This discussion doesn’t have anything to do with the quality of Utah’s team,

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Jun 30, 2024
10:28:52am

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especially last year’s Utah team. It has to do with the change from P12 to the B12 competition.

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Jay Hill’s warning to Utah is correct. He’s just trying to help them. They’re in for a rude awakening. Remember how

RdF3 Inactive user

Jun 29, 10:13pm

Remember how Sagarin said the P12 was better than the B12 last year? And that

Scratch

Jun 29, 10:23pm

Until rising proves he can beat a non-pac12 p4 team, it’s a fair criticism

Longseason

Jun 29, 10:25pm

Yep. Utes hate road trips, and they're going to have some long ones in Big12

runnincoug

Jun 29, 10:43pm

Their schedule is pretty light this year.

davidmj10

Jun 30, 8:39am

True. Keeping the orphan 4 together is a huge advantage for them

Longseason

Jun 30, 9:17am

Arizona is going to be a tough team this year most likely.

davidmj10

Jun 30, 12:29pm

Ok so he lost to Ohio State, Penn State, and Florida and the only game he

uteman13

Jun 30, 11:09am

Sagarin??? He was bad enough in BCS days, and now he copies the FPI. You must

88Coug

Jun 29, 10:35pm

How did Utah do last year in that amazing P12?

puntersarepeople

Jun 29, 10:44pm

If BYU was in the PAC 12. We would have a lost Rose Bowl also.

ParentingNotForSissy

Jun 30, 12:13pm

Still beating that PAC drum. It’s ok. Let it go.

Sparkling Delirium

Jun 30, 7:57pm

Jay Hill better watch himself. Does he not know these teams come from the [gssp] pac 12?

Bob Vance

Jun 29, 10:32pm

The way to beat Utah is with a good power running game. That's half the Big 12

byusage

Jun 29, 10:45pm

Not sure I agree. Man defense is built to stop the run.

TheRowdy

Jun 29, 11:56pm

The strength of Utah's defense is physical bump and run man coverage and

byusage

Jun 30, 3:00pm

You make good points. I think you’ll see the Utes struggle more with middle of

puntersarepeople

Jun 30, 3:07pm

Utah had the 4th best running defense in the nation last year.

Virginia Ute

Jun 30, 6:25am

I guarantee they wouldn't have been 4th if they were in the Big 12 last year.

byusage

Jun 30, 6:49am

Ok. 4th in a conference with Texas and OU and Utah with no QB? Fair enough, but what’s your point?

Virginia Ute

Jun 30, 8:19am

When you’re on another team’s board there is always strength in numbers and

uteman13

Jun 30, 11:12am

The point is the top RBs in the country are back and in the Big 12 for this

byusage

Jun 30, 11:57am

I think the utes will actually fair better in the Big 12 than their fellow P12 members. The utes only succeeded with an

ManicBlue

Jun 30, 12:23am

Utah and whit will have no problem. His teams have always been physical.

Idacoug

Jun 30, 6:06am

Yeah, BYU fan can deny and downplay a lot of things about Utah football, but

CallSign

Jun 30, 7:31am

Jay....look at the schedules and tell me which games next year are harder compared to last. Here's a comparison of

Virginia Ute

Jun 30, 6:18am

Uh ... I can't seem to remember the utes winning the P12 last year. How did last season go again?

ManicBlue

Jun 30, 8:23am

That’s the point. The schedule is much easier so it is much more realistic to compete for a championship,

Virginia Ute

Jun 30, 10:24am

This discussion doesn’t have anything to do with the quality of Utah’s team,

Scratch

Jun 30, 10:28am

Seriously. Nobody can answer the question and tell me which games are harder.

Virginia Ute

Jun 30, 11:07am

I think Jay is speaking more broadly. Utah hangs their hat on physical play,

Junior Deputy

Jun 30, 3:59pm

You had me until you compared BYU's P12 success to Utah's...

Virginia Ute

Jun 30, 4:12pm

You’re right, BYU hasn’t lost to Oregon State or Arizona in the recent past. We

Junior Deputy

Jun 30, 4:35pm

Yeah the AZ and OSU teams you played weren’t anywhere near what they were last year.

Virginia Ute

Jun 30, 5:18pm

I mean...the answer to this question is Wazzu 2021, ASU 2021 and Utah 2021

krindorr

Jun 30, 7:31pm

Just by recruiting geographies that should be plainly obvious. Teams that rely on West Coast recruits v. teams

mokelembembe

Jun 30, 7:05am

This is just him saying something because he had to say something

Strawhat4life

Jun 30, 7:51am

I do think the Big 12 is generally more physical than the PAC; see linked analysis

krindorr

Jun 30, 10:55am

That makes sense, I can see the argument that OG big12 members

Strawhat4life

Jun 30, 5:34pm

The RBs in the B12 are a force. Historically P12 RBs weren’t too shabby

Srg

Jun 30, 9:05am

Wasn’t utahs schedule ranked one of the easiest in the big 12 this year? I don’t

ColonelMustard

Jun 30, 10:47am

So, I am no fan of the Utes, but

Traveling Coug

Jun 30, 12:37pm

I hope the other schools have been paying close attention to the fact that

BlueFever

Jun 30, 12:57pm

Where is that? I’m not sure some people saying they’re the favorite is already

Scratch

Jun 30, 3:08pm

Semantics.

BlueFever

Jun 30, 3:26pm

Semantics? Seriously? That’s a huge difference.

Scratch

Jun 30, 4:05pm

You're not fooling anyone with this charade, my friend.

BlueFever

Jul 1, 7:31am

Of course I don't think that. I don't know anyone who does. I'd say they're

Scratch

Jul 1, 10:17am

Let's see what some of your comrades are saying:

BlueFever

Jul 1, 10:33am

Wow. That's not at all what that means. I do love that that's the best you can

Scratch

Jul 1, 10:40am

I didn't see "reasonable goal" anywhere in that post, did you?

BlueFever

Jul 1, 11:00am

That's essentially what he says. There certainly isn't anything there about it

Scratch

Jul 1, 11:09am

No, when the bar for this guy is the playoffs,

BlueFever

Jul 1, 11:17am

Not true. "Setting the bar" is the level at which you will consider yourself a

Scratch

Jul 1, 11:33am

You don't even understand your own fanbase. lol

BlueFever

Jul 1, 12:06pm

He said a rude awakening as far as physicality of the league. Yes, the Big Xll

A Drew Aitch

Jun 30, 1:11pm

The Utes think all their answers to their offensive woes will be solved

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