Burgess going back to TDS

[NewbombTurk]

@Utesj

Keba Kieta to the transfer portal

Word is that he is following Burgess.

We may not win a game in the Big 12 next year.

[boyaremyarmstired]

@NewbombTurk

We may not win a game in the Big 12 next year.

D-III is a lovely spot to land…perhaps, a founding member of an intermountain conference?

[justaute]

Chaos! Tear it all down.

[UTEopia]

@SeattleUte

It’s becoming clear that college sports any longer is one of those leagues that just doesn’t interest me at all anymore. Like, say, boxing. This is no longer what I originally signed up for.

I am not there yet, but am moving in that direction. I have enjoyed football over the past 50 years, even when the Utes were bad. Same for men’s basketball. I have enjoyed the olympic and women’s sports much more since they have been easy to view on either the PAC 12 network or UofU streaming. Utah basketball helped me through a difficult period in my life in the 90’s and it hurts me to see it fall on such bad times.

[sweetgrass]

With all these open scholarships. I like the flexibility.

[UteKing]

@SeattleUte

…went heedlessly fishing for every last animal they could catch. Even they organized themselves where the government failed.The problem is the universities have turned a blind eye, and the athletic departments have yet to show us any spine or gravitas or even competence.They’re just in thrall of media companies who only care about next quarter’s earnings reports and bonuses. And most of the athletic departments, who are on their own, are still losing money.Do you think anyone is saying, I have loved this game, it made me who I am. I want it here for my grandchildren and their children? No.If reforms don’t occur, in the end the players will be the losers.But in the end, those who say Utah has more important work to do are right. This really isn’t that important in the overall scheme of things.

I don’t know if I could say it any better myself. The implosion of the PAC was the last straw for me, and the incessant emails from the U athletic department to raise money was a disgusting aside, but this basketball nonsense is beating the dead horse with a nuclear warhead.

I’ve gone from just general level of apathy, to disgust in the matter of a few months. The only thing left for me is to extract as much money as possible from selling my season tickets and stop by the tailgate lot to say hi to friends. We should have never left the Mountain West.

[boyaremyarmstired]

@UteKing

The only thing left for me is to extract as much money as possible…

That is indeed the only thing left.

[justaute]

A bit of a tangent. Burgess’s daughter, KJ, a terrific middle-blocker for the Utes volleyball team transferred to Oklahoma. She sat out last season because of injury. Too bad, was looking forward to having her back.

So, zero Burgess member in the Utah athletics now.

[Daedalus]

Disappointed 9 million* Ute fans.

* hyperbole intentional