Does BYU need to get a transfer portal QB?

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Southern California quarterback Jaxson Dart looks to throw during game vs. Arizona Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Los Angeles.
Southern California quarterback Jaxson Dart appears to throw throughout sport towards Arizona Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Los Angeles. Dart is buying his wares within the switch portal, and could be very a lot on BYU’s radar.
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The Cougars women and men are trending towards familiarity with nationwide rankings after discovering momentum in West Coast Convention play. The lads are ranked twenty sixth, simply out of The Related Press ballot and Jeff Judkins’ ladies climbed to a No. 16 rating within the newest polls. Whereas the ladies have an opportunity to make an actual run on the convention title, Mark Pope’s crew proved its technique of operation is profitable — simply grinding out wins.

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Query of the week:BYU continues to pursue USC quarterback Jaxson Dart, a celebrity at Nook Canyon Excessive after Zach Wilson left. If they don't get him from the switch portal, ought to Kalani Sitake proceed so as to add to the QBs room for this coming season?

Jay Drew: If what some sources are telling me is right, BYU continues to be very a lot within the image for USC switch Jaxson Dart, as of late Monday night time. Regardless of many individuals on social media saying Dart is headed to Ole Miss or Oklahoma, don’t depend out Kalani Sitake simply but.

As I’ve been saying for weeks, BYU coaches can be nuts to not placed on a full court docket press for Dart, the previous Nook Canyon Excessive star. He’s the kind of participant that may elevate a program to higher heights if he stays wholesome. Monday, information surfaced that Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin flew out to Utah to go to Dart personally at his residence. Lane Practice is aware of expertise when he sees it.

If the Cougars don’t land Dart, I consider they need to work laborious so as to add one other quarterback to their lineup, particularly if Baylor Romney leaves, as anticipated. I do know that the BYU teaching employees hasn’t solely given up Romney returning however they shouldn’t be standing pat. Jaren Corridor confirmed final yr he's an excellent quarterback with professional potential however he has additionally proven a propensity to get damage. BYU wants an insurance coverage coverage that neither redshirt freshman Jacob Conover, nor Boise State switch Cade Fennegan, nor Sol Jay Maiava-Peters can ship, in my view.

They need to be checking the switch portal night time and day for an additional quarterback, simply in case they don’t land Dart.

Dick Harmon:It will likely be powerful to land Dart, however I wouldn’t depend out Sitake. His offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick and receivers coach Fesi Sitake each know Dart and have a relationship with him. Roderick has confirmed he can take a Nook Canyon QB and make him the No 2 decide within the NFL draft. That could be a weighty trump card to tug on a switch portal recruit. Roderick has the offense, the receivers and offensive line to get any QB fascinating in taking a peek and it could be snug for Dart to maneuver from USC and Los Angeles again residence to Utah.

Having mentioned that, I’ll throw an actual piece of hypothesis into the combination. I absolutely anticipate Jaren Corridor to return to BYU and end the momentum he has going for him, However, what if he doesn’t? What if he places his identify in for the NFL draft someday earlier than the mix in February? That opens up a number of decisions for Dart and the opposite QBs. Like I say, I absolutely anticipate Corridor to return for his junior season, however I might additionally see a situation the place he appears at his observe document of getting damage and decides like Tyler Allgeier, to receives a commission huge time subsequent time he will get banged round.

I do assume Conover has paid his dues and Fennegan has Division I expertise as a starter and if Corridor returns as anticipated, the QBs room is in good arms. Fennegan often is the reply for what Jay is speculating that the Cougars want in a switch portal QB that isn't Jaxson Dart. This can be very fascinating to see the way it performs out in coming days and maybe weeks.

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Coach Mark Pope’s squad dispatched San Diego and Portland this previous week and the ladies (15-1, 5-0) are actually No. 16, the best rating at school historical past. For the boys, the grit-it-out components can be examined on the highway once more with video games at Pacific and Santa Clara. Right here is Jeff Name’s report of Pope’s wins over San Diego and Portland the place freshman Fousseyni Traore posted two double-doubles.

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So, right here is how Dart finally ends up at BYU.

Dart will not be Oklahoma OR Ole Miss’s #1 QB prospect. They will not be choices for lengthy.

OU is proud of their switch commit in Gabriel, who performed for the brand new OU OC whereas at UCF. And they're attempting to usher in different QB as properly, even when Dart commits. They've Rattler and Williams to switch. And it’s positively NOT clear that Dart is a day 1 starter. However would at the least have the possibility to compete for that position.

Ole Miss HC, Lane Kiffin, simply met with Georgia WR and QB JT Daniels, yesterday, who're a package deal deal and reportedly LOVED Daniels.

Dart is aware of Kiffin was going to see these guys so he decides, final minute, to simply accept the invite to Provo, as he's in Utah proper now anyway.

Be fascinating to see what occurs. Truth is, Ole Miss could get Daniels and in that case, Dart received’t go. OU could get their different man as properly, in that case, Dart received’t have a spot. An OU simply signed Nick Evers an Elite 22’ QB prospect out of HS.

Dart could default to BYU. Sensible of him to have a look at that choice.

— ArizonaUte

Once I first learn that BYU has 4 Q1 wins, I believed, “What? No manner, who're they?”

So I checked it out. San Francisco, St. Mary’s Oregon and Missouri State. I knew that Missouri State had pulled as much as a Q1 sport, however I wasn’t conscious that Oregon was once more.

Oh, hey, keep in mind when BYU beat Missouri State, and Pope known as it a Q1 win, and a few folks blew up about it as a result of it wasn’t on the time? Possibly Pope is aware of a bit of bit about how good groups are, no?

In actual fact, all of BYU’s losses have turn into “higher losses” because the season has progressed. Or, at the least, they haven’t gotten any worse (Vanderbilt and UVU I’m undecided have improved their NET since taking part in BYU). Creighton is knocking on the Q1 door for BYU as properly, simply 3 spots away.

The important thing for BYU, although, is to maintain profitable these Q3/4 video games and to not drop too many Q1/2 video games. I’m not going to foretell that they’ll beat everyone besides Gonzaga from right here on out, however they must win most of them. So long as they do, they’ll be all proper.

— NevadaCoug

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