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Clay Helton will be back, but assistants will be changing: USC Coaching
Turns out Tee Martin probably should have jumped on an HC job last year when he was one of the hottest assistant coaches around.

In all the discussion of QBs, let’s not forget Drew Lisk. The guy was not highly recruited, but he is a baller, loves Utah, and all he does is win games.
I am sad to see Tuttle leave for many reasons (e.g., depth, the future, recruiting, PR), but he probably saw the writing on the wall that Huntley is going to be the starter this year and next.…[Read more]

They are fun to watch. The OC is Yost, who was with Oregon during their recent glory years. I had a feeling when they hired him that USU had pulled off a major coup by hiring him as Oregon was falling apart. USU’s offense has been really strong this year and very creative. Love is a great QB, too. Glad the Utes are not playing USU this year, they…[Read more]

I have seen a few ads suggesting there are still tickets available for this Saturday’s game. Can that be true? Is this game really not sold out yet? Seems surprising.

It can be difficult watching a game on TV (without the full field perspective) to know where the fault lies on an unsuccessful passing down. Did the QB fail to see the open receiver or hold it too long? Did the O line fail to give enough time for the QB to pass? Were the receivers not getting open?
I would guess the problems at UNI were a…[Read more]

Really fun to see Dixon and Enis getting some catches. And fantastic to see so many receivers (and TEs) get touches – it is hard to stop an offense when you can’t blanket a single receiver.
Amazing to see how Covey appears to be back in full form after the two years hiatus. I would hate him if he were on another team – not because he is arrogant,…[Read more]

Last 10 seasons, Conference Media Predictions vs. Actual Finish

Most Overrated:
-18 Texas
-11 Tennessee
-10 Michigan
-8 FSU
-8 USC

Most Underrated:
+17 Kansas St
+12 Iowa St
+10 Oklahoma St
+9 Boston College
+8 Missouri

— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) July 29, 2018

Grayson’s stat line was pretty impressive in the summer league game yesterday. His shooting percentage was not good, but his ability as a shooter is already pretty well established. To me, the more important takeaway is what a good shooter does to contribute when the shots are not falling (i.e., get assists, rebounds, steals, play defense). He did…[Read more]

The guy is incredible at making people miss, but I am curious as to his actual speed as measured at a place like the NFL combine. Is Covey extremely fast (i.e., fastest on the team fast), or is he really fast (i.e., among the faster players on the team) and has great shiftiness. I have never seen a 40 or 100 meter time for him.

Fascinating article about recruiting and branding.
http://picksixpreviews.com/how_to_win_in_recruiting.html
It makes perfect sense. Unless a school is a blue-blood, they need to brand themselves as unique in some way (unfortunately for Utah, “family” is not unique anymore–the article even says as much). Some schools have established a brand…[Read more]

When is he planning to announce? I see the prognistacators don’t put Utah as his likely predicted landing spot, but hope springs eternal.

– Really depressing game to watch; never felt like we had any hope.
– The announcers mentioned multiple occassions where receivers were open (some were visible on tv), but QB1 either did not see them or could not put the ball in a position for the receiver to catch it. The opportunities are there, but somehow the QBs are just not seeing them.
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I recognize it was in mop-up duty, but DHC sure seemed to run with purpose and “violence” during that brief time. Loved seeing that. I hope it energizes Moss a bit. Moss is a solid back… good at everything, but he seems to lack that aggressive running style that we were spoiled with by Williams, Booker and others before them.I don’t expect…[Read more]

If the Pac12 can get on the YouTube TV basic package, life will be some much better (and less expensive). You’d think that the Pac12 (in Google’s backyard) would be one of the first to get on board with this idea. The basic package has pretty much all of the primary sports channels (except Pac12) and there is unlimited DVR storage.…[Read more]

Giddy-up