The Utah v Oregon St. game isn’t really interesting at all. Oregon St. is under achieving and that might give the Utes a chance as we’ve shown some knack to be in games with teams with fundamental flaws. Plus their coach, Michelle Obama’s brother might just be dead man walking.
I wish I could be in person for this one however for one reason. There are going to be some really nasty things yelled at Craig Robinson and it would be amusing to hear them in person. Imagine if he was playing at BYU?
Utah beat the Georgia Gym Dogs last night or as a southern friend told me they call Georgia’s womens teams, “The Bitches in Red Britches.” Both offensive and uniquely southern with the britches comment. I love it.
But the best news of the weekend has to be the news that Sharrieff Shah has joined the Utah coaching staff. Shah and I came to Utah the same year and I lived down the hall from him in old Van Cott Hall when he was roommates with Cedric Crawford. Sharrieff is a bright engaging guy and is going to be a hell of a recruiter and I’m guessing a great coach.
And I completely agree with Bill Riley’s take on the Brian Johnson hire. There have been a lot of stupid reasons given as to while Kyle made this move, none of them actually intelligent enough to discuss here. It comes down to this, Brian had to knock that interview out of the park. If it was enough to make Kyle believe, for now its enough to make me believe. At the end of the day Brian will have to prove it. But I like the phrase Riley put one it.
“Audentes fortuna juvat” — Fortune Favors the Bold