Last years matchup was a very sloppy 34-33 loss that featured 11 total turnovers, with seven by Wyoming and four by the Bobcats. Ohio had a disappointing season after getting nine wins in 2006 and then down to six last year. The team was very average they went 6-6, but they also had an even record in conference games, home and road games as well. This years game takes place week one in Laramie.

Offense: The team returns eight starters on offense and last season they averaged a solid 30 points per game. The Bobcats have to break in a new quarterback for the third straight year, however this years starter junior Theo Scott saw time in ten games last year so he did gain valuable experience. In those 10 games Scott threw five touchdowns to three picks and had a 57.8 completition percentage. Scott is some what of a dual threat quarterback and head coach Frank Solich said, "He understands our system and is a good combo runner and thrower. We are able to use him in shotgun formations and as a running threat as well."

The running game will have to replace the schools all time leading rusher Kalvin McRae and looks to be replaced by playmaking junior Chris Garrett who is making the move from wide receiver to tailback this season. Garrett is also an excellent punt and kick returner with his ellusiveness running style, the coaches also plan to use Garrett in the short passing game to utilize all of his skills.

The other back to be part of the rotation will be sophomore Vince Davidson heads into the fall as part of the rotation. Davidson appeared in seven games last season and another back who could get a few carries is sophomore L.J. Flintall who coach Solich feels has the ability to find the holes made by the offensive line.

The receiving corp has only had to be a supporting aspect of the offense, because of how good the running game has been. The Bobcats' top returning wide receiver is junior Taylor Price who led the team last season with 464 yards receiving and four touchdowns. LaVon Brazill who is the only other returning starter and is very raw and 'learning on the fly' according to the coaches.

While the team is low on experience the Bobcats will frequently use a two tight end formation and have a pair of solid performers returning, led by their leading returning tight end, senior Andrew Mooney. The passing game should be ok with the multiple options of tight ends and receivers.

Defense: The defense was nothing special first off, they had a tough time creating turnovers, and then they gave up 30 points per game. They do return seven starters on the defensive side. The one odd stat that the Bobcats had was that defense placed third in the MAC in both tackles for loss and sacks. Conversely, Ohio's front four had difficulty stopping the run, allowing 186.4 yards rushing per game which ranked 91st nationally. Interesting stat about that defense and if they are able to at least be mediocre on rush defense then this side of the ball should be much better.

A key player who missed last year was Ernie Hodge, who was coming off an impressive 2006 freshman campaign, but off-the-field matters took him away from the team and Hodge took a redshirt in 2007. He's back and moves from defensive end, where he recorded 38 tackles as a freshman, to tackle to allow for the line to be stronger with this move. The defensive end is their strongest part of the line and with both starters back, Corey Moncrief and A.J. Oxley, should be able to improve the sub par rush defense.

The defensive back position is the best part of their defense, and last year Ohio was 2nd in the league in pass efficiency defense while allowing a fifth-best 221.1 yards passing per game. The secondary will now have the depth they needed with the three starters returning and the entrance of a few junior college defensive backs who should see immediate playing time.

Early Prediction: This should be a defensive show down, since both teams have good defenses. Looking back at last year and the amount of turnovers anything can happen. Look for Wyoming to win, because they do not lose at home or early in the season.

Last years matchup was a very sloppy 34-33 loss that featured 11 total turnovers, with seven by Wyoming and four by the Bobcats. Ohio had a disappointing season after getting nine wins in 2006 and then down to six last year. The team was very average they went 6-6, but they also had an even record in conference games, home and road games as well. This years game takes place week one in Laramie.

Offense: The team returns eight starters on offense and last season they averaged a solid 30 points per game. The Bobcats have to break in a new quarterback for the third straight year, however this years starter junior Theo Scott saw time in ten games last year so he did gain valuable experience. In those 10 games Scott threw five touchdowns to three picks and had a 57.8 completition percentage. Scott is some what of a dual threat quarterback and head coach Frank Solich said, "He understands our system and is a good combo runner and thrower. We are able to use him in shotgun formations and as a running threat as well."

The running game will have to replace the schools all time leading rusher Kalvin McRae and looks to be replaced by playmaking junior Chris Garrett who is making the move from wide receiver to tailback this season. Garrett is also an excellent punt and kick returner with his ellusiveness running style, the coaches also plan to use Garrett in the short passing game to utilize all of his skills.

