From what I’ve heard from Jake Hatch and read from Vanguish the Foe: Rudi Williams is expected to commit to BYU within the next week. Antoine Davis has narrowed his favorites to KSU and BYU. He will commit to one or the other on Monday. KSU has been the favorite for the past few weeks, but BYU is closing strong. UMKC’s Josiah Allick–who looks a lot like Caleb Lohner, imho–is scheduled to visit next week. IUPUI freshman center Chuks Isitua should also be visiting within the next two weeks. He is an Atiki clone. No word on the coaching replacement in the past couple of weeks. I was thinking Barret Peery might be the guy, but he makes $500,000 at Texas Tech. Burgess made less than $200,000 at BYU.
Yes, they are beefing up on all their sports in prep for the Big 12
The Lahonton Cutthroat are unique. Only found in Pyramid Lake near Reno. The entire species was lost when Nev. dewatered the Truckee River. They were a holdover from the Pleistocene, when the area from Reno all the way to Salt lake was one big lake and trout up to 100 lbs were roaming that lake. Lake Bonneville found a way to the ocean at the end of the last Ice Age and is now the great Salt lake. Utah lake had 30 lb Bonneville Cutthroat in it when the Mormons fished them to keep themselves alive the first few years in the 1840s. They are a distant cousin to these Lahontons.
Turns out a biologist found true Lahonton DNA in Pilot creek on the Nev.-Utah border. This creek is only flows for about a mile and ends in the desert. The fish only grow to about 6 inches. But when they planted them back into Pyramid, they are the real deal and grow to be 30+ pounds. a true recovery story.
Rudi Williams is a serious get for Pope. More on that later…
Everything I read has NIL money in it. The reason why we missed on the Detroit Mercy kid was NIL money (he got a six figure deal from a chinese co, that ought to tell you how much $$ blue chippers are making). These players are shopping. Probably why Lohner transferred to B 12 land and all that oil money. Come to think of it, the Big !2 could pull off a seismic cue in both football and basketball if it uses it’s limitless NIL opportunities tied to OIL. BYU will eventually be tapping into that $$ if they have any IQ sense.
NIL deal needs to go away. Student athletes are being greedy looking for big $$$ from boosters do you think? And not a whole lot said about BYU basketball program. Nothing being said why a lot of players wanting to transfer and when Mark Pope going to hire replacement assistant coach? Mark pope needs help from his new assistant coach when comes to recruiting.