Utah traveled to NC and advances to the second round with a 4-1 win over Old Dominion. Lost the doubles point but went on to win all four singles points.

Just as I hinted at. Big get for Utah.

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Utah tried hard for him last year and that could pay off this time around. Rising and Pittman played against each other in HS and know each other from those circles.

Stayed tuned because I didn’t get a ninja emoji or silence on this reach out.

Living just a couple hours from Waco these days, we're looking at going to the game this fall. Does anyone know if they have determined which sections are for Utah fans?

*YAWN*… I feel everyone’s pain.

Okay, now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I’m expecting a certain commit to happen this month that will raise the excitement level. It’s not a groundbreaking breaking one, BUT it should signal a likely trend. What I’ll say is, it’s a good shooting big.

It’s a Burgess recruit.

Gorney looks at the draft and what’s ahead for the Pac-12 keeping top talent home.

https://n.rivals.com/news/three-point-stance-pac-12-must-do-a-better-job-of-keeping-talent-home

Any chance Utah gets him now that he's left BYU for the portal?

I believe he’s the second highest rated in a season on PFF only to Zack Moss:

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The Utes are trying to build this room up, Reed is a work in progress, so it’s too bad they lost him after only 1 year.

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Right here:

Utah Utes Football Concept Helmets

Falcons got extremely high value with this one. Phillips heads to Atlanta with the 113th overall pick in the draft:

I'm sure some saw this, but thought I'd post it here. I think his injury and the emergence of Barton hurt his development a lot. Hope he makes a roster though! His build reminds me a lot of Devin Lloyd.

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Not a sport that usually gets discussed, but congratulations to them. It shows that the whole athletic department is hitting their stride in the conference.

The Commanders add the athletic Daniels to their offensive line with the 116th overall pick:

Dalton was introduced by Buffalo today:

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I never would’ve guessed he fell this far. Falcons got a steal!!!

Dalton is going to an unreal situation. Him and Josh Allen are going to be fun to watch together.

Give it a read:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/bills-trade-up-to-select-utah-s-kincaid

I want to thank the football program for adjusting after they had to understandably cancel the interviews after the spring game. Whittingham spent some time with the media today, and here’s a breakdown of what he had to say:

-Whittingham said the transfers of Gilmore and Reed were calculated and expected. They need to improve the receiver room.

-There’s room on the roster now to add at least 6 more players.

-Rising is throwing, doing great and ahead of schedule. You still want to play it safe to avoid any unexpected swelling. They see him ramping it up with two weeks before the Florida game.

-Kuithe is almost cleared and should be good to good for summer conditioning.

-He thinks Kincaid will be an outstanding NFL player. Great team, great QB, he’ll also compliment their TE Knox. Called Kincaid a top 5 athlete to ever come out of Utah. Thinks he’ll be one of the best TEs in 3-5 years.

-Excited for Clark Phillips III and Braeden Daniels (ones he was specifically asked about). He expects Clark to go 2-3.

-The Crimson Collective is huge. He admits the program is two years behind with it, but never late than never.

-Brandon Rose is the favorite for the backup role to Rising, but there’s still competition. If they had to play tomorrow, Rose would start. He likes the QB progress, but he said it’s unfortunate that Nate Johnson missed a third of spring ball.

-By mid spring Cole Becker really hit his stride with field goals. He’s also great at kickoffs, which Whittingham admits was a weakness last year. Bouwmeester also is punting the ball further.

-Whittingham is happy with the new rule that runs the clock after first downs. He’s been a proponent of it for years. He also joked that he’s all for shorter halftime too, but that takes time away from the bands.

-Nate Ritchie should be a full go this summer. Whittingham said the team only has 1-2 injuries right now that should impact the fall.

-OL is a big strength. A dozen guys competing for ten travel spots. RB is strong. WR is a work in progress that needs players added. They could use another TE.

-DL solid up front including DE. DE is as stacked as they’ve ever had it. Linebackers will be solid once they add Levani Damuni and Sione Fotu. He’s also really happy with the secondary.

Watching the draft reminded me of how many talented players the U has played against the past 18 months.

Include Caleb Williams next year as the likely 1st pick in ‘24 and the U win over USC last October will go down as an even bigger classic win

This is the heartbreaking news that was being referred to on Saturday. I teared up when I heard it was Adam’s daughter. Just a year old… it’s not fair.

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We’ll still have some spring camp features rolling out. Here’s John Coon’s piece on Miki Suguturaga:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/suguturaga-carving-out-important-new-role-at-tight-end

Wow. I love this.

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I don’t want to know where anyone WANTS him to go. Where do you THINK he goes?

Like I don’t want it to be Washington, but I really think it could be.