The other back to be part of the rotation will be sophomore Vince Davidson heads into the fall as part of the rotation. Davidson appeared in seven games last season and another back who could get a few carries is sophomore L.J. Flintall who coach Solich feels has the ability to find the holes made by the offensive line.

The receiving corp has only had to be a supporting aspect of the offense, because of how good the running game has been. The Bobcats' top returning wide receiver is junior Taylor Price who led the team last season with 464 yards receiving and four touchdowns. LaVon Brazill who is the only other returning starter and is very raw and 'learning on the fly' according to the coaches.

While the team is low on experience the Bobcats will frequently use a two tight end formation and have a pair of solid performers returning, led by their leading returning tight end, senior Andrew Mooney. The passing game should be ok with the multiple options of tight ends and receivers.

Defense: The defense was nothing special first off, they had a tough time creating turnovers, and then they gave up 30 points per game. They do return seven starters on the defensive side. The one odd stat that the Bobcats had was that defense placed third in the MAC in both tackles for loss and sacks. Conversely, Ohio's front four had difficulty stopping the run, allowing 186.4 yards rushing per game which ranked 91st nationally. Interesting stat about that defense and if they are able to at least be mediocre on rush defense then this side of the ball should be much better.

A key player who missed last year was Ernie Hodge, who was coming off an impressive 2006 freshman campaign, but off-the-field matters took him away from the team and Hodge took a redshirt in 2007. He's back and moves from defensive end, where he recorded 38 tackles as a freshman, to tackle to allow for the line to be stronger with this move. The defensive end is their strongest part of the line and with both starters back, Corey Moncrief and A.J. Oxley, should be able to improve the sub par rush defense.

The defensive back position is the best part of their defense, and last year Ohio was 2nd in the league in pass efficiency defense while allowing a fifth-best 221.1 yards passing per game. The secondary will now have the depth they needed with the three starters returning and the entrance of a few junior college defensive backs who should see immediate playing time.

Early Prediction: This should be a defensive show down, since both teams have good defenses. Looking back at last year and the amount of turnovers anything can happen. Look for Wyoming to win, because they do not lose at home or early in the season.

The annual battle for the Fremont Cannon is between UNLV and Nevada-Reno. Last year Nevada defeated UNLV 27-20, and ended teh season 6-7 after losing 27-0 to New Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl. Nevada has always been just above .500 with the last five years here is their win total: 6-5-9-8-6. Nevada hopes to get into the national spot light by playing two Big XII teams, at Missouri and Texas Tech at home both very tough, but if they can pull off one of those wins Nevada might be considered a favorite in the WAC.

Offense: Their offense was very impressive last year by averaging 36 points per game, but had to out score their opponents to get wins. The Wolfpack does return eight starts so the offense should have production similar to last years. The offense that Coach Ault runs is a hybrid offense and needs the quarterback to be able run at times, and then also for him to be a traditional drop back quarterback, as well.

They do have two capable quarterbacks mainly because the projected 2007 starter Nick Graziano went down with an injury and had to be replaced. The replacement was Colin Kaepernick who was force to learn on the go, and he made the most of his first year in FBS football, completing 133-of-247 passes for 2,175 yards and 19 touchdowns.

Now in 2008 Colin Kaepernick looks to be the starter, because Nick Graziano went down with a foot injury in spring practice, and that set back allowed Kaepernick to retain his starting job. If injury were to hit him Graziano is a capable replacement.

Nevada does return the number one returning rusher in the WAC in Luke Lippincott, and all he did as a junior was rush for 1,420 yards and 18 touchdowns in lieu of becoming first team all conference. This year he will be backed up by Vai Taua who saw action in eight games and had a very good spring by the coaches account.

Receivers is another strong point with the top two returning starters are seniors Marko Mitchell and Mike McCoy in this three-pronged receiver attack. These two combined for 750 yards and twelve touchdowns, but the impressive thing about both receivers is their yards per catch with both averaging just at 20 yards per game. If the Wolfpack find a possession receiver to balance out the two deep threats, and if this happens the Wolfpack should have a very good offense this year.

Defense: This is where Nevada needs to improve the most if they want to challenge Fresno State or Nevada. Last season the Wolfpack gave up 33 per game. The offense did out score opponents, but if they want to be considered a threat the defense must improve by at least ten points per game.

The defense is changing philosphy by switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 in hopes to improve that defense. The defensive line only returns one starter in the front four is Mundrae Clifton. While the down lineman have only the one starter they do have three linebackers back and that will help shore up the running game that was less then impressive.

