I'm looking forward to Sark's press conferences and fireside talks.Originally Posted by Viking
I'm looking forward to Sark's press conferences and fireside talks.
"Don't apologize; it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."
Having known Gary and people that played for him both at BYU and Oregon you are the first person that has ever described him as aloof, that I know.
I'm trying to be nice.
Adopting a Brazilian kid in the next three months, inspired by your great story.
Just saw a BYU Pilsner Glass gift set on sale at Kohls. If Sarkesian comes on board, it might be a nice gesture to have that at the ready the first time Detmer runs a play that always worked fantastically in high school, but implodes badly at the P5 level.
As long as Sitake is bringing back the ex-BYU player Super Heroes to form his staff, even *I* would be willing to donate to the cause if he coaxed former BYU kicker Jason Chaffetz to give up his stint as a veteran term-limits driven Congressional reformer.
The TSA people would appreciate that, as well. "Really, Representative Chaffetz, we're not getting our jollies by looking at your teenage daughter with the security scanners. Promise."
Congratulations, that's awesome. Best wishes to you and your family.
Jesus Rockne Christ couldn't live up to the expectations BYU fans have of Detmer. From a win/loss standpoint, there's a natural ceiling BYU has to overcome.....limited coaching pool, small recruiting base, no conference affiliation to name a few. Bronco pretty much hit that ceiling. All you're really hoping for is a bowl win here and there, and one more rivalry win over the course of a decade. Put yourself in the GA or LSU fan base bucket.
If boosters exercise patience I think you can field a decent team in a couple of years, but BYU fans are better known for huge swings of emotions......whether cratering on Ngata to Oregon, or the euphoria of Detmer, the fan base goes mental real fast.
“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.” -- Harry S. Truman
"You never soar so high as when you stoop down to help a child or an animal." -- Jewish Proverb
"Three-time Pro Bowler Eric Weddle the most versatile, and maybe most intelligent, safety in the game." -- SI, 9/7/15, p. 107.
I think the low point of the Ngata saga was the CB discussion about whether his decision to go to Oregon was the reason for his dad's tragic death in a truck accident shortly after Haloti's commitment to the Ducks. I think good old Y'zGuy started that one.
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
I remember it being a grueling decision for Haloti, he was leaning Oregon, his mom wanted BYU, and they were able to meet with (then) Apostle Thomas S. Monson to help resolve things, and he told them to get the answer through prayer.
News of the meeting with the Apostle reached CB, and there was grumbling about how the Apostle could have undermined the Church's school that way, and how the Ngatas were able to get that kind of access to such a high level of the church, to begin with.
It will be interesting to see how much Sitake resorts to using the "hard sell" in recruiting LDS kids. My hunch is he won't start that way, but as things come back to Earth, and the rumbling starts, he might.
What bucket are you in? You're either sixth place in the conference in your best year or second place in the doormat of the conference competition, with your new rival in first place. You are in a P5 conference but you are not P5.
You're spending too much time on Cougarboard.
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
I've been banished from there since 2008
I'm just stating the facts
http://www.sltrib.com/sports/3347234...-3-season-whatOf Pac-12 teams, only Oregon has won more games since the beginning of last season than Utah, and the last time Utah faced Oregon, it scored seven unanswered touchdowns while dealing the Ducks their most lopsided loss since 2003.
Utah's 2011 classmate, Colorado, has won fewer conference games in five seasons (five) than Utah won in 2015 alone (six) — the Buffaloes' best win coming against the Utes in 2011. The other four teams Colorado has beaten finished a combined 3-33 those years in conference.
The Utes, meanwhile, have bested every Pac-12 team — from half-pints to big shots — at least once. This year they played 10 bowl-bound teams and defeated three with 9-3 regular-season records.
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
And you and every other Y fan would trade your first born child to be a non-P 5 team in a P 5 conference, as you put it.
Viking: "You are in a P5 conference but you are not P5. Just stating the facts"
LA Ute: (simply copies and pastes the beginning of SL Trib article assessing Utah's tenure in the PAC-12, which is generally quite impressive.)
As Letterman used to describe this kind of beat down: "Ouch"
Viking, brother, I hope you don't set yourself up for this kind of abuse in your line of work.
That was like launching yourself as a beachball pitch, at a softball game where Star Lotulelei is at the plate.
But I posted it with love in my heart, Ma'ke.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
lol. That's a double "ouch".
Hey Viking - quit while you're not too far behind.
Ie, if that LA's loving reaction, the angry reaction would make you want to sign up for remedial Kindergarten.
Jeez you two. You are so civilized here. That was hardly a bloody beat down. I think he'll survive.
I once competed in a thing called the "Corporate Games", which I referred to as the "Office Worker Olympics".
Not impressive.
The companies that really take this competition seriously somehow end up with ex-D1 athletes. In the 5K, the guy who won it was an all-America in track in college. I saw him for about 20 seconds after the start, and admired his time when I crossed the finish line, wanted to shake his hand, but he was long gone by then, probably at home in the shower.
Running a 200m sprint after being sedentary for a decade educated me about muscle groups I'd never actually been aware of before. (That was my wake up call that the couch really wasn't my friend.)
Oregon hires Brady Hoke as its new DC.
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“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Dangerous. He put together a stellar defense at Michigan.
Agreed. Hokes did fine at SDSU. UO is trying to shore-up the defensive side of things by reaching an outside talent.
Let's see how Utah does by staying with an "inside" talent on the offensive side of things. So far, meh. Per Whit, it's always the "coach's fault"; you either can't coach or can't recruit. Worst outcome...you are both.
Dave Christensen let go by A&M as OL coach today.
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Shocking
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Maybe Troy Calhoon will hire him.
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Utah Football picks up two new recruiting assistants today. Deuce Lutui and Reece Hicks. Not sure if they have sons that we're recruiting.
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Deuce Lutui's kids would begin to graduate HS sometime around 2020, so hopefully we aren't recruiting them too hard. It will be nice to have another NFL player, especially one who was an All-American, on the staff.
So who replaces Strong at Texas? Herman?
Who's going to Baton Rouge?
Does Craig stay at Wyoming?
Any movement in the Pac-12? Remember when people were saying USC would have an opening this year?
Pete Thamel still thinks Helfrich is a goner. He also lists Kyle as a Texas candidate (though he, like everyone, expects Herman to get the UT job):
http://www.campusrush.com/college-fo...low_twitter_si
I don't know, but somebody will get a good coach and a someone overflowing with character. By all accounts, he seems to be one of the good guys in the sport.
“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.” -- Harry S. Truman
"You never soar so high as when you stoop down to help a child or an animal." -- Jewish Proverb
"Three-time Pro Bowler Eric Weddle the most versatile, and maybe most intelligent, safety in the game." -- SI, 9/7/15, p. 107.
Helfrich gone at Oregon.
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