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by dhilk3785
September 3rd, 2020, 10:29 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: New basketball venue for usu
Replies: 112
Views: 11655

Re: New basketball venue for usu

I kinda like that built into the old stadium. The Braves old new baseball stadium (Turner Field) turned the old old stadium grounds (Fulton County Stadium) into the parking lot and they left the back wall up. Was kinda a cool feature. Now of course they moved to the burbs and GA State turned Turner ...
by dhilk3785
August 16th, 2020, 1:18 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Who has taken voluntary pay cuts within our Athletic Department?
Replies: 17
Views: 2284

Re: Who has taken voluntary pay cuts within our Athletic Department?

The logistics of folks asking to have their pay cut would be an HR, Legal, and Payroll pain in the butt. I imagine the AD in partnership with university HR and overall leadership are in the process of reviewing some of that stuff. I'm not going to say what the right or wrong move is, but I don't thi...
by dhilk3785
August 10th, 2020, 4:06 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Piecing Together a Virtual Season
Replies: 15
Views: 942

Re: Piecing Together a Virtual Season

Can we "play" someone OOC twice?
by dhilk3785
August 10th, 2020, 2:38 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: TheAthletic.com's plan to save non-conference basketball
Replies: 9
Views: 1004

Re: TheAthletic.com's plan to save non-conference basketball

My understanding is that with most schools going to online only after Thanksgiving, this plan would account for that by starting after Thanksgiving and ensuring off-days for schoolwork. Perhaps thinking ideally, but a good start. I don't have an Athletics account, so I cannot read the article. What...
by dhilk3785
August 10th, 2020, 12:56 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: TheAthletic.com's plan to save non-conference basketball
Replies: 9
Views: 1004

Re: TheAthletic.com's plan to save non-conference basketball

1. How does this system figure into the kids getting schoolwork and classroom instruction time? 2. Does Utah need seven D-1 schools? What happened to the community colleges and trade schools? 1. While I understand the idea of a bubble, I agree that it takes away from schoolwork and instruction time...
by dhilk3785
August 10th, 2020, 11:43 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Piecing Together a Virtual Season
Replies: 15
Views: 942

Re: Piecing Together a Virtual Season

This is a really cool idea and a way to get some sense of normalcy through the fall. I might actually try to do this. Don't have an answer yet, but I will start thinking about it and come back.
by dhilk3785
August 10th, 2020, 11:39 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: TheAthletic.com's plan to save non-conference basketball
Replies: 9
Views: 1004

TheAthletic.com's plan to save non-conference basketball

Probably behind a paywall, but the gist of it is dividing D-1 basketball into 7 regions, 44 pods, with games played in a round robin format, trying to limit in-conference games (harder in the west) from after Thanksgiving through the start of the 2nd semester. Utah State would be in the West Region,...
by dhilk3785
July 24th, 2020, 12:01 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Wisconsin’s Alvarez predicting doom and Rutgers employees suing university over sports funding
Replies: 5
Views: 1430

Re: Wisconsin’s Alvarez predicting doom and Rutgers employees suing university over sports funding

This is coming right at the time we have agreed to financially compensate college athletes for use of their likenesses and sale of their uniforms. If revenue from collegiate sports drops, Is that still going to happen? Not directly from the university... compensation for their likeness I believe wo...
by dhilk3785
July 9th, 2020, 1:49 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Big Ten moving to conference-only model for all sports this fall
Replies: 30
Views: 2237

Re: Big Ten moving to conference-only model for all sports this fall

It the Pac12 follows suite, Notre Dame loses Wisconsin, Stanford, and USC, and BYU loses Michigan State, Minnesota, Utah, Arizona, and Stanford. I really think it's all gonna end up moving to the spring. Notre Dame loses Wisconsin, but Wisconsin is also losing Notre Dame too. Losing Ohio State at Or...
by dhilk3785
July 8th, 2020, 5:20 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Ivy League cancels fall sports
Replies: 15
Views: 1135

Re: Ivy League cancels fall sports

This is just the first domino to fall. Everyone keeps saying that it doesn't effect FBS football...which it doesn't directly but they also other sports until January. The Myrtle Beach Invitational that our basketball team is scheduled to play in was supposed to include Penn but now they won't be ab...
by dhilk3785
July 8th, 2020, 2:53 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Fall Sports - Ivy League just cancelled, who's next?
Replies: 13
Views: 1243

Fall Sports - Ivy League just cancelled, who's next?

The Ivy League just announced they're cancelling all fall sports for 2020 and won't consider playing anything until at least January 1, 2021.

https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/08/i ... all-spring
by dhilk3785
June 30th, 2020, 5:22 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: I am starting to doubt it happens.....
Replies: 132
Views: 12625

Re: I am starting to doubt it happens.....

