Utah's gymnastics team can't get much better at home, on the road? Well that is another story. The top-ranked Utes struggled in their 196.15-194.0 win here over Arizona State, as they counted their first fall of the year and didn't look quite as sharp overall as they have in the past.
Senior Kyndal Robarts admitted the Utes weren't quite as up for the meet as they have been in recent ones, particularly last week's win over rival Georgia.
However, Utah coach Greg Marsden noted since nationals aren't at home this year, Utah has to do a better job in environments such as Sunday's.
The announced attendance was just 873, and the atmosphere was far from the electric level it reaches...

The Utes already have a win against Arizona State, an extreme 21-point wipeout that left the home team with a rare feeling of satisfaction.

Why, then, is Utah generally listed as anywhere up to a 13-point underdog.

The Utes' lack of road success is a good reason. Trent Lockett is another.

Utah hasn't won on the road since last February, when Chris Hines hit a 3-pointer to beat New Mexico in The Pit. Lockett, meanwhile, is the ASU guard who hasn't played for four weeks due to an injured ankle. He's expected to play tonight.

The game i...

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott is in town for a couple days for what he is calling a "Front Porch Summit," which is a gathering of school officials from the Pac-12 to discuss athletic and academic issues. Utah is hosting because the Utes volunteered to do so.
Scott, who hopes to get some quality time on Utah's ski slopes once the conference is over, was his usual energized and upbeat self this morning as he med with members of the media.
We have a story up on our website about his visit. But in short, he is looking for ways to 'globalize' the Pac-12. He wants to do it through the Pac-12...

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott along with Utah President-Elect Dr. David Pershing and Utah athletics director Dr. Chris Hill will participate in the Pac-12's first 'Front Porch Leadership Summit.'
Utah is hosting the event, which isn't open to the public or the media. According to a press release from the league, representatives from each school will be on hand to discuss several topics including academic performance, the conference initiatives and league developments such as the Pac-12 networks.
The summit will last two days and will be held at the new Natural History Museum of Utah.

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Utah sophomore Corrie Lothrop was named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week after she won the all-around with a 39.475 in Friday's win over Georgia.
Lothrop also tied for first on the balance beam with a 9.9.
UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa was given the Pac-12 Special Performance of the Week honors for winning the vault and uneven bars with 9.95s in the Bruins' win over Stanford.

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Couple of notes on the Utes. There has been some question as to whether quarterback Jordan Wynn, who suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in the fourth game of the year, would be able to receive a medical redshirt.
While the Utes are awaiting official word from the NCAA, school officials are confident that he'll be granted another year and will be a junior in 2012.
The Utes also applied for a medical redshirt for freshman receiver Charles Henderson, who suffered a season-ending knee injury against Arizona State.
Like Wynn, the Utes consider it a virtual lock that Henderson will be granted another year.

Speaking of the future, the Utes are hard at work on their re...

In probably one of the smartest but least surprising moves, the Pac-12 Board of Directors voted to Commissioner Larry Scott's contract through 2016 with options to add additional years.
Brought on to give the conference a fresh look since it was sliding behind the others in national exposure, TV deals, etc., Scott has surpassed anyone's expectations in revamping the conference.
Heck, he almost made the idea of playing games in China sound logical.
- Lya Wodraska
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Utah senior Stephanie McAllister said she can't remember the last time she felt the atmosphere in the Huntsman Center as intense as it was Friday night. That thought probably was shared by many as the top-ranked Utes edged No. 4 Georgia 197.15-196.95.
Credit Utah's season high of 49.5 on the floor for keeping the Gym Dogs from getting the upset. Credit too Utah's young gymnasts who continue to seem unfazed by pressure situations.
The Utes didn't have a fall in the meet and had their best floor rotation when they needed it most.
Watching them compete, one would never know 11 of Utah's 15 gymnasts are freshmen and sophomores.
"When you recruit, you never know how they are g...

Aaron Roderick's appointment as Utah's passing game coordinator might last about as long as his stay at Washington did in 2009 when he agreed to be the Huskies' receivers coach, then returned to the Utes after a week.
According to footballscoop.com, Nevada coach Chris Ault plans to interview Roderick to be his offensive coordinator.
On Thursday when the Utes announced Brian Johnson as the Utes' offensive coordinator and Roderick as the passing game coordinator, Roderick didn't try to hide the fact that he wanted to be an offensive coordinator somewhere, but decided to stay with the Utes because he loved Utah as a state. He also f...

