2008 National Champ

The Stanford safety? He was a senior last season so I guess he’ll be like Battle and Diabate…a one season rental.

I heard rumors that he supposedly had offers from out of state. We’ll probably never know.

Yeah, I know, he played four games for USU with bad stats before moving on. You get my point though. Even the G5 was too big for him and he had to go to a FCS school to excel.

The funny thing is that he’s probably going to start Spring Camp as the 3rd string QB behind Legas and Hillstead for the Aggies. Not all change is progress. You all remember Jason Shelley, who actually also looked good at times in his cameos with the Utes? He also transferred to Utah State, never even got a sniff of the field there and had to…[Read more]

For real? That’s a big problem.

That’s correct. He wasn’t projected as a starter at the start of the season but definitely made the best of the opportunity.

Yeap, just saw that…he’s going to be #8…good luck to him. I guess he’ll be closer to home. Not sure what it’s going to do to get him to the next level though…

Well, the funny thing is that there’s zero trace of him going anywhere. Usually, there’s some stuff on the athlete’s individual social media account hyping up the move with “Committed!” or some other verbiage…there’s been total radio silence on this kid.

So much for leaving the state and there being a market for him. This, to me, is a head scratching move. If Legas and Hillstead stay healthy, there’s no way that he’s going to see the field and will, again, be 3rd string at a worse school than Utah.

So, he’s dropped out of college altogether?

Well, I’ll tell you…I’ve done an internet search on him and all of his social and official media still have him as an Ute. Barnes is another one who’s MIA..classes have already started for the Spring semester and you’d think that, if they were going to leave Utah, it would have happened already.

Don’t want to make any more work for you but it would be nice if you could add where the transfers went to.

I forgot that you were a Bills fan. Kincaid is going to have a hell of a career.

Back in the day, when there was no playoff system at all,there were also a lot less bowls. You also rarely saw no-name schools or teams with just .500 record going to bowls. At the same time, because all championships were decided via the AP and Coaches Poll, you could see a team ranked #5 at the start of bowl season win it all via a fortuitous…[Read more]

Was that in the same Rose Bowl? I remember Micah Bernard playing defense in 2022 but Phillips was there as well.

I think if that happens you’ll see a lot of schools drop football and maybe all sports if the contractual relationship is enforced extensively. Once you sign a contract, you become an employee and I’m not certain that most schools are ready to go that route.

Michigan went for the kill shot on a 4th down play, didn’t make it, and gave Washington good field position which they used to score.

I think in the NFL there’s room for anyone that’s dynamic and make plays. Doug Flute was only 5’8′ and he had a long and eventful NFL career. Even Murray is set for life. He looked really decent after he came back from his injury. We’ll see what happens but I definitely feel someone will pick him up.