SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah continued its early-season onslaught Friday with its third consecutive 40-plus point win.Lorenzo Bonam scored 19 points as the Utes rolled over a weary Coppin State team 94-51. Utah has now won its first three games by a combined 130 points.Its a tough stretch for those guys and they didnt have a whole lot in the way of legs, Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said. Were just trying to learn how to respect the game regardless of who it is were playing. And the price of pokers going to go up.The energy and effort, that type of thing has been there for us. Now weve got to combine that with quite a bit more complicated scouting report, be able to engage the brain and body and everything at the same time. Thatll be a challenge for us.The Utes opened the game with a 19-3 run and never looked back as their 3-point shooters had their best stretch of the season. Utah shot 64.3 percent from behind the arc in the first half, including three triples apiece from Parker Van Dyke and Jake Connor. Van Dyke matched his career high with 15 points.On the flip side, Coppin State seemed gassed from the beginning as it played its third game in three nights. The Eagles shot just 26.9 percent from the field in the first half, making it impossible to keep up with the dead-eye Utes.Utah transfer JoJo Zamora scored a season-high 22. The Utes connected on a season-high 12 3-pointers.Coppin State has played five games in eight days, all in different cities. The Eagles also wrapped up their third consecutive game in three nights -- Coastal Carolina, BYU and Utah. All three games were 30-plus point losses.Tre Thomas, Dejuan Clayton and Keith Shivers scored a team-high 10 apiece for Coppin State.These are going to be life experiences for these guys, Coppin State coach Michael Grant said. You have to prepare yourself mentally every single day. Every time you step out here on the floor, you have to be ready to play. We havent been getting that.We have to look in the mirror. They have to assess where they are and find a way to grind this thing out because the road is not going anywhere. The schedule is not going anywhere. This is the hand were dealt.BIG PICTURECoppin State: The Eagles are in the money-making portion of their season, traveling the country for paydays against more talented programs. The conference season is what matters for Coppin State and it doesnt start MEAC play until January.Utah: The Utes continue to use the early part of the season to grow a roster with just two significant contributors from last season. The first half was their best 20 minutes of the season, but the level of competition didnt allow for a good feel of Utahs progress.NEW STARTERUtah forward Tyler Rawson started the first game of his Utes career after transferring from Salt Lake Community College. Rawson has been the second-leading scorer through the first two games and had six points, a game-high 12 rebounds and six assists Friday. Jayce Johnson moved to the bench and Krystkowiak said it wasnt a punishment, but Johnson has had some mental breakdowns in games.Im going to be mixing some stuff up, probably, throughout the course of the year, Krystkowiak said. Tylers had some good practice, thats been another factor. Starting doesnt mean much to me.UP NEXTCoppin State: The Eagles travel to play Ball State on Monday as part of 11 of 12 games on the road to start the season.Utah: The Utes continue their early, soft nonconference schedule when they host UC Riverside on Friday Zapatillas Jordan España . -- In a span of seven Washington Redskins offensive plays, Justin Tuck sacked Robert Griffin III four times. 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Colleges do it, why cant the pros?The NFL cant -- or wont -- because the exhibition games actually do serve a purpose for people such as officiating chief Dean Blandino and head of football operations Troy Vincent. They have been mining the preseason matchups for data that could lead to significant changes.The information gathering includes looking at kickoffs, how technology is used, officiating, and, yes, the length of the preseason.Vincent, a former star defensive back in the league and previous president of the players union before becoming an assistant to Commissioner Roger Goodell, smiles dryly when asked about cutting back the preseason schedule from four games to three. Or two. Or, can you imagine, none?He then cites the value of summer contests.We are learning from all the data, whether its chips in the football or using an eighth official or moving touchbacks to the 25 (yard line), Vincent says.And what is the NFL finding out? Heres what Vincent and Blandino are examining:KICKOFFS -- The theory on having touchbacks move 5 more yards to the 25 is it will reduce the number of returns in what is considered one of the most dangerous (yet entertaining) plays in the sport.The injury numbers lead us to believe there are more injuries on kick returns, so is there a way to protect our players from unnecessary risk? Blandino asks. We have engaged special teams special teams coaches, and the competition committee will continue to look at it. We need another years data.We got a lot of really good ideas from special teams coaches. Concepts such as no running starts for kick team players; eliminate double-team blocks; no two-man wedge blocks; bringing a minimum number of return team players up to the front line so it looks more like a punt return -- all those things have been suggested.Vincent stresses the NFL will still play football.`Were not taking the foot out of the game, he says. Its our responsibility to look at kickoffs and analyze and make adjustments, to understand how these injuries are associated with our game. These are dynamic plays, and we want to know the data better so we can do better.OFFICIATING -- The NFL has rules, and rules on top of those rules, with tangents and specific applications. Seems like it takes a doctorate to decipher the rulebook.What does appear to make sense is adding an eighth official on the field, something the NFL has experimented with in the preseason.Is something imminent?That extra set of eyes fills some gaps, Blandino says. The feedback was positive. Were in the process of ... putting together a summary for the competition committee and we will discuss it, and in 2017 make a recommendation to the clubs for 2017 or beyond.We feel good about the pipeline of officiaals ready to come into the league, he added.ddddddddddddThe NFL also is looking into how virtual reality in training can sharpen officiating.TECHNOLOGY -- The use of videos on the sideline Microsoft Surface tablets has been tabled for regular-season games. Theres still plenty of debate among coaches about potential competitive advantages, so, for now, only photos are available on the sideline.Reservations start with a lack of familiarity and a general slippery grasp on technology by many in the league. Vincent gets feedback from some coaches who simply like to do things the old-fashioned way.Our thought is why not utilize the technology to advance the game. But we must be sure we are advancing the game, he said.The players are loving it and every club has gotten the opportunity to experience it in the preseason, Vincent said. Its inevitable with this technology because the players have all grown up with it. There are some coaches who grew up in this digital era.The competition committee believed owners would approve sideline videos last March, but they sought more information. It certainly will be recommended again.Blandinos officials are using tracking devices to monitor their game movements, and a performance and wellness group works with them to build rest and recovery programs based on the data.Depending on the type of game and the weather, and how much each official moved -- not just total distance but the intensity of the movement -- they take the body composition and create a formula, a workload number, Blandino says. If they see that it was high, here is what we are recommending for rest.Its pushing the envelope on and a big priority, he added.SHORTER PRESEASON -- Former Giants coach Tom Coughlin is helping Vincents department in its research on the length of the preseason. Theyve asked ownership and we have gotten mixed responses, he says.Traditionalists, especially coaches, say a cutback wont allow enough time to build the team.A lot of people with Lombardi Trophies in their lobby are saying that, Vincent says.My opposition to getting rid of the fourth game is really being able to see fourth- through seventh-rounders and undrafted free agents and other free agents trying to make the team. Will they get a long enough look? Remember, there is nothing like evaluating performance in real time. Practice and meetings can tell you so much, but there is nothing that equates to being on the field in games.Were also listening to the players, Vincent said. Some say, `If I only had two games, I wouldnt have had that opportunity to make the team. `A guy like that might not even get on the field.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '
