'Old Crimson Cougars Podcast: Can the Cougs afford John Mateer?

This weeks ‘Old Crimson Cougars Podcast with Jason “Puck” Puckett and Paul Sorensen, Jim Moore and Jamey Vinnick, Cougfan.com.  They take a quick look back at the Utah State game and chatted how it was a relatively easy win.  Puck did wonder why John Mateer was playing late into the game, but understood that Jake Dickert probably wanted some style points.  

The majority of the conversation surrounds the future of quarterback John Mateer.  How much will it cost to keep Mateer around?  Paul tells the boys that he has already heard that Mateer has a seven-figure offer on the table from another school.  Paul didn’t specifically know the school, but the poaching and competition has already started for Mateer. Can the Cougs compete on that level?  

There is obviously a price tag for anyone and they all agreed that if Mateer receives over a million dollars to play football, than he should take that, because anyone would do that. They hope he doesn’t, but they understand why he would.  

They chat about the upcoming against New Mexico and Paul and Puck try to convince Jim that it will be a much harder game than he thinks.  Jim is cocky about the game and doesn’t think Paul and Puck should be all that concerned. 

They wrap up the show talking about the job Jake Dickert has done and they all agree he’s done a masterful job of navigating this crazy football season and keeping his team focused on each week and not looking ahead.