Utah RB Matt Asiata to Return to the Team for 2010 Season

by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 23, 2009 5:23 AM PST in News

Utah running back Matt Asiata tore his ACL back in mid September after scoring a touchdown against Louisville i s returning to the team for the 2010 season. There was speculation that he might just take his chances by moving on to the NFL since his stock may not increase too much, he has three kids, and this would be his sixth year of college once you include is stay at Snow College.

Off the cuff this is good news because Asiata was a stud last year and this year before he got hurt and there was condern that the Utes would not have much of a running game with the smaller and speedy back Eddie Wide. That was not the case as Wide had a 1,000 yard season.

While it is never a bad idea to have too many good backs the problem will be trying to keep all of them happy with touches. The running situation will be more of a split between Wide and Asiata next year with Sausan Shakerin who is supposedly a star in the making seeing limited touches.

This should be a good thing for the Utes, because it will give them two completely different backs that are very effective. Wide is a speed back while Asiata is a bruiser and will wear down opposing defense. Both are also efficient enough to do the others role.

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utah has been kinda lucky with medical reshirts

this is a good one b/c it gives utah two really good rb’s forr next year. the byu game was off the hook. the wind was unbelievable. the only reason we stayed is b/c byu was pounding osu. i had money on the game so it makes things a little warmer. i predicted this after the wyoming game but i thought it would be a td win. they blew them out. congrats to byu and max hall who had no interceptions and bronco mendenhall for a good game plan. byu was the far superior team. it’s up to utah to get a clean sweep of pac-ten and get the mwc to 3-0. i still want cain to play. depends on what cal team comes to play. hopefully the one that got blown out by the huskies. i’m gettting 4 and 1/2 points. i definintely would expect this game to be closer. i’ll be positve utah 28 cal 17.

yes i am obsessive, obnoxious, in your face and all about covering the spread. those are my good qualities.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Dec 23, 2009 10:42 AM PST reply actions