QB

Strange take – it was only QB by committee because Rising was out. Don’t know why Utah would play multiple quarterbacks for more than another game. Once Rising is able to play we shouldn’t see the other quarterbacks until the game is out of hand.

Until rising is back, my guess is that Barnes gets the majority of downs with Johnson coming in for special situations (probably at least a few downs each game).

While generally I agree that QB by committee is bad, in our current situation, I would be ok if Johnson got more than just a few snaps.

Agree completely, I for one hope that (if Rising is out) Barnes is the starter and Johnson only plays the occasional down in the Wildcat. The problem I saw with Johnson is either that he can’t throw well or the coaches don’t trust him to throw. That makes him one dimensional and stalls our offense.

Surprised by the thumbs downs on this.
QB by committee made that game closer than it needed to be. A win is a win and Utah handled Florida well enough. I for one am sick of inferior competition hanging around. Which kind of leads me to my question of was it because of the rotating QB or is it just trademark Utah football.

Hard thing for me is the first game is always rough to examine and the amount injury Utah had it is hard to find fault in the Win.

I agree qb by committee usually isn’t good in general. I think Barnes would have played more with NJ just coming in for plays, not series, if we didn’t jump out to a quick lead. From there, we had the luxury of giving NJ reps. Would have been nice to throw, but we also wanted to run the clock and definitely wanted to avoid an INT. Nate bobbled 2 snaps as it was.

As for me, I would not have switched QB from one series to another. But, Whitt and Lud must have had their reasons. I suspect that they wanted to get NJ some real game experience, which is a good thing for the future. What happened was more about the long-term and not just winning that game IMO.

If it was me, I would play Nate in specific situations, i.e., short yardage, red zone, etc. But, it’s not me.

Also, going back to a question about the Weber game. I would play Rising until we had a solid lead and then I would turn the offense over to Johnson. He is likely our future and we need him to get experience with the entire offense.

Go Utes!!!

I was under the impression they are doing this because Johnson is the future and the more we get him into the game, the better he’ll be next year. So people don’t like it when we let him develop and people don’t like it if we don’t. Lose lose apparently.

The Florida game was more of an anomaly than what we should expect going forward, as I think they were trying to get an idea of how both QB’s would play in a real game situation. Just my opinion!

Here is the problem: Both Barnes and Johnson suck.

I posted earlier, but outside of the 70 yard bomb, the offense did NOTHING with Barnes at QB. Nothing. And te 70 yard play would have worked with Johnson as well, so that wasn’t a Barnes special or anything.

So, then the obvious answer is to play Johnson, right? Well…no. Dude can’t throw. He’s been a QB for like two weeks.

We are doing this out of necessity. Rising is the starter. Rose is the backup. Barnes and Johnson are strings 2 and 3.

We can’t play Barnes all game, because we would only score 10-14 points. We can’t play Johnson all game, because then we can’t throw the ball. So, we play both. With Johnson in more plays, but Barnes needing to play enough that he can play third and long.

It sucks, but it is what it is.

I get your point. But what do you do if you’re the coaches? Barnes is the one to help the Utes win so he needs to play. NJ is more likely the future since Rose is out and if you don’t play him, you risk a middle of the season transfer Ala Tuttle and Costelli. In this day, you have to play these kids if the starter is out or they will leave

I 100% do not understand all of the hate on Barnes. Dude is a decent QB who would be a starter in a lot of other programs. I think people don’t like him because he is a walk on and not some “4 star” from California. I have no doubt that if Barnes played his high school football in Cali, he would have been a 4 star QB. Unfortunately, he went to Milford HS and everyone thinks he can’t play with the big boys. When he played last week against Florida, of the holier than though “SEC”, he did a fantastic job throwing AND running the ball. Although I would like to have seen him play more, I also understand trying to get Johnson some play time too. The so called fans of football need to understand that Rising is coming off a major surgery. If he reinjures his knee, Barnes is the guy. If Barnes gets injured, Johnsons the guy with a true freshman backup. As for the 2 QB system, it has proven to not be successful if the QBs are the same. If you have a runner like Johnson, it can 100% be successful. Think Cordell Stewart with the Steelers in the 90’s. That spark for the offense can be amazing. Sorry to those of you who have no idea who Cordell Stewart is. From my user name “Oldskool”

QB by committee seems a good idea until we get Rising back or until one of them (Johnson) makes big mistakes or one of them (Johnson) has a break out game.
Seems a good idea to get Johnson good reps.

I liked it. Florida D had to adjust each time we changed it up. The changes didn’t negatively affect what we were doing IMHO. Our only miscues were not related to the change ups.