Dalton Kincaid announced that he will opt-out of the Rose Bowl, due to some lingering injuries. The initial one was from the USC game. Unfortunate loss but understandable for his future.

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It sounds like he is unlikely to survive.

Huge and crucial pick-up for Utah:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/what-it-means-4-star-cb-snowden-chooses-utah

Right here:

Gotta love seeing this, other than Kincaid is three teams too low:

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All the latest:

Any insight, hype, angst or anything else for us nerds. I can only take so much Troy Taylor talk.

I'm not sure off it's official yet.

Was on a trip to BYU this weekend. Is there any danger of him flipping?

Can Alex, Gurney or others provide an update on the kids we DO NOT see week in and week out? What is the bead on Nate Johnson? Jett Meine? Other incoming kids who have not seen the field but are in the fold? Anyone we should be excited about BASED upon practice reports from the coaches?

Here’s our article on Kincaid declaring for the draft. I’m looking forward to watching him on Sundays for a long time.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utah-s-kincaid-to-prepare-for-2023-nfl-draft

So he is done for the season….damm.

I’ve been silent on this still trying to figure it out today. First of, Snowden will announce his school decision on Monday at 2pm on 1280 The Zone with Hans and Scotty G. Earlier today, BYUTV’s Spencer Linton set off a firestorm…

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The assumption by all Cougar fans was that it was Snowden because it was said that Jay Hill met with him last night. Then, Snowden made his commitment date announcement.

During that time, I spoke with a source close to the Utah program who said that were confident Snowden would be going to Utah.

It’s now appearing from additional comments that Linton made that it’s not Snowden. I’m still going to be looking into everything with this, but at the moment it seems like all the BYU celebration for Snowden was premature.

Don’t know for a fact, but I bet that’s never happened before.

Congrats to Caleb Williams. He seems like a good kid — even if he had a naughty word on his fingernails during the game against us.

Here’s what the commitment of Isaia Faga means for the Utes’ 2024 class.
https://utah.rivals.com/news/what-it-means-utes-land-2024-dt-faga

Here are this weekend’s visitors:

Luke Talich, safety
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Xavier Guillory, wide receiver
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Plus a mystery grad transfer

Despite logging several high profile wins in Utah’s PAC tenure, I still think there is a case to be made that this was the single most important win of the PAC era.

I posit that Utah’s rise in the PAC has come almost exclusively at the expense of Stanford as Utah has displaced Stanford as the de facto “Physical” team within the finesse PAC12. We came to occupy what was for them and now is for Utah a very fruitful ecological niche within the conference. Had Utah not displaced Stanford I think Furd would have continued winning and likely would have been included in the B1G’s recent expansion.

I think Stanford’s woes in the portal era are really a continuation of the decline that began with this loss. And now we’re picking the bones of Stanford’s carcass in the portal and with this recruiting class. And this is what will continue to fuel Utah’s growth. I’m not sure Utah ever turns the corner as a PAC member without this critical win. That’s why I think there is an argument for 2013 UU vs Stanford as the most important game of the PAC era.

Walker Lyons and Hunter Clegg. I could be wrong but everything I have been hearing this week has been those two.

So a dude on cougarboard starts a thread wondering if Walker Lyons committed somewhere. The first comment said "No, but he just posted this 20 minutes ago." Then he sends this picture..........

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The next comment says "can't the Utes just stop existing?"

So funny.

Another guy frustrated with byu's recruiting says "those guys get after it on the recruiting trail"

The Runnin' Utes took care of business Thursday night and have a few days to rest before their next slate of games next week. Here are Alex's takeways:

I guy of Utah interest in this. He’s also visiting this weekend…

https://portal.rivals.com/news/rumor-mill-latest-news-and-notes-from-the-transfer-portal

Nobody has posted anything today but JRJ on beating Stanford 10 years ago. I mean it was fitting with the transfers received recently from the farm but the low activity must mean Alex is working overtime on monitoring recruits to come. The movement is on.

This is unfortunate, but not a surprise. Good luck to Gavin.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/baxter-announces-medical-retirement-1