LARAMIE –
Brett Smith knows there are a lot of opinions out there about why he decided to leave the University of Wyoming after his junior season.
Some say he received bad advice.
Others have opined that the coaching transition from
Dave Christensen to
Did he leave for the money?
He’s even heard that with another year of development at the college level, he would’ve been drafted. Maybe in the first few rounds.
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For more than an hour Friday morning, Smith discussed his decision and the ramifications of it. He insists that the speculation is just that. When in fact, he says, the answer is really quite simple – He didn’t want to wait.
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Throwback Thursday: McBride was tasked with beating UW
Published: June 3, 2021
7 Sep 1996: University of Utah Utes head coach Ron McBride looks on from the sidelines during game against the University of Stanford Cardinals at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. The Univerity of Utah won the game 17-10.
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Ron McBride’s goal was to shake things up. That’s one of the reasons the University of Utah’s new football coach moved “the meat” of his first fall camp 125 miles southeast of Salt Lake City to Price, a desolate, wind-blown cow town of around 9,000 people. You don t want to be necessarily in a nice place, McBride told the Deseret News back in 1990. You re there for business. You want few distractions.
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