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    • 10/22/2023 at 10:34 AM #201884
      kmc165
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      How do you guys think our LB group will do without Barton?

    • 10/22/2023 at 10:36 AM #201887
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      Tony (admin)
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      Not as well. He’s damn good.

      • 10/22/2023 at 12:12 PM #201913
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        bopahull
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        Not as well but still better than most.

    • 10/22/2023 at 3:08 PM #201937
      Charlie
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      Barton is very good but there are options to work with. Medlock and Fotu are the likely suspects along with Calvert to fill in.

      • 10/22/2023 at 4:34 PM #201961
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        The Miami Ute
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        Calvert? Ethan Calvert? He transferred and is playing for Cal Poly-SLO this season.

        • 10/22/2023 at 5:04 PM #201967
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          Charlie
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          Josh is Ethan’s older brother. I think he transferred in from Washington when Ethan committed to Utah. He has been on 2 deep rosters and I have seen him on special teams and one or twice at LBer. I think he has been bothered by injuries before this year. I would expect Medlock coming in first. There will be dropoff.

    • 10/22/2023 at 4:50 PM #201964
      EagleMountainUte
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      Season of attrition.

      Utah’s defense is going to be expected to play every quarter of every game for the rest of the season.

    • 10/22/2023 at 5:16 PM #201971
      2008 National Champ
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      If he wasn’t doing the two-way thing, I would have expected Vaki to move into the Nephi Sewell hybrid role and switch Ritchie/Tao based on down and distance. It’s been a while since Utah has had linebackers in the backfield consistently and Vaki could excel at that.

    • 10/22/2023 at 6:21 PM #201984
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      J Rocksville
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      Vaki seems to get a bunch of special teams snaps too. Might be worth taking him off that duty to give him a chance to rest.

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