Since we are on the home stretch to spring ball kicking off (almost one week!) I thought it would be great to fill you in to some of the things I've been hearing during the off-season and then open it up to see what you guys would most like to be informed on during the course of spring ball. As always I'll do my best to get all of your questions answered (as will everyone else here) as much as I can during the next several weeks.
This is not earth-shattering information but talking football is always fun and frankly it feels like it's been too long so here we go.
To begin I've been hearing some good things about the receivers in the off-season. From what I'm hearing K-Scott has been on a completely other level. I'm hearing he's bigger and faster and most importantly he's hungry (not that this guy never has been, but again, it's on a completely different level than before). This is good since in my opinion he's the guy. There's no Dres and no Westlee. Utah will definitely be looking for supplimenters to Scott in spring which brings me to the next couple of tidbits I've been hearing.
It sounds like Tim Patrick's recovery is going really well and he is expected to be a big contributer along side Scott much like last year after Dres went down. I'm not sure how much he will be involved in spring. (I'm sure the coaches and staff will stay on the side of caution and let him ease his way back.)
A guy that's kind of come out of the dark is Jameson Field. I've heard he's been looking really good during winter conditioning and things are starting to "click". This was something I was noticing towards the end of the year last year. He seemed to be more involved in what they were doing in practice and he was starting to look really good doing it. I will definitely be interested to see what he does in spring and how much of a contributer he ultimately could be in the coming season.
Defensively I've heard some good things about Marcus Williams. It sounds much like Fields things are clicking and he's learning really fast. Granted, Williams did the whole baptism by fire thing last year as a freshman and had many opportunities to learn and grow while playing. The game has slowed down for him since and it sounds like it's all coming together.
So what do you guys think? What are you eager to learn more about once spring ball kicks off next week? Let me know and let's have a fun conversation here in the meantime
This is not earth-shattering information but talking football is always fun and frankly it feels like it's been too long so here we go.
To begin I've been hearing some good things about the receivers in the off-season. From what I'm hearing K-Scott has been on a completely other level. I'm hearing he's bigger and faster and most importantly he's hungry (not that this guy never has been, but again, it's on a completely different level than before). This is good since in my opinion he's the guy. There's no Dres and no Westlee. Utah will definitely be looking for supplimenters to Scott in spring which brings me to the next couple of tidbits I've been hearing.
It sounds like Tim Patrick's recovery is going really well and he is expected to be a big contributer along side Scott much like last year after Dres went down. I'm not sure how much he will be involved in spring. (I'm sure the coaches and staff will stay on the side of caution and let him ease his way back.)
A guy that's kind of come out of the dark is Jameson Field. I've heard he's been looking really good during winter conditioning and things are starting to "click". This was something I was noticing towards the end of the year last year. He seemed to be more involved in what they were doing in practice and he was starting to look really good doing it. I will definitely be interested to see what he does in spring and how much of a contributer he ultimately could be in the coming season.
Defensively I've heard some good things about Marcus Williams. It sounds much like Fields things are clicking and he's learning really fast. Granted, Williams did the whole baptism by fire thing last year as a freshman and had many opportunities to learn and grow while playing. The game has slowed down for him since and it sounds like it's all coming together.
So what do you guys think? What are you eager to learn more about once spring ball kicks off next week? Let me know and let's have a fun conversation here in the meantime