It's sunny, clear and dry in Salt Lake City today. But that's not the case in our sister city. Denver is socked in by an impressive snowstorm that is preventing the Oregon Ducks from flying in and, so far, the Oregon State Beavers from getting out.

According to The Oregonian's Lindsay Schnell, the Ducks will try to fly out tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. Meanwhile, they will practice once again in Salt Lake City in preparation for tomorrow scheduled game at Colorado. The Utes, too, have a stake in this. Utah is scheduled to play Oregon State tomorrow at 3 p.m.

A Utah spokesman said...

Brian Johnson isn't sure exactly what kind of offense he wants to run as Utah's coordinator, but he is confident he can run it. It will be a more explosive offense than the Utes had in 2011 when the Utes had to rely on a running game after starting quarterback Jordan Wynn suffered a season-ending shoulder injury too, he says.
Johnson met members of the media for the first time as Utah's coordinator Thursday afternoon.
While the 24-year-old joked he is still too young to rent a car from many companies, he said he is ready to guide the Utes' offense and will use spring ball to devise his schemes.
"We have a ton of talent in the program and we've got some guys who can play a lot...

The Utes this season have played significantly better at home, going 5-5 at the Huntsman Center while losing their other 11 games on the road. At home, their trademark has been defense and grit.

They'll need both tonight against Oregon (16-5, 6-3 Pac-12), a game that they will play in pink sneakers as part of the university's Power of Pink campaign and in loose conjunction with Coach's vs. Cancer (which USC and UCLA honored the national event last week with their coaches wearing sneakers).

The Utes will also warm up in pink t-shirts and the coaching staff will wear pink sneakers. The Utah women's team wore pink uniforms last week in conjunction with the Power of Pink campaig...

In discussing the Utes' recruiting efforts to sign some of the best players in the west, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham used some baseball terminology, saying he liked the 'slugging percentage,' of getting three of the nine to sign.
We'll stick with the baseball terminology in discussing the coach's latest announcement. He either hit it out of the park with his decision to hire Brian Johnson as his offensive coordinator or whiffed, in a big way.
Just a few weeks ago Whittingham was telling reporters he couldn't believe some of the names who had applied for the position and credited Utah's move to the Pac-12 as one of the reasons the Utes were such an attractive program now.
Forme...

It will be another busy day on the hill for the Utah Utes as they are expected to announce Brian Johnson's hiring as the new offensive coordinator before 9 a.m. today.
Johnson, who has just two years of coaching experience, replaces the 65-year-old Norm Chow, who left after just one season to become the head coach at Hawaii.
While Johnson is one of the least experienced coaches on Utah's staff, Whittingham frequently has spoken highly of the former quarterback's feel for the game.
Still, the hiring would be a surprise, considering Whittingham said he had more than 70 coaches apply for the position.
However, the hiring of Johnson would make for a smooth transition back to ...

The Utes had a few surprises on signing day, but now it appears their biggest could come Thursday.
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham will name his new offensive coordinator Thursday and sources say 24-year-old Brian Johnson could be his guy.
Neither Whittingham, nor Johnson or his agent, David Canter, returned phone messages Wednesday.
Johnson, who turns 25 on Feb. 16, already is the youngest full-time coach on Utah's staff. He would replace Norm Chow, who served as Utah's coordinator for one year before taking the head job at Hawaii.
Whittingham often cited the 65-year-old Chow's 38 years of experience as a huge benefit to Utah's program.
While Johnson is one of the least...

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said there were nine players on the Utes' board who they weren't sure if they'd be able to sign or not on Wednesday. Of those, the Utes got lineman Carlos Lozano, corner Alphonso Marsh out of Compton, Calif., and local star defensive end Moana Ofahengaue.
The notable ones they missed out on were corner Brandon Beaver (Washington), defensive lineman Pio Vatuvei (Washington) and corner Raymond Ford (Cal).
But Whittingham, who alluded to the late signings at his press conference, was Ok with the percentage the Utes had, speaking in baseball terms.
"That is a pretty good slugging percentage," he said.
Playing in the higher stakes of the Pac-12 mean...

