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Utah football head coach Kyle Whittingham hyped up redshirt freshman quarterback Nate Johnson after Utah’s win over Florida on Thursday. “He’s electric,” Whittingham said of Johnson, via a Friday article from ESPN Staff Writer Paolo Uggetti. “Struggled with a little bit of ball security a couple times, but he’s got quite a future. You can see he […]

Utah football came into the season ranked #14 in the country ahead of their big season opener against unranked Florida football. Both teams met in the season opener last year as well, and Florida won a close one that featured a great quarterback matchup between Anthony Richardson and Cam Rising. Richardson is now in the […]

The Utah football team will begin their season as they did last year, facing the Florida Gators in the opening Week 1 game. However, this season, they’ll have the advantage of playing at home in Salt Lake City at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Utes have likely not forgotten how close they were last year to beating […]

Utah football quarterback Cam Rising played a pivotal role in the program’s success in 2022. He’s unlikely to start the Utes’ season opener against Florida, however, per Pete Thamel of ESPN. “Here’s our update on Utah QB Cam Rising, who sources told ESPN is doubtful to play against Florida tomorrow. Expect junior Bryson Barnes to […]

It’s finally here—college football is back. And to begin the season—excluding Week 0 matchups—on Thursday night, we’ll get a much-anticipated rematch from one of last year’s best games that opened the season. The Utah Utes football team had to make their long flight down to Gainesville last season, playing in the dreaded Swamp. The effects […]

Billy Napier’s Florida football program is gearing up to start its season against Utah on the road on Thursday, and a report surfaced that Napier and Florida reached out to see if Utah quarterback Cam Rising had any interest in transferring to the program this offseason. “They wanted Sam Hartman, he was atop their list […]

Ladies and gentlemen, college football is back! For the next several months, colleges from all across the country will put their blood, sweat, and tears into their craft to try to be the best that the nation has to offer. On Thursday, a pair of teams in the Florida Gators and Utah Utes will go […]

On the heels of the massively popular Florida football documentary, ‘UNTOLD: Swamp Kings,‘ Gator fans and those intrigued by the team will get to see Florida football in action for the first time in the 2023 college football season. Florida is actually underdogs, as they kick-off their season against number No. 14 ranked Utah. Here […]

The Florida football team has their opening game coming up on Thursday on the road against Utah, and the team’s travel plans have been altered with hope of avoiding hurricane Idalia, according to ESPN. A team spokesperson said on Monday that the Florida football team will fly to Dallas on Tuesday, then will practice and […]

Kyle Whittingham and his Utah football program is starting the season with a big game against Florida at home on Thursday, and with uncertainty surrounding quarterback Cam Rising and tight end Brant Kuithe, who are both returning from torn ACLs, Whittingham is not elaborating on their status or the depth chart ahead of the game, […]

The Washington football team opens up their season on September 2nd with an intriguing home matchup against Boise State football. This is a big season for the Huskies, and a big season for quarterback Michael Penix Jr. Penix Jr. transferred to Washington from Indiana football and helped flip a switch on last year’s team after […]

Utah football quarterback Cam Rising still plans to be back in time for the team’s season opener versus Florida on August 31st. Rising tore his ACL in January during Utah’s Rose Bowl loss and is on the verge of coming back. So far, he’s mostly been a limited participant in practice and did not play […]

The USC football team had been down in recent years before Lincoln Riley took over last season, and a switch was immediately flipped. The Trojans found themselves 11-1 and ranked fourth in the country heading into the Pac-12 championship game against Utah football. Win, and USC is going to the College Football Playoff. That is […]

Utah’s 2022 football saw it earn a 10-4 overall record and a trip to the Rose Bowl for the second year in a row. Utah took the No. 14 spot in the 2023 Week 1 Associated Press College Football rankings. It placed over Oregon, Kansas State and TCU, but fell behind Notre Dame, Tennessee and Texas. […]

The college football season is just a few days away and with that, the chase for the College Football Playoff and the national championship will soon be on. There is obviously a lot of debate going into every season in regards to which teams are the best and who has a chance win it all […]

Washington and Oregon made massive headlines on Friday morning by announcing that they would be leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten. With two more teams now set to leave the conference, Utah and Arizona State are being included in rumors of a potential departure for the Big 12, reports Action Network’s Brett McMurphy. “Arizona […]

Utah head football coach Kyle Whittingham gave a promising update for quarterback Cam Rising when he spoke to reporters on Monday. “He’ll be practicing, but he’ll have limitations,” Whittingham said, via On3 Florida Gators Senior Writer Nick de la Torre. “That will pretty much be the report for at least a couple of weeks, practicing […]

The Pac-12 Conference is full of loaded teams this season, which will be the last one with USC and UCLA before they go to the Big Ten. However, the Utah football program has back-to-back Pac-12 titles and is searching for a three-peat. Despite that, Utah was picked to finish third by the media in the […]

Utah quarterback Cam Rising’s status for the team’s season opener versus Florida Aug. 31 is “going to come right down to the wire,” Utes football coach Kyle Whittingham said at Pac-12 Media Day Friday. Whittingham said tight end Brant Kuithe, a preseason first-team All-Pac-12 selection, is expected to play in the game. Rising and Kuithe […]

