Morgan Scalley will coach his first Holy War as head of the Utah Utes at noon ET on Saturday, when the No. 4 Utes bring an 8-0 record into Rice-Eccles Stadium against the No. 8 BYU Cougars. At his Monday news conference, the talk turned to BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier, and Scalley opened with an admission about his own first impression.
“I’m going to be honest. When I first started watching Bear, I’m like, ‘This guy cannot throw. He’s a running back playing quarterback.’ I was wrong, dead wrong. I mean, Aaron Roderick has done such a great job developing him and you can tell his work ethic also. You have to compliment him on that because he is an efficient thrower. He has zip on his ball. He makes great decisions. Add to that, the fact that when he runs, it’s like, OK, bring your lunch every time. He is thick, he’s tough to bring down, really good balance. So the dual threat is always going to be something that if team’s got that, then you really have to have answers and take your shots every once in a while, but can’t say enough good things about him,” Scalley said.
Morgan Scalley on BYU QB Bear Bachmeier:…