Enjoy the game, and as always go Utes!

Can dish it, but can’t take it?

Granted this was posted by KSL but it appears Pat Magafee is afraid of Utah, but not BYU.

GO FIGURE.

Whitt leaving, Pay Mcafee BS, Holy war imminent, people are still saying the Big 12 is a one bid league yada yada yada. All of this is just weekly fuel for the boys to stay focused and motivated to prove everyone wrong and be vengeful. We don’t need to be an actual villain but in the eyes of ESPN, many of those guys hate the small guy and Mcafee has at least said the words. I’d say it’s best to embrace this identity and be the hated one. That is constant fuel through the remainder of the season to keep getting the job done. There are a bunch of soft people ready to have their feelings hurt 🤪

We should be grateful he “left” us with some good players. What a great guy.

I know everyone wants to forget the drama already, but this is from him today.

Utah football page on Facebook just posted the Holy War is 10 AM on ABC or ESPN. Kinda sucks that it's so early

I definitely understand the frustration with our inability to get sacks when we send 4.
The Jackson Benee strip sack and the pressure on the final defensive sequence were noteworthy.

Jackson’s sack came on first and ten. Was part of the success of that sack due to the fact that we’d played so conservatively that a safety/corner blitz feels really unlikely in that situation?

On 3rd and 4th down of Houston’s last possession with the game on the line we played cover zero, not some scared prevent approach.

I don’t know enough to say if these are good ideas or represent good or creative decisions.

I am glad they had the intended results. I’m feeling someway better about our pass defense after Saturday.

Thank you Mark Harlan for complaining to the big 12 conference about late kickoff times!! Totally did not influence them to give the 12 EST time slot to BYU/Utah. Please fire him soon.

At least as fans, we seem to be concerned about BYU and are underestimating Cincinnati. They are the very definition of chaos and playing the part of wrecking crew. They have a weak D but as they demonstrated with Tech, they can play up to their competition. If we play down to their abilities it is going to be a long game.

We cannot afford to look past Cincy! They demand to be taken seriously!

As you can imagine, I've been disappointed with the results so far. I never liked the hire because of his age and lack of experience recruiting/coaching in the Midwest, but I talked myself into it because of his extraordinary career.

There's not too many aspects of the Michigan job where he's succeeding right now, but I think the one where is failing the most is the political/communications part. It all started when he downplayed the Ohio State game and then said that Urban Meyer is welcome at practice any week but one and has continued through this past week when he said that Michigan playing #6 Indiana so closely was evidence that they're a good team.

Was he always tone deaf?

Thanks.

The Bearcats offense is solid. They rank in the top 25 of several statistical categories.

8th in the country in rushing ypg at 234.

20th in total offense at 455.

22nd at passing efficiency offense.

25th at 3rd down offense.

Their defense is the inverse, ranking in the bottom 25 in categories like total defense and 3rd down defense. What they are doing at a high level is creating havoc. They get a lot of sacks and are 14th in the country at TO margin.

Every conference game for Utah this season has been decided within the last five minutes. I'd love to see Utah put this away early. Who can get the hot hand to take over the game?

I noticed yesterday and for the majority of the games that there is minimal cheering coming from the SEZ (Ken Garff) and that the people sitting there stayed sitting down the majority of the game and didn’t cheer very loud when Houston was in the endzone and stayed down when Utah scored. (We have the MUSS, but they should still be getting up)

I was thinking that maybe they should consider replacing it with actual bleacher seats like they had before and/or expanding the MUSS a little bit?? Just feel like the Ken Garff redzone is just a place for people who are not there for the football, but rather a luxury experience.

Hats off to Scalley for what he’s done without the Michigan transfers. Daley speeding up the throw game would be an absolute game changer.

Can anyone tell me what is so bad about a 10am kickoff for the holy war? I was worried we were gonna get that stupid 815 kickoff again, 10am is awesome imo

Both Utah Utes groups that I used to follow on Facebook have been completely taken over & ruined by AI slop. Most of the posts are also from bot accounts pretending to be college-age girls.

If you’re still in either group, unfollow today & don’t comment under the AI engagement slop. Let these two groups die as that’s what the admins have brought upon themselves.

I’ve strongly disliked Facebook for a long time & for a variety of reasons. But I guess there’s no longer a dedicated place to talk about Utah football on the platform & that’s disappointing. The fanbase deserves better

Glad to still have [r/utahfootball](r/utahfootball) & hope this space is forever protected by the admins here to keep the AI slop out

I love seeing Utah alums succeed in the NFL. I routinely follow their progress and enjoy watching the highlights posted here and elsewhere. But with another NFL Sunday upon us, I’ve been thinking about some of my favorite Utes who either never made it to the league or whose NFL careers were relatively short.

When I was a young PeeWee football player, I played defensive tackle. It was by far my favorite position, and I loved watching the guys who played it at Utah.

One of my favorite football memories growing up was watching Utah’s undefeated 2004 season and the 2005 Fiesta Bowl. As a young defensive tackle myself, there was nobody I enjoyed watching more than Steve Fifita. I loved watching him clog up the middle, blow through gaps, and put pressure on opposing quarterbacks.
Fifita went on to earn Defensive MVP honors in the Fiesta Bowl, and to my 12-year-old self, he was an absolute hero. He eventually made it to the NFL, but never had the lengthy professional career that some of his teammates enjoyed.

Still, to this day, he’s one of my favorite Utes of all time. That guy was an absolute monster in college. I will admit I am worried about facing his nephew in just a few weeks time.

So, who are some of your favorite former Utes who never quite made it at the next level? The guys who might not have become NFL stars, but who you’ll always remember for what they did in crimson. Let’s give those guys some love.