Let’s get this thing rollin’! Will the Utes get another Top 10 win tonight?

Anyone else see this yet.. the story behind the amazing helmets by Armando
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A Top 10 finish is never a bad thing. Great season by the guys…

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WR - Vele
WR - Money Parks
TE - Kuithe
TE - Yassmin
RB - JQJ
QB - Nate Johnson/Bryson Barnes until Cam is healthy
LT - tbd
LG - Bills
C -tbd
RG - Mokofisi
RT - Laumea

That is a very potent offense.

What has been anticipated, was finally made official today, as Rising, Kuithe, Vele and Yassmin all announced they were coming back. The chase for the trilogy is happening…

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utah-s-rising-vele-kuithe-and-yassmin-aim-for-pac-12-3-peat

I’m told preliminary conversations have begun. This will ultimately be Ludwig’s decision, so you could see a different hire than the typical Whittingham hire.

They’ve done a good job keeping a lid on things so far, but I’ll fill you in when I hear names.

I fully expect Kenneth Scott to have a shot at this. If he had taken the offensive analyst role they offered him two years ago, the job would be his. Unfortunately that role wasn’t a lot of money.

With Rising coming back, will he choose to hang around? If he does will he get all the first team reps?

I’ve sat back and tried to figure this WR coaching opening out and so far the one name that makes sense, Billy Gonzales, might not make as much sense as initially thought. It’s something I’ll get into later, but at the same time, it doesn’t shut the door on him.

Additionally, when Kenneth Scott wanted to publish and post this article, he also called up Whitt and Whitt had no clue K Scott wanted to get into coaching. By then, the hiring of Bumphis was just getting finalized.

Some will say no because he doesn’t have college coaching experience, but K Scott is someone I view as a worthwhile gamble. Could Whittingham view this the same?

Read the old article that he wrote two years ago:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/opinion-kenneth-scott-on-taking-utah-wrs-to-the-next-level

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Now just waiting on Vele and Rising!

I am troubled, as I am sure many others are as well, about how college sports are trending. I firmly believe college athletes should be given the right to NIL. However, the nature of the transfer portal and the come hither and go away nature of the sport is troubling (with complete tampering mixed in). There is NOTHING like this in sports across the globe. Contracts are contracts. The NCAA is the wild west. While I believe the old way was way too one sided to the school (locking kids in even when it is against their best interest), the pendulum has swung WAY to far the other way.

How does the NCAA, the schools, and the kids get control over what is becoming a dysfunctional system? 2 year contracts? Collective bargaining? "Salary caps?" etc.

I do not see how this current environment is sustainable.

Thoughts?

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3 down, 1 to go!

Oregon just seems to always have Utah’s number. Here are the takeaways:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/takeaways-runnin-utes-suffer-first-pac-12-loss

Starting five: Marco Anthony, Rollie Worster, Gabe Madsen, Ben Carlson, Branden Carlson

Let’s get things rollin’… Heres the starting five:

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It’s a big meet tonight, to open the Red Rocks’ season. Let’s watch and discuss it.

Lots of great players to choose from, so this is a nice accomplishment for him.

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Hunter Clegg showed up with a sack and fumble!!!!

Utes continue their early Pac-12 dominance. Here are the takeaways:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/takeaways-runnin-utes-continue-hot-pac-12-start

Cole Becker who was at Colorado has committed to Utah and he’ll be on scholarship. He’ll start next week..

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Harbaugh

Will be interested to see how this was handled after the ASU debacle as well. You know SEC teams were doing this and getting away with it I reckon.

This one is a tad puzzling to me as he is a current 16 game starter.

Has entered the portal

Per Twitter.

Let’s get things rollin’. Here’s the starting five:

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