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ASU, BYU, KSU and Iowa St. all have starting QBs returning and that means a lot for the success of a team.

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Utah was No. 109 in scoring at 21.3 points per game. UNM was No. 21 at 33.7. The No. 67 team scored 26.6. I hope Utah can score 27 points per game.

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Reading the tea leaves of who has announced they are staying and who has entered the portal, my guess is that Utah has committed to spend NIL $$ on guys who have proven themselves as front-line players and to not spend on potential. I don’t believe Utah has the $$$$ to spend unwisely and if this is what is happening, I have no problem with it. Other than Fotu, what other player currently in the portal has shown himself to be a front-line player?

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I think it is typical to bring in some guys familiar with what you do.

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I don’t know what people Beck has. With Bronco also leaving UNM, which of those guys will follow him. Here are the UNM offensive assistants. Are any better then the guys we have. Certainly less experience.

Wide Receivers Coach, Micah Simon
One of the youngest players on staff, Micah Simon comes to New Mexico after just one year as an on-field coach, after he spent the 2023 season as receivers coach at Northern Colorado.

Simon played for BYU in the late 2010s and bounced around NFL and CFL teams after that. He began his coaching career in 2022 at Syracuse as an offensive analyst.

Running Backs Coach, Kirk Garner
Kirk Garner is also relatively new to the coaching profession, spending the last year at East Tennessee State after two years as an offensive quality control coach at Vanderbilt.

Garner got his start in coaching under Mendenhall on the defensive side of the ball at Virginia as a graduate assistant.

Tight Ends Coach, Matt Johns
Matt Johns has been a part of a very creative offensive staff at William & Mary for the last five seasons. There, he held a variety of titles including receivers and tight ends coach, quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator.

He too was a defensive graduate assistant under Mendenhall at Virginia and he’s forged his own path on the way to New Mexico.

Offensive Line Coach, Famika Anae
An assistant offensive line coach under Mendenhall at both BYU and Virginia, Famika Anae spent the last two years at Campbell University in North Carolina.

Anae has spent time at Texas A&M Commerce and Dixie State between stints with Mendenhall. He’s considered a solid recruiter and brought one of his best offensive linemen with him to Albuquerque.

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I’m really neutral on him staying or leaving. I think the some of the problems with the offense this season was the decision to make him QB2. I don’t think that was consistent with what much of the locker room believed. I don’t know if Rose has more ultimate upside than Wilson, but I believe he was more ready to be QB2 this season than Wilson.

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I think we all know that when it is all said and done there will probably be 10-15 guys transfer out. If we can limit the number of guys who can really contribute moving forward, we will be fine.

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Sold

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Is it a positive for Arizona to have a bye next week before playing the Utes? Yes. I hate that they have a bye.

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He actually says: “Beck is the QB coach, but Detmer will be assisting with QBs”. Assisting, not an assistant.

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