ProudUte

I really like Jay Hill. But, I do not see him coming to Utah at this point. I do think he will leave BYU at some point for a HC position.

As for our new DC – We have some good candidates in-house that Scalley knows well. I think he stays in-house when he picks his DC.

I have no idea how many wins we will get. After the first three games, I may feel like I have an idea how this team will perform.

As of today – 7.5 seems fair. I hope we are over, but …

He could endu p being a very good college QB (I hope so). But,I don’t think he is NFL material. But, what do I know? I am lookin forward to seeing what he can do this season.

I admire your enthusiasm, I really do. But, I don’t completely agree. A couple of counterpoints.

1. We had a great Oline last season, yet … I understand our QB play was terrible. I blame the coaching staff for that.

2. Our defense lost a lot of key players. Our LB starters are good and very experienced. Our safeties should be okay.…[Read more]

I guess when you still have open spots this late, you take what is available. This guy didn’t average over 10 points a game at the JC level. I doubt he will see a lot of playing time.

I don’t think the folks at South Temple turned a blind eye to JMac. I think Lavel and staff did everything they could to hide what he was doing until he played his final game for BYU. I believe that the leaders in SLC were told that everything is fine. They want to open their flagship university to non-members because they can be a positive…[Read more]

I think you are right about the donors paying big money if they continue to win. However, what I was referring to are the folks in Salt Lake putting a stop to “pay for play” if they see the values of their flagship school changing. They will not tolerate BYU becoming a party school. Just my opinion.

It appears to me that BYU donors are focusing mostly on basketball. This makes sense because you don’t have to get as many star players. The one donor said, “We will not be outbid.” Utah is going to have a difficult time competing with this.

What will stop this BYU NIL money? More issues like Retlaff. The powers that control BYU will not like…[Read more]

I think BYU will be better in the long run with a new QB. They are lucky that they start with a very easy schedule, and the new QB can get acclimated. I suspect it will be Hillstead, and in the end, I think he will be more productive for BYU.

BYU does NOT handle the honor code the way it has in the past. Previously, you would be suspended for…[Read more]

RBs too high and QBs too low IMO. Obviously, our Oline is the strength of this team. We need to take advantage of this strength. Hopefully, Dampier can have an outstanding season behind this line.

I love Greece. My favorite spot is Rhodes,

Have fun, Tony.

I would love to get Felix, but he is predicted to go to Texas. Texas can offer him anything he wants when it comes to NIL. I’m not sure how we will be able to get this kid.

I hoped when Jensen was hired that we could tap into the Hanno Mattola pipeline. They played together from 97-99. I am not sure that this came through his connection with Hanno, but I think we will see a number of Finnish players at Utah during the Jensen era. (Mattola is a coach on the Finnish national team.)

I like it because each week the opponent gets tougher. I think it is a great way to prepare for conference play. I do not like starting with UCLA this season. But it is what it is.