to Kickoff. It’s crazy, but this year, there was no scholarship guy until No. 95.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utenation-countdown-to-kickoff-no-95-aliki-vimahi-1

I think he makes an impact in 2023.

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With a decision imminent, there’s been a lot of back and forth because Dennis is doing what he can to leverage NIL. That being said, there’s a ton of confidence that it’ll be Utah.

Can it change? When someone is doing what they can to get the most NIL, anything can change. From the sounds of it, according to Illinois contacts, it doesn’t sound like Dennis is a big fan of their HC. This is definitely most likely between Utah and Baylor.

With 94 days until kickoff, it’s time to talk about Tevita Foru, who stepped away for most of last season before coming back.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utenation-countdown-to-kickoff-no-94-tevita-fotu-1

Well, I’ll start it….. we should be at the WS soon!!!!

Congrats what a series…

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Here’s Adam Gorney’s take on the commitment:

https://n.rivals.com/news/not-following-brother-to-byu-four-star-isaac-wilson-picks-utah

I was surprised to see his name listed on the official roster and coaching staff for men’s basketball. Any follow up on what happened last year?

Utah has long been viewed as the favorite.

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No surprise here. I still view Utah as the favorite…

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It was just announced on his IG Live account:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/what-it-means-rivals250-qb-wilson-commits-to-utah

Link to WSJ article. ESPN has announced they plan to move their flighship channel to a direct-to-consumer streaming model. This is not ESPN+, it’s the full kit. The article notes that they haven’t given a date, but Bob Iger has indicated that they are committed to the transition, called project “Flagship”.

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When you all can, take a look at this race. He wins by like .01 of a second as the other dude ahead of him put his hands up early and Snowden then passed him for the win at the finish. I'd be furious if I was that other coach and my kid celebrated early in a race like the 100. Congrats to Smith on the 100 and 200 Championships!

With Wahlin now officially a Ute, it’s important to remember there’s really only one scholarship left, as Carlson is fully expected to return. So where does that leave things?

Toledo’s RayJ Dennis is the unquestioned top target. From there, you’re looking at Lamar’s Nate Calmese or North Carolina’s D’Marco Dunn — all guards.

While Dennis is from the Midwest, his first two college seasons were actually at Boise State. I still think it’ll be hard to pull him away from Illinois (his home state) or Michigan.

Calmese, as already mentioned, has already visited. Dunn is expected to visit either this weekend or next (I can’t remember if the brief dead period is this weekend). There’s more positional versatility with Dunn, but Calmese has proven he can score, albeit in a lesser conference.

Dunn was recruited heavily by Burgess and BYU when he was playing HS ball in Arizona. Then his family moved to North Carolina and he blew up on the recruiting scene.

Unless RayJ were to commit, I don’t see the last scholarship being filled until after Dunn’s visit.

Those are the realistic ones currently left on the radar.

NIL will play a factor with Dennis. I did some digging and I’m told Utah’s NIL is on point. That’s potentially a big development.

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Ayomide Bamisile is a big dude for a walkon. One of the main reasons I’m posting this is so everyone knows it doesn’t use up the last scholarship.

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Starting a new thread for the realignment part but I think Brock is good analyst with good opinions and a thoughtful approach. That said... Much ado about nothing in his thread and comments. TV deal matters but not much.... Why? Because another shake up is coming , no one wants (nor should) to tie themselves down too much because the shake up is coming.... Schools should tread cautiously, slowly, and with one foot already out the door.

Here is what I think we can expect in the next years:

The Big10 Expands. North Carolina, Virginia, Norte Dame, and Duke go to there. Big is now a 20 team conference.
The SEC Expands. Clemson, Florida State, Virginia Tech, and Oklahoma State go there. SEC is now a 20 team conference.

That leaves a complete mess in its wake.... Speaking of wake..., they are left out (more on that in a minute). Everyone scrambles, panic ensues, alignments are squashed and here is what is left. The left out column could be wrong but then plug or play with others. You need to be worried if you are on the left.... And if your name is BYU, Texas Tech, Kansas State, etc. you could swap them out and replace them with someone in the "Left Out" column. There should be 12 to 15 teams worried. But I fully expect something like this will happen. It will be a game of musical chairs and someone isn't going to get one.

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