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham joked as he put on a pair of glasses to read some of the stats on his newly signed 2012 class.
"It's that time of my life, I guess," he said.
He won't need glasses to see the guys on the field though as the Utes added considerable heft to their lines.
The top get, at least on the scales, was Carlos Lozano, a 6-foot-6, 385-pound offensive lineman out of East Los Angeles College who picked the Utes over Kansas and Washington State.
Other hefty gets of note for the Utes were Visesio "Junior" Salt, a 6-2, 340-pound defensive lineman from Glendale, Utah, who originally committed to Florida but decided he wanted to play closer to home. Offensive l...

Short update while we are waiting on the announcement of the last few players on Utah's board. The ones remaining of particular interest are Moana Ofahengaue, a linebacker out of Lehi, Alphonso Marsh, a corner out of Dominquez H.S. in Compton, Calif., and Raymond Ford, a corner out of Gardena, Calif.
All of them will make their announcements later today.
Word is the Utes feel Marsh and Ofahengaue are solid for them, but even without those signatures Utah has done well.
Utah's class has been ranked in about the middle of the Pac-12, which might be a nice thing to brag about, but anyone who follows college football well enough knows rankings mean little. It's what the guys do wh...

Utah's morning kicked off with the signings of receiver Brian Allen out of La Marque, Texas and Hiva Lutui, an offensive lineman out of Euless, Texas. Lutui is considered one of the stars of the Utes' signing class since he was also recruited heavily by USC and UCLA.
He committed to the Utes this week because he said Utah was so consistent in recruiting him.
Utah's ability to hang onto most of their early commitments get top players such as Lutui is one of the reasons Utah is projected to have a strong class, said Brandon Huffman, the West Regional Recruiting Manager for FOX Sports/Scout.com. He is impressed with the way the Utes have held onto some of their top targets even after...

If you are a football fan who likes to believe in stars and ratings before a player has even put on a uniform, then the predictions for Utah's 2012 recruiting class have to get you excited.
Judging on the ratings of the players on Utah's commitment list, the Utes should haul in one of their better recruiting classes and have held their own against the Pac-12.
The Utes were ranked No. 28 by Rivals.com nationally, just a notch behind Cal. Other Pac-12 teams ahead of the Utes were USC (No. 11), UCLA (No. 13), Stanford (No. 16), Oregon (No. 17) and Washington (No. 23).
Scout.com has Utah ranked No. 39, behind UCLA (No. 11), Oregon (No. 13), Washington (No. 19), Stanford (No. 20), U...

Utah's gymnastics team picked up its first Pac-12 honor Tuesday as senior Cortni Beers was honored with the Pac-12 Special Performance of the Week.
Beers had 9.9s on the balance beam and uneven bars in the Utes' 197.55-194.45 win over BYU.

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David Foster doesn't know when he will be able to walk without the cumbersome plastic boot on his right foot, but he does know that he will have the opportunity to play basketball again.

The 7-foot-3 Utah center hasn't played since breaking a bone in his right foot six minutes into an exhibition loss to Adams State.

Speaking to the media Tuesday for the first time since his injury, Foster said he initially decided to end his Utah career after this season, but after discussing it with his family over Thanksgiving and Christmas, decided to redshirt this season and return next year.

Krystkowiak first revealed plans for Foster to return a week ago on his TV show.

D...

The Utah Utes got some big news Monday night as Hiva Lutui, a 6-foot-2, 285-pound lineman out of Trinity H.S. in Euless, Texas committed to the Utes. Lutui had offers from USC and UCLA.
Lutui was a highly sought-after recruit known for his solid play. He'll likely play at guard or center for the Utes.
Trinity H.S. also produced current Utes and defensive linemen LT Tuipulotu and Seni Fauonuku. Fauonuku played for Trinity before transferring to Bingham.
Lutui said Tuipulotu and his cousin, Tauni Vakapuna, helped recruit him to Utah, but ultimately it was recruiting coordinator Morgan Scalley and a recent visit from coach Kyle Whittingham that really made his decision an eas...

Utah's recruiting class is nearing completion with just a few days to go before signing day.

But who will be coaching the newly signed offensive players remains a mystery.

Former BYU coach Gary Crowton, who was among those who interviewed for the job, has joined the staff of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

Other coaches who were thought to be candidates have also taken jobs elsewhere, including former CSU coach Steve Fairchild (San Diego Chargers) and Dirk Koetter (Atlanta Falcons).

One possible candidate still available who has great familiarity with the position is Aaron Roderick.

