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This is probably my bias showing from being a San Francisco Giants fan, but I like Flemming (he and the legendary Jon Miller share radio broadcasts for the Giants.) Gilmore on the other hand … meh.

Based on the crowd last night, might be a while before that happens. Late tip, bad opponent, plenty of excuses for why people weren’t there, but it was still a pretty pathetic showing. The MUSS is great in football but they were no-shows for the most part. One thing BYU and Utah State definitely have over us in basketball is student participation.

The guy that jumped out to me was Mike Saunders Jr. Brings a quickness that we have not seen in a while and plays solid on-ball defense. He and Worster should complement each other well at the point.

I also braved the elements to hang out with many close friends (There are dozens of us! Dozens!) I think others have covered everything for the most part, but let me weigh in with my opinion on Exacte. First off, that guy is a DUDE. Coach K often talked about looking good (or not good) in the layup line and Exacte is one of those guys that…[Read more]

To be fair they weren’t bad looking, especially the cougar side of the helmet. Other side with both their standard Y and the mountains was too busy, needed to go with either one or the other.

An UDFA signs a contract with the team so they have some guaranteed money coming their way and also means they’re more likely to make it past the first mini camp because of that team investment. Minicamp invite is basically an unpaid tryout with the team (though I believe they at least receive a stipend for the tryout.)

Interesting. He clearly slipped last year after a promising freshman season with the Cougs, but there is still a ton of potential there. Utes need some depth in the front court, I wouldn’t mind if he ended up with us.

Cron has carved out a very nice career for himself in MLB. Bounced around to a few teams but professional hitters are always in demand and maybe he’s found a home in Colorado.

This isn’t fair to Battin at all. I think he put his name in the portal the first time simply to keep his options open with the coaching change AND he came back and gave Coach Smith a chance. For a myriad of reasons it didn’t work out (mostly talent related, he did seem to try hard) and his minutes dwindled as the season progressed. He could…[Read more]

Wholeheartedly agree, take a page from gymnastics marketing of the past and give those upper bowl tickets away (that’s how I attended many a gymnastics meet back in the day.) Obviously the gymnastics program no longer needs that help, but basketball sure does now. Get people in the stands and then hopefully provide a product that will bring them…[Read more]

On a similar note, a little piece of each of us died the day the student section/MUSS stopped hitting boxes around during the games. Incredibly stupid, but also somewhat entertaining when a “Free the box!” chant would break out whenever an usher would inevitably confiscate said box.

He has certainly regressed this year compared to last. Part of it might be being asked to play out of position at center when he’s more a natural 4.

He has to prove himself with recruiting and the transfer portal (missing out on Chandler definitely hurt) but I agree that there is some reason for optimism in a bad year. The team hasn’t quit on him and they battle to the end just haven’t gotten over the hump in the close games.

If we can’t beat Oregon State the losing streak might never end. The Arizona State game at home is the only other one right now that I look at it and think we’ve got a legitimate shot. Otherwise we should be an underdog in every other game.

Always thought it would be cool to hold one throwback game a year in the Fieldhouse even though it’s an impossibility given that the Fieldhouse is no longer capable in any way of hosting a basketball game.

I would settle for a mini-helmet version of the Rose Bowl helmet.

I’ll be there. I always enjoy the start of basketball season even if it lately has just led to inevitable pain and despair down the road.

I’m with you, I like the idea of having one local game slot and rotating it between BYU and Utah State. I would suggest a 4 year/2 year rotation with BYU obviously being the 4 year option with a two year break to play the Aggies.

I was hoping we were past the transfer phase by now. You’re right, this one stings. We’ve been bringing in a ton of guards so wonder if Smith had an inkling this might happen. We still need to bring in some size.

Looks like the rankings were based on total number of sacks allowed, which seems like the absolute worst way to base it given that there was nothing approaching a uniform number of games for everyone. Sack rate (% of pass attempts that end in a sack) in my opinion is a much better overall look at something like this without getting crazy…[Read more]