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If you look at the successful coaches in the FBS they all seemed to have moved up through the ranks staying at the college level having served at low-paying roles as “graduate assistants” and “analysts” to get started rather than getting established in the HS coaching ranks. That said, having a guy who knows Utah HS football from the inside might be great for recruiting, assuming he’s respected by the other HS coaches and not despised for his success (I don’t know in this case). As you said he seems to know QB development well, hopefully his methods will translate to FBS College level — there are things you can get away with in HS that won’t fly in FBS due to speed, complexity, and talent in the FBS college defenses.

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Woman who prepares and serves the sideline charcuterie board.
Actually, I always wondered if she was actually 20-something coed but just has a June Cleaver middle-age hairstyle.

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21-14 Pokes at half. OkState already has put up 175 yds rushing on TSPP

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Not a fan of GoFundMe, so venmo. I run a group (not sports related) on a system called “groups.io”, they are able to set up fundraisers using Stripe as the payment processor (any Visa or Mastercard). There is a small processing fee on the order of 2-3%. Paypal can probably do the same for you.

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Awesome, go Stars!!

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True Blue Brew Crew!!

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Interesting path, we’ll see how long he lasts in SEC. A lot of competition, even within the Oklahoma QB room with Jackson Arnold and Hawkins returning, now Niu entering and possibly Mateer from WSU – rumors, only. Not enough snaps for all those guys unless they’re very patient.

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Back in those days, watching football was for mainly socializing and not so much to live-or-die over whether the U was flashing afterward. Utah was primarily known for basketball.

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Second half, TSPP finally figuring out that OSU doesn’t have much of a run defense.

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Moneyball shows you can make huge strides by using analytics, but in order to reach the pinnacle perfecting technique and intangibles come into play. Beane’s team never won a pennant, let alone a World Series. That’s where coaching and scouting have to identify and curate the “IT” factor that great teams and great players have despite lesser analytics.

When Utah was successful on 4th Down in Stillwater it was because Utah was consistently getting push at the LoS, just as they were able to run the ball at the end of the game and get the necessary 1st downs to run out the clock when OkState knew they were running. That was not true vs Arizona, so Whitt should have recognized that, especially after the 1st failed attempt. Either that or they should have gotten more creative with the play calling, because manu-a-manu they were not going to get that many yards running straight-ahead when Arizona was stacking the box. Improving Red Zone offense is something that I hope the team focused on during the bye week.

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