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McCae Hillstead, Treyson Bourguet and Bear Bachmeier will likely never forget the battle they’ve had this summer to replace departed Jake Retzlaff. The QB1 derby has forced all of them to meet the challenge and be better. A race is always good unless it goes on too long and nobody separates themselves from the other two.

After the weekend, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick met with head coach Kalani Sitake and pass game coordinator/receivers coach Fesi Sitake and the decision was made to narrow reps to USU transfer Hillstead and true freshman and former Stanford commit Bachmeier.

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