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  • BoylenOver
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 9146

    #421
    Originally posted by OrangeUte View Post
    http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsut...-fall.html.csp

    Sounds like the UTES may be a little thin on the OL this fall. Benji Kemoueatu and Po'u Palelei might not be on the sidelines this fall. Hopefully that changes for the better.
    I was never counting on Benji or Po'u to make a contribution this season. Depth was always going to be an issue, although the starting 5 is pretty good IMO.
    "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
    "Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle Ute

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    • OrangeUte
      Max Hall hates me.
      • Nov 2008
      • 2294

      #422
      Originally posted by BoylenOver View Post
      I was never counting on Benji or Po'u to make a contribution this season. Depth was always going to be an issue, although the starting 5 is pretty good IMO.
      Do you know if there's any hope they'll make it - either one? The starting 5 are excellent, for sure.

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      • BoylenOver
        Junior Member
        • Nov 2008
        • 9146

        #423
        Originally posted by OrangeUte View Post
        Do you know if there's any hope they'll make it - either one? The starting 5 are excellent, for sure.
        I've seen a lot of fans express hope, but my humble opinion is they'll join the likes of Dudley LaPorte and Lavelle Peterson as urban myths that are never seen on campus.

        Well, I shouldn't say that. Palelei still has eligibility, I think, whereas Kemoeatu is out of options.
        "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
        "Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle Ute

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        • Mormon Red Death
          BYU Delenda Est
          • Nov 2008
          • 8077

          #424
          I could have sworn kemoeatu was there in the spring.
          "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

          "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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          • Hot Lunch
            Out of Office
            • Nov 2008
            • 7842

            #425
            Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
            I could have sworn kemoeatu was there in the spring.
            Watching from the sidelines.
            "Take it to the Bank"

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            • BoylenOver
              Junior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 9146

              #426
              Utah releases their 105-man roster:



              Palelei is on the roster.
              "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
              "Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle Ute

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              • Devildog
                Motor Boatin' SOB
                • Oct 2010
                • 1239

                #427
                I heard through the grapevine today that Matt Asiata is in camp with the Minnesota Vikings, Eddie Wide is in camp with the Forty Niners, and Shaky is in camp with the Packers.
                "We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school."
                -Thucydides

                "Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
                -Miyamoto Musashi

                Si vis pacem, para bellum

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                • BoylenOver
                  Junior Member
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 9146

                  #428
                  Utah opened fall camp today. From the sounds of it, Jordan Wynn looked good, the running backs looked good, and Brian Blechen probably shouldn't swallow any more bees.
                  "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
                  "Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle Ute

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                  • Maximus
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2009
                    • 6013

                    #429
                    Originally posted by BoylenOver View Post
                    Utah opened fall camp today. From the sounds of it, Jordan Wynn looked good, the running backs looked good, and Brian Blechen probably shouldn't swallow any more bees.
                    No wonder Wynn was happy.

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                    • Eddie
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2009
                      • 8098

                      #430
                      It's kind of strange, in a refreshing sort of way, hearing Chow compare Wynn to Detmer. A nice change from having Urban - who can't even say BYU.

                      I'm still just trying to wrap my mind around a Utah coach comparing a Utah player to a past BYU player. It just seems a little twighlight-zone-ish to me.

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                      • Portland Ute
                        Junior Member
                        • Dec 2008
                        • 5647

                        #431
                        Originally posted by Eddie View Post
                        It's kind of strange, in a refreshing sort of way, hearing Chow compare Wynn to Detmer. A nice change from having Urban - who can't even say BYU.

                        I'm still just trying to wrap my mind around a Utah coach comparing a Utah player to a past BYU player. It just seems a little twighlight-zone-ish to me.

                        http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/co...cc4c002e0.html
                        I'm floored. I can't fathom Chow comparing a current player that he coaches to a former player that he coached!

                        REFRESHING INDEED!

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                        • LA Ute
                          Receiver of Memory
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 19512

                          #432
                          Originally posted by Portland Ute View Post
                          I'm floored. I can't fathom Chow comparing a current player that he coaches to a former player that he coached!

                          REFRESHING INDEED!
                          I don't think Norm got the memo about how all Utah coaches behave in the manner BYU fans expect them to behave.

                          (Just teasing you, Eddie.)
                          “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                          ― W.H. Auden


                          "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                          -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


                          "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                          --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                          • Eddie
                            Senior Member
                            • Apr 2009
                            • 8098

                            #433
                            Originally posted by Portland Ute View Post
                            I'm floored. I can't fathom Chow comparing a current player that he coaches to a former player that he coached!

                            REFRESHING INDEED!
                            Fine. I see your point.

                            So tell me. A few years back, when Urban was coaching at the U...

                            How well do you think it would've gone for someone like KW to compare Utah players to BYU players?

                            Somehow I don't think it would've gone over well.

                            I'm just saying it's weird. Maybe refreshing was the wrong term to use.

                            I know that there are special circumstances that make it a little more normal. But it isn't every day that you have coaches from one school compare their player to a past player from a rival school.

                            But I suppose that was better than Chow saying "Hell, I don't know. Kid is a skinny runt. I'm not sure WHO to compare him to. I suppose Detmer wasn't all that big. Maybe I should compare him to Detmer."

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                            • Eddie
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2009
                              • 8098

                              #434
                              Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                              I don't think Norm got the memo about how all Utah coaches behave in the manner BYU fans expect them to behave.

                              (Just teasing you, Eddie.)
                              Norm was just at BYU much too long. He hasn't been at Utah long enough to lose his civility yet. Give him time, he'll get back to his roots.


                              (Yea. I just referenced Norm Chow and civility in the same sentence...)

                              I like the idea of the coaches being respectful of each other. I think the relationship that Mac and Lavell had was a positive and took an edge of some of the bitter feelings. When the coaches get to acting as bad as the fans, it seems like we are headed in the wrong direction to maintain some peace at the games.

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                              • Portland Ute
                                Junior Member
                                • Dec 2008
                                • 5647

                                #435
                                Originally posted by Eddie View Post

                                How well do you think it would've gone for someone like KW to compare Utah players to BYU players?

                                Somehow I don't think it would've gone over well.
                                Conjecture.

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