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The names will evoke a lot of memories of Utah football, going back to the Sugar Bowl. The Salt Lake Stallions will open the Alliance of American Football season Feb. 10 at Arizona with 10 former Utes on their 52-man roster. The team’s home opener is Feb. 23 at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

The list includes receivers Dres Anderson and Kaelin Clay, tight end Anthony Denham, offensive linemen Jeremiah Poutasi and Salesi Uhatafe, linebackers Gionni Paul and Trevor Reilly, defensive tackles Tenny Palepoi and Sealver Siliga and running back Matt Asiata, who played in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.

Uhatafe, who completed his Ute eligibility in 2017, is the youngest of the 10 players. Reilly, who accompanied the New England Patriots to the Super Bowl last February as a practice-squad member, spent the 2018 season as a student assistant with the Utes. He even suited up regularly to help with the scout team in the second half of the season.

The Stallions are coached by Dennis Erickson, who was a Ute assistant coach from 2013-16, when most of these players were on Utah’s roster. The AAF’s system of allocating players, with the exception of quarterbacks, is built around where they played in college.

Our stories of the past week

Utah and Oregon will be the consensus division favorites in Pac-12 football, thanks to key players staying in school. (TRIB)

Sedrick Barefield and Parker Van Dyke keyed the Utes' men’s basketball breakthrough at Stanford. (TRIB)

Ute coach Larry Krystkowiak has three sons playing prep basketball (in two states), and two of his staff members know what that’s like. (TRIB)

Megan Huff has become the catalyst of the Utah women’s basketball program, from an unlikely starting point in college. (TRIB)

The Ute women’s team downed California, leading into a big game last weekend. (TRIB)

Coach Lynne Roberts' team followed that with an even more impressive, historic win. (TRIB)

The result was a jump of seven spots to No. 14 in the AP Top 25. (TRIB)

The Ute men completed the program’s first road sweep of the Bay Area schools, beating Cal. (TRIB)

The disclaimer of the Utes' 5-2 record in Pac-12 play is having beaten four bottom-tier programs. (TRIB)

Oregon and Oregon State will be good tests this week at the Huntsman Center for the Utes, who enter Thursday’s game vs. the Ducks in solo second place. (TRIB)

Ute center Jayce Johnson can be frustrating to watch, as he misses close-range shots, but Krystkowiak likes his effort. (TRIB)

Ute gymnastics star MyKayla Skinner delivered another great show in her hometown. (TRIB)

Other voices

Dirk Facer of the Deseret News profiled freshman Timmy Allen, who’s second on the team in minutes played in conference games. (DNEWS)

U.S. Lacrosse Magazine summarized the evolution of Utah’s fledgling program. (LAX)

Pac-12 expert Jon Wilner has an interesting angle on the conference’s football future. (MERC)

Around campus

• Utah’s men’s basketball program will stage the annual “Huntsman Strong” game Saturday. The school is offering two tickets to the 3 p.m. contest vs. Oregon State with proof of a $25 donation to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, honoring the late Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

In addition, coach Larry Krystkowiak and his wife, Jan, are pledging to match up to $100,000 in donations. Krystkowiak and other members of his program have been affected by cancer and he considers Huntsman a major influence in his life. “Jon's legacy continues to live,” Krystkowiak said. “I'm not one that's great at asking for money, but I know we'd love to be able to write a check to the Huntsman Cancer Institute for two hundred grand.”

To donate, visit https://hope.huntsmancancer.org/diy/UofUBB

• Utah’s men’s and women’s ski teams will compete Friday and Saturday in the New Mexico Invitational. The Utes have finished first and second in their their two meets this season.

• The Ute men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams dominated BYU in a dual meet last weekend. Utah’s men took a 181-119 victory and the women won 197-103. “The divers had some great performances this weekend with a bunch of new personal bests,” said Ute coach Joe Dykstra. “We were pretty rough around the edges in the pool and looked like a team in the midst of some heavy training. To come out with big wins over a much improved BYU squad was great.”