The defensive back position could have three new starters which included prize high school recruit Thaddeus Brown and two other junior college transfers, Maurice Harvey and cornerback Antoine Thompson . These players have a chance to immediately shore up the secondary, or it could take a few games for these new comers to grasp the defense.

Early Prediction: The Wolfpack offense is very potent and could be better then last year when they averaged 36 per game. This game is be played in Las Vegas and gives UNLV a slight edge but look for Nevada's offense to be too much and win by seven points.

This game wraps up a home and home with the Rebels where the last game was at Iowa State where they won 16-10. The last few years for Iowa State has not been good, in fact the team has not been exciting since quarterback Seneca Wallace walked around campus. When this game rolls around in September and will be each teams fourth game, so by then we will know if Iowa State has a pulse or not.

Offense: Iowa State returns seven offensive starters, but the most glaring ommission is trying to replace former four year starter Bret Meyer. Not only was Meyer durable he finished his career on a streak of 48 straight starts, and was very effective. Meyer left Ames as Iowa State's all-time leader with 9,499 passing yards and 10,422 yards of total offense.

The most likely replacement is sophomore Austin Arnaud, a local product and was groomed last year by appering in six games in his Freshman campaign. However during spring practice sophomore Phillip Bates emerged to make the quarterback race more interesting. As of now during fall camp the team has gone through four scrimmages and coach Chizik said, "Both of them moved the ball well today. They are progressing well. We didn't turn the ball over at all today." The race is still a dead heat with less then two weeks to opening day.

As for the running back position they were receiving high praise during the same scrimmage with the backs able to run stong up the middle of the line. This is the deepest position that the Cyclones have because last year the top three returning backs rushed for 100 yards in at least one game last season. Sophomore Alexander Robinson looks to be the lead back, because he is more complete in being able to make people miss and can catch the ball out of the backfield. Last year he caught 23 balls for 167 yards, so Robinson is capable adding another dimension to the offense.

Two other backs who will push Robinson for carries first are Senior Jason Scales who started five games and his best came agaisnt Nebraska with 115 yards on the ground, and the other is J.J. Bass who is a junior college transfer from a year ago and had 446 yards rushing in his first year of division one football.

In the receiver area the Cyclones other significant loss on offense was standout receiver Todd Blythe, who made 52 catches for a team-high 779 yards and five touchdowns last year. Blythe is the all-time leader in Iowa State history in the three main categories for wide receivers with 176 receptions, 3,096 yards and 31 touchdowns. Replacements will be Senior R.J. Sumrall after leading the team with 54 catches for 434 yards last season, including a career high eight grabs against Missouri. Also junior Marquis Hamilton is the closest thing the Cyclones have to a big body who could replace Blythe.

Defense: The team returns seven starters, and they will need the help as they gave up 31 points per game, but this year they do not have to face Oklahoma or Texas, plus they get Missouri and Kansas at home. The defense should be improved just on that part.

The biggest change is that the defensive line tha thas to replace their interior lineman, and that could be trouble since their rush defense was not that great this past year. The inexperience will be what hurts this team, but the coaching staff have believes the depth will be fine, but just needs the playing time.

The linebacking area is another tough hit spor with the teams top two tacklers from last years team are not there any more. The lone returning starter is junior middle linebacker Jesse Smith, who had 79 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles in his 12 starts last year. If he can improve off of that then he has a chance to becom all league for 2008.

The defense last year just had a hard time with their difficult schedule, but even with the 'easier' schedule it will be tough for Iowa State to be too much better.

Early Prediction: This game is on the road where the Cyclones struggled the past few years, and UNLV should be improved this game will be a pick'em but as of now I will go with Iowa State.

Dennis Erickson takes on year two at Arizona State after a stellar first year at ASU where the Sun Devils started 8-0 and claimed a share of the Pac-10 title with USC. Erickson does this with the current payers and then snags a few junior college guys. Once Erickson gets his players the team should be able to flourish to even greater heights.

Offense: Quarterback Rudy Carpenter has the chance to pass all-time Pac-10 greats, Matt Leinart, Carson Palmer, Derek Anderson and even Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway, as the leagues all time leading passer. Carpenter is a four year starter after taking over for Sam Keller and Carpenter never gave up the starting gig. Carpenter is working on his accuracy to get his completition percentage up to 65 and coaches also are working on him being more patient and scale back his gun slinger attitude, so he will make better decisions. The back up to Rudy Carpenter is two year player junior Danny Sullivan who has 44 career attempts and will see mostly mop up duty.