The Utah Utes have no plans on leaving the Pac-12 conference according to their athletic director Mark Harlan. Many representatives from Pac-12 football programs met up in Las Vegas Friday for Pac-12 Football Media Day, a little over a month before the College Football season kicks off. This included Utah’s athletic director Harlan. Amid UCLA […]

Kyle Whittingham is set to enter his 19th full season as the Utah Utes head coach, and during his time in charge, he has managed to accomplish quite a bit with his team. Utah is consistently one of the top teams in the Pac-12 conference, and have won their conference championship for two straight seasons […]

The Pac-12 preseason media poll dropped Thursday ahead of the conference’s annual media day in Las Vegas. USC dominated the list with 25 first-place votes, and Utah football came in at third in the rankings. Despite the Utes beating the Trojans twice last season, Pac-12 media members are rocking with Caleb Williams and Lincoln Riley. […]

2024 4-star wide receiver David Washington out of Las Vegas Academy has committed to play for Kyle Whittingham and Utah football, according to 247Sports. Washington is the No. 2 ranked player in Nevada and is the No. 46 wide receiver in the country. Washington is listed at 6-0, 180 lbs. As a junior in high […]

The college football season is a little more than three months away, but FanDuel has us covered with plenty of win total odds for the upcoming season. Check out our college football odds series as we give a Utah football over/under win total prediction and pick. The Utes are fresh off a Pac-12 championship and […]

The Utah Utes football team has landed their quarterback of the future, 4-star Isaac Wilson, the brother of New York Jets signal-caller Zach, per Ari Wasserman of The Athletic. Isaac Wilson is ranked as the 354th overall prospect, as well as the no. 22 QB prospect in the 2024 class. He is also the highest-ranked […]

The Pac-12 may soon be in fragments with USC and UCLA leaving after the 2023-24 season, but Utah football is still currently the team to beat after winning back-to-back conference titles. That has not stopped head coach Kyle Whittingham, though, from giving an honest critique of his roster with the spring transfer portal now active. […]

The spring semester is underway, which means college football teams are also getting back to work. Many programs are seeing what they can do to advance to the next level and make it to the College Football Playoff, while some are focusing on doing what they did last season to make it back there. For […]

The Big 12 senses an opportunity. Like a shark that smells blood in the water, commissioner Brett Yormack is mulling a move that could send shockwaves through college football. While Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff struggles to get a media rights deal for his conference, the Big 12 has reportedly contacted Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Arizona […]

The 2023 college football season is still months away, but there is still uncertainty about whether Utah football quarterback Cam Rising will be ready to go for the first game of the Utes. For Utah football head coach Kyle Whittingham, Cam Rising should be given the green light if he participates and shows readiness in […]

Utah football’s Dalton Kincaid, considered one of the better tight end prospects in the NFL Draft, is dealing with an injury ahead of the Scouting Combine. Kincaid will not participate in drills at the Combine, sources told Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. The Utah football star suffered a small fracture in his back, an injury […]

Notre Dame football zeroed in on Utah Utes’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Andy Ludwig, who was reportedly a “leading candidate” for the same position with the Fighting Irish. That much was made apparent when Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman was spotted attending a Fighting Irish hockey game with Ludwig by his side, […]

The Notre Dame football team won’t be hiring Utah offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig for financial reasons, and the Fighting Irish fans aren’t too happy about it. After losing offensive coordinator Tommy Rees to Alabama, Notre Dame interviewed Andy Ludwig for the position. The Utah coach told the Fighting Irish that he would be staying put, […]

Cross out Andy Ludwig’s name on the list of potential Note Dame Fighting Irish offensive coordinators. According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, Ludwigh will stay with Utah football with at least one box on the requirement list for a successful transfer left unchecked. “Sources: Utah offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig is staying at Utah. His buyout […]

Utah quarterback Cam Rising had high hopes that he could lead the Utes to an upset of Penn State in the Rose Bowl January 2. Utah QB Cameron Rising tore an ACL in Rose Bowl and underwent surgery in January, Rising revealed Friday to @espn700bill. "I have to make sure I'm doing everything I can […]

Notre Dame football’s Marcus Freeman is in the process of conducting a search for the Fighting Irish’ next offensive coordinator after the departure of Tommy Rees to Alabama. It was reported on Friday that Freeman and Notre Dame football had themselves a leading candidate for the offensive coordinator role in the Utah Utes’ Andy Ludwig. […]

Utah football was dealt a crushing blow in the 2023 Rose Bowl when quarterback Cam Rising left early with an apparent leg injury, which undoubtedly played a part in the Utes losing 35-21 to the Penn State Nittany Lions. Since that day, there hasn’t been a lot of talk about Rising and his health. But, […]

New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson was a huge star in Provo back in his college football days as the quarterback of the BYU Cougars. His younger brother, Isaac Wilson, is also soon going to be a star in college, but where he will exactly take his talents after his stint in high school remains […]

Utah football has always been one of those under-the-radar types of teams in college football. The Utes were among the best mid-major teams for several years before finally making the jump to the Power Five in 2011. Now with back-to-back Pac-12 titles, they have more than proven themselves at college football’s highest level. Of course, […]

Cam Rising has made his decision. Rising, entering his senior year, will be returning to the Utah Utes football program in 2023. Rising’s decision was revealed in a hype video posted on the Utah football Twitter account. The video began with the Creedence Clearwater Revival song ‘Bad Moon Rising’, playing in the background. ‘Bad Moon’ […]