Kyle Whittingham didn't give Ludwig a raise, and he doesn't deserve one. What he does deserve is a chance to prove he can succeed with a healthy lineup.

The U cross country team kicks off its season this weekend as the Utes head to Logan for the Utah State Open.

The Utes are one impressive road victory away from crashing Michigan's open-house party, and it could spell a sign of things to come.

After completing a road trip in which the Utes were forced to endure back-to-back overtime games in the same weekend, head coach Rich Manning and the Utes will now turn all their attention to the 2008 home opener against the Arizona Wildcats.

The U women's volleyball team will soon be able to switch from slamming volleyballs at one another to aiming their efforts at battling actual opponents. In the meantime, an intersquad battle for the starting setter position has intensified.

Phelps' performance in the Olympics this year was one of the best in sports history, but Woods has done this virtually every season he's played competitive golf. He has put himself on a pedestal that might be unreachable by any athlete in all of sports.

The Utes will tee off their season during the first month of the Fall Semester, on Sept. 6. They will be traveling to Colorado Springs, Colo., for the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational. The highlight of the schedule will be the University of Hawaii Kauai Invitational in November.

We were forced to ask ourselves the question when Phelps won six golds in Athens. He gave us the answer in Beijing and he will prove all the doubters wrong in London in 2012 that he is in fact the greatest athlete alive.

More than their on-field Michigan opponents, the U must defeat a crowd of 111,000 fans spitting golden bile this Saturday. The Wolverines will be looking to not only beat the Utes, but also avenge a loss that occurred one year earlier.

Following an extremely displeasing season to Michigan football standards8212;three home losses, most painfully to rival Ohio State8212; Wolverine fans might be biting their lips in anticipation for the Utes.