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<blockquote data-quote="GhostofGraves" data-source="post: 131928197" data-attributes="member: 1482043">WVU alum, live in Utah. I agree, Utah usually plays tough but they got gouged in this one.Overall, Utah's program is in great shape and climbing. They were in the Mountain West Conference until 2010 and have quickly become a power in the Pac12, which admittedly has been bad the last few years. The University of Utah is in Salt Lake City, which is growing rapidly, as is all of Salt Lake County. Salt Lake County has a population of over a million, and Utah's population is exploding. There are a lot of good D1 players in Utah, particularly from the large Polynesian community in Salt Lake and Utah Counties, and the proximity to California makes that a great recruiting area as well. The Utes have benefitted from BYU not being in a Power 5 and it will be interesting to see how in-state recruiting adjusts to BYU joining the Big 12. The Utes have had 21 players taken in the NFL draft over the last 5 years (WVU has had 11) plus numerous free agent signees. The Utes have a streak of 66 straight sellouts at Rice-Eccles Stadium and the program enjoys great support here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GhostofGraves, post: 131928197, member: 1482043"] WVU alum, live in Utah. I agree, Utah usually plays tough but they got gouged in this one. Overall, Utah's program is in great shape and climbing. They were in the Mountain West Conference until 2010 and have quickly become a power in the Pac12, which admittedly has been bad the last few years. The University of Utah is in Salt Lake City, which is growing rapidly, as is all of Salt Lake County. Salt Lake County has a population of over a million, and Utah's population is exploding. There are a lot of good D1 players in Utah, particularly from the large Polynesian community in Salt Lake and Utah Counties, and the proximity to California makes that a great recruiting area as well. The Utes have benefitted from BYU not being in a Power 5 and it will be interesting to see how in-state recruiting adjusts to BYU joining the Big 12. The Utes have had 21 players taken in the NFL draft over the last 5 years (WVU has had 11) plus numerous free agent signees. The Utes have a streak of 66 straight sellouts at Rice-Eccles Stadium and the program enjoys great support here. [/QUOTE]

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