As I understand it, most universities will be primarily online at least in the fall semester, and those who are on campus will start and end their on campus classes early. What downsides are there to delaying kick-off until February? The things I can think of are: 1) Impatience - We all want footba...
by dhilk3785
June 30th, 2020, 1:36 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: I am starting to doubt it happens.....
Replies: 132
Views: 12625

Re: I am starting to doubt it happens.....

As I understand it, most universities will be primarily online at least in the fall semester, and those who are on campus will start and end their on campus classes early. What downsides are there to delaying kick-off until February? The things I can think of are: 1) Impatience - We all want footba...
by dhilk3785
June 30th, 2020, 10:31 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: I am starting to doubt it happens.....
Replies: 132
Views: 12625

Re: I am starting to doubt it happens.....

As I understand it, most universities will be primarily online at least in the fall semester, and those who are on campus will start and end their on campus classes early. What downsides are there to delaying kick-off until February? The things I can think of are: 1) Impatience - We all want footbal...
by dhilk3785
June 25th, 2020, 9:42 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: What in the big blue is gwaggies.
Replies: 18
Views: 2480

Re: What in the big blue is gwaggies.

Not a huge fan but maybe I'm just getting old. That's what I've settled on. I don't understand it at all, don't particularly like it, but I'm not the target market. If the students like it right now, whatever, enjoy. I will keep wearing my boring Go Aggies shirts and they can have Gwaggies. If it g...
by dhilk3785
June 24th, 2020, 5:01 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: New Spectrum Court?
Replies: 27
Views: 3359

Re: New Spectrum Court?

Honestly I wish we’d do something with our court like UNLV did or the MW Tournament Court. To make it unique. Images having something like the outline of old main or the block A. Or a even a mountain range would look awesome. I like that our court is clean and kinda fits in with big time programs. ...
by dhilk3785
June 22nd, 2020, 4:03 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Fall Semester
Replies: 24
Views: 2524

Re: Fall Semester

YoungBloodAggie wrote:
June 18th, 2020, 5:36 pm
ViAggie wrote:
June 18th, 2020, 4:07 pm
well since we never flattened the curve, I'm thinking...

School's out for EVER! :lol:
We didn’t flatten the curve?
Not in Utah...
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/06/22/ ... new-covid/
by dhilk3785
May 9th, 2020, 3:49 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: One sports league resuming
Replies: 14
Views: 1486

Re: One sports league resuming

I imagine the dominos will start to fall. The real question is when will fans be back? The second real question is what happens when players start testing positive? Does the league hold firm and keep it going, or does panic come in and things just get shut down again. Did the NBA shut down when Mag...
by dhilk3785
April 15th, 2020, 2:46 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Which sport starts first?
Replies: 13
Views: 1182

Re: Which sport starts first?

Golf for sure. I read a plan last week the MLB is considering to have the league play a full season in their respective spring training leagues, in Florida and Arizona, but no fans.
by dhilk3785
March 31st, 2020, 8:55 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Best / Worst Stadiums and where you have been
Replies: 38
Views: 2876

Re: Best / Worst Stadiums and where you have been

Visited for a game: Bowling Green Ohio State Purdue Indiana Wisconsin Tennessee Oklahoma Pontiac Silverdome Camping World Stadium AT&T Stadium Colorado State (Old Stadium) Utah State BYU Utah Boise State UNLV Rose Bowl Washington Best Experience Tennessee or the Rose Bowl Worst Experience UNLV or C...
by dhilk3785
February 20th, 2020, 8:33 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: WSJ homepage article on MWC using new Nike balls (picture of Sam in article too)
Replies: 30
Views: 3360

Re: WSJ homepage article on MWC using new Nike balls (picture of Sam in article too)

The NBA made a switch to a different material in 2006 that didn't seem to affect the game or scoring, but the players hated it cause it was causing super dry and cracked hands, so the union pushed back and won. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wnmz79/the-nba-ball-that-everyone-hated-throwback-thur...
by dhilk3785
January 3rd, 2020, 9:26 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Honest question re: CFP
Replies: 19
Views: 1741

Re: Honest question re: CFP

I wanted Ohio State, and I am convinced that the fumble-score should have been confirmed and am not at all convinced that the targeting call was correct. However, they also tried their damnedest not to win when they settled for field goals instead of TDs. 3 FGs inside the redzone is not going to cut...
by dhilk3785
December 5th, 2019, 9:37 am
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Rooting for the Utes to make CFP?
Replies: 62
Views: 5318

Re: Rooting for the Utes to make CFP?

