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by FireAg
March 25th, 2024, 10:00 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Was Van Grundy right?
Replies: 13
Views: 1128

Was Van Grundy right?

A poor gameplan designed to lose so that he can immediately work on building a roster at Washington rather than languish in a low-paying job at a mid-major as they make a tourney run to the sweet 16 or further? About 10 minutes in, we started the Hack a Zack defense which didn’t stop him from scorin...
by FireAg
March 25th, 2024, 10:43 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Washington and Purdue in Big 10 next year
Replies: 7
Views: 729

Re: Washington and Purdue in Big 10 next year

If it’s truly about basketball, then the players, especially Great, are better off to stay and further develop and progress. They wouldn’t have the same opportunity as a low grade Big 10 player or team as a top shelf MW team. I get the money thing. It would be hard to turn down a few hundred K elsew...
by FireAg
March 25th, 2024, 9:51 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Washington and Purdue in Big 10 next year
Replies: 7
Views: 729

Washington and Purdue in Big 10 next year

If Sprinkle goes and wants to be competitive with the top of the Big 10, he’ll probably need different players than we could offer if they transfer from here. Sure, some might be role players or grab a few minutes in garbage time, but to play significant roles or to dominate like Great did this year...
by FireAg
October 7th, 2023, 7:12 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: 7.3 powerstroke NIL deal for our guys
Replies: 1
Views: 555

7.3 powerstroke NIL deal for our guys

They don’t start either
by FireAg
March 29th, 2023, 1:18 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Danny Sprinkle — make it happen
Replies: 34
Views: 3801

Re: Danny Sprinkle — make it happen

Not interested in Sprinkle - another Montana guy - unless he can throw a football a mile.
by FireAg
February 16th, 2023, 8:30 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Number 20 to the Rafters
Replies: 24
Views: 2401

Re: Number 20 to the Rafters

We retire JC’s jersey and at the same time NMSU cancels their program. Coincidence? Nobody owned the Newmags like JC.
by FireAg
September 13th, 2022, 9:17 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: War on Farmers
Replies: 8
Views: 888

War on Farmers

Bad day for the Aggie Conference - 9/10/2022 Utah State Aggies 7 Weber State 35 Texas A&M Aggies 14 Appalachian State 17 New Mexico State Aggies 13 UTEP 20 UC Davis Aggies 22 South Dakota State 24 North Carolina A&T Aggies 3 North Dakota State 43 Murray State Aggies 3 Jackson State 34 Oklahoma Panha...
by FireAg
June 30th, 2022, 6:38 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: We might be f**ked
Replies: 197
Views: 17206

Re: We might be f**ked

Everybody else in the PAC 12 is certainly frantically talking to everybody right now - especially the Big 10. Probably the only ones to get a call back are Washington, Oregon and maybe Stanford. Best case for us is they go and the remnants of the pac 12 back fill with us and others. It would really ...
by FireAg
February 20th, 2022, 8:46 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Don’t know if it was attempted
Replies: 3
Views: 706

Re: Don’t know if it was attempted

Maybe Randy will get him to the NBA anyway.
by FireAg
February 20th, 2022, 8:46 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Don’t know if it was attempted
Replies: 3
Views: 706

Don’t know if it was attempted

Or even possible, but the missing piece to be a bonafide tournament team this year would have been to try to grab Kobe McEwen out of the portal. He surely saw the legend and the draft pick that Sam became and as freshman they were comparably skilled players. Bean is a great #2 star , but sometimes s...
by FireAg
October 10th, 2021, 5:14 pm
Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
Topic: (Kinda) funny article on Kibbie dome
Replies: 8
Views: 923

Re: (Kinda) funny article on Kibbie dome

I’ve been in both in the past few years. I think they are the same size dome but have the field configured differently. The Holt arena in Pocatello puts the football field puts the field with the end zones under the rounded sides of the dome and the seats against the straight walls - I believe it al...
by FireAg
April 16th, 2021, 4:35 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Future recruiting advice for Odom
Replies: 61
Views: 4817

