SalUteopia

I’m always been facinated by the numbers so I watch them in depth weekly…two weeks ago BYU was a 3 point favorite.  Home field typically provides a 3 point add.  So a toss up on a neutral field which most of us could probably accept with a new offense and significant roster turnover coming in.
Last night the line was down to BYU -1.5, This…[Read more]

Troy Taylor – great start for him…imaginative offense with a ridiculous amount of variation, formations and scheme.  Good luck preparing for this…it’s all about alignment…you go here – we’ll go there.  He walked into the offensive meeting yesterday and reiterated “it doesn’t matter what they do, how they line up, where they bring pressure…[Read more]

Thats one hell of a recruiting coup.  Florida Gatorade player of the year in Huntley.  As nervous as I am about this decision I just asked myself how I felt about the other two.
Moss is a beast and our lead back this year.  Not one of us is afraid of him in that role.
Simpkins is also very impressive, has earned a starting spot and I’ve been…[Read more]

The more I think about it…If it is truly a close competition then maybe give them each a half against N Dakota.  It might be a little risky from a momentum standpoint, but throw them in against live bullets against a respectable (but lower division) opponent and see who shines.  Perform in front of a packed house…lets see who takes the job…[Read more]

Here’s what I’ve learned…combination of multiple conversations so who knows how accurate.  Most of it makes sense though.
Bernard reached out to Ena immediately upon being told he was out for the year.  
Washington – Chris Peterson has reached out somehow to Bernard
He wanted to go to Utah after his mission but the Sitake-Poly connection was…[Read more]

Jay Drew quoting his older brother in tonight’s SLTrib article.  Interesting to see what Sitake does after stating that Utah St should let the kid from East (don’t know his name) transfer to BYU.  
Bernard wanted to transfer to Utah after his mission but stayed to play for Sitake.  

Part 2.  
LB’s – Kavika and Sunia work well together.  Really think behind that line they’ll have a chance to be good.  Both Seniors with confidence after a year under their belt. So do Thompson and Barton with the twos – those two guys can flat out run and love to hit.  Barton looks like a completely different player out there.  Confident and…[Read more]

Got to see the scrimmage today – wasn’t fully live except for the 3’s so just went to bump and then backed off.  As mentioned below it sounds like Shyne went down Wednesday with a broken bone (arm).  Out for a little.  Moss looked very good and had taken over the 1 spot previous to the injury but when it really matters in the PAC12 we’ll get a…[Read more]

Expectations?
Closed to the public so most won’t get to see much of anything.  What are you most excited to hear about? 
New Offense against a defense we expect to be pretty good?
QB Play?
OL vs DL?
WR’s?
DB’s?
Only 20 days to game one so I expect this and maybe next week to be the only “mostly live” scrimmages of camp.  Pretty important…[Read more]

Gonna be fine…nothing serious at all.  I’d imagine they are very careful with him because of his value but he’ll be ready to play sooner than later!!  That’s huge!!!

Carrington is already our best receiver and it’s not close…he’s a huge pickup and if he stays healthy will impact every game.  He and Wilson on the outside and Simpkins and Singleton (little nicked with a hammy – nothing serious) inside in 4 receiver sets.  Pretty damn good group.  McCormick has a little of the dropsies, Dana is inconsistent,…[Read more]