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Arbuckle was head of the 22nd ranked offense last year.
Leftwich was head of the 6th ranked offense last year.
Beck was head of the 4th ranked offense last year.

Beck has more experience at the FBS level than either of those other guys. Spent many years in ACC at Virginia and then at Syracuse. I recognize Arbuckle and Leftwich were hotter…[Read more]

I don’t think anything will change as long as Whitt is around. I place zero expectations on the offense. But I expect improvement because the bar has been set so low.

Fifita is a shrimp too.

Joe Williams backed up Booker in 2015, was the main back the 2nd half of 2016.

Chris Curry got 38 carries over 3 years for Utah. Maybe you meant Pledger? TJ had 700 yards in 2021.

I think this is a fine hire. Everything will be OK.

Now actually the research…and look at all the injuries during his season at Syracuse:

2023 Syracuse season is akin to Utah

Averaged 462 yards and 38 points through the first five games (Clemson, Purdue, Western Michigan among them). Injuries mounted by game five vs Clemson. Next four games were significantly impacted by the absences. Finished f…[Read more]

Everything you said is true! I don’t think any of the potential candidates were slam dunks — the truth is Arbuckle and Leftwich both have huge question marks still. UNM rushed the ball so much because their QB really isn’t a good passer, which I was trying to convey earlier. As far as “modernizing” the offense, Beck’s passing schemes are much mo…[Read more]

Sounds like Robert Anae should have been the choice then

12 TDs & 12 picks?!?! Not a good ratio.

Agreed – we can and

need

to do better.

can they?

parochial school QB? check
QB coach at Weber under McBride? check
QB coach at parochial school? check

This has Whitt hire written all over it. Now we just get 9 months of speculation on whether he will be allowed to call a game like Bronco let him or if Whitt will start tugging the leash early and often.

2025 will be his 3rd year as an OC who’s…[Read more]

Not disagreeing, but any idea on what the time of possession or average starting field position stats are? Utah has had a good record over this time frame, and teams like Michigan, Wisconsin, Stanford, LSU, Michigan State, Wisconsin again just cause I love me some fullback, and even Bama have had less than exciting offenses for periods of time in…[Read more]

I am curious, why are you happy about the Beck hiring? He does have some impressive stats at the first glance, but when you look at the individual statistics, it is a bit concerning. Having the 78th best passing offense in the country in terms of YPG is concerning, considering we need to modernize our offense. The QB that entered the portal for…[Read more]

Sounds like Bronco is trying to get the Utah State job. Whitt could offer a lot more and if you are going to be in Utah anyway.,,

There’s nothing inherently wrong with hiring someone with Utah, Utah State or parochial school ties. It would just be my preference to try something new once in a while.

I like it. He’s creative with his offensive play calling. New Mexico put up more points vs similar competition. Was he the first choice? My guess is no due to WSU and TexSt, but maybe this helps Isaac stay to develop, and Beck can also develop our new QB recruit out of Oklahoma. Maybe Dampier will get here and be a good stop gap at QB while we f…[Read more]

Well.. I’m old…