Re: Future recruiting advice for Odom

My thought is that for “comparable” recruits, you should get players that have a higher likelihood of staying the full 4 years. For instance, knowing what we know now, we would be much better off having started and played Ashworth over Worster this last season as they are “comparable” skilled player...
by FireAg
April 16th, 2021, 4:01 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Future recruiting advice for Odom
Replies: 61
Views: 4817

Re: Future recruiting advice for Odom

Solid, has anyone emailed this advice to him yet? Wondering what the response was if so :) Surely, any good coach would make an alias and get on the message board within a day or two of getting hired. How else could they get the expert advice to learn how to do their job. I may actually be Coach Od...
by FireAg
April 15th, 2021, 9:51 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Future recruiting advice for Odom
Replies: 61
Views: 4817

Future recruiting advice for Odom

With the new transfer rule, you don’t want to waste too much time, energy and resources recruiting high school kids - spend it recruiting transfers burning their free transfer. There are, as mentioned in other threads,, a couple of exceptions: Aggie legacy kids and (for the most part) mission kids. ...
by FireAg
March 28th, 2021, 11:32 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: I will root for BYU over Utah
Replies: 55
Views: 5383

I will root for BYU over Utah

It’s been a fluid, evolving situation. Myself (and most of us I’d guess) grew up with a healthy disdain for BYU and a bit of a tolerance at worst to a kinship at best with Utah. Since the formation of the WAC, we’ve blamed BYU more for trying to big time us. And they have. The tried to prevent our e...
by FireAg
March 7th, 2021, 11:05 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Commentators
Replies: 30
Views: 1895

Commentators

I sometimes try to sync the tv broadcast with Scotty’s radio broadcast to get a little homerism, but at least half the time I don’t get around to it or forget to do it until the end. Every game that I’ve watched on one of the fox channels or CBS the commentators always make a big deal out of several...
by FireAg
December 12th, 2020, 2:05 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: 100% Cockett's fault
Replies: 15
Views: 3229

Re: 100% Cockett's fault

She prides herself on her candid and honest conversations, but after considering the situation, I think it went something like this: Players: "We want you to hire Coach Maile, we like him." Pres Cockett's thoughts: Coach Maile is a great Aggie and a great guy. We wanted to give him every chance to ...
by FireAg
December 12th, 2020, 12:57 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: 100% Cockett's fault
Replies: 15
Views: 3229

100% Cockett's fault

She prides herself on her candid and honest conversations, but after considering the situation, I think it went something like this: Players: "We want you to hire Coach Maile, we like him." Pres Cockett's thoughts: Coach Maile is a great Aggie and a great guy. We wanted to give him every chance to e...
by FireAg
December 11th, 2020, 4:21 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: This incident will be a scarlet letter on Frank
Replies: 4
Views: 1025

This incident will be a scarlet letter on Frank

Deservedly or not, this will look very bad on Frank for any future coaching opportunities. Possibly, he had nothing to do with it or didn’t even know about it early, but as soon as he found out about it he should have told those players that this is completely unacceptable - to get their butts on a ...
by FireAg
November 22nd, 2020, 1:42 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Information plese
Replies: 9
Views: 2540

Re: Information plese

Heard today that Duncan is back with team and will be may be getting some reps going forward this season but really needs a full offseason to be ready. So hopefully next year 100%.
by FireAg
November 14th, 2020, 4:27 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: This is so pathetic Aggie fans
Replies: 2
Views: 1325

Re: This is so pathetic Aggie fans

Our inability to throw the ball, especially deep, is our worst Achilles heel - and we have a lot of them. It seems that everyone we play is bigger, faster and stronger. Or, conversely, we are smaller, slower and weaker. In order to compete and have a chance to win, we have to be lucky - the ball had...
by FireAg
October 25th, 2020, 4:42 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Time to play (start) the Freshmen and Sophomores
Replies: 6
Views: 822

Time to play (start) the Freshmen and Sophomores

It's just as easy to get blown out with young players who have a chance to learn, improve and get better as it is with Seniors and graduate transfers. I understand that the college football game is to win, and win now. But we weren't competitive at all - not even in the same league as Boise. If you ...
by FireAg
August 14th, 2020, 7:32 am
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Football tix refund
Replies: 63
Views: 4713

