Here’s Matt’s recap with Whittingham’s quotes:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utes-fall-camp-recap-8-8

Has anyone seen the article in the Atlantic about the last hours of the PAC 12 and the tv GOR deal. I tried to read it but it is behind a paywall. Wanting to know if anyone has the details.

Second part of this post and more of a question is if the remaining 4 schools in the PAC fold and go elsewhere what becomes of the PAC 12 networks.

I know overall the network had its flaws like distribution and such but could the assets of that network be something of interest to the Big 12? I know there used to be the LHN for Texas but is there anything currently being used for Big 12 specific media content?

-Whittingham said the complete focus is on the Pac-12 for the here and now. For the immediate, the only positive out of the recent conference news is knowing that they have a home for the future.

-He was never really immersed in the conversations. He was locked in and focused on getting the team ready for the season. And then was updated when the time made sense.

-The fallout from the conference stuff this last weekend is not something that is expected to impact the players. They know they have a job to do and that’s the immediate, being, this season and locking in for the Florida game.

-The most development they’ve made has really been across-the-board. They have the majority of the offensive and defensive installs already done.

-The backup quarterback situation currently has not changed, and Whittingham is hoping for more clarity Thursday after their scrimmage, so that he can have a pecking order by this upcoming Monday. That's the best case scenario for the No. 2 quarterback.

-Cam is still the same as he was last week and they are being very careful with the process on ramping him up. Things will get more tenuous if it’s a week out from the Florida game and Cam isn’t ready to roll. Then there will be some decisions to make.

-Kuithe is still limited.

-Barnes has got himself into the No. 2 discussion because he’s making less mistakes and he knows the offense. He’s been a little bit more consistent than the other two, although he said Rose and Johnson have bright futures and can make some spectacular plays here and there. Still, it’s all about taking care of the football and moving the chains.

-Center is still a battle between Maea, Kump, and Faaiu.

-He’s comfortable with the six primary receivers right now.

Let's talk about a corner that will be a big post of the depth rotation this season:

Will they be starting their own network with 16 teams and lots of inventory?

We’re launching our player spotlights with Emery Simmons. Hope you all enjoy these videos coming up as much as we’ve enjoyed letting them tell their stories.

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Is anyone having and issue not being able to get their tickets in their Ticketmaster account? My tickets are in my account at the U but they are not syncing with Ticketmaster. They U had to text me my tix for the Florida game. Just wanting to get any insights anyone may have.

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Announcement coming. This would be a big one…

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As I had posted here previously, my little 6 person company was selected as a recipient of the 2023 Secretary of Defense Freedom Award. Today I received an email notifying me that my company was selected as the EANGUS 2023 Al Schneider Memorial Award for Employer Excellence.

To win this award is actually very significant as only those selected as a recipient of the annual SECDEF Freedom Award are eligible for consideration. My company was selected above the 14 other recipients of this year's SECDEF Freedom Award Class.

It's very humbling to win an award when you are the smallest organization within a national award base where there were over 1800 other very deserving companies who were nominated for their support of the National Guard and Reserves.

Just thought that I would share it with the rest of y'all here.

If your company has not signed up to be part of the ESGR program, I would highly recommend looking into it.

Not at scalped prices.

So if anyone has two Florida game tickets they’d like to sell to two Ute fans at the regular ticket price please let me know.

It's a double dose of articles at #24 today with safety Darrien Stewart: https://utah.rivals.com/news/utenation-countdown-to-kickoff-no-24-darrien-stewart

Here’s Matt’s article from the press conference today:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/harlan-and-randall-very-optimistic-on-utah-s-big-12-future

Bryan Brown and I are extremely excited to launch this new project. Below is the intro video. Please check it out, subscribe to the YouTube page for free and pass it along to others to do the same. I’ll fill in everyone more soon. We’ve been given unique access to the players and have already sat down for 1:1 interviews with a ton of the newcomers.

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I’m not super educated on this but is the Big10 still an option in a few years should they want to add Utah, or does this move kill that option?

I am personally in favor of the 3-6-6 model the SEC is going with. It would give you three rivalries and you would rotate the other 12 bi-yearly. Negative is it would only get you playing in Florida once every 4 years. With our growing pipeline in Florida I would not mind at all playing at UCF every other year. Maybe they could be one of our three rivals.

Mark Harlan and Taylor Randall will be speaking about the move to the Big 12 today at 11:30. I’ll drop the YouTube link in here as we get closer.

No more PAC-12 refs

Obviously, if the B1G invites, they’ll go. But if not, then what? Independence? Ivy League?

I'm assuming they will accept.

And that’s all I got to say about that.

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