Haws and Gang

Kehl in Yellow, Bronco in Red, Jake Heaps in Blue?

Is There Something I Should Know About this Ship?

What is going on? Why did Utah's recruiting go from 64 to 70? Oh yeah! They had 7 decommits lately!

Muniz
Huff
Anderson
Lazard
Jackson
Culler
Walker

And now I hear Reese is having cold feet too.
I hope for Utah's sake you are able to hang on to Kruger or you'll drop to upper 70s. Although I think his mother has already decided for him so shouldn't be too much to worry about.

Where is Steve?

I understand that Utah's Basketball team sucks and that your recruiting is so embarrassing that you removed your recruiting widget (don't worry, I put it back!), but there are still things to blog about! For example, will Utah hold on to commit Kruger despite rumblings that he might be reconsidering BYU? Will Heimuli pick Utah over UCLA and BYU? What happened with coach Whittingham and Tennessee? Will Utah win half of its basketball games this year? BTW for recruiting you are out-performing TCU and BSU. That's gotta make you smile! Come back Steve. We miss you!

The New Juice

Before and After

Wow! So much for the mane. I hope all his power wasn't located in there. Quezada reported to BYU today but yesterday at a going away party he had his hair cut to conform to BYU standards. BTW he donated his hair to Locks for Love. Yeah we'll take a guy like this.

Here's a link to the story and lots of Pics: HERE

Catching up with the Cougars

The big news is that Harvey Unga is sticking around 1 more year. That should be a great help to whichever QB starts next year. Also he has a chance to be only the 7th NCAA RB to post 4 years of 1000 yards rushing. Good luck Harvey!

BYU Basketball is 16-1 and ranked #17. They are dominating opponents by an average of 22 points. Last night they killed Air Force without much production from Fredette. Stop kissing strangers, Jimmy!

The 3 big football recruits are doing well. Heaps won the west MVP (saw that on TBS chat, couldn't confirm anything beyond Scout calling him the #4 player of the game for both sides) for the USAAAB completing 9 of 12 passes in 2 quarters of play. Jake looks so amazingly poised. can't wait to see him play. Apo was the #2 WR in the camp and jumped from unranked to #108 on Rivals recruit list. Stout was a beast at the O-D Game last week. He hits so hard. He should start immediately. Overall this has been a recruiting class with no equal in BYU history and there may yet be 1 or 2 surprises. The Juice (Josh Quezada) is cutting his hair tonight. I'll post pics and/or video as they become available.

It's a good time to be a Cougar!

On a side note, is KW going to Tennessee?

Jimmer Goes Crazy!

Here's a little video of the most amazing performance by a BYU basketball player ever. Way to go Jimmer! After beating AZ by 30 points, the Cougs are now 13-1 and looking very good. Here's to hoping for a great year.
Below I have post-game comments about the game.

9 Straight

Oh, what a fun night! After a depressing and frustrating first quarter when it looked like Utah was San Diego State, the Utes turned it on and demolished the Cal Bears, 37-27, and it wasn't that close.

The best part about the game, aside from just winning, was the confirmation that we have a QB for the next 3 years! Jordan Wynn is going to be something special!

The Utes were able to throw it deep and throw it short. On defense they were great and really shut down Cal in every regard, despite some solid first quarter runs by Cal. The Ute D was also helped by the fact that Kevin Riley could barely hit the broad side of a barn. He isn't very good.

The coaching was also strong tonight. For the most part I liked the play calling, there were a few plays that were called at the wrong time and I am not a fan of the Asiata package with someone else running it, but all-in-all it was a well called game. I am most impressed with how the coaches were able to motivate the team after falling behind 14-0 following the pick-6.

The only weakness we had was our running game. We just weren't that great. I am not convinced that either Wide or Shakerin are the long-term answers. Fortunately, we get Asiata back next year.

This was a great win for the program and a great win for the MWC. 3-0 in Bowls this year and guaranteed a winning bowl record.

By the way, not only the Utes hold the nations longest bowl win streak at 9, but they are only two behind Florida State for the record and the Utes also are the most winningest program in bowl games with a minimum of 10 bowl games played! Giddy-up!

Final note, I am leaving tomorrow for Christmas vacation, may not blog during that period. So want to wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Congrats on a solid year Utes, not bad for a re-building year.

UTES: 11-3