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Actually, too many moving parts for me to know. Both players were on good improvement planes. Use of the TE was evolving in the Utah offense. QB play was refining that part of the play. They only played together for a year which was Kincaid’s first at Utah. Without being at practice and seeing the isolation of the single variable of the player…[Read more]

Yes, when Kuithe went down, Kincaid became the featured TE in pass patterns. When Kuithe comes back he will return to that spot. When they played together, Kuithe had the edge, however, Kincaid progressed a great deal over his two years here. I expect the TE group to not miss a beat. Kuithe will be the primary route runner, Yassmin will be the…[Read more]

It is a very thin line. Players and coaches want the yards and points to support the best possible position. Late in a game after control has been gained is tough. Do you take a break and risk the guy behind you passing your numbers. Or do you take every opportunity and risk injury when you may be tired. In Kincaid’s case at Colorado looking back,…[Read more]

It would seem most Utah first round picks do not start their last season expected to be first round. That is just not the view from back east. Kuithe has the best chance if he simply builds on his 2021 season. Rising can add to his value by being healthy at the end of the year. If he has a winning record against the other top QBs in the Pac, 4…[Read more]

BB has me anxious for some good news.

Guessing…

It is part of FB that starts in HS and before. The best 2 FB players on a team will play QB and RB unless the body type is clearly lineman. As the best move on to college there will be position changes. Peterson at TCU once talked about how he preferred HS QBs and RBs for all the skill positions and more. He could even turn them into…[Read more]

Lots of lower ranked players but the two WRs are the highest ranked of the bunch. Neither was offered by Utah prior. Could help someone with depth.

Cards before a terminal with a line editor was something by itself since few had keyboard skills. Making changes to cards quickly that did not have printed characters was an acquired skill.

The odd part of that is we ended the season expecting Rising to go to the NFL. I would have expected the QB room to roll in a starting QB with a bit more ease. Nate’s spring injury impacted that but for now it becomes big that we get Cam back onto the field. Summer workouts and fall camp might change that but more work needs to be done to get…[Read more]

My first work computer was a GE605. It had 100K of internal memory in an 8 foot diameter rotating drum with visible memory tiles. My first home computer was an IMSI 8080 with 56K of internal memory. Seems small but remember that is OS, programs and data in that space. I shared this with my brother who wrote a complete suite of financial software…[Read more]

Oh yes, the classics, Science Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Business. In the very early years computer science was in the Math dept. An awesome lady, Grace Hopper, finally got her idea of an English based compiler reliable and now the ability to code approaches the ability to read and write in the 17th century.

The game is pointless if you only want to see a finished product a dozen times a year. Scrimmages and practice is only interesting if you want to see how a team grows and develops. It is like food, you may not have any interest in how it is made, just have a moment to eat it. Which may be wise if you want to stop into a Chinese restaurant. There…[Read more]

That is a minority fan perspective. If you have been involved in coaching even at the middle school and high school level, you would know the players live for games. However, preseason and spring there are no games so they live for live scrimmages just the same. The play is much closer to games than drills and practice. Just watch kids when you…[Read more]

Sorry, I was not thinking about GDP, I was trying to view the economy from the standpoint of a media company like ESPN. Having never worked for a media company, I was guessing that the economy was important to them as they sign up for significant long term obligation to pay our conference and I think they are most focused on the stock market as it…[Read more]

Hard to say the economy is fine. The last two quarters have been simply clawing back losses, the 2 year is still slightly negative so we are still looking for net progress with the new plan. If you are in NASDAQ you are defiantly sucking canal water. But more importantly, there are more forecast for poor performance than there is for positive…[Read more]

Rising can get a ball to a WR. At one point he was rehabbing his arm for the long ball. I expect as he comes back his running may be coming along but his arm will be fine. I understand Rose is fine with distance and accuracy but growing the rest of his game. Johnson is very much an unknown in the passing game but we also have not seen that his…[Read more]

I think Covey was consistent.

Honestly, I would never have guessed that such a high percentage of hillbillies would have also been college football fans. I expect that Utah’s experience was better than most because Florida beat us.