The running game was very good last year and the Sun Devils return Keegan Herring who has more then 2,000 career rushing yards, and holds the freshman rushing record with 843 yards in 2005. Herring is a more of a change of pace back and will get about 12-17 touches per game, and he will be starting at least in their season opener. Behind him on the depth chart is junior Dimitri Nance who rushed for 500 yards last season at 3.8 yards per carry, but he is also not a workhorse back, so look for both to split carries. This could be a problem unless one of the two emerge as a power rusher who can run it up the middle of the defense.

The wide receiver position is loaded this year for Arizona State with three of the four top wide outs back from last years team. The most improved player from spring practices is sophomore Kerry Taylor, and as a freshman in 2007, Taylor caught eight balls for 53 yards and a touchdown. Taylor expected to start at the H in four-receiver sets and see other action as well in different sets.

The best receiver returning is junior Chris McGaha who caught 61 passes for 830 yards and a touchdown. While these numbers may not be overly impressive it is because of the depth of the receivers, and that the offense allows many players to get touches.

The Sun Devils have one of the best red zone receivers in the league with senior Michael Jones who caught ten touchdown passes and Jones should challenge for first team all conference.

Defense: The defense returns seven starters on a pretty stellar defense that gave up 20 points per game. The Sun Devils were third in the Pac-10 in total defense but to make it to the national championship area that needs to improve to the level of a USC, LSU, and others who continually make BCS championship game appearance.

On the defensive line they return three of four starters, and the returning star on the line is David Smith. He started all 13 games last season and finished with nine solo tackles, 13 assists, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3.5sacks, plus he also had an interception and a forced fumble. Smith also is the most experienced with playing time in 37 games.

junior Travis Goethel returns after a strong sophomore campaign in which he finished second on the team in tackles with 71 while also adding three forced fumbles and 3.5 tackles for loss, and is the leader in linebackers. The rest of the linebackers have a lot of experience with Morris Wooten who had 47 tackles last year, and then there is Gerald Munns who impressed all the coaches last year and into spring to be the clear cut middle line backer.

The defense should be much improved especially if all the hype the coaches are praising are true.

Early Prediction: This will not be pretty Arizona State should win by at least 21 points, barring a miracle.

BYU is in negotiations to play a home and home with Tulane possibly starting next season, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. A quote from the article " That would stay within the current trend of playing two BCS teams (ASU, FSU), a respectable mid-major (Tulane) and Utah State."

What a second!!! Tulane is a respectable mid-major? That points out a few things one BYU is giving Tulane way too much credit and second that they do not respect Utah State at all. Tulane plays in the Superdome and it is embarrassing when they barely meet the 15,000 attendance requirement and in a 70,000 seat stadium it is sad.

If the ink ever gets dry Tulane is a fine opponent, because BYU also has non-conference games with Florida State and Arizona State next year.

BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall has announced he will not redshirt strong legged kicker Justin Sorensen and could see plenty of time by using him for kick off duty and long field goals. In high school Sorensen kick a 63 yard field goal.

Utah Ute running back Matt Asiata is still limping after rolling his ankle last week and is only doing individual drills at practice. The ankle was not hurt too severely but the injury has lingered longer then thought and is about 70 percent right now.

Utah Quarterback Brian Johnson looked real good on Monday during a scrimmage and "He threw a bomb on a 50-yard rope," Coach Whittingham said. This is good news for Ute fans, because it now seems that Johnson's shoulder is finally 100% after his shoulder injury last year.

News out in Laramie, Coach Joe Glenn announced the two deep depth chart and the big news is that the starting quarterback was named as well. The position battle was with Karsten Sween and junior college transfer Dax Crum, and Gleen announced that Crum is the starter on opening day against Ohio. Prior to arriving to Wyoming Crum was Honorable Mention National Junior College Athletic Association All-America honors while leading Mesa Community College of Mesa, Ariz., to a 9-2 record and a number eight national ranking.

Utah, San Diego State, New Mexico and BYU have scrimmages today, and more updates will be provided after they are completed.

