Byrd Ficklin

But either way, uh, you have, uh, quite a few options there when it comes to the rushing attack for Utah.

Lamarcus Bell, Wayyzion Parker, Byrd, Ficklin, all had over 70 yards.

That's the thing.

As I told you that they had 364 rushing yards, right? Well, what's crazy is that nobody had over 100 yards.

That's what's up.

Hey, Bird, Bill Riley and Sly upstairs, congratulations on the win tonight.

We just played that touchdown pass to Noah Benny.

That's a fourth and short.

You know, I'm pretty sure almost everybody got a touch.

All the key players got a touch and they all got a chance to do something with it.

Yeah, Bird, to that point, 10 guys ran the ball tonight for 364 yards.

Eight guys caught the ball tonight for 269 yards.

But if you're Morgan Scalley and you had to draw up a pathway to start your tenure and find an identity and, you know, move on with a, with a new OC, um, I really feel like this is the-- you, you couldn't have scripted it, uh, you couldn't have scripted it much better.

Uh, Devon Dampier is back, uh, and also there's been some buzz that Byrd Ficklin, who really came in and, and showed some dynamism last year when, when he played in, uh, when Dampier was injured, um, you know, they could use both those guys at times this year.

Byrd Ficklin is one of the most dynamic backup quarterbacks in the country.

He stayed and, uh, yeah, it, it, Dampier is a f- five for five guy, so he could have another year of college, but they, they feel good if Dampier goes pro next year that, that Ficklin can s- can step in.

Um, my favorite Utah fact that I know I've said on the pod before is they have not, and, and I bring this up 'cause Morgan Scalley brings it up all the time.

Formations into the boundary, shifts, motions, and the quarterback run game are all still there.

Scalley pointed out that familiarity is a big reason why Devin and Byrd wanted to stay last season.

McGiven's Utah State offense averaged over 400 yards and over 30 points per game.

His philosophy is to fit the scheme to the players rather than forcing players into his scheme.

However, McGiven admits that managing the types of hits that he takes is going to be a balancing act all 12 games.

Gunderson delivered the guardrail on all this newfound freedom in a single sentence.

He said, "Bad habits with good results are still bad habits." There also appears that there will be design packages for sophomore Byrd Ficklin.

Dampier insists that the trust runs in both directions.