Roderick served as co-offensive coordinator i...

Between Los Angeles and Long Beach • While the Utes and Trojans battled it out for the bottom of the Pac-12 (and, as it were, not much of a battle of that), the Pac-12 got a new leader. Washington beat Arizona to move half a game ahead of Cal and Oregon, who play rivalry games today with chances to keep up.

Utah, of course, is as far away from the top of the conference as anyone. Although they have one more conference win that USC, the Trojans 62-45 win left little doubt about where the Utes sit in thi...

In a sport defined by tenths of points, Utah's gymnastics team knows reaching the big mark of 197 is saying something.

That they've reached that mark two meets in a row is sending the message loud and clear — the Utes believe they have what it takes to win a national title in 2012.

What was most impressive about Utah's 197.55-194.45 win over the BYU Cougars Friday was how effortless the Utes seemed in reaching the score.

The key point came when Nansy Damianova fell off the uneven bars as the second gymnast in the lineup. Instead of allowing the fall to lead to other mistakes, Utah's gymnasts responded with four straight 9.9s.

That is the kind of performance tha...

Utah center David Foster will not play again this season and will likely opt to return next season, Larry Krystkowiak said Sunday night on his weekly television show.

Foster has not played since breaking a bone in his right foot six minutes into an exhibition loss to Adams State on Nov. 4. He wore a cast through December, and since then has been around the team in a walking boot, often twirling a basketball in his hands.

"When he first got hurt he was going to call it quits," Krystkowiak told ABC 4's Wesley Ruff. "He's expecting a baby, he and his wife, has his degree and was kind of ready for his next challenge in life."

Barring another change of heart, though, Fo...

When the Utes' joined the Pac-12, this was the road trip fans envisioned.

UCLA and USC, soaking up rays in Southern California, now members of one of the premier basketball conferences.

"Premier" doesn't quite describe the Pac-12 this season, but the UCLA/USC trip represent the marquee portion of the Utes travel schedule, in terms of history and image.

"We're going to play two great basketball schools, tradition," Larry Krystkowiak said, "We haven't played well on the road, so our opportunity is to prove that we can play a little better on the road, come together and try to get a road win."

But playing UCLA on Thursday won't be much like playing UCLA. The Bruin...

The Utes show they are not only good in their sports, but also in the classroom. Utah set a record GPA of 3.072 for the fall semester. You can read more about it on the school website....

The Utah Utes, who want to load up on offensive linemen in their 2012 recruiting class, are still in the running for one highly recruited player out of the junior college ranks.
Carlos Lozano, a 6-foot-7, 375-pound tackle out of East Los Angeles College, said he is still considering the Utes along with Washington State and Kansas.
Lozano recently visited Utah and said he believes he could be a good fit with the Utes.
"They are a good program and I think I can come there and have the chance to make an impact, get my degree and take my talents to the highest level," he said.
Lozano said he won't make his announcement until Feb. 1, national signing day.
He also plans to...

Jeremiah Valoaga, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound tight end out of Channel Islands H.S. in Oxnard, Calif., has committed to the Utes.
Valoaga will gray shirt, which means he'll pay his own way, so he won't count toward Utah's limit of 25 scholarships in the 2012 class.
Valoaga said he felt he had a good bond with the fellow Utes while on his visit.
"I just felt like I was at home while I was there," he said.
Valoaga also was considering UNLV and Hawaii.

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Losing to Utah in the Pac-12 can only mean one thing for an opponent.

"If this is not (rock bottom), I don't know what is," Arizona State wing Carrick Felix said after the Sun Devils' 64-43 loss Saturday.

It may sound harsh, but given the Utes' litany of struggles this season, including dismissing point guard Josh Watkins this week, it's understandable. There was a time it was questionable whether the Utes would ever win a game. Now they have two in the Pac-12. In the aftermath of Saturday's victory,

If you're in the camp that thinks Utah's 77-51 loss to Arizona on Thursday is best forgotten, I recommend you avoid SportsCenter this weekend.

Top 10? Not.

With the game well out of hand in the second half and the shot clock running down, Anthony Odunsi faked a shot and, as Jason Washburn turned to box out, Odunsi decided to pass the ball to him. Of course, this proved to be a poor decision, as... Well, watch this (all the way to No. 7):

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Cedric Martin practiced Friday, not long removed from a strong elbow to the back of the head from Arizona's Solomon Hill on Thursday night that left Martin sprawled on the floor and looking to be a lot worse off than he was.

