let’s talk about rising

Nah, as disappointed as I am with Cam, he is still significantly better than IW at this point. Rising would have had that game 31-3 in Stillwater, but IW blew many opportunities to put points on the board.

🤦‍♂️ What kind of take is this?

Rising is obviously injured, but he is one of the best quarterbacks to have played at Utah. Now you want to bench him for a freshman? Isaac has looked good at times, but he has definitely looked like a freshman at other times.

Don’t get me wrong, I too am tired of this will he / won’t he play charade. However, Rising is still a great player (when he plays).

Thankfully the coaches know better and will play Rising when he is ready to go. If it were later in the season and Cam still wasn’t playing, then maybe you think about it.

Reality is that Wilson is very good and will be stellar in time. But he also threw some ill-advised picks and got bogged down a bit in the red zone.

If Rising is fully healthy (and that’s admittedly a big if), his veteran experience makes the team better. If not, then obviously we’re lucky to have Wilson.

Don’t need to denigrate one to praise the other.

LOL, no it’s not. That’s a terrible take. Wilson is no where near as good as Rising at this point. You play Rising 10/10 if he can play.

Wilson and Bowman had very similar stats. The difference in this game was the run game. If Rising had played and put up Wilson’s stats, we might feel worried especially with all the points left in the field. The freshman gets the benefit of the doubt because of the perceived upside.

If you lacerate your skin by smashing it into something that is not overly sharp, you bruise the living crap out of everything surrounding the tear in the skin. Anyone who has had that happen knows that it takes time to heal. A digit on a throwing hand likely takes a bit more time than, let’s say a fore arm. We may not see Rising until after the bye week. I hope that isn’t true, because I believe the Utes are much better with Rising at QB. I also believe we will be saying the same thing about Wilson in the future. Wilson seems to have a bit of that “IT” factor that makes talented players, great players. We are lucky to have him.

I’m absolutely certain that’s the way the staff sees it and how they will deal with the situation

I just tune it all out. This finger thing is kind of a freak injury, but anyone who’s had a bad laceration on their fingers, with many stitches knows that it just gets stiff and sore and stays that way for some time. A QB’s throwing hand is really his main weapon, and if he can’t grip and throw, he can’t play effectively. He’ll play when he can play. Isaac is doing great. I think he can beat Arizona next week if necessary. I was worried about OSU, and we survived, and now I’ve gained a lot of confidence in what this team can do the rest of the way.

Absolutely second the stupid drama putting such a bitter taste around two fun seasons. What Whitt and Lud put together last year was truly amazing all injuries considered especially if our starting QB isn’t getting all necessary reps.

You don’t play to ‘develop’. You play to win.

You ‘develop’ in practice, in the weight room, and in film study.
If you are destroying the other team, then you put in your backups to ‘develop’.

If a starter is injured, you play the backup (who gets a chance to ‘develop’).
Once the starter is healed, if they give you the best chance to win, you play them.

with Rising today Utah wins by 30? really, a guy who can’t grip the ball was going to blow out OSU?

This boards relationship with Rising is reaching Battered Wife Syndrome levels.

Hmmm. I think some of you will be surprised when Rising comes back (whenever that is) he will be FAR and AWAY the better QB for us. In fact, coaches hope not to play IW anymore so he can preserve his redshirt season by only playing in 3 games this year.

So, are we back to this again?

Rising can’t play because he’s hurt, but the backup doesn’t know he’s starting until
Kickofff?

Why the hell is Rising taking any practice snaps during the week if he can’t go?

Stop handcuffing the team and develop the QB depth already….

Amen.

Laughing at the small fan base that thinks wilson is ready to take over.

They are limiting his playobook! He is not ready for big time. Cam has proved his worth. Can’t believe I am actually defending our two time pac 12 champ. Crazy. So many fake trolls on this board.

Miami:
My understanding is under the new rules, players can play in a maximum of 4 games and still redshirt if they don’t play in 5 games. I’m not say this will happen but if the coaches wanted to, they could sit IW for the rest of the season and IW could redshirt and save a season.