Rick

BYU looks good. The ranking is deserved. The defense is playing terrific football. They seem connected. Rice-Eccles November 9 is looking like a lot of fun at this point.

You said it Proud. I’m not worried about Cam. He’ll be back next week. I am worried about the running back room. Micah is terrific. If he goes down it gets tough. Mitchell’s nagging injury is a tough one. I love the attitude and toughness Vincent shows but it will only go so far. Stanley is situational and frankly is running out of formations that…[Read more]

Georgia,
I don’t want to sound like an idiot but the woulda coulda talk is strange. I’ll up your missed field goal and Bowman out in the 3rd with our own missed field goal and, oh, a starting quarterback who DID NOT PLAY A DOWN.

2023 all over again?

Every year is different. This one already is different – a loaded offense with a freshman quarterback who is showing potential and improving each time he steps onto the field. That will need to happen again if Cam does not play.

I’m actually for sitting Cam again if his hand isn’t quite there. Get the hand at or close to…[Read more]

I’ll give you two – Sione Fotu and Lander Barton. And you might hear Jonathan Hall’s name a little as well

Redblood,
I completely agree that the safeties played poorly against USU but that’s just not true for the Baylor game. In fact, I’d have given Ritchie player of the game. I think he was one of the leading tacklers and I think he had the defensive play of the game when he fought through a double team and made a terrific tackle on a key third down…[Read more]

Thank you 2008. That explains the lack of aggression from that position the first three games. I hope that they settle on some sort of hybrid. Barton should be our biggest playmaker on defense.

I note the question mark on linebacker play. I agree. Does anyone have insight based on what they saw today? I was unimpressed. I thought Fotu was all over the place last week when he came in for Reid. I didn’t notice Reid in the game. My bigger concern is Barton. I watched him closely last week and thought he was average. Today, I didn’t see him…[Read more]

I’m not one to complain much to the athletic department about game issues but I sent them a note last weekend. I experienced the same thing on the west side. We arrived at the gate 25 minutes before kickoff and did not get to our seats until SUU’s third down of their first series. Someone made the call moments before kickoff to pull the security…[Read more]

I don’t know the nature of Simote’s injury but he’ll be back in a few weeks – perhaps against USU but most likely against OK State.

Simote is injured – one of the only injuries in camp. He’s back week three or, at the latest, week four against OK St. I don’t know about Leki. Weird. He’s had a strong camp.

On offense – Dallin Bentley. On defense – Tao Johnson. There’s been a lot of talk about Johnson but it’s his first season as a free safety. I think it will be a good to great one. It may take a few games, but I believe the talk that he’s the next great safety at the U.

I do worry at corner. Calhoun needs to get healthy and I think we’ll be all right. I was worried about running back but I’m not anymore. Mitchell is going to rise this year and Stanley may as well while Bernard remains a consistent force who does everything well.

I chuckle a little at those of us on the board that worry at this level. I suppose…[Read more]

OnlyU is the best person to answer this but what I was told (second hand) was two reasons – biggest one was that they know what they have with the two of them and they particularly wanted to see how the other quarterbacks were doing; the second has to do with a program-level initiative to make sure the players sustain less injury in training camp.…[Read more]

I’m not surprised at the wideouts – all run and get out of breaks at an elite level. They also have rapport with Rising. It will be fun to see who else gets on the field. A little size is missing from that starting group – McClain, Alford (especially), Caldarella and Lyons all have good size.

I love that Bentley is emerging. He has terrific size…[Read more]

Does this mean Andrews is a running back for now or is he playing offense and defense?

That’s freakin’ mean OnlyU – to tease the board with a statement like that.

Details – when do we get the details?

I appreciate the positive vibe though.

Woods will not play this season – ACL injury. Hopefully, we’ll see him competing in the spring.

That’s an interesting tidbit OnlyU has thrown us. Hunter Andrews has been touted as a next great linebacker – 6’3″, 220 lbs as a freshman; but he was a runningback in high school.

Perhaps we’ll hear some more soon. He must be getting some reps on offense. One thing that stood out in his high school highlights to me was how hard he ran. That’s the…[Read more]

I imagine Dillon will redshirt. All kinds of potential and, as has been said, he’ll move somewhere else if adding weight is an issue. I don’t think it will be. He sure looks like he can put on 20 to 30 pounds over the next few years.

Akana is the player I’m hearing who has made significant progress and should see some playing time at end. I’m…[Read more]