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Rank Team Delta

1 Oklahoma 25

2 Southern Cal 24

3 Georgia 23

4 Ohio State 22

5 Florida 21

6 LSU 20

7 Auburn 19

8 Missouri 18

9 Virginia Tech 17

10 Texas Tech 16

11 Wisconsin 15

12 Clemson 14

13 West Virginia 13

14 Oregon 12

15 Brigham Young 11

16 Tennessee 10

17 Texas 9

18 Arizona State 8

19 Illinois 7

20 Kansas 6

21 Penn State 5

22 South Florida 4

23 Fresno State 3

24 Utah 2

25 Oregon State 1

This game is a rivalry that is one of the longest in college football. The first game goes backalmost 100 years, and Utah State has not had to many good years. Their best season was in 1997 when then coach John L. Smith led the team to the Humanitarian Bowl.

Offense: The team returns six starters but they lose their starting QB Leon Jackson III and top WR from last year Koren Robinson, not that those players were stellar. Robinson was a stud player who is getting looks at the NFL level. As for this year their top offensive players they have returning played and have some experience but their stats are nothing to get too excited about.

Their top returning offensive players are:

Curtis Marsh RB 302 Yards 2 TD

Derrvin Speight RB 504 Yards 3 TD

Jase McCormick QB 25-40 258 Yards 2 TD 5 INT

Omar Sawyer WR 6 Receptions 96 Yards

So, the Aggies do not have the returning talent offensively to compete with Utah. However their running game of 125 per game last year is not great, but was their best in a few years and 3 of the offensive lineman return, so the running game should be their bright spot. Their passing game which was not great last year will have a tough time by breaking in a new quarterback and new wide receivers. The basic point is that their offense will struggle to score points this year.

Defense: Not much better here with the Aggies defense they gave up 31.25 points per game last year. Utah State does have 9 returning starters, so the defense better come up with big plays and overall be better. Just by being experienced this defensive squad should improve on last seasons play. The BYU offense will be very explosive and it may not matter how the Aggies defense plays their defense will have a tough time.

Early Prediction: This will get ugly early and often, but in recent years have given the Utes trouble for at least a little while. Utah should win going away.

There will be no quarterback controversy in Fort Collins, as head coach Steve Fairchild names Senior Billy Farris the starter on opening day against Colorado on Sunday August 30. Farris has only thrown 39 collegiate passes, but by giving him the starting nod now gives him the chance to work with first team exclusively.

In BYU camp starting safety David Tafuna is out with a concussion from a helmet-to-helmet hit that happened during practice, and his time table for returning is unknown.

Also, Coach Bronco Mendenhall is concerned with the teams depth, he knows their is ability in the second and third string players, but execution is a worry if one of the starters do go down.

There will be no quarterback controversy in Fort Collins, as head coach Steve Fairchild names Senior Billy Farris the starter on opening day against Colorado on Sunday August 30. Farris has only thrown 39 collegiate passes, but by giving him the starting nod now gives him the chance to work with first team exclusively.

In BYU camp starting safety David Tafuna is out with a concussion from a helmet-to-helmet hit that happened during practice, and his time table for returning is unknown.

Also, Coach Bronco Mendenhall is concerned with the teams depth, he knows their is ability in the second and third string players, but execution is a worry if one of the starters do go down.

Everyone knows about new coach Rich Rodriguez who came over from West Virginia and will try to implement his spread offense, but this year could and should be rough for the Wolverines. The team should still be able to compete for a top three spot in the Big 10 or worst case maybe fourth place in the league. Players did leave the program when Rodriguez came into town through graduation, transfering for not fitting into the sytem, and leaving early for the NFL.

Offense: Well this will be interesting with the schools all time leading passer Chad Henne, all time leading rusher Mike Hart, and losing four offesnive lineman including the number one overall pick Jake Long. The offense will be full of new characters where most are not fully suited for the spread option. Currently there are three options at quarterback with Nick Sheridan and Stephen Threet who transfered from Georgia Tech and has a slight lead. Neither of these quarterbacks are not extremely mobile which is needed in this offense. The wild card in this race is true freshman coming in with Justin Feagin is the player that Rodriguez wants while in high school ushed for 1,313 yards and 25 touchdowns and passed for 1,420 yards and 19 scores. Rodriguez has no problems playing true freshman, because while at West Virginia he played Pat White as a true freshman. A two quarterback system could be used at times this year to be able to play to the quarterback strengths.

At running back they are trying to replace Mike Haart who was the teams all time leading rusher. The running back postion seems to be their best or at least their deepest. The lead back is junior Brandon Minor who ran for 385 yards last season in relief Haart. Then there is Junior Kevin Grady who was a standout recruit but tore his ACL in 2007 and is an interesting case because of that.

