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BYU football: Gaskins ready to go

I like Brenden Gaskins Green Juresy. Did someone forget to tell him that St Patrick�s Day was last Monday.

BYU QBs wear green shirts at practice to seperate them from the rest of the team. Other teams QBs wear red jerseys to practice. They found out that when BYU QBs had to wear Ute colors they threw stupid interceptions and choked. Hence the switch.

I think after Steven Covey has a chance to sharpen his saw, and continues to put first things first, his Habits will certainly create a Win Win situation for everyone. In the meantime, Gaskins will be an great backup.

Which son of the orginial 7 habit forming Steve Covey Sr is the QB Steve Covey? sean's son or another uncle? how many covey kids did Steve Sr. have? from everything i have heard, this Steve Covey is the real deal. it would be great to have a wishbone/triple threat combo plays worked into the system to keep defenses on their toes. Gaskins better be ready to go as Hall is a marked man in his sophomoric (although actually a junior) year. defensive blitzes are headed his way this year. i wonder if the cougs will miss So'oto's blocking. it's interesting that Dan Coats was the only TE 2 years ago to make it in the NFL b/c he could block. Even Harline didn't make it and he could catch the ball like willie mays.

St. Patty. . . that was funny. And so true I'm crying inside.

Covey. . . you're right, except you forgot to mention the "synergy" that will take place with this team once they're fully "invested" and put first things first.

Covey is 4th team QB, Kurt McEuen is 3rd team QB - he is a much better QB than Covey if you watch them at practice. McEuen has performed the first week better than Gaskins so keep your eye on him.

He's Sean's nephew.

Having all these local and Utah QB's on the roster makes me very nervous. Time to go down to Texas or some other state and start recruiting QB's. Why hasn't our coaches signed a QB this year? They should sign one every year. Time to hit the JC ranks as well.

What they definitely won't miss from this guy is his penchant for 15 yard personal foul penalties!

You are right. Bronco and Co have no idea what they are doing and how many QB's they have and their need for more. Submit an app...maybe you can become the new head coach because we all know Bronco has shown his incompetency the past few years. Lol I love it when BYU fan thinks he's smarter than BYU staff.

Can we stop all the 14 year old girls from commenting on this blog. LOL? who writes LOL in a sports commentary. And as far as recruiting for QB's, it's not all Utah, look at John Beck. And by the way BYUTexan, not all good football players come out of Texas. It's true there are a lot of great players taht came from there, like Ty Detmer, but Utah does have some great players too.

Hall and Gaskins are from AZ.

Gaskins is from Farmington, New Mexico

I live in the Farmington new Mexico area. Gaskins is from Farmington.Played for the local high school and did real well.

Covey could play the role Tim Tebow played behind Rex Grossman. Covey is a great quaterback that can run the ball very well. He can mix things up on offense. One more note, Jason Munns is from Washington, and Football in Utah is VERY competitive.

Keep your eye on Kurt McEuen...the cougars will be short-changing themselves if they dont give him a legitimate shot to at least back up Max Hall. He definitely has the arm and mechanics to start for the cougs.

Brenden is not 6'5". I am 6'5" and i'm in a few of his classes and i can tell you he is no where close. At best 6'3". Makes me wonder how much Harvey Unga's little brother really weighs. He is from New Mexico.

Come on "QB Talk", Grossman was in the NFL by the time Teabow came around. As a true freshman he backed up/came in as a running threat for Chris Leak, not Rex Grossman. You possibly make a good point, although Covey is very small and Teabow is bigger than the linebackers, so he probably can't take the same kind of beating.

Just win a meaningful game this year cougs...Tired of being "close" to a bcs game, or "close" to winning a big one. Man up already, and no, Utah is not a big win. And one more thing...congrats to the cougs hoops team for getting "close" to getting out of the first round once again. Pff...please.

I love being sold short. It makes post-victory smack all the sweeter.

Several years ago I watch a Las Vegas Pass/Skill tournament involving Arizona, SoCal, Vegas and Utah teams. The smack was the slow boys from Utah were at a disadvantage with a 7 on 7 format without pads where skill and speed would dominate. The team from Compton was particularly racist in their views.

The teams from Utah dominated and destroyed everyone. The semi-finals were with 3 Utah teams. The finals between two Utah teams. When Fonnesbeck kept getting deep on the speedy guys from Compton lots of silence prevailed and then lots of excuses when other Utah receivers blitzed and tormented the other squads.

Sell Utah short. The post-victory whining will be all the sweeter.