Re: Football tix refund

Yeah, I understand the difference between being in a conference and not. If was extremely disappointing to me to hear Gary - and by extension the administration- say he was an ADVOCATE for shutting down. I would like someone, anyone, to say that we were doing everything possible to play, it’s just t...
by FireAg
August 13th, 2020, 5:31 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Football tix refund
Replies: 63
Views: 4713

Re: Football tix refund

I didn’t know that but I get it. Maybe BYU didn’t try very hard for non- football sports, but it looks to me like they’re trying awful hard to play football. And, let’s face it, the only thing that’s drives passion for sports fans is football and, to a lesser extent, men’s basketball. The overwhelmi...
by FireAg
August 13th, 2020, 2:34 pm
Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
Topic: Football tix refund
Replies: 63
Views: 4713

Re: Football tix refund

Very disappointing to me that no one at USU was fighting for a season. Listened to Gary on 1280 a couple of days ago. He said the he was an advocate for NOT playing. If college kids are on campus, college kids should be allowed their activities - classes, dances, labs, concerts and, yes, football. I...
by FireAg
March 8th, 2020, 4:23 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: The Shot - No call
Replies: 17
Views: 2145

The Shot - No call

It looked, both in real time and in the numerous replays including slo-mo, that Sam was right - he was fouled on THE SHOT. Feagin slapped him on the wrist right as he let it fly. It's possible that without the wrist slap, THE SHOT might have missed, so, of course, I'm real glad that it worked out th...
by FireAg
March 7th, 2020, 4:59 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Do you realize
Replies: 2
Views: 440

Do you realize

That if we had 2-3 more consistent 3 point shooters - not just Sam - that we are a legitimate top 10 team.
by FireAg
March 5th, 2020, 10:54 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Lack of respect
Replies: 9
Views: 1069

Re: Lack of respect

Scottie has actually given us a portal into the mainstream Utah sports talk world. We’re certainly not in the conversation on the Wasatch front as much as Utah or BYU yet, but I think we’re in it more than we ever have been. And that’s because of Scottie G. Al was great because he was our Al. But we...
by FireAg
March 5th, 2020, 10:11 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Lack of respect
Replies: 9
Views: 1069

Re: Lack of respect

Maybe that’s too harsh on second thought. We did win the game after all and that’s the important thing.
by FireAg
March 5th, 2020, 10:09 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Lack of respect
Replies: 9
Views: 1069

Lack of respect

I sometimes get the feeling that Coach Smith doesn’t really give our own broadcast (Scottie G) the consideration or time to always make an after game interview a priority. He always gives the tv an interview but seems to only give Scottie an interview if it’s convenient. I always try to sync the Agg...
by FireAg
March 5th, 2020, 9:33 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Brito just made up for all his choke jobs
Replies: 15
Views: 1617

Re: Brito just made up for all his choke jobs

Brito played with A lot of confidence. Especially at the end. I like that Brito doesn’t let a missed shot or bad play phase him. He comes back next possession. Milller and porter seem to be playing not to lose after a missed shot. Brito plays to win.
by FireAg
March 5th, 2020, 9:02 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Lack of chemistry?
Replies: 9
Views: 790

Re: Lack of chemistry?

We have missed a good amount of wide open threes. Maybe that’s contributing to the deficit.
by FireAg
March 5th, 2020, 8:44 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Lack of chemistry?
Replies: 9
Views: 790

Lack of chemistry?

We look like a team thrown together to play pickup ball. We won’t match up well playing one on one. We better find some team efficiency. And quick.
by FireAg
February 29th, 2020, 8:40 am
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Dallin Hall - Fremont
Replies: 63
Views: 5373

Re: Dallin Hall - Fremont

I do think that Hall would be reasonably successful anywhere he goes - but we would most likely build our team and offensive sets around him. He has the ability to finish at the rim or to snipe from outside. He would probably be a 2000 plus career scorer at Utah State or a good player who contribute...
by FireAg
February 28th, 2020, 10:54 pm
Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
Topic: Dallin Hall - Fremont
Replies: 63
Views: 5373

Dallin Hall - Fremont

Been watching a fair of state tournament games. Hall from Fremont is legit. Anyone know if we’ve offered or even if we’re interested? The best player I’ve seen in the state.