The receivers also lost their top two to the NFL and are left with inexperienced but talented players. The best wide out that is returning Greg Mathews is a proven one who will start on the outside at the X position. Mathews started five games last year and is a big receiver which the Wolverines need. The spread needs faster shiftier guys and Michigan hassophomore Junior Hemingway who fits that and emerged himself in that spot to start at the outside Z receiver.

The offensive line will be new as well with four new starters who in the spread need to be mobile with all the pulling the lineman will do, so that will be interesting to see how that develops.

Defense: The defense will be their strong point and will need to try to carry the team early on, and return seven starters. In saying that they have had recent trouble in defending the spread, which is what Utah will run.

The defensive line is the teams best unit with all four starters back which include Tim Jamison and Brandon Graham had-- sacks between them a season ago, and the two have tremendous speed. Speaking of speed the Wolverines need that at the linebacker and also they need to replace 90 tackles. Against the spread the linebackers need to be able to cover the field horizonatlly which as in the past caused problems.

The defensive backs will be lead by spring ball star and new staring free safety, Stevie Brown, who was making plays and gives hope to a unit that was thought to be lilmited in ability. Senior Brandon Harrison is taking over the other safety spot after getting promoted from the nickle package. The seconday should be solid bu if they face three and four sets that is where a team could thin out the talent Michigan has.

Early Prediction: As of this past week Michigan is giving 4.5 in Vegas for this game against Utah. This really could go either way and I do not want to sound like a Ute homer and pick them but the Utes have a real good chance and could win. This is a pick'em game but the edge has to be at Michigan because they are at home, but look at last year they lost to App State who runs a spread that is not as good as Utah's.

First off most of this might be some old news, but since this is just for at least my amusement I am unable to post daily updates I find out.

AIR FORCE

The big news is who is going to replace Shaun Carney at quarterback. Right now it looks to be between senior Shea Smith and junior Eric

est concerns was backup quarterback, and I am not concerned at this point. I like the way both guys have come back."

Still BYU should be concerned if Max Hall were to go down, and we will see if he is able to keep bouncing back up after taking huge hits.

COLORADO STATE

Good news coming out of Ram camp is that starting tight end Korry Sperry who is now fully healthy after tearing his ACL against Cal in game two. He has yet to participate in contact drills but looks to be ready and add to the weapons for the new quarterback.

Speaking of quarterback the battle is coming between senior Billy Farris, fourth-year junior Grant Stucker and redshirt freshman T.J. Borcky. However if Coach Steve Fairchild had to make an immediate choice, "If we played a game tomorrow, Billy would probably be our quarterback. But I want to make sure we make the right decision."

The Rams' quarterbacks, with hometown, CSU history and what QBs coach Darren Wilkinson has to say about them:

a€¢ Billy Farris: Sr., 6-3, 223, Baton Rouge, La. Walked on and immediately scholarshipped. Saw spot time for three seasons. 20-39-1, 239 passing yards; 18-79 rushing. "The best thing is his maturity."

a€¢ Grant Stucker: Jr., 6-2, 205, Parker (Ponderosa High School). Only appearance is at WR in 2007 vs. UNLV. "He can do things with his athleticism that maybe Billy can't."

a€¢ T.J. Borcky: Fr., 6-4, 197, Orlando, Fla.. Drew raves as scout team QB in 2007. "He has a live arm and can move around the pocket."

a€¢ Klay Kubiak: Fr., 6-0, 199, Englewood (Regis). Redshirted. "He's a head coach's son and knows football."

All was not good for the Rams with cornerback DeAngelo Wilkinson suspended indefinetly for breaking a team rule, but it was not specified what that was. Wilkinson a third year sophomore was to receive quality playing time.

NEW MEXICO

The Lobos have had been lucky to have no injuries thus far during fall camp. There are a few position battles starting with the kickers between James Aho and Drew Zamora rotating on a variety of live action field goals.

Not much other news besides that head coach Rocky Long has been overly impressive with the offensive unit.

SAN DIEGO STATE

So far, Chuck Long has been very impressed with the defense so far ealy in camp. The defense will need to lead the team since the offense lost some players to the NFL draft, so the defense will need to try to lead the team early on.

One amazing thing that San Diego State did for their first three days of camps was having camp start at Camp Pendelton. The reason to have camp there was to build up team morale and take notice from the Marines on campus.

