Boos from the home crowd 7 minutes into the game p**sed me off

[rbmw263]

Ute Nation keep believing in us we love you ❤️

— ZMO✝️ (@PresMoss2) November 4, 2017

I don’t understand it. Turn on the team after 3 drives? What does booing accomplish?

If the team has completely given up in the 2nd half of a blowout, then maybe, MAYBE I can understand booing. If the effort isn’t there. But booing when the team is just struggling to get it going early in the game? Get the f**k out of here.

[UteThunder]

I wasn’t there, so didn’t boo, but given the fact that we were coming off of two consecutive games where the team’s performance was completely inept and we picked up right where we had left off against Oregon, it is completely understandable that the fans would boo.

[rbmw263]

I guess we just disagree on whether the team not playing well a reason to boo. Maybe if these were professional athletes who do this for a living.

They need our support far more when they are struggling than when they are playing well. Also turning on them (while they are still playing their ass off) when things aren’t going well makes it disingenuous on some level when you hop right back on the train when things start going well. Imo.

Trust me. I was complaining as much as anybody that first quarter. It was incredibly ugly. 

[pedro]

Yes, booing is the right thing to  do for a struggling team.  I know at work when I’m struggling, nothing makes me feel more confident then my co-workers coming in and booing my efforts.  Good plan Stan!

[RiseasUtes]

I was there, I didnt boo, but I complained plenty in that first quarter.  It was just a repeat of the two games we had witnessed before this one.  No one on offense knew where to be or what the play was.  Two timeouts within the first few minutes of the game because Taylor couldnt get a play call in.  Several ineligible players downfield, no pass blocking etc etc etc.  The fans werent booing just because the team just started to struggle.  They were beat up two games in a row and starting off this game by not showing any improvement.  I was pretty close to booing, but after that recovered muffed punt everything changed for the team.  The O started playing without penalties and D started to play gap sound.  

[ladyinred]

Yeah, that first quarter looked like more of the same from the last 2 games. They need to figure out how to stop coming out flat, because a team better than UCLA will pounce. But the remaining 3 quarters were pure joy to watch, apart from all the injuries on both sides.

[KiYi-Ute]

I was at the game. People in front and behind me were booing during the first quarter. One guy was really getting after it, specifically going after Huntley. I eventually had enough and said “That’s your quarterback! Sit down!”. He replied by flipping me off and telling me I didn’t know what I was talking about.

I understand the frustration, but booing doesn’t really sit well with me at college sporting events. These are 18-21 year old kids out there. I suppose you can make the argument that you’re booing the professionals, i.e. the coaches, but it seems to me that the players feel it more than the coaching staff does. 

You paid for the ticket, I suppose you’re entitled to your right to boo if you don’t like the product on the field. But it’s a lot easier to sit in your chair and boo than it is to do what these athletes do.

[RiseasUtes]

We pay to be entertained and we invest a lot of money and time to support the team.  When I feel that the team isn’t trying their hardest or that the coaching is subpar, I get the outrage by the fans.  Those last two loses we’re pathetic displays of football.  It wasn’t that we lost, it’s that we showed no sense of urgency or care to win.  At that point I get why some people would boo.  I try not to, especially at college games, but understand why someone would.  And that should light a fire in our players and coaches to get things worked fixed (and apparently it worked).

[GameForAnyFuss]

I simply don’t understand our fans sometimes. During the first quarter, right behind me some guy and his buddy were screaming “throw the ball downfield! We need chunk plays!” By the third quarter when Utah was doing 75-yard drives in 1 or 3 plays, the same guys were complaining that we were scoring too fast and we need long, sustained drives. SMH.

Reminds me of this:

[crazyute]

I guess as a paying customer your not allowed to voice displeasure. Someone feelings will get hurt

[EagleMountainUte]

Worrying about other fans behavior is last on my list of things to care about during football season. 

Its like generalizing to the extreme. 

[rbmw263]

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[PorterRockwell]

Even if some loud mouth near you is making the game unenjoyable with his non stop  criticism of the program?  There’s a clown that sits a row and five seats left of me that spends the entire game bitching about the coaching the plyers the officlala the scoreboard the weather   NOTHING is ever good enough for this guy

everybody is entitled to their opinion and to voice it but have some consideration for those around you. They may not want to hear your non stop verbal vomit. (Not referencing you specifically) 

[EagleMountainUte]

Some people enjoy bitching about things. Some people enjoy paying attention to bitches.

 

[rbmw263]

You might be paying but the kids aren’t being paid. They need to justify your choice and expense to pay for a ticket by playing well enough to satisfy you? Again, might make sense at a pro game. Not with amateur 19 yr old kids. Any expectation beyond them giving full effort is unrealistic and nonsensible

[EagleMountainUte]

Against ASU and Oregon I saw very little effort. 

[Tony (admin)]

Maybe they were booing the coaches, the play calling etc.

[rbmw263]

That’s a fair point

[EagleMountainUte]

https://youtu.be/-Y2R01k4SXI

[Utahute72]

I didn’t boo (I never do).  I might yell at the stupid officials, but not the players or coaches.  I was beginning to doubt the football mentality of some of our players, however.  Still way too many penalties on the line.  Part of that is learning the RPO system, but they should have a clue by now how to not get called for being illegally downfield.

[noneyadb]

Last season after the bad loss to Cal the boos came out against Arizona after something like 8 consecutive false starts to go from a big play to get inside the redzone, to 3rd and 40. 

I sat next to Dimicks family and they were vocal and p**sed. Lady in front of us started grabbing her stuff and was getting ready to leave.

Mitch then dropped a dime inside the 5 and after the refs f’d up a holding safety call Tasini broke threw and destroyed the QB for the real safety. Utah went on to outscore Arizona  31-9.

Afterward, comments came from the players that the boos were more of a wake up call that the team wasn’t playing right.

I heard the boos against UCLA and if I was there I would have bood the performance as well. The timeouts, and consecutive penalties was pathetic.

[Grimmetal]

Sometimes it can be good. The players and coaches might be willing to do a little more out of their comfort zone or at least loosen up. “If they’re mad and I’m mad, then I won’t give a damn” mentality would probably help out this team at times. Play mad, play loose. Isn’t that the “edge” Whitt was talking about last week?

I mean, I was there. The stadium was antsy well before kickoff. I wasn’t surprised.

[Rick]

I don’t boo college teams, ever.  However, in my section W13 it was more moaning and just pure disgust at the effort.  The NEZ booed a ton though.  Enough for the whole stadium.

[dwainegf]

I booed. I was booing the offensive coaching staff for its late substitutions and lack of focus from the players.
We consistently substitute late in the play clock and have had to call time-out on numerous occasions this year. I believe that should have been addressed and cleaned up by now. I also dislike that we sub out after every play. How do you get a rhythm going is you are subbing out every down? Just my $0.02.

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