Martin said Friday that he and Hill had been "going at it" throughout the game and that it was getting a little chippy but that he "didn't expect to get elbowed in the back of the head."

Arizona coach Sean Miller said today that he will not suspend Hill for the foul, which was ruled a second-degr...

There continues to be something to this idea that Pac-12 teams can't perform on the road. The conference's best team — which I think we can safely say now — is Cal, and the Golden Bears squeaked by Washington by three on the road last night, while Stanford (5-2) lost in Pullman against Washington State (2-4).

After Thursday, Pac-12 teams are 27-11 at home. The Utes are 1-2 in Pac-12 home games, but have a chance to even that Saturday against Arizona State, which lost 69-54 at Colorado Thursday.

Utah has become almost endearing in its futility recently. Here you have a team with little going for it that has scrapped its way to a conference win and a couple of other near-misse...

As if facing Arizona wasn't going to be hard enough, the Utes will be doing it without their best player.

Utah dismissed senior point guard Josh Watkins Thursday, taking away about 15 points and 6 assists from the Utes' floudering production.

The Utes have been competitive in three of their last four Pac-12 games, including beating Washington State at the Huntsman Center on Jan. 5. Bruce Pascoe of the Arizona Daily Star today went

Reshawn Hooker, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound linebacker out of Fontana, Calif., kept the Utes' recruiting train alive Wednesday as he committed to the Utes.
Hooker was recruited by several Pac-12 schools including Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado in addition to Hawaii.
He visited the Utes last weekend and decided Salt Lake City could be a good fit for him.
"I liked it and it was real modern," he said. "It topped all the other schools and schematically I fit into their program."
Hooker was recruited by quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson and hosted by safety Brian Blechen.
"He showed me around a bit and it was a good trip," he said.
- Lya Wodraska
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Reggie Porter, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound corner out of Amite H.S. in Amite City, Louisiana has committed to the Utes, bringing Utah's list of total commitments to 22.
Porter was a two-way starter as a senior but earned 3-A All-State honors at defensive back after finishing with 46 tackles and six interceptions. He was also the District 9-3A MVP as a quarterback.
The Utes are still in the running for two other corners who remain undecided. Alphonso Marsh, out of Compton, Calif., is considering the Utes along with other Pac-12 schools including Washington and UCLA. His teammate at Dominquez H.S., Brandon Beaver, also is considering Utah along with Nebraska, Oklahoma and several Pac-12 sc...

That's the number Jon Wilner, the excellent writer at the San Jose Mercury-News, came up with.

On his blog, Wilner has an expert's analysis of many of the major business issues for the conference moving forward. At the forefront is just how much money the conference will actually receive anually from its $3 billion network deal.

Wilner took to a calculator and, factoring in a 4 percent increase each year, approximated that the first year of the contract would brin...

Football at Utah is becoming a familiar affair as Fred Whittingham, coach Kyle Whittingham's brother, has been hired as the team's director of player of personnel.
The position was opened when Aaron Alford, a coach from 2007-10, who served as the director of high school relations this year, decided to leave the program to get back into coaching.
- Lya Wodraska
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Utah coach Kyle Whittingham and recruiting coordinator Morgan Scalley continued to land commitments Monday, with receiver Brian Allen out of La Marque, Texas committing to Utah during a home visit with the coaches.
The 6-foot-3 receiver had plans to trip to Nevada but was going to cancel them. Utah won his commitment based on the football and engineering program.
"I liked the atmosphere there and the engineering, you can't any better than that," he said. "Coach Whittingham and Scalley sealed the deal today."
The receiver said he loves playing aggressively.
"If the ball is in the air, it's mine," he said.
- Lya Wodraska
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Monday might have been a holiday for some, but not for Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, who was in Texas closing the deal with a recruit.
Whittingham and safeties coach Morgan Scalley paid a visit to corner Greg Allen, a 6-foot, 200-pound corner out of Alief Taylor H.S., in Houston, Texas and left with a commitment from Allen on Monday.
Allen was planning to visit Kansas but cancelled the trip and said his commitment to the Utes was solid.
"They've been checking on me ever since my sophomore year," Allen said. "My gut says, 'yes' to Utah. I loved my visit and everything felt right."
Allen, who visited Utah over the weekend, fills one of the Utes' biggest voids as Utah has...

