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You probably won't hear anything more about it unless he is out for the season. If he is going to play, he will just show back up to practice. Utah doesn't talk injuries unless they are season ending.

Here's an interesting breakdown of the EWU offense last year. I'd expect to see a lot of the same ideas being present in Utah's offense

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45261286&nid=635

So this Grady guy, you all seem to be talking like he is a major impact to the team. Is this considered a big loss?

Few more tidbits http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5565447-155/utah-football-notes-darren-carrington-hailed https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45205151&nid=635 http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5567592-155/utah-football-salesi-uhatafe-will-be https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45221441&nid=635&title=utah-football-jaylon-johnson-ready-to-have-an-impact

Nothing new. I'll link a few stories when I get back to work tomorrow. Unfortunately, Utah keeps fall camp locked down. The media usually only sees the last 15-30 minutes of practice and this year they have even shut them out of most practices. For instance, Friday was open to the last 30 minutes, but Saturday there was no media availability. The suspension is pure speculation on my part. I know that there is a legal hearing the first week of August, so there might be more information after that

To give you some history, utefans.net was the first message board for Utah fans. The founding member struggled mightily with addictions that ultimately cost him his life. Because of that, the site suffered and is now a cesspool for bots and the 10% of the fanbase we want to disown. Utehub is probably the best free message board you can visit, but unfortunately most of the Utah information stays behind the pay wall of Scout and Rivals

There is definitely a lot of smoke to this rumor. Although I don't know anyone who knows the severity or duration. To be honest, unless it is a 2-3 week type injury, he won't play in Game 1.

A little look into pass catching drills. FYI, #9 is the new transfer from Oregon.

Utah camp starts today. Would you like updates of some things happening? When does your camp start?

The guy that produces those is awesome. He doesn't work for the university, just a super fan

FYI...this is one of the places I recommended to eat at for those of you coming to the game

Physically there are a bunch, but that doesn't necessarily translate to what I consider a true, successful hybrid. The entire NFL keeps looking for a guy like Arizona's Deone Bucannon, but there are very few guys that can impact both the run game and pass game like he can. Utah has a bunch of guys on the roster that could be a hybrid, but I'm afraid they would lag behind in one aspect of the defense

I love hybrid guys too. Problem is it is really hard to find guys that can actually succeed consistently in those roles.

So I'd imagine it would resemble a defense similar to Washington

That is really hard to say. There are 4-5 teams that play a "base" defense of 3-4. But with the influx of spread offenses, teams very rarely play their base defense. Utah's defense is built as a 4-3-4 and the schemes evolve from that. But depending on who Utah plays, the personnel will change drastically. IMO, Utah plays a 4-2-5 defense with a nickleback being a starter rather than a 3rd LB. But that would change when we play a team like Stanford. I would assume that UND won't be playing a true 3-4 on August 31st due to an offense that will resemble EWU, but I could be wrong.

Both moves will have a significant impact on the game (although I'm wondering if there will be some type of suspension due to Carrington's DUI while at Oregon). It has been interesting to witness a transition from the Mountain West Conference to the Pac-12. When people talk about depth, I think they confuse it with the 2-3 depth charts. I look at it more from a position specific way. I'll use the Utah WR's as an example (it would be interesting for UND fans to do the same with your corners). As an MWC team, Utah (and other teams similar) would be able to win games because the 2nd and 3rd best receivers were better than the 2nd or 3rd best corners of other teams. A lot of teams can run out a WR that is really, really good. But the difference in the Pac-12 is that there are multiple really, really good WR's on a team. The way I grade positions is something like this: A+ = NFL All-Pro; A = NFL Starter; A- = NFL backup; B+ = NFL Practice Squad; B = CFL Starter; B- = CFL Backup; C+ = CFL Practice Squad (or equivalent); C = College Starter; C- = College Backup The Utah team that beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl ran out a fringe NFL receiver (I grade him a B+), a guy that got a shot in the NFL (graded B-) and a couple solid WR's that weren't talented enough to play even in the CFL (graded C) Prior to adding Carrington, I would have graded the potential Utah starters as B+, B, C, C. Adding Carrington gives Utah an A- type guy. So now you can run out A-, B+, B, and C. So let's say that UND had the following prior to losing Harris (I don't know much beyond him, so this is hypothetical). A-, B-, C, C-. Is this scenario, it would be very reasonable to think that Harris could hold his own and maybe win more reps vs. Utah's top receiver. At the 2nd spot, it would be a battle with Utah winning more reps than lost and so on down the line. The loss of Harris now creates a matchup of a 'B+' WR vs. a 'B-' CB. It is not a significant advantage for Utah, but the winning reps increase slightly. The bigger advantage comes when the 2nd position match-up on becomes a 'B' WR vs. a 'C' CB. That creates a significant advantage for Utah. Now you add Carrington and the match-ups start taking on bigger gaps. 1st match-up is 'A-' vs. 'B-'; 2nd is 'B+' vs. 'C'; 3rd 'B' vs. 'C' I hope this makes sense. We could debate which of the individual moves is bigger and more important. But IMO, the truth lies in how the moves affect the downstream match-ups.

Usually they avoid each other. College hoops usually starts on the Friday before the last regular season games. Otherwise the football game is played early and hoops after. The real conflict usually comes with bowl games. 2 years ago Utah hoops played Duke in NYC and the bowl game started an hour after it in Vegas. It wasn't that bad since neither were a home game, but it did make people choose. I know a lot of people that went to NYC and luckily we played out rival in the bowl game so there was a good turnout. If it would have been a home basketball game though, it would have been a very small hoops crowd

Now that the news is official, yes Darren Carrington is joining the Utah WR corp. Carrington has had off the field issues in the past and this will be his last chance. He was a 2nd Team All-Pac12 receiver last year for Oregon. He will immediately become the best receiver on the team and will give Utah a playmaker and deep threat. Carrington had 4 receptions for 116 and 3 TD's in Oregon's spring game. http://www.goducks.com/news/2017/4/29/football-offensive-stars-shine-in-spring-game.aspx He had 43 receptions for 606 yards and 5 TD's as a junior for Oregon

Yep, it sucks for the fans. But when $25M rolls into the bank account every year, the university isn't going to say !@#$.

Wanna complain about scheduling. Half of Utah's game aren't announced until the week of the game and can start anywhere from 11am local time to 8:30 pm.

FYI, there could be potentially huge news coming today or tomorrow regarding a late add to Utah's roster. If/when it is official, I'll let you guys know

https://www.pacifictakes.com/platform/amp/2017/7/18/15716484/ranking-the-2017-pac-12-defensive-lines-washington-and-utah-have-best-defensive-lines

Depending on the severity, 6 months Very tough break