If the first seven games of the Runnin' Utes season were a bath full of water, the temperature would be lukewarm at best.

Heading into the Princeton Invitational, the Utah swimming team hasn't competed since its meet against UNLV more than three weeks ago.

The ties that Andersen, Sitake and Roderick have forged in the West will be deeply missed and their absence could be disastrous during the Utes' offseason sales drive.

Turnovers don't look so hot right now. Utah is averaging 22.7 a game, and has a margin of minus 8.2 per game. That's good enough for last in the Mountain West Conference.

Defensive coordinator Gary Andersen, who has been with the Utes since 2005, has accepted the head coaching position at Utah State.

A blink of an eye might not be the best way to describe Lawrence Borha's tenure with the Runnin' Utes basketball team, but for him, it's seemed pretty quick.

I think professional sports can learn from the NCAA's established M.O. by levying fines against entire organizations. Players will get the message one way or another.

Quarterback Brian Johnson was named Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Louie Sakoda was named MWC Special Teams Player of the Year and Kyle Whittingham was named the league's Coach of the Year as Utah cleaned up nicely in the conference's year-end awards.

Kepkay had a team-high 23 points off the bench, while Green followed with a 21-point, six-rebound effort in Utah's 95-81 win over Oregon.

Tyler Kepkay and Shaun Green combined for 44 points off the bench and the Runnin' Utes took a 12-point lead into the second half and beat the Oregon Ducks 95-81 for their fifth straight win.