Not passionately cheering for Utah, but I'd prefer them over Georgia or OU/Baylor, mostly because I think they'd be the easier opponent for my 2nd school. Also, I don't like the idea of two from one conference getting in. Neither the Big10 or Pac12 have been in the past two playoffs, and the Big12 (...
by dhilk3785
October 29th, 2019, 3:29 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: NCAA to Allow Players to be Paid
Replies: 46
Views: 3317

Re: NCAA to Allow Players to be Paid

That is fine, If I were a student, I wouldn't want my hard earned money going to non-amateur athletes. Let the boosters and businesses pay for their "college". As a taxpayer, I don't want to pay into a system like this any more. College should be about school. This is exactly correct . What percent...
by dhilk3785
October 29th, 2019, 3:15 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Enjoy the ride
Replies: 27
Views: 3184

Re: Enjoy the ride

For someone as good at their job as Craig Smith, it's not about the money. It's about the challenge and opportunity. $275k I'm sure went really far in Vermillion, SD. But Utah State opened up more opportunity to coach against better programs and more of a likelyhood of making the NCAA tournament in ...
by dhilk3785
October 29th, 2019, 2:04 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: NCAA to Allow Players to be Paid
Replies: 46
Views: 3317

Re: NCAA to Allow Players to be Paid

I still don't see how this changes who we sign much. Ohio State and Alabama are still going to get the best of the best. Our top players will now be able to make a little money through partnering with local restaurants or something, but they wouldn't have that opportunity at an Alabama, as they wou...
by dhilk3785
October 29th, 2019, 1:23 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: NCAA to Allow Players to be Paid
Replies: 46
Views: 3317

Re: NCAA to Allow Players to be Paid

I still don't see how this changes who we sign much. Ohio State and Alabama are still going to get the best of the best. Our top players will now be able to make a little money through partnering with local restaurants or something, but they wouldn't have that opportunity at an Alabama, as they woul...
by dhilk3785
October 28th, 2019, 9:32 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: 5 For the Fight College Football Pledge
Replies: 4
Views: 814

Re: 5 For the Fight College Football Pledge

Forgot to post this earlier, but the UState flag has been up at Qualtrics since October 7 and was still up this morning when I drove by.

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by dhilk3785
October 7th, 2019, 2:41 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Nevada Game time?
Replies: 57
Views: 5216

Re: Nevada Game time?

I was expecting the BYU and Boise State games to be 8 pm kickoffs, but was not expecting Nevada to be so. I wish it were earlier, but we're making money off it so I get it.
by dhilk3785
October 5th, 2019, 11:25 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Blocking on screens
Replies: 10
Views: 1021

Re: Blocking on screens

Stop going to the outside. They are faster, by a lot.
by dhilk3785
October 4th, 2019, 4:39 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: 5 For the Fight College Football Pledge
Replies: 4
Views: 814

Re: 5 For the Fight College Football Pledge

treesap32 wrote:
October 3rd, 2019, 8:02 pm
Looks like we won this contest.

https://pledgeit.org/for/collegecolors2019

Can any one in Utah County verify that they're flying our flag over the Qualtrics HQ this month?
I’m told it should be up by this weekend or early next week, so I’ll grab a picture once I’m given the heads up.
by dhilk3785
October 1st, 2019, 4:12 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: Uber and Lyft in Logan
Replies: 19
Views: 1801

Re: Uber and Lyft in Logan

I've never used it in Logan, but did just open my Uber and Lyft apps to see what it'd look like from the Mav to the new Hampton Inn. It appeared to operate the same as anywhere else, but I didn't confirm the request, so not sure if something different happens after that. Looked like about $8-10 for ...
by dhilk3785
September 27th, 2019, 1:12 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Rain Ponchos Near the Stadium
Replies: 21
Views: 2366

Re: Rain Ponchos Near the Stadium

I ordered a couple reusable navy blue ponchos on Amazon yesterday and they are being delivered today. Maybe use a friend's address in Logan? Or I am pretty positive either Walmart in the valley or Al's will have some cheapish ones.
by dhilk3785
September 27th, 2019, 1:01 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Game Postponement
Replies: 51
Views: 5554

Re: Game Postponement

I think Iowa State vs whomever in week one this year had a several hour delay and still finished. I could be wrong, but I seem to recall it was to be an afternoon start that didn't end until late at night due to the delays. Game won't be cancelled. We have hurricanes and the games just get moved to...
by dhilk3785
September 27th, 2019, 12:50 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Food trucks on game day
Replies: 31
Views: 3220

Re: Food trucks on game day

Hopefully a beer garden is next. :cheers: Why not? Just rope off a section some where? If there's a law that say's the'cohol can't be served on a Public Campus, why not the street? Park City allows beer and wine to be sold on their public streets (and parks), I know there's no state law that prohib...