“We have received questions from players all over the West – Utah, California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico – since the move was announced. We understand how good the competition is, that we're going to places like BYU to play in front of 60,000 instead of some places in Conference USA to play in front of 6,000. Bigger stadiums. A stronger league. Stronger nonconference scheduling. It's all a big difference for us and yet our kids are very excited.”
Gary Patterson
“After Calgary, we head down to Utah, California and out there in the west, so at least it's going west. I guess some people feel it's a bit of a hassle. Everyone has different schedules and some players just take the week off.”
Jon Mills
“It was a way of honoring her. We always choose a worthy Utah pianist every year to receive this scholarship, which pays for their tuition.”
Susan Duehlmeier
“I just question whether what you did in Utah sort of says, 'Well, we can do this in all of America,' ... I would suggest to you that in Appalachia and other areas they can't, and I would urgently hope that you would think about this matter now that you have the entire country's population very much at your mercy or at your help.”
Jay Rockefeller
“Brett was shooting the ball no matter what because he's the best player in the state of Utah.”
Mark Dubach
“The question is not, could Utah compete week in and week out in the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, whatever, ... The question is, in a one-game setting, can Utah compete, can Utah get the market share, sell the tickets of one of those more familiar institutions. Nobody knows that answer.”
Craig Thompson
