Trevor Matich

Utah Utes football: The life of a walk-on

Parker Cracroft and Sam Nielson spend a lot of their afternoons at Utah spring football practices just watching. They're both Ute players — Nos. 29 and 59 in the black defensive jerseys — but they don't get the same number of "reps" as the starters and backups during spring drills. And you won't find their names anywhere on the two-deep charts.

BYU football: Ex-Cougars love Y.'s contract with ESPN

BYU football: Legends excited, realistic about independence

When it comes to BYU's independent future, a distinguished group of Cougar football legends assembled for a Media Day roundtable shared both a sense of excitement and a realistic grasp on challenges ahead.

BYU football: Bronco Mendenhall gets contract extension

BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall is prepared to guide the Cougars through at least the first few years of independence — and probably beyond.

BYU's football media day will be broadcast live

PROVO — BYU's football program, which became independent earlier this month, is looking to make a big splash today with its first national media day at the BYUtv Broadcasting Building.

Jimmer and Jazz could net perfect match

I had an interesting conversation with two NBA GMs this week about Jimmer Fredette following the rookie combine in Chicago last weekend. One told me Jimmer will be a scorer in the NBA because of his unique range, will likely play point guard at the next level, and in his opinion, will definitely be a lottery pick.