Category Archives: General

UW-Southern Utah five things to watch

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Posted on September 3, 2010 by rgagliardi

1. Line play: How will the Cowboys’ new defensive line look in their 4-3 scheme debut? More importantly, can the defensive tackles get a push inside? I think a lot of people are curious and wondering how the offensive line … Continue reading →

Posted in Austyn Carta-Samuels, Football, General, Marcell Gipson, Oliver Schober, UW-Southern Utah football

Week 1 depth chart is out

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Posted on August 30, 2010 by rgagliardi

No big surprises among the starters and backups. This first depth chart pretty much held true from the start of fall camp in early August. Here is the link to the depth chart: http://www.wyomingathletics.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/wyo/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/depth-chart Some things that caught my eye: … Continue reading →

Posted in Alvester Alexander, Brian Hendricks, Dave Christensen, General, James Caraway, Justin DiRe, Marcell Gipson, Mike Purcell, Oliver Schober, Robert Herron, Tashaun Gipson, UW post fall camp depth chart 2010, UW-Southern Utah football

Thursday’s stories

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Posted on August 26, 2010 by rgagliardi

Air Force has some nice things planned for its Sept. 11 home game with Brigham Young, and is BYU staying in the Mountain West? http://www.gazette.com/sports/force-103602-air-game.html http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/50167857-88/byu-mwc-football-state.html.csp http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/08/26/2422741/tcu-aiming-to-dominate-again-ending.html http://www.lvrj.com/sports/clayton–clausen-still-doing-battle-101544943.html http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/25/sdsu-offense-wont-get-too-flamboyant/ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700060250/Utah-Utes-football-notebook-Kamaron-Yancy-with-late-start-tops-Utes-old-guy-list.html

Posted in Air Force, BYU, College Football, Conference expansion, General, Moutain West Conference, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Utah

BYU, WAC certainly were talking

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Posted on August 24, 2010 by rgagliardi

Interesting story by the Deseret News out of Salt Lake City on BYU’s possible move to being an independent in football and to the WAC in other sports. From the sounds of this story, BYU may stay in the MWC. … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Force, BYU, College Football, Fall Camp 2010, General, MWC Expansion, Moutain West Conference

Friday’s stories

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Posted on August 20, 2010 by rgagliardi

Latest rumor in Mountain West expansion talk is Houston is close to joining the league. It simply never ends. Here are some links of other stories on this topic, and from around the MWC: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/08/19/2414774/mwc-c-usa-talking-about-merged.html http://gazetteafasports.freedomblogging.com/2010/08/19/for-those-asking-about-air-force-and-being-a-football-independent-heres-the-answer/6317/ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700058568/MWC-and-WAC-battle-becoming-a-hot-war.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700058704/BYU-football-Y-extends-series-with-Texas-to-3-games.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700058667/Get-ready-for-conspiracy-theories-as-ESPN-adds-BCS.html http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/50139815-77/wac-usu-state-byu.html.csp … Continue reading →

Posted in College Football, General, MWC Expansion, Moutain West Conference

Sunday stories

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Posted on August 15, 2010 by rgagliardi

Some links to stories from around the Mountain West Conference: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/14/sandifer-gives-lindley-that-third-receiver-option/ http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100815/SPORTS/8150336/Offense-rallies-late-for-victory-in-CSU-scrimmage http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/50110816-89/utes-whittingham-camp-cleaning.html.csp http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/50111038-88/nelson-yards-mendenhall-biggest.html.csp http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/08/14/2404374/tcu-coach-patterson-not-happy.html http://www.gazette.com/sports/close-103013-lamendola-return.html http://www.statesman.com/sports/longhorns/ut-defense-already-in-ooh-mode-at-practices-860051.html

Posted in BYU, College Football, Colorado State, General, Moutain West Conference, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Utah

Scrimmage No. 1 thoughts

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Posted on August 13, 2010 by rgagliardi

The optimists will say the defense was just that good. The pessimists will say the offense was that bad. I think it was a little of both for Wyoming in its first scrimmage of fall camp Friday morning. The defense, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alex Stover, Austin McCoy, Austyn Carta-Samuels, Dave Christensen, Fall Camp 2010, General, Ian Watts, Jonathan Aiken, Nehemie Kankolongo, Offense, Oliver Schober, Receivers, Robert Herron, Scrimmage

To share or not to share

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Posted on July 23, 2010 by rgagliardi

Interesting story from The Salt Lake Tribune on how college football coaches like to share their secrets. … to a certain extent. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/49936260-89/utah-coaches-season-2009.html.csp

Posted in Football, General

Get involved in MWC football media day

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Posted on July 23, 2010 by rgagliardi

The Mountain West Conference hosts its football media day functions Tuesday and Wednesday in Las Vegas. I will be there and will provide stories, blog posts and Tweets. Fans also can get involved by following this link provided by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, General, MWC Football Media Day 2010

Back from fishing

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Posted on July 20, 2010 by rgagliardi

Nothing like stream fishing for trout for a couple of weeks to recharge the batteries. I’ve been out of the loop (along with cell phone and Internet service) for quite a while. But I came across some stories while I … Continue reading →

Posted in College Football, Dave Christensen, General, Heath Schroyer, Moutain West Conference, Nick Puetz, Receivers, Women's college basketball