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Backer either that loss is a blessing in disguise or we just weren’t that good to begin with. We will find out Friday. Whitt likes the back against the wall coaching. One more loss and the season is over. Can’t wait for Friday to see which team comes to play. As Elvis would say “It’s now or never”

If Cam doesn’t play again this year he won’t be playing for Utah next year either.

Man, college football seasons can be a wild ride. Look at all the losses by top 25 teams last weekend. With all the insane changes to the game over the last couple of years, the “wild ride” is what I’m hanging on to. It can be SO fun for teams that are beating expectations and can be the opposite for those of us that aren’t. I know, I know,…[Read more]

Bleeds, I agree with everything you posted except about our defensive backs. Our safeties are doing a poor job of tackling and general run-game support.

Otherwise, it was a great post!!!

I just heard from someone who is involved in the program that Cam’s cut was much deeper than originally thought. He has suffered excessive swelling. When he tries to throw, he has no accuracy. It doesn’t sound like the staff is optimistic about Cam playing this Friday.

I feel like the defense has been a little more disappointing than the offense. With change of QB on offense, opposing defenses have made it harder and forced Isaac to beat them and he’s just not quite there yet. However, our TOP is pretty good, so the defense should be fresh and flying around the field.

Who is OC?! See @Ghost’s comment above predicting a cloudy forecast for Friday.

Analytics don’t take in to consideration of play calling, line blocking or size of your running back. It makes coaching predictable. If you don’t have confidence to get the first down or touchdown on fourth kick the field goal.

What bugged me most was that Whitt explicitly said that the decision not to play Cam was made 20 minutes before the OSU game and that he could have played. Now, they are saying that it is the doctor’s decision. What has changed? They are also saying that it is wait and see for this Friday.

It is frustrating to me as a fan, that we were told…[Read more]

are frustrated. Donors are frustrated. The comments at these press conferences are so tone deaf with how 99% of us are feeling. I feel like Bill Murray hearing the same message on a Punxsutawney radio station every morning. 4-1 and #16 yet it feels very different.

I’ll be surprised if Cam plays again this year, and even more surprised if he comes back before the BYU game.

Pretty wild that we are now 1.5 years into the “will he – won’t he” with Cam Rising. I love the guy, and I really don’t blame Whit but this has gotten completely out of hand (no pun intended). Let’s hope Wilson can clean up some of the expected freshman mistakes and come back strong against ASU.

Rick,
While I do think it’s silly to blame decisions on analytics, I think going for it on fourth and short in the redzone should happen more often than not. My issue is with the play calling in those situations. It is most often predictable and, as a result, allows the defense the upper hand. I hope there has been significant review and change to…[Read more]

Cam is never playing QB for Utah again. It’s
pretty easy to read between the lines with his interview.
Just hand the duty over to Wilson completely and let’s move on from this fiasco. As a fan, I’m ready to cheer on and support Wilson now regardless. Thank you Cam for what you did for this program!

What do analytics tell you about the risk of not making it on fourth down and what it does to your true freshman QBs confidence and the confidence of your entire team in him??? I am so sick of dumb coaching decisions being blamed on analytics. It is the new cop out for coaches. It was a dumb decision and you made it several times which makes it…[Read more]

The only problem with this is that there is no such thing as a healthy Rising.

ASU game tells us whether or not Utah is off to a slow start this season or is truly not a very good football team. KW’s back in his comfort zone coaching as the hunter. We saw last weekend what happens to good teams that don’t show up. Sone Bama fans are already calling for DeBoers head…geez.

Defense is fine. Utes score TDs 2 out of 3 times…[Read more]

Good points bleedsred. Our front four is not applying QB pressure. Hall got a couple pressures blitzing. Last year Barton was a beast blitzing. I don’t remember seeing him pressure the QB at all. Lack of big running back has been missed in the short yardage situations.

ASU has a young mobile QB that can hurt you with his legs and arm. Put p…[Read more]