I remember back in the Bowl game vs. SMU. true fr. Sol-Jay Maiava-Peters was BYU’s surprise starter at quarterback to replace an injured Jaren Hall. not only was he a giant surprise but little known running back, Hinckley Ropati had some eye popping runs.
After a season ending injury, Ropati is back. With LJ Martin injured and no word about if he is 100%, I am excited to see Ropati healthy again. This guy always gets positive yardage.
If you want to listen to some interesting take on Fall Camp, how the season will go and who is what on the team,
You watch Sports Nation season preview show last week (I think Thursday show).
Then go directly to the Hans Olsen interview (he is the new radio “color guy” for BYU).
Hans has never been shy of criticizing the coaches or players for what happens on the field. So, I would take his comments a little more credible than some of the other talking heads for BYU sports.
But he brings up an interesting point about Beatty (sp?) getting more sacks. He comments about how if the other guys do their jobs based on what a defensive coach told him, then Beatty should be up around 10-12 sacks.
He talks about in 18 years of covering Coach Hill, he has never seen the guy “fail”, last year was a bit of a hiccup,. but he expects Hill to have the defense ready to go full throttle.
Time will tell of course, but thought the interview was pretty good.