Here’s what it means:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/what-it-means-2025-4-star-qb-becker-is-a-ute

Right here:

Matt previews a Pac-12 dark horse in Arizona:

I have been hearing some very positive developments about Cam returning next season. Also, yesterday Alex Kirrey said on 1280 yesterday that a donor told him he was coming back. Hopefully we hear sooner rather than later.

Yes, I am that Utah fan who deals with a tough loss in the daytime by indulging in a pint of cold microbrew at night and watching byu get embarrassed yet again.

Tonight's Choice was a Squatters Citrus Double IPA Hop Rising.

Anyone on the board going to the Charleston classic in Charleston South Carolina starting Thursday through Sunday?

If you’ve never been to Charleston, it’s a great city. People are friendly, great seafood, and beaches and ocean. Temperature will be in the low 70s this weekend.

My wife and I are exiled (LOL) in West Lafayette Indiana so we’re only a days drive to Charleston. She asked me what I wanted for my 70th birthday so the trip to Charleston and a great chance to see the Utes play in three games was my choice.

Utah plays Wake Forest Thurs pm.

The winner of that game plays #3 Houston Friday PM. four games on Sunday with the championship game late on ESPN.

Still a few tickets left on the local market. This weekend will be a good test for Utah against several different style teams.

Here’s how the guys graded out against Washington:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/inside-the-numbers-utah-s-week-10-pff-grades

Saturdays game drew 5.17 million viewers. The previous record was the Oregon game from 2021 at 4.81 million. This season has been a watershed year for Utah's visibility, virtually every game played on national TV has garnered well over a million viewers. 4 games, (Florida, USC, Oregon and Washington) have over 2 million. the Florida and USC games were both 3 million plus.

Going into the BIG 12 with this much exposure can only help Utah's brand and make them a favorite for the TV networks to pick Utah games over other games in the new conference. With 16 team vying for 3-4 games on FOX, ESPN, FSI, ESPN2, etc each week there will be a lot of games religated to ESPN+ next year. Utah games doing this well this year has to catch TV executives attention, right?

It was a quick one today…

-Whittingham is baffled by the lack of offense in the second half. Said they were on pace for 600 yards and 56 points at one point.

-They’ve made a big effort on getting the ball to Devaughn Vele in recent weeks.

-The officials said it looked like Suguturaga pushed off on the offensive PI call. Whittingham didn’t that happen at all.

-There are no plans of shutting any injured guys down, like Ja’Quinden Jackson.

-They’re having discussions with about 12 guys regarding leaving for the NFL early or the transfer portal. Says they have a good idea of what to expect.

-To be 7-3 right is a tribute to the players and the depth they’ve developed.

Here’s the recap from last week’s commit games:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/tracking-utah-2024-commit-games-corner-canyon-trio-to-championship-game

What a fun first half to watch. But, Utah got out-coached starting at halftime—ESPECIALLY Ludwig. Washington made adjust, Ludwig couldn’t counter.

That first was a great showing. However, they were held by a bad defense to under 100 yards in the second half.

Vele was phenomenal, and then they went away from him.

Tough to find positives even after that first half. Even the defense was gashed by a less than good Washington run game and the corners had a tough assignment, but committed a lot of penalties.

Let’s hear everyone’s thoughts.

Mark, does Keba Keita remind you of Mike Soujourner? He does me, but you bodied up against the man but “The map is not the territory,” so you have a unique perspective. Interested to hear your thoughts as always.

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After two recent visits, he says he's still locked in with Utah and now the coaching change makes it even more interesting:

CFP Week 11 Power Rankings

A tale of two halves up in Seattle:

Let’s get this thing rollin’… I’m going to say Utah stuns the Huskies today.

Dennis has developed a ton over the past year and has some of the best senior film I've seen from a Midwest offensive lineman this recruiting cycle.


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The Utes get their first opportunity since 2009 to beat a top 5 team on the road.

Check out this story for all the details about the Washington Huskies.

Guess what? This might just be a game the Utes could steal...I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Following a dominant victory and their most productive performance of the season against Arizona State, the University of Utah now faces a critical matchup with the No. 5 Washington Huskies as their hopes of a third consecutive Pac-12 Championship appearance hang by a thread.

