Sean O'Connell on PFL in Pittsburgh, Utah Spring FB + more

March 27, 2026·25 min·2 clips

Why did not a single Utah offensive lineman hit the transfer portal after Jordan Gross was hired?

Bill Riley opens from Wasatch Front Kia, and the show has the usual local-radio texture: sponsor reads, pizza nearby, ticket giveaways, and Utah talk that follows the room. Sean O'Connell joins from Pittsburgh, with the PFL broadcast saved for the end. Before that, the conversation settles into Utah football and the stuff that still has to be earned. The defensive line gets the closest look. Sean says the bar is heavy there because Utah fans expect that group to be one of the best in the conference, and maybe in the country. He is not calling it a problem. He is saying the paper version still needs proof. That is the mood of the segment: respect the room, but do not pretend limited experience and fewer obvious star labels make the projection automatic. The pass rush gets pulled into the same conversation. Every Utah defensive front inherits big expectations, and Sean treats that as both a program standard and fan pressure. Bill then turns to the offense. He says he has more questions than concerns, especially about what the passing game will look like. Devin's New Mexico tape comes up, with Bill liking the short and intermediate accuracy while noting Utah did not push the ball downfield much last season. Pagan, Shoals, and Johnson are mentioned with Simmons, Whittemore, and a hoped-for healthy Zipper, which makes the receiver room feel less closed off than it did. For once, Sean can joke that the biggest question might not simply be whether those guys can catch. Then the show slides back into radio mode: legal sponsor read, Sean thanking Bill for sitting in, and the Pittsburgh PFL broadcast getting the handoff.

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A loose local hour that turns spring football questions into something worth leaning into.

This hour is a Utah spring football check-in on The Sean O'Connell Show, with Bill Riley filling in while Sean phones from Pittsburgh. It stays on the questions that matter: the defensive line, the offensive line, and whether the passing game can do more than work short and…

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