Unconfirmed report that Cristobal is going to Miami

Was the strength coach the maniac that would run up and down the sidelines with the handle bar moustach?

Yep, that is the guy. Not sure what his role on the sideline was but sure looked like a douche bag.

The world needs ditchdiggers too.



just kidding....

Guy is an overachiever, tough to stand out as the douchyest douche bag on a sideline full of them

The Federal government spent $342 million on the 2002 Olympics.  Approximately 85% of that was for safety, security and transportation.  The remaining 15%, approximately $50 million was for the building and renovation of Olympic venues.

The State of Utah donated an additional 40%-50% of those amounts.  Local governments chipped in another 20%-25% of those amounts.

The vast majority of the money (almost four times as much as the feds chipped in and more than double all governmental sources) came from the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee.

After a November 15, 1997, win over Rice, Rice Stadium was almost completely demolished and replaced with a modern steel, concrete and glass facility. The only part of the stadium that remained after the 1997-1998 overhaul was the South End Zone, which was built new in 1982.


Spencer Eccles, chairman of Utah's biggest bank, First Security Corporation (purchased by Wells Fargo in 2000), donated $10 million toward renovating Rice Stadium, which, in turn, became Rice-Eccles Stadium.

The delta between what it ultimately cost and the amount that Spencer Eccles donated appears to have largely been made up of money received from the SLOC, the Feds, Utah and local governments.  

So, yes, the SLOC got some Federal funding to build/renovate Olympic venues.  And the University of Utah did not have to go into debt for a mostly brand new stadium.  However, it should be noted that the Federal government did not pay for most of it.

Would Whittingham leave Utah for Oregon ?