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Don’t forget that Devin Durrant was released from the General Sunday School presidency and Brian Taylor offered the closing prayer in one session. For a while there, the church leadership could have fielded a team of Devin Durrant, Brian Taylor, and Gifford Nielsen. I think Gifford played some colle...

Ties to the program? Did Frank Arnold, Ladell Anderson, Steve Cleveland, or Dave Rose.

I wonder if Mark Pope’s pregame prayer with the team will include the phrase “kick their a**” like it did before the BYU game this year?

I heard a rumor that Ute fans can take their Holiday bowl ticket stub to any Utah Arby’s and exchange it for a free turnover.

Francis Bernard is doing a lot of after the play nonsense.

Missionary service is such a private, personal matter that is dealt with publicly. The entire ward and extended family are aware of the decision. Whether vocalized or not, many can form an opinion of disappointment regarding the young man. I don’t know what the answer is, but the consequences of any...

I have a hard time with all of this stuff. If I recall correctly, a few years ago when Taysom agreed to come back for another year, there were comments for Taysom to move on from football , get his MBA at Stanford,and give up on his football dream. Even mid year there were fights in the stands to pl...

We should never had been ranked. I can’t even see a top 50 ranking right now. We read and believed the press releases. Right now I feel it was a curse.

What was Kalani and Tuiaki’s record as defensive leaders at Oregon State? Before that, Kalani was DC at Utah under Whitt. I think Whitt is totally hands on defensively which makes that program successful defensively. I have to give it to Bronco. He always had a defensive scheme that kept offenses of...

I’m convinced that overconfidence will be the result. Kind of human nature to lose focus. Beat Arizona, lose to Cal, beat Wisconsin... Target now squarely on us. Guess we’ll find out within a couple of weeks. "Convinced" is a strong word. Why? You’re probably right. Let me change “convinc...