I think this could be true. But I would have the hardest of times believing Surly is a normal, decent human being.
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More evidence that Utah is more than willing to slide into the Texas entitled role. Although I do agree, they have a somewhat easy schedule with toughest games all at home.
On August 29th we'll all be Thunderbirds
Unless they are playing Baylor as a non-conf game, something isn’t right with the schedule. Their athletic site lists Baylor and byu as 2024 non-conf opponents, which is now not true.
They should be good tho.
2024-2027 Football Scheduing Matrix (PDF) - Big 12 Conference
Gonna be really hard for them to go 12-0, in the regular season, against that schedule, with only 11 games listed...
Don't underestimate them. They are good enough to squeeze 12 outta 11.
Just ask their fans. You'll get a very level headed and measured response
Arizona prison raped them this year so they would need to figure out how to beat them first. Baylor was a one score game. We will see if they are as good, or if playing in the PAC has a little big ten west to it.
I think this is overstated. They might but I think they could step on their d*cks more than they expect to.
Cocky prediction for sure. Even a team that is favored in all of their games is going to have a very difficult time going undefeated. That said, they are somewhat complimentary of ISU so it's not ALL bad.
I think the conference is going to be much fun next year. Many teams salivating.
I love it when fans of new programs to a conference come in and assume they're going to dominate.
They may be one of the teams at top of the football hierarchy for a while. But I don't think the Legacy Big 12 schools are going to allow them to run things like they did Texas and OU. Just because they've had some good football success, they don't have anywhere close to the media pull that Texas and OU had.
This is what I meant. I think they will be at the top of the conference for football. I doubt they are running things like OUT did.
Agree. There isn't any one team in our conference that is vastly more valuable than the others. We're the conference of leftovers, which has brought some stability. If they want to try to run things they can go find a competing offer somewhere else. At this stage in realignment, no one else wants them. I have a hard time believing ISU, KU, KSU, OSU, Baylor, TCU, WVU and Tech would have much time for Utah trying to be a mini Texas/OU.
They’ve been a top 15ish program the last decade or so? They will definitely find the top of the standings in football very quickly.
Unless they are playing Baylor as a non-conf game, something isn’t right with the schedule. Their athletic site lists Baylor and byu as 2024 non-conf opponents, which is now not true.
They should be good tho.
2024-2027 Football Scheduing Matrix (PDF) - Big 12 Conference
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It's a non-conference game along with KSU/Arizona. Just not enough time to change the non-cons.
Those games results need to be used for championship tie-breakers though IMO