Cody Boyd healthy? Watch out WSU opponents!

A lot of reporting now that camp is underway. The P-I and Times both do stories on the return of super-matchup-freak Cody Boyd. At least the Times (who I’ve heard from a few people that some higher-ups despise all things WSU!) covers the Cougs with their own guy. All the P-I can do is lift stories from Glenn at the Spokesman. Ah well. Check out the links below and you’ll see what’s up.

Interesting that they would touch on Boyd. As the AC showed last year, he is capable of being just a monster safety valve when healthy. 6-8 and can jump, and most of all, showed he can find the soft spot in the zone D makes him a nightmare matchup for many NCAA LB’s. Does Auburn losing two LB’s, including Kevin Sears, for that first game make this a spot we’ll try and exploit come game #1!?!? Hmmm. You MIGHT see that mentioned when the full-blown previews for that game start making the rounds!

Also good notes in the free part of the Cougfan recap about how quick Brink seems right now. That’s one of the most underrated things about his game last year, something that was easy to overlook with the passing #’s, but he did rush for 244 yards last year. Subtract sacks and the numbers come down, and no doubt he made some poor decisions by trying to “Gesser” around back there, but using his feet could be a great thing for him this year.

Glenn’s story:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/cougars/280447_coug08.html

Times news-n-notes:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003182431_coug08.html

One final note – the Cougs appear to have landed a Vandy recruit that had an issue with a math class! Chris Bush of Puyallup, signing with Vandy in February, now will be in Pullman to begin his NCAA career. Bush started at offensive tackle his junior and senior years for Rogers, earning second team all-conference and all-area in the P-I. He also cited his friendship with Brandon Gibson as a good thing!