The Utah linebacker room just got a little thinner...
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This is quite the honor for Garett Bolles! He's come such a long way in his life. If you haven't had a chance to see some of the things he's done off the football field, you should check out this video:

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This is a big blow, but I was just told this by sources close to the team. It’s one I feared would happen with Cam not playing and Bryson just not getting him the ball. I’m sure Mikey is about to get paid.

This better not happen or 2023 will full on SUBAR (suck beyond all recognition).


If this happens then Utah made a deal with the devil and he came to call for his injury totals.

Jonah Elliss is a CBS Sports All-American, even with only platoon 9 games. Thats a big deal. Congrats to him. Like father, like son.

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Last night's win over the Thunderbirds was much closer than it should've been:

So I was looking at PFF and got curious about missed tackles. I noticed something and thought you guys might be interested. Of the Pac-12 players who played at least 180 snaps, the 50 players with the most missed tackles (all have at least 10 this season) come from the following teams:

OSU (x7)
WSU (x7)
UW (x7)
Cal (x6)
USC (x5)
Stanford (x5)
ASU (x5)
UCLA (x4)
Colorado (x3)
Arizona (x2)
Oregon (x1)

Notice who's not on the list? That's right, not a single Utah player this year was in the top 50 of missed tackles. Last year Utah had 5 in the top 50, including Hubert coming in 4th.

Our rankings group gave Wilson an even bigger jump than I was told to initially expect. Everyone will love this:

https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-breaking-down-the-2024-qbs-8

The new USC offer is big and it could change things but I was told Williams remains very locked in with Utah and his commitment because the Utes were involved for so long:

Here’s tonight’s starting five:

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Here’s the rankings to follow along with. Rankings will be flexible as new transfers jump in the portal:

https://n.rivals.com/transfer_tracker/football/2024

It’s a different avenue than normal, but I’m hearing from multiple sources that the Utes are a very serious threat to land Raleek Brown.

He has ties to Utah. If I remember correctly, he played a year of HS ball out here. Utah was one of his earliest offers.

He’s currently the No. 15 ranked player in the Rivals portal.

The portal is the wild Wild West and can change at the drop of a hat, so stay tuned…

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we all know it’s been coming but today is the clear signal.

There are two Big 10 and two SEC teams playing for the national title and 12 of the top 13 in the CFP rankings are in those two conferences with FSU being the exception.

We don’t need a playoff, we don’t even really need a regular season. Just let the committee pick who they think are the best teams (will be all teams from those two conferences) and we’ll be done.

Just care less and less each year.

Who all is going?

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I’m sure the Damuni news had something to do with this.

Kids just don’t wait their turn anymore.

I'll do a full article later, but just a couple of things to be aware of regarding Northwestern.

First, they will be the worst (statistical) offense Utah has faced in nearly every category. They are 121st in total offense (worstamong Utah opponents), the 117th worst rushing offense (only ahead of Colorado), the 96th worst passing offense (worst), and the 102nd worst scoring offense (only ahead of ASU).

Second, they are okay defensively, but not great. They're 42nd in total defense (behind UCLA, Oregon, ORST, and Arizona), 82nd in rushing defense (behind UCLA, Oregon, ORST, Arizona, ASU, UW, Cal, and UF), 24th in passing defense (this is actually the best statistical passing defense Utah has faced), but 54th in Pass Efficiency Defense (people don't throw as much on Northwestern, apparently).

They don't turn the ball over (9 on the season, one fewer than Utah) and they do force a decent number of turnovers (19 on the season, 4 more than Utah).

Their 7 wins are over UTEP (38-7), Minnesota (37-34), Howard (23-20), Maryland (33-27), Wisconsin (24-10), Purdue (23-15), and Illinois (45-43). Thus they are 21 points away from 3-9.

Their opponent records are as follows:

UTEP is 3-9
Minnesota is 5-7
Maryland is 7-5
Wisconsin is 7-5
Purdue is 4-8
Illinois is 5-7

So yeah, don't expect a ton of scoring. Utah is currently favored by 7 with a total of 42, so expected final is 24-17. I'd say take the under.

Kneepkens' injury occurred in the 87-68 win over BYU on Saturday, Dec. 2.


SALT LAKE CITY — No. 11 Utah women's basketball junior guard Gianna Kneepkens will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season after suffering an injury to her right foot that will require surgery. Kneepkens will be eligible to get the season back.

Kneepkens' injury occurred in the 87-68 win over BYU on Saturday, Dec. 2.

Kneepkens will undergo surgery at the University of Utah Hospital at a later date.

Statement from Head Coach Lynne Roberts
"Our entire program is devastated for Gianna. No one works harder and competes to win like she does. I know she will attack this like she does everything else and come back better than ever. While this is adversity for our program, I believe in our players and know that we'll persevere and our goals are still achievable."

I am looking for 3 tickets in the lower bowl for the game Saturday. I tried buying some from the U but it looks like its sold out. Let me know if you have any extra to sell. TIA

After the bowl game…

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I absolutely LOATHE the transfer portal and what it means to college athletics. No sporting institution in the world acts in such an outlandish way. How we got here (thanks California for you utterly screwing up the world - AGAIN) is a bit of a mystery and points to general and overall lack of leadership from EVERYONE.

Tampering ABSOLUTELY MUST be running amock. When a to be senior kid, on a top program (looking at you KSU), can up and bolt to the highest bidder at a seminal moment in the program and his development (WITHOUT the ability to properly plan behind him) then it is absurd to everyone NOT named that kid.

Utah has not been really stung by the portal yet but sure as hell our day is coming. For god sake, OKLAHOMA WILL LOSE YET ANOTHER STARTING QB TO THE PORTAL!!!!

If we want to have a transfer portal then I am all for it. But... The kids should have to sign a contract (no, not just a LOI) but a real, honest to god, contract like all professional sports team's do. This means that you can be traded (or at least your contract can be traded) for like value to the program you are leaving. The only notable exception would be a coach termination (programs should pay for terminating coaches via immediate player contract terms). So... If Cam Rising wants to go to Oregon for $3M (and he is under contract with Utah at the time) then Oregon has to pay Utah $3M to buy him out AND THEN they can pay Cam that same coin (by way of example). This would slow down tampering and make transfering possible but with mutual benefits. This way we protect the lesser haves (i.e. Utah State).

Utah State has been decimated by the portal time and time again. They should be able to sell players but still get something in return rather than the constant nut kicking they take every friggin year.

Here’s our article on Vele declaring:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utah-wr-vele-declares-for-2024-nfl-draft

Happy they are letting him Play with a transfer announcement. Dude has given his all
To this program.

What are our chances tonight? Definitely going to Oregon?

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Just keep seeing Vaki’s name being mentioned by the Zoobs as a potential portal player. I couldn’t imagine him leaving? Any insights on who else might hit the portal?