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Agree with most of that but I question whether Bronco will be a lifer. Put up a couple of good seasons and when the P2 start throwing money at you it’s tough to not take the Gary Anderson to Wisconsin route. Anderson could have been king of Logan for as long as he wanted and potentially a consistent rival to Boise and occasional thorn in Whitt’s side.

I understand Dampier did it in the MWC, but Johnson hasn’t done it.

I’d take Dampier over Johnson personally, but I understand your take.

When I check stats, I usually remove the team in question (New Mexico) from the yearly stats and then compare that game to see see if they performed better or worse. For the below I’m calling within +/- 40 yards and +/- 3 points as equal to the opponent’s standard.

Opponent, Opponent AvPPG, Opponent AvYPG, NM score, NM yards:

Arizona: 31.09,…[Read more]

Dampier looks great, especially for his first year as a starter. The question isn’t whether we would want him or not, but whether we can get him above other teams. The “lower level teams” argument isn’t as strong when you consider what Diego Pavia has been able to do at Vandy coming from NM State.

If Whittingham can turn over the reigns to…[Read more]

If it’s between Dampier, Fifita or Nate Johnson, I’d go this way:

Fifita – First choice. He’s a QB who has actually had success on this level.
Nate Johnson – He’s a QB who has actually had experience at this level.
Dampier – He’s a bargain level Johnson.

Me too about Woods. I was really excited to get him from Idaho.

I think this is homerun hire for Utah State.

Jay Hill or Bronco would be lifers for that school (or Hill would be a lifer until he got the Utah job).

The MWC or PAC conference are extremely winnable. They will be on the top of the conference for a while now. Great hire for Utah State.

Why isn’t Fafita on the list? also I am not excited to see Mat sluka guy abandoned his team after 4 games to chase a bag. The team went on to have a great season anyway, kinda seems like he wasn’t the cause of their early success.

Time to click the ‘Ignore User’ option.

I also am withholding optimism until I see how he works out at Utah.

OTOH, it’s hard to pin the 5-7 record on Beck when the defense was giving up 38 points per game. There were only four worse scoring defenses in FBS.

Utah had a couple of common opponents with UNM this year. Lobos scored 39 at Arizona (Utah 10) and lost because their defense…[Read more]

I love Bronco Mendenhall. He is a great coach. I think he will do great things at Utah State… If he stays for more than a year.

the RB coach sucks the wind right out of players. Utah played 2 1/2 backs all year, mostly just one. for the most part. sorry ass coaching all around the offensive. not getting any better next year,

I get Blocker and Stanley, but Woods is a surprise and a disappointment.

Our RB room looks very bleak right now.

It was confirmed in some reports that Morgan and Jason are good friends.

Shame about Woods. I was wanting to see what he could do. Do the coaches know something about guys coming in, portal transfer wise, or those top recruits that they pecking order is not what Woods wanted.

You know who has a worse defense than Wazzu at #115? How about New Mexico at #130.

The point about WAZZU is that many fans had a huge boner over their OC and QB. Yet New Mexico beat them while having a worse defense and worse recruiting.

They hung 52 points on the #43 defense AFA, but fair point on the rest. But if you’re going to acknowledge that, you have to acknowledge the other side of the coin. THEY’RE NEW MEXICO!. Why don’t you go recruit to New Mexico. Oh, so a mid level MWC team outside the P4 played a #90 average defense schedule? Yeah. That’s about what I would expect.

Spread vs Pro set, but still run heavy.

Dampier screams Dequan Finn (Baylor). G5 QB who got by on athleticism stepping up a level. Baylor went on their winning streak once they went back to Sawyer Robertson because to win consistently at the P5 level, you have to be able to throw the ball.