A View From the Booth – January 19th Edition

“You are remembered for the rules you break” — Douglas MacArthur

I’m not sure that I ever thought I would use a quote from one of the great military minds in United States history to describe a Utah Basketball Player, but here we go. I’m sure by now that if you are reading this column that you know Larry Krystkowiak kicked his best player, Josh “Jiggy” Watkins, off the basketball team this week. Watkins has been a repeat offender in …Read More

Utes to lose Assistant Coach

After tonight’s Utah win in the Hyundai Sun Bowl, I spoke with Utah Running Backs Coach Dave Schramm who told me that he has been offered the Offensive Coordinator’s Position at Fresno State University. Schramm tells me that he will accept the position on Tim DeRuyter’s staff.

Schramm doesn’t have a previous coaching relationship or tie with DeRuyter, but coached against the Bulldog’s new Head Coach when he was the Defensive Coordinator at Air Force. DeRuyter, who just completed his …Read More

A View From The Booth – December 22nd Edition

The Norm Chow Era at the University of Utah is over. After just one full season on the job Chow is leaving for his first and likely last Head Coaching position. The Hawaiian native his heading back home to run the Warrior Football program and after 41 years of coaching High School, College and Pro Football he gets his chance to make a program his own.

I’ve been lucky this season to have a weekly audience with Chow in his …Read More

A View From The Booth – December 8th Edition

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy

This may end up being one of the more unpopular and frustrating columns I’ve written for the Utah fan base (and based on my email from you guys, that’s saying something). I’m likely going to tell you some things that you don’t want to hear.

Let me begin by stating the obvious, this is going to be an extremely challenging year for Utah Basketball. Coming off Wednesday night’s historic …Read More

A View From the Booth – December 1st Edition

It’s hard to believe that the College Football regular season is over for the University of Utah. Honestly, where does time go? It seems like just the other day we were discussing the Montana State Bobcats. Is there a most anticipated, yet far too short time of the year than Football Season? We build it up for eight and a half months every year and it’s over before you know it.

Utah has completed its first season in the Pac …Read More