One football concern is how will the Aztecs replace quarterback Kevin O'Connell and the early leader looks to be redshirt freshman Ryan Lindley, but junior college transfer Drew Westling who came from Southwestern College after a year at Tulsa feels he still has a shot at the starting gig. This battle should go down to the week of their opening game and the decisioin will be decided then.

TCU

Running back Aaron Brown who was dinged up last year and missed four games, reported to camp healthy which is what the Horned Frogs need to be able to compete for the conference title.

The offensive line only lost one player from the team, but competition is heating up for playing time across the whole line. junior Nic Richmond and sophomore Marcus Cannon have been rotating with the first team at right tackle and also sophomore Josh Vernon has been playing with the first team at left guard instead of senior Preston Phillips. This should mean that the offensive line should be very strong to help the running game and protect the quarterback.

UNLV

Mike Sanford is probably in his last year as head coach, unless he can come across at least 5 wins, so the intensity will be there at camp. The big news about camp is the naming of a starting quarterback for the Rebels and it will be Omar Clayton and have full reigns at that position. Last year Clayton played sparringly but beat out Travis Dixon who started in nine games last and will now move to compete for a safety spot on the team. With a quarterback in place the offense should be able to be more cohesive during fall camp.

The only injury so far for the Rebels has been with defensive back Quinton Pointer who dislocated elbow, but the good thing is that surgery is not required and he will be out two to four weeks.

UTAH

Coming into fall camp is to see who is healthy from injuries that hurt last years campaign. That all starts with quarterback Brian Johnson who so far has been hurt by injuries, but so far this camp has shown signs of being able to throw the deep ball. Then there is Matt Asiata who was to be the starter until he broke his leg on the fourth play, and the Utes were to have Darrell Mack redshirting, but now the Utes have the both healthy and their best one-two punch since Quinton Ganther and Marty Johnson back in 2004. So far in camp Asiata has been making the bigger plays, but coach Kyle Wittingham says both will split and will see time on the field at the same time. Then there is Brent Casteel who is a multi threat to catch the ball and run the ball as well. Last year he went down early in the season and was out for the year, and so far looks real good in camp so far.

One disappointing factor for Utes is that junior college wide receiver Aiona Key is a late arrival to camp, because he is waiting on grades to be published from his other school. Key is to be an instant impact at wide out, but with him missing camp he could have a tough time getting caught up and be lower on the depth chart until he graps everything. The best thing for the Utes is that they have no major injuries this year, yet.

WYOMING

The Cowboys had nearly everyone at camp except one veteran who was not available to practice on Monday was senior defensive tackle Anthony Wilson who is awaiting an academic eligibility ruling from the NCAA. It is hoped that ruling will come later this week, so he can get on the field.

There is not too much news to report from Laramie, just practices so far and no injuries as of yet.

17-10 that was the score when TCU stunned then number seven Oklahoma in Norman, so do not expect head coach Bob Stoops to underestimate the Horned Frogs. Oklahoma all ready has had some turmoil this season by removing star recruit Josh Jarboe off of the team for posting a you tube video of him rapping about gun use and this happened after Jarobe was sentenced in May to two years' probation and 80 hours of community service for carrying a gun on the grounds of his high school in Decatur, Ga. That is a tough loss for Oklahoma but they have enough depth to not affect the team this year. The Sooners are looking to make it to the BCS title game in Miami this year and the less distractions the better.

Offense: The offense returns eight starters, and they will be lead by Sophomore Sam Bradford who was a question mark last year as a redshirt Freshman who had an amazing season. If Bradford can build upon last years 3,121 passing yards and 36 touchdowns the Sooners have a very good chance to make it to their 4th BCS title game under Stoops. The only concern with quarterback play is the depth, going to back to last years game against Texas Tech Bradford suffered a concession and left the game and backup Joey Halzle who was unable to lead the team to victory in the three point loss. Bradford is the key for this high scoring offense if they want to win the Big XII and more.

DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown are expected to share the spot this fall and will attmept to replace 1,000 yard rusher Patrick Allen. Both are capable of replacing Allen, well because Oklahoma nearly always has someone able to replace a player after they leave. With two backs who are essentially equal in talent, as far as everyone knows, the Sooner running game could be stronger with two great backs. The third back in the system will be Mossis Madu who most likely will get only 3-6 carries a game barring injury.

Malcolm Kelly did leave early for the NFL, but Senior Juaquin Iglesias was the player who led the Sooners in receiving last fall with 68 catches for 907 yards, doubling his output from his first two seasons and turning into Bradford's go-to guy. Expect for a lot of Bradford to Iglesias touchdown passes this upcoming season. Other wide outs to look out for are Ryan Broyles has the skills to turn a short catch into a big gain, and emerged out of the pack in the spring in the slot in three-wide sets.