If the No. 18 Utes can upset the Huskies, those hopes remain alive. Lose, and the final year of the Pac-12 will not feature the reigning back-to-back Conference Champions in the title game.

Here's how the lines look right now.

#13 Utah +9.5 @ #5 UW. This opened at 10.5, so betters are expecting a closer game a little bit. Total is 54, so Vegas expects more scoring than they did last week. Expected final is 32-22.

Rest of the Pac-12:

USC +15 @ #6 Oregon. Total is 73.5, so Vegas isn't expecting any punting, as that's the highest total of the week. Expected final is 44-29.
Stanford +21 @ #12 ORST. Total is 54.5, so expected final is 38-17. Stanford has shown some life recently, so I'd be tempted to bet them to cover.
#23 Arizona -10.5 @ Colorado. Total is 54, so expected final is 32-22. I'd be tempted to take CU at home here. Arizona is playing well, but they have some flaws and Colorado playing at home.
WSU +1.5 @ Cal. Total is 58.5, so expected final is 30-28. No idea what to do here. The over is probably the safest bet, as neither Cal nor WSU play much defense.
ASU +17 @ UCLA. Total is 44.5, so expected final is 31-14. No idea here either. ASU plays a little defense usually, but didn't show any last week, and UCLA's offense is very questionable but their defense is almost on Utah's level. I'd probably take the under if I had to bet.

Rest of the top 15:

#10 Ole Miss +11 @ #1 UGA. Total is 58.5 so expected final is 35-24.
#2 Michigan -4.5 @ #9 PSU. Total is 45.5, so expected final is 25-20.
MSU +31.5 @ #3 OSU. Total is 47.5, so expected final is 40-8.
Miami +14.5 @ #4 FSU. Total is 50, so expected final is 32-18. Don't bet rivalry games.
#7 Texas -10 @ TCU. Total is 54, so expected final is 32-22. TCU isn't very good, I'd expect Texas to cover.
#8 Bama -10.5 @ Kentucky. Total is 48, so expected final is 29-19. I think Kentucky could cover this line, but I don't know enough about either team.
UVA +20 @ #11 Louisville. Total is 50.5, so expected final is 35-15. UVA is bad, expect Louisville to cover even 3 TDs.
#12 Tennessee -1 @ #16 Mizzou. Total is 58.5, so expected final is 30-28. Pick your favorite team, both of these have been good and bad in different spots.
#15 OKST -2.5 @ UCF. OKST's big Bedlam win notwithstanding, they're not a great team, which is why they're only favored by 2.5 over a 5-loss UCF team. UCF is bad, but they could easily win this one. Total is 64, so expected final is 33-31.

Future Big 12 conference mates:

WVU +13 @ #17 OU. Total is
Texas Tech +3.5 @ #19 KU. Total is 61, so expected final is 32-29. The fact that Kansas is only favored by 3.5 at home over a 5-loss Texas Tech team suggests Kansas isn't very good.
Cincy +2.5 @ Houston. Total is 55, so expected final is 29-26. I'd probably take Houston to cover, because when two bad teams face off, I'll take the home team.
Baylor +20.5 @ KSU. Total is 55, so expected final is 37-17.
ISU -6.5 @ BYU. Total is 41.5, so expected final is 24-18. BYU is playing very poorly, but this is their last realistic chance for bowl eligibility (final two games are OU and @ OKST), so I think this one's probably close.

The Utah Men's Basketball team returns to the court tonight to face the UC Riverside Highlanders.

After thrashing Eastern Washington 101-66, it'll be good to see the Utes go up a level from a Big Sky to a Big West team.

Keys to watch in the game:

Can the Utes stay hot from the field? They made 55% of their shots and were 44% from 3.

Free throw shooting: Utah did a great job getting to the line, but they were 26/38 from the charity stripe. Need to improve.

Turnovers: The Utes lost the turnover battle to Eastern Washington 16-15. Was it early season rust?

Here’s Dustin’s PFF preview of the Huskies:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/inside-the-numbers-washington-huskies

I cant make the game, 4 free tickets row 21 with parking.