What do we need to do to beat ASU?

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- 10/17/2017 at 11:06 AM #44885
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  Tony (admin)
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  Let’s assume two scenarios: 1: Williams at QB, 2: Huntley at QB – What do we need to do to beat ASU, besides score more points than they do?
- 10/17/2017 at 11:07 AM #44886
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  ironman1315
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  Don’t let them steal our signals.
  - 10/17/2017 at 11:17 AM #44889
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    Tony (admin)
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    I think we should give fake signals for Graham. Like “sweep left” and then have a bootleg pass right or something like that.
- 10/17/2017 at 11:11 AM #44887
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  Chidojuan
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  15 SACKS!!!
  - 10/17/2017 at 2:51 PM #44908
    
    FtheY
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    Yeah boiiiiii, 15!!!
- 10/17/2017 at 11:12 AM #44888
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  Chidojuan
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  Speaking of that, Brady Quinn made me laugh pretty hard last year. “You get a sack! And you get a sack!”
- 10/17/2017 at 11:57 AM #44890
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  Anonymous
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  Throw to open receivers. 🙂
- 10/17/2017 at 12:08 PM #44891
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  MotherJabubu
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  100 yards rushing, 250 yards passing. win turnover battle. score TDs in redzone.
- 10/17/2017 at 12:22 PM #44892
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  Ute Bc
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  Block. Our O line needs to be ready. When I watched the UW game I was shocked at how they got after Browning. They had a myriad of blitzes. This game, like all PAC 12 games, kind of scares me. They’ve got swag…
  - 10/17/2017 at 5:37 PM #44927
    
    Red Don
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    Block. Our O line needs to be ready. When I watched the UW game I was shocked at how they got after Browning. They had a myriad of blitzes. This game, like all PAC 12 games, kind of scares me. They’ve got swag…
    
    Huntley can be a blitz equalizer.
- 10/17/2017 at 12:50 PM #44893
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  EagleMountainUte
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  First scenario is a loss no matter how you spin in it. Second scenario is a win because Huntley is that much better than Williams.
  - 10/17/2017 at 1:06 PM #44895
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    ladyinred
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    Huntley is better, but Williams still has what it takes to beat ASU. He did it last year.
    - 10/17/2017 at 1:07 PM #44896
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      EagleMountainUte
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      Beat USC last year didn’t go so well this season. Blew it against Stanford at home to who I don’t think is very good.
      - 10/17/2017 at 1:21 PM #44898
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        ladyinred
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        I realize Williams has his shortcomings, and that’s why he lost the starting job, but we can still win games with him. Meanwhile look at every other team in the PAC. If they lost their starting QB the drop off would be yuuuge to the next guy. Look at Oregon. They are going to struggle to make a bowl after losing Herbert.
        
        Our situation is not ideal, but it’s enviable still to have such depth at QB.
        
        Also, might I remind you that the last second TD last year could’ve gone either way as well…
        
        10/17/2017 at 1:51 PM #44901
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        EagleMountainUte
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        You don’t think Utah will struggle to make a Bowl game with Williams? It sure looks that way I am merely confident that Huntley will be back.
        
        Huntley makes up for the deficiencies in the Pass pro.
        
        Utah is finally improving in the rush so maybe it will be another 50/50 game.
        
        10/17/2017 at 1:57 PM #44902
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        Ute Bc
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        I don’t think many people had us winning at USC this year. No reason to think that Williams couldn’t or wouldn’t make us Bowl eligible – just like last year.
        
        10/17/2017 at 2:02 PM #44903
        
        Anonymous
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        I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but I certainly have issues with our o-line and d-line. Lots of room for improve there.
- 10/17/2017 at 1:00 PM #44894
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  UteFanatic
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  The blitz A LOT. I hope Troy Taylor has a good game plan to make them pay for it.
  - 10/17/2017 at 3:56 PM #44915
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    AllInUteFan
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    I agree. They blitzed UW and Oregon incessantly. Arizona’s blitz disrupted us far more than it should have. Hopefully Taylor and Harding have better protection packages ready for this game.
    - 10/17/2017 at 3:57 PM #44918
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      ironman1315
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      Quick slants into the vacated area. That’ll slow them up right quick.
- 10/17/2017 at 1:17 PM #44897
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  UM4G
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  These are the priorities that I think they need to focus on to win:
  
  Red Zone – Utah would arguably be 6-0 with just a small improvement in the Red Zone. Need to score points when they’re available.
  
  Take Care of the Ball – self explanatory.
  
  O-line – specifically pass protection due to ASU’s blitzing. I think we’ll see a lot more of those bubble screens.
  
  Utilize Carrington – regardless of which QB is at the helm, we need to get Carrington involved.
  
  Cover the Middle of the Field – Stanford & USC showed that all you have to do is send a receiver up the middle over and over. N’Keal makes this task harder, so the Secondary is up for a tough challenge.
  
  Feed Moss – get him like 20 to 25 touches.
- 10/17/2017 at 1:22 PM #44899
  
  ladyinred
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  BTW this is geeky but I think these guys do a good job breaking down UW’s failures at ASU.
  Good points about what UW struggled with provides a blueprint for Utah:
  
  https://www.uwdawgpound.com/2017/10/17/16485618/film-study-husky-offense-stymied-in-the-desert
- 10/17/2017 at 2:27 PM #44904
  
  noneyadb
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  Comes down to the o-line, they’ve been dreadful in a lot of areas.
- 10/17/2017 at 3:11 PM #44909
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  UTE98
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  Score a defensive TD, AND a special teams TD. This year our offense has not outscored our opponents. Think about it so far this year we’ve had two or three defensive TDs. One was against USC.
  
  We also need four turnovers, with one being scooped or returned for aforementioned TD.
  
  Against Arizona Guidry had a pick 6, we won. Against Stanford we had not ST/Defensive scores, we lost. Against USC Blair had the scoop and score, we lost by one.
  
  So we need some Boobie, and Guidry/Blair.
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