And the hits just keep on comin'

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https://twitter.com/Cole_bishop_8/status/1733168969979478421

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We’re going to be fine.

Wish him well. Sending good players to the NFL is good for the U.

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Outside of the playoffs these bowl games are a money grab for ESPn and a chance to practice a few more weeks. The structure had been broken for a long time.

The kids going to the NFL have no reason to risk millions for a few minutes of heroics on the pasta bowl or whatever. Of course I want to Utes to win but with NIL transfers and the NFL bowls in CF are about like the Allstar game.

Give it a few more years dn college will turn half of them into flag football games too.

Not happy about it but it’s all a symptom of a much larger problem.

Hope Bishop tears it up in the NFL and makes bank at a level that is at least honest about what it is.

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I wish Cole the best in his next adventure.

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Not unexpected. Something tells me Sione, like Cole, will be a higher round draft pick. Losing them before a bowl game sucks; but given the bowl game isn’t a grandaddy bowl or a playoff bowl, it’s easy to understand going now.

Best of luck to him and his family.

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just saw a tweet that showed both Bishop and Vaki were 3 star recruits. This staff does such an amazing job developing defensive guys in such a short time.

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Wasn’t Weddle a two star?

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I don’t follow it very closely, but a couple sites I saw had Bishop as a 5th or 6th round pick.

Google-fu is failing me in trying to find projections for Vaki.

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Losing guys to the NFL is a good thing, in the long run.

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Next man up.

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Fully agree.

But as someone who has exactly zero interest in the NFL, I selfishly wish we’d get the chance to see them play at Utah for longer.

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If a underclass man declares for the NBA draft they can go back to college if they change their mind. I believe that’s also true in college baseball. I wonder why it’s different when a players declares for the NFL draft?

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Bad news for us Ute fans, but it’s a lot better than if Vaki were transferring to USC, Oregon or byu, like the rumors suggested. I suppose if he doesn’t hire an agent he can always return.

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