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Jul. 13—New Mexico’s Bronco Mendenhall called his team “sticky.”
UNLV’s Barry Odom swore he’d never ride a bull again.
Air Force’s Troy Calhoun said he admires the work of a lumber shop in Roseburg, Oregon.
They don’t call it talkin’ season for nothing. For players and coaches, Mountain West Media Days was all about that: talking about their team, the upcoming season, the state of college football and anything else that came up over the course of two long days in Las Vegas.
And as always, plenty of unexpected topics were covered. Here are the most interesting things I heard at Mountain West Media Days:
1. CSU’s Norvell calls out programs for tampering
Answering a question about whether the Mountain West has seen an “uptick” in NFL prospects, Colorado State coach Jay Norvell mentioned one of his own: Tory Horton, a preseason All-Mountain West receiver regarded as one of the best Group of Five prospects.
Not that other programs haven’t tried to change that.
“I’ve had every team in America try to take Tory Horton from us,” Norvell said casually. “I mean, from Texas A&M to Ole Miss, they’ve all been on him.”
Asked about how he combats tampering — when coaches attempt to induce players to enter the portal and transfer to their school — Norvell said he simply talks with his players and “if they don’t talk to me, you’re probably not gonna know.”
Then Norvell decided to do a little more name-dropping.
“Same thing with (Colorado State quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi),” he said. “Brayden had the same kind of offers … He said a guy from Kansas State called him, offered him $600,000 because they lost their quarterback (current Ohio State quarterback Will Howard) — if he got in the portal.
“And I’m not accusing Kansas State of anything,” Novell added. “I’m just telling you what the kid told me. If they don’t want their name…
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Author : Albuquerque Journal, N.M.
Publish date : 2024-07-14 03:01:00
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