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Medically, theoretically and hypothetically cleared by surgeons. Hopefully back by UCLA.

We have to have enough NIL money to get 1 really good back. I just have to believe that $ is out there somewhere. If it isn’t, we are screwed as a program.

A lot of talent? Nah. A lot of 4 star guys that should not have been 4 star guys IMO. Glover is one of the worst running backs I’ve ever seen in college. Randle was so bad that he couldn’t beat out Glover and was moved to DB. Stanley has only been used for one thing effectively, everything else they’ve tried with him has been a failure.

That list…[Read more]

It remains to be seen whether Ganther has it or not. Kind of seems like not at this point, but the jury is still out on most of his guys. Give him another year to figure it out.

Pretty sure Woods arrived at Utah with a partially torn ACL. And played his final game at Idaho on the injured knee but didn’t know the extent yet. Anyway injuries & Utah football 🤝 Sigh

I agree Steel if JJ would have stayed or should I say if we would have payed him to stay we wouldn’t be having this conversation. JJ and Bernard backfield would be unreal. Again damn NIL.

As mentioned above, many of those have been transfer RB’s. I’m talking about recruits. Yes, it is not likely that we will be able to recruit a stacked RB room like your list, but we should have a highly ranked RB in every recruiting class, or at least every other recruiting class. Yes other schools are recruiting, but most schools are pass…[Read more]

Your comment that’s a lot of talent isn’t true. We had a 230 lb running back but couldn’t pay him enough. If he would have stayed that would be a lot of talent. I thought the addition of Woods and Mitchell adding a few lbs we would be good. Hasn’t panned out. Mitchell is just a freshman so give him the benefit. At this point he is average at best…[Read more]

Because 225lb power backs grow on trees.

Utah tried in the portal but they wanted too much NIL.

You can’t be too harsh on Mitchell when he’s been hurt most of the season. He showed flashes early on before the ankle injury.

I’m starting to realize that you tend to be a bit pessimistic-
So your saying this is what our room should look like?:

Ollie Gordon Ok. St. (2023 version)
Ashton Jeanty Boise st.
Kaleb Johnson Iowa
Cam Skattebo Asu
Micah Bernard UofU
How could we miss on those guys?!
Do you recognize, that other schools are out there recruiting also? We can’t…[Read more]

The biggest quandaries for me are:

1. Given our physical pound it down your throat system, why are we recruiting so many scat backs?

2. Given the style of offense, it seems as if it should be an easy sell to bring in top rated running backs every year. I’m a little surprised we haven’t pulled a off a 5* running back yet.

Not one power back on the list. Bernard has been amazing and exceeded all expectations. Mitchell still early to tell but I don’t see anything that stands out. Stanley is fast but that’s it. Randle Glover Vincent meh and Woods (TBD). For a team that claims to be physical and likes to run the ball and wear defenses down not so good. Throw JJ in wit…[Read more]

You’re right. And it’s interesting why that data point isn’t more important. When a college QB is transitioning to the NFL, things like that are part of the analysis package, possibly because a lot of money is involved.

Marty Johnson, Ganther, Poston (whoof), Asiata, White, Poole, Booker, Shyne. All JC transfers except Poston who came from SC. That takes you back to 2000.

Eddie Wide, Darrell Mack, Lucky Radley, Susuan Shakerin, Devin Brumfield, Henry Cole, TJ Green, Jaylon Glover have all been HS recruits that played a memorable amount of snaps during the…[Read more]

It was great that the first game set the record for beer sales at The Delta Center. I hope someone remembered to pour one out on a TDS fan.

I also thought it was kinda funny that he didn’t/couldn’t skate out to drop the puck for the ceremonial first face-off. It is weird that he wanted a hockey team, but whatever, I love hockey, so having a…[Read more]

I respectfully disagree. You can’t just run over people or avoid all contact. You need both. Sanders was 5’8 200 lbs in college and could avoid hits break arm tackles and run for power if needed. Short powerful legs made it hard to tackle him.

Zach Moss and Booker could do both. Bernard at 200lbs has surprised everyone with his power and abi…[Read more]

2024 – Projected RB room
Bernard
Mitchell
Randle
Glover
Woods
Stanley

That’s a lot of talent

2024 – actual RB room
Bernard MVP
Mitchell injured
Randle move to CB
Glover attitude DNP redshirt
Woods injured
Stanley misused by Lud
Andrews moved back to LB

A lot of things here are out of the Coaches control.

There is a lot of truth to that, but it is also how they “avoid contact.” You watch tape on some of these guys that just simply keep bouncing outside until they can outrun everyone. Well, everyone is High School is a whip lb running a 5 second 40 and a strong safety running a 4.8 with a tail wind. The thing that was interesting about Moss and…[Read more]