San Francisco • The Utes faced this weekend what will likely be its toughest back-to-back test of the season. Stanford and Cal are each 5-1 in Pac-12 play and appear to be the conference's best teams.

The Utes acquitted themselves well on Thursday with a two-point loss against the Cardinal, but fell flat in an 81-45 loss at Cal on Saturday.

So where does that leave the Utes. Are they back at square one?

"I'm not going to make a deal out of it," said Utes' coach Larry Krystkowiak. "This isn't one of those times where we need to have big definitions for the ship is sinking kind of...

For several seasons now Utah's gymnastics team has had what coach Greg Marsden calls a 'ceiling.' No matter what his team did, the Utes just didn't have enough big scores to compete with the top one or two teams unless those teams self-imploded.
The ceiling is off this year. The Utes easily beat Utah State 197.4-191.925 Friday, but more exciting than the meet itself was the potential the team showed. From the freshmen to the seniors, the Utes delivered one big score after another one.
Now, rather than saying his team needs help to win against the top teams, Marsden believes the Utes can control their own destiny, particularly after the way the freshmen performed.
"You don't kn...

No, that wasn't Glen Dean out there.

Chris Hines' luggage didn't make it from Salt Lake City to Stanford, so the junior wore No. 1. And, somewhere amid his best game of the season, each bucket by Hines was being credited online to Dean, according to one of my twitter followers, the ineligible point guard transfer who will wear No. 1.

In the 68-65 loss, Hines finished with 21 points on 9-of-17 shooting, and was the sparkplug that really kept the Utes in the game. At least three times he made baskets that halted big runs for the Cardinal.

It was a breakthrough for...

Gary Crowton spent part of his coaching career trying to figure out how to beat the Utah Utes. Now there is a chance he could be brought in to help the Utes win.
Crowton, BYU's coach from 2001-2004, interviewed with Utah coach Kyle Whittingham Tuesday in San Antonio at the American Football Coaches Association Convention as Whittingham continues his search for an offensive coordinator.
Crowton, who is still on Maryland's staff as offensive coordinator but didn't renew his contract, told the Salt Lake Tribune the interview went well.
"I've been really impressed with Kyle and what he is doing with t...

Utah's gymnastics team should have all five freshmen in action Friday when they host Utah State in the home opener.
Unfortunately, one, Kailah Delaney, has been diagnosed with mononucleosis and is limited in her training.
Co-head coach Megan Marsden said Delaney's symptoms are mild, so she is practicing some and plans to vault Friday, but it will be about three weeks until she can participate in everything, Marsden said.
Delaney earned a 9.9 on the vault at UCLA.
"It's a mild case that really is affecting her from the neck up and making her stuffed up," Marsden said. "She didn't have the typical symptoms of mono so were were surprised."

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The Utah Utes are getting the help they need along their defensive line in a big way as Visesio Salt, a product of Brighton H.S. who went on a mission before playing at Mt. San Antonio Community College, has switched his commitment from Florida to Utah.
Salt said he made the switch so he could play in front of family members and friends.
"I've been away from home for too long now," he said. "It's time that I play my last two years in front of my family and friends."
Salt said he plans to enroll in the fall.
While playing for the Gators was enticing, Salt said his family won out. Besides, now that the Utes are in a BCS conference, he sees Utah's chances of getting...

Before we get to the results from Sunday night, here's a pretty exhaustive review of the Utah basketball experience from an outsider's perspective. Things such as nearby restaurants get good grades, while fans, parking and the Huntsman Center are generally panned.

For TV puposes, two Pac-12 games were moved to Sunday. Let's just say that neither of them was a quadruple overtime thriller.

Cal 77, Oregon 60 • Remember when the Utes were recruiting Allen Crabbe? Well, he stars now for Ca...

Thought for sure Utah's gymnasts were doomed for a horrible meet after they opened a point behind UCLA Sunday. Totally thought wrong as they came back to lose just 196.075-196.025.
Sure one could say if the Utes hadn't struggled so much on the uneven bars where they scored a 48.45 they could have won, but what was most impressive to me was the way they fought back.
UCLA coach Valorie Kondos Field was angry with her team after the meet, saying they need to understand how important it is to win the regular season meets and that they can't just wait until the post-season to turn it on.
There is no such problem with the Utes, who in recent seasons have shown a knack for battling o...