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Realistically, I think we (barring Wilson transferring out) go into next season with a (declared at least) 4 way battle for starting QB

• Transfer QB as the likely favorite
• Brandon Rose as the guy who has looked good in short chances, but mostly hurt
• Isaac Wilson as the touted recruit that struggled but is hopefully better with some seaso…[Read more]

I expect (assuming everyone stays, which isn’t a guarantee) a 4 way competition next season.

Transfer QB as the favorite
Brandon Rose as the guy who has played well in short bits, but has been hurt
Isaac Wilson as the guy who struggled as a freshman, but hopefully put work in the offseason
And then the true freshman also at least getting to be…[Read more]

This gets to what rankings are supposed to be. Is it a reflection of resume and accomplishment? Or of which team is the best?

Reality is that if Alabama played BYU, every metric would favor Alabama. They’re probably the better team. But BYU has the better resume based on pulling out a few miracle wins. Which is why BYU is higher.

And…[Read more]

My take from as neutral an observer as I can be

If we’re going letter of the rulebook, there’s 5 penalties in that play. And it was the last one (also the most meaningless one) that hurt Utah

1. Jatta (#50) has a pretty good hold on the passrusher coming up the middle
2. A different Utah pass rusher comes and runs the RB over….which is allowed,…

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93% of bettors are betting on BYU. And yet the line is moving towards Utah.

Which means one of two things

1. Lots of small bets on BYU and some massive whales on Utah – basically that the average bet on Utah is 14x larger than the average bet on BYU.

2. Vegas is exposed and could lose a bunch if BYU covers, but is confident about the outcome…[Read more]

Well, he said it’s Pittman and another WR an dthat between them they’ve combined for 7 receptions.

Pittman has 6.

So if I’m looking at the guys with exactly 1 catch, it’s Miki Suguturaga (not a WR), Munir McClain (who Ghost says is “definitely still on the team”) and Taeshawn Lyons.

As a chaos gremlin, I would love this

Dybantsa takes $6M (mostly from Smith) to come play for BYU. He’s everything he’s reported to be, a Wooden finalist, the obvious #1 pick, and he leads BYU to a #8 finish.

But then, #3 seed BYU is somehow upset by #14 Duquesne in the first round of the NCAA tournament. And shockingly, Kevin Young convinced…[Read more]

*Wilson fumbled, Houston got the ball at the Utah 28
*Utah defense held Houston at the 1
*Utah had a 3 and out, punted for net 21 yards
*Houston got the ball at the Utah 23 and scored a touchdown

Point being, anyone selling that goal-line stand as “And Houston almost had another 7!” is ignoring that it kept Houston in great field position for…[Read more]

To be fair, one of those “shooting themselves in the foot” ended up a TD for Houston anyway. Yeah, Utah stopped them, but then got no yardage, and had a net 21 yard punt, meaning Houston started inside the Utah 30.

So that one really only delayed the score, more than taking a score away

In fairness, ASU is 4-1 by virtue of beating the following teams

• Kansas: 0-5 in FBS play
• Texas St: 2-2 in FBS play (victories over UTSA and Troy, with a loss to Sam Houston St)
• Mississippi St: 0-4 in FBS play (including a loss to Toledo)
• Wyoming: 1-4 in FBS play (beat Air Force, but lost to Idaho and North Texas)

So if we’re worried that…[Read more]

After the SMU game, it was still very fair to doubt BYU

And K-State had enough weirdness that there was still some doubt.

But I think it’s time to accept that BYU is for real. Maybe not as good as they’ve looked (see aforementioned weirdness), but definitely a very good team

I think there’s a few factors

1. We have a bye week after Arizona. So the upside was more if we could get him last week – two games with Cam if he was ready last week. This week means getting him for one game, whereas sitting him gives him two weeks to heal up.

2. Isaac Wilson has shown the ability to win a game against quality opponents,…[Read more]

Being there and watching our safety lined up 30 yards off the line of scrimmage…yeah, it was frustrating how much space we were giving them.

And then the offense just literally running the ball up the middle three times and then punting on each offensive series.

That said….if the plan was to run clock and not turn the ball over (see what we…[Read more]

Agreed that Utah is the better team … But Arizona is so explosive that they’re absolutely dangerous.

Here’s the scenario that scares me

• Lots of 3 and outs for for the Arizona offense.
• One sustained drive for a touchdown
• One big play to McMillan for a touchdown
• One big play to McMillan where they have to settle for a FG
• One short field on…

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Reality is that Wilson is very good and will be stellar in time. But he also threw some ill-advised picks and got bogged down a bit in the red zone.

If Rising is fully healthy (and that’s admittedly a big if), his veteran experience makes the team better. If not, then obviously we’re lucky to have Wilson.

Don’t need to denigrate one to praise…[Read more]

Still one miracle scenario to make the conference championship game

I would presume that the portal would still open for teams undergoing coaching changes. That’s currently the case and this wouldn’t change that

Tim Patrick being gone sends odd message to Broncos locker room

Yup, this is almost entirely a result of Vele looking great and making him expendable. The positive is that Tim Patrick actually looked very good this preseason as well.

Going into the off-season, I’d assumed he’d be cut after two missed seasons and that it might be the end for him. But he looks to be recovered and a high quality contributor, so…[Read more]