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My experience is that if you are training right, the bulk adds speed and athleticism. I can’t imagine they aren’t being trained right.

If I had to guess, a foot injury probably cost him his entire off season of lower body training. On top of that, he probably continued his upper body training. (Not being able to train lower body could give rise…[Read more]

Sports are our gladiators. Our proxy for war pitting champions against champions.

I don’t boo much, but when I do, I do it loudly.

Well, I guess I see that I am in the minority on this topic around here. Fair enough.

If you booed someone pretty much anywhere else in life, you would look pretty dumb. I guess society has decided it is okay in sports (or generally, events with large crowds). I suppose it must be due to our inability to convey more complex communication as a…[Read more]

Thanks. I’ll look for the message.

I don’t have the expertise to answer your question, Tony. I will say that somebody brought up a very interesting point. Why is Lander seemingly less explosive athletically? Why does it seem he’s a step slower? Is it because the injury? Or could it be they bulked him up too much? I really wonder on this. Are we changing players bodies so…[Read more]

By that logic Jack Nicklaus should still be playing in PGA events, Michael Jordan should still be in the NBA and someone should stick Ted Williams’s head onto a body

How to call an offense at Utah:

Step 1) Choose one of the following:
A) Run up the middle
B) Throw a pass into coverage near the sideline
C) Run a trick play that tricks nobody

Step 2) Repeat step 1 until punt or score

Obviously reductive, but I think we can see why TCU (and everyone watching) pretty much knew what Utah was doing.

6th, he is 3 games behind Gundy.

Never going to catch Ferrentz or Brown, he would go up on the active list if those two retire.

I am sorry for the lack of clarity in context. My head drifted to the binary choice of giving up on Whitt to start over or continuing with Whitt and hope for the best. Continuing on and hoping for the best can and should include doing everything possible to win. In this context, sticking with Whitt has actually led to championships and I think…[Read more]

There was one play in the TCU game Kuithe came out of his stance and just stood there on a run play. Never seen that before with a Utah player.

Not preparing a QB is how I see it. But by not preparing a QB you don’t have one. Riding the Rising train too long (20+ months too long) also has been a huge drag.

I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing some two back sets, put Parks, Kuithe, Vincent, Stanley back there and run some plays. Bernard blocks for Stanley to run the wheel route, Stanley/Kuithe/Parks motions out for a pass in the flats/Bernard blocks, or Bernard gets less run blitz. Anything to have options instead of formation A means a run up the middle,…[Read more]

I disagree with this at many levels.

First, the majority of championship teams are among the most physical in college football. For example, Michaigan, Georgia, and Alabama are among the most physical teams I can remember over the past couple of years. I think lack of physicality is one of the reasons why PAC12 teams (ORE) didn’t win the…[Read more]

I do boo refs but have often thought I need to quit. Years ago my wife was the referee coordinator for Sandy Youth Soccer. She would hire what seemed to be a hundred middle school and HS kids each year after they took a test for rules. $5 per game. However, every week 8 or 10 quit and the reason was always the same, could not take bitching from…[Read more]

I get what you are saying, but I disagree. I think it’s precisely our hard nosed, physical style of play that won us two P12 championships and was the key to our growth and success these last 20 years. The Utes physical play was often the great equalizer against teams with more talent.

I will boo only if it’s clear the effort isn’t being put forth. As for coaches being booed, I think that’s fair game. You’re a big boy being paid a lot of money. If you’re not doing a good job, I’m sorry, that’s how things work. Many season ticket holders and or people that just bought tickets saw a piss poor performance on the field this…[Read more]

The only way we answer that question is if the offense performs better. If it performs the same or worse, we still don’t know if he was the problem or not (not until next year when our new OC has had time to install things).

I posted essentially this same comment on the earlier version of this thread but we can’t accept elevated injury rates. It’s more than a killer for your team’s season it affects real people for the rest of their lives. Unlike most of the issues with the team it’s flat out

unethical

to do nothing about it. The turf, equipment (shit UA shoes),…[Read more]

“the best approach is to simply hope for the best with the next game. I hope that is the approach by the players and coaches”

Charlie I love your replies but this has got to be some of the worst advice I have ever read if you’re trying to win something. This isn’t how greatness or even a few levels below that is achieved.

“hard to pinpoint exactly why”

Not having a quarterback jumps out to me.