Other possibilities to get time are Junior Adron Tennell senior Quentin Chaney and junior Brandon Caleb are other possibilities at wide receiver, but all three have suffered from either injuries or little production when getting playing time.

Defense: The defensive line was looking to be a liablity coming into this year with Senior John Williams and junior Auston English who did not participate in spring practice as they recovered from injuries. If these two can come back into full strength then the defensive line could be the best part of their defense.

The linebackers took the biggest hit with graduation and early declarations for the NFL draft. The best thing the coaches say is "they have a terrific attitude, they have a great approach and are a selfless group of guys.

Other wise code for not good, well at least by Oklahoma standards, and this is an area teams could take advantage of if they do it right.

In the secondary the Sooners have talent it just depends on who plays where. It all depends on Lendy Holmes who is always making plays near the ball, so once his spot is determined the rest of the secondary should fall into place. The corners will be green with both starters from last year gone, so look for Sophomore Dominque Franks and junior Brian Jackson to get their first starting roles. These two have the speed to make up for their inexperience in getting to the ball.

Early Prediction: Coach Stoops will not allow his team to take TCU lightly, and will remind them of the lost they suffered in 2005. TCU is good, but not this good this time expect the Horned Frogs to hang around for a half similar to how they played Texas last year, but ultimately falling by-- or more points.

This cross town rival has been in favor of TCU the past few years, but the addition of former Hawai'i head coach, June Jones, now in town this could be an exciting team. Last year the Mustangs only won one game, but there is a buzz going around the Dallas area with Jones bringing his high octane offense to the school. Jones came to SMU looking for a challenge and to a school that would support the team, in Hawaii he had only a $50,000 recruiting budget and in SMU located in a state loaded with talent and a recruiting budget ten times of that at $500,000 and not to mentione a two million dollar a year salary. The Mustangs have had only one winning season since they were given the death penalty in 1987.

Offense: Expect June Jones to bring the run-n-shoot offense that was wildly successful in Hawai'i to Southern Methodist. The only experienced quarterback on the team is Justin Willis but Willis was suspended during spring ball and did not get a chance to have any live reps with coaching supervision to learn the offense. "As of now the competition is wide open," according to Jones and during spring practice redshirt freshman Logan Turner took the extra reps and came out of spring as the first-team quarterback. Look for these two to compete for the starting job during fall camp, a darkhorse candidate could be freshmen Bo Levi Mitchell who had committed to Jones at Hawaii but he most likely will be the third quarterback.

Running game what running game! June Jones rarely runs the ball but when he did in Hawai'i he they averaged 5.7 yards per carry. The running game in his system is used for more of catching short passes and then the occasion run. The top backs this year will be DeMyron Martin and Chris Butler who had the best spring picking up the offense.

Wide receivers need to be plentiful for the run and shoot to be effective. Jones likes to go six deep which is something SMU does not have yet, well at least in terms of talent. The only proven receiver is junior Emmanuel Sanders who caught 74 passes for 889 yards in 2007. The most talented receiver is sophomore Aldrick Robinson who Jones loved during the spring workouts, but playing time will go to anyone who can pick up the offense and make the plays. A question to ponder this fall is if Jones will force the offense to always have four and five wide sets, or will he tone it down at times with using more two and three wide out sets with multiple backs.

Defense: They do return seven starters on defense, but with the new staff that really does not matter all that much or guarantee anything to those players. The defense was terrible last year by giving up 40 points per game and was one of the worst in all of division one. The defensive line that was hurt by injuries last year could end up being the strength of this defensive unit and they do return all four starters.

Linebackers return just one starter with Senior Will Bonilla and gives the Mustangs a solid presence and leadership from the strong side. The most impressive linebacker in the spring was clearly sophomore Justin Smart who did play in six games as a freshman who looks to break out this upcoming year.

Junior Bryan McCann and sophomore Derrius Bell are the two returning defensive backs and while they are returning players with significant time they were average at best. However McCann has impressed coaches the past few months and some believe he has a chance to make it to the NFL. If McCann can reach that potential then he could lock down the opposing teams top wide out.

Early Prediction: While June Jones should be able to out scheme coaches and get a few more wins, but SMU does not have the talent to be TCU. The Horned Frogs will win fairly easily.