We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving with loved ones and friends.

No Turkey Bowl for me this year! If you’re doing that, let’s hear how it went, but be safe!

I’m grateful for all of you. It’s been a tough football season this year, but these happen to every program. Be grateful it’s a rarity here at Utah and that the guys still gave everyone some fun football.

I know AcrossTheGreen is enjoying the weather in Hawaii. Who else traveled for it?

Safe travels! And enjoy your turkey comas, UteNation fam!

Plenty to unpack here. And remember, Bills, Bishop, Laumea, Vaughn, and Vele can all come back.

Noticeably absent in a good way: Jonah Elliss and Brant Kuithe.

Well, welcome to a year and a game where the final game doesn’t have champions implications. It feels weird, doesn’t it?

Barnes gave it his all, but now that there are no true implications and they’re bowl eligible, it’s time to let him heal.

I won’t dive deep on Nate Johnson until he announces anything. What I’ll say is they gave him a chance. Me personally, I’ve always been in the camp believing he was development prospect at QB for Utah. Remember, Adam Gorney and the guys didn’t give him a 4th star because they didn’t believe he was a QB.

Bottari could be an intriguing watch this weekend. He’s talented but short. Fans honestly might have fun and be amused on Saturday.

With Rose, it’s tough to play him after his bad injury and then not seeing any time this year. Does he still get some time? We’ll see.

Here’s Dustin’s in-depth breakdown of Colorado:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/inside-the-numbers-colorado-buffaloes-1

Jaxon Johnson mention in this:

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/jordan-awards-5-for-the-fight-national-hoopfest

A Utah mention in here, plus everyone is amused over Lincoln Riley, lately:

https://n.rivals.com/news/three-point-stance-race-for-no-1-defending-lincoln-riley-wr-flips

Utah’s trying to go back to the Blinn well for safety Maurice Evans:

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The University of Utah has placed Head Gymnastics Coach Tom Farden on paid administrative leave effective immediately. This action comes after recent conduct and actions by Coach Farden not related to student-athlete welfare, which simply do not align with our values and expectations. Associate Head Coach Carly Dockendorf has agreed to serve as Interim Head Coach.

Williams visited during a brutal offensive game against UCLA, but that did little to dampen his enthusiasm for the Utes and their need at WR:

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The Utes get a nice pickup here:

Unfortunately Utah had no room for him in the running back room. Both Ja’Quinden Jackson and Micah Bernard will be coming back.

Good luck to Radcliffe.

NM

The season is wrapping up for the Utes 2024 recruits, and it ended in a championship victory for the Corner Canyon Trio. Isaac Wilson had an absolutely electric season.

Here's all of the details:

Watching the Manning MNF show, Peyton just said the PR looked like Mark Wahlberg returning a punt.😆

it reports on X are true and Oregon both have offered rising double what Utah has, WTH even have the portal if it s just college free agency? More like tampering but NCAA can t regulate. The base is a scholarship and stipend. The peak is millions. USC paid that much for a QB to get them to 7-5 thanks to a coach with a defense optional mindset.

I’m aware of the Scalley and USC rumors. I’ve heard the offer was significant and I heard he turned it down. Who knows if they come back to the table with something else, but it’s going to take a lot for Morgan to leave Utah.

Well deserved
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Let me say first, Jedd Fisch has built a great foundation at Arizona. The program is looking scary good.

With all the injuries this season and Utah finally not being in it for the conference championship game, you have to wonder how motivated the guys are. I know Whittingham will say all the right things, but this year has been a challenging one with the injuries.

I don’t know where to start other than that and what to say, other than Utah got the hell beat out of them today. That's something that rarely happens. Now that’s happened twice in the last four weeks.

Every aspect of the team was bad today, but I’m really scratching my head of how bad the play calling has been the last six quarters.

Vent away.

Im assuming Keba Keita and Wilguens Exacte are injured? When do we expect them back? Definitely felt we could of used them this game.

Let's take a look at Vegas this week. First, Utah.

Colorado +22.5 @ Utah. Alright, this is a surprise. I think this is the most Utah has been favored all year. Sure, it's at home and Colorado is on a losing streak, including getting blown out by WSU last week, but still I'm surprised by this line. If you're going to bet Utah, maybe wait a few days, because I suspect this will close a little bit. Total is 53, so expected final is 37-15. CU is already eliminated from bowl eligibility, and they're 92nd in APR, so an exception isn't likely.

Rest of the Pac-12:

WSU +16.5 @ #5 UW. Washington is making the CCG, and if they win this week they're almost guaranteed a NY6 bowl, if not the playoff. Total is 68, so expected final is 42-26. I think UW wins, but I'm not sure if they cover. WSU needs the win for bowl eligibility or hope for a 5-7 exception (which isn't likely as they're 88th)
#15 OSU +14 @ #6 UO. Oregon needs to win to make the CCG. If they lose this week and Arizona beats ASU, Arizona will face Washington instead of them. Total is 62, so expected final is 38-24. Oregon is very good, but OSU is playing well too. Again, I think Oregon wins but I don't know if they cover.
#16 Arizona -11.5 @ ASU. This line is insane to me. Arizona wins and covers. ASU still isn't playing defense, UCLA's offense is just struggling. Total is 51, so expected final is 31-20. Don't bet rivalry games, but if you have to bet this one, bet Arizona to cover.
#17 Notre Dame -25 @ Stanford. Stanford is bad, ND makes weird mistakes. Total is 52, so expected final is 38-13.
Cal +9.5 @ UCLA. Both teams played their real rivals last week, and both won. UCLA played great against USC, Cal struggled with Stanford a little bit. Cal is 5-6, so a win makes them bowl eligible, although they're 36th in APR, so they might get a 5-7 exception.

As Utah is now unranked but getting votes, instead of looking at the top 15, let's take a look at 16-25:

UTSA +3 @ #18 Tulane. Total is 52, so expected final is 27-24.
ISU +10 @ #19 KSU. Total is 48, so expected final is 29-19.
#20 Iowa +1 @ Nebraska. Total is 26. Yes, that's right, the TOTAL IS TWENTY-SIX. Expected final then is 14-13.
BYU +17.5 @ #21 OKST. Total is 57, so expected final is 37-20. BYU is 5-6, needs this win to go bowling as they are 105th in APR.
#22 Liberty -17 @ UTEP. Total is 59, so expected final is 38-21.
#23 Toledo -10 @ CMU. Total is 56, so expected final is 28-18.
#24 JMU -9.5 @ CCU. Total is 51, so expected final is 30-21. JMU just learned they aren't officially bowl eligible, despite having 10 wins, although they get the first selection if there aren't enough 6-6 teams. Expect them to be pissed.
Vandy +26 @ #25 Tennessee. Tennessee is an inconsistent team, but Vandy is Vandy. Total is 57, so expected final is 41-16.

Here are the takeaways from the loss yesterday. Utah has some work to do, but this team is heading in the right direction.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/takeaways-runnin-utes-fall-to-st-john-s

Final game day in the CHS.

The Bad Moon will rise one more season:

Here’s the starting five:

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