You know what I’m looking forward to NOT seeing this season?

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- 08/14/2019 at 6:40 PM #98966
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  Tony (admin)
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  The every-game Troy Taylor triple reverse flea-flicker razzle-dazzle failure. Yes I know a couple of them worked, but most were horrible fails. Change my mind.
- 08/14/2019 at 6:55 PM #98968
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  FtheY
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  I hear you there. I feel like they were broken up every time, but I don’t have the stats to say for sure.
  
  I’m all about trick plays, but you have to have some sort of a success rate.
  - 08/14/2019 at 7:27 PM #98972
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    Tony (admin)
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    Well there’s the famous Covey TD pass which was great, but for the most part it seems like the plays resulted in lost yardage.
    - 08/14/2019 at 7:44 PM #98976
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      UtMtBiker
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      Covey to Huntly – TD
      Covey to Fotheringham – TD
      Covey scramble – 20ish
      Covey scrabble – 10ish
      Simpkins overthrow to Green – incomplete
      Covey hit in the back field – loss of 5
      Dixon hit in the back field – loss of 7
      Dixon – gain of 5ish
      Covey – no gain.
      
      All those were in 3 games I’ve watched the last 2 days on pac12 in 60. Seems about 50/50 success. Small sample size though.
      - 08/14/2019 at 9:03 PM #98985
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        FtheY
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        The two covey throws were money, loved those plays
- 08/14/2019 at 7:54 PM #98978
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  EagleMountainUte
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  We tend to forget the bad with all that good from 2008. I remember being very frustrated at some weird plays from Ludwig. Every coach has them. Based on situation I get them. With a guy like Covey you gotta use him.
  
  The part that I wonder about is it must work in practice against Utah’s scout team. So just assuming why they install some of those plays.
  - 08/14/2019 at 11:30 PM #98993
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    BJA 13
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    I’m excited for Ludwig 2.0. However, I too remember long sustained drives stalling on random triple reverse/trick plays that seemed unnecessary.
    - 08/15/2019 at 9:42 AM #99021
      
      Utesbyfive
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      Wasn’t that BJ that did that?
      - 08/15/2019 at 10:26 AM #99027
        
        EagleMountainUte
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        Depends on what narrative fits your paradigm. Two minute drill with Johnson was a thing of beauty. But we had guys like Brown, Casteel and Reed. Guys who didn’t drop the f**king ball constantly.
- 08/14/2019 at 8:25 PM #98981
  
  Charlie
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  I am ok with getting the ball to Covey with run pass options, hopefully in good situations for success.
- 08/14/2019 at 10:46 PM #98990
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  KiYi-Ute
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  I almost preferred those silly trick plays to watching A-Rod run the same failed outside screens behind the LOS on 3rd and 10 every damn game.
- 08/15/2019 at 8:42 AM #99012
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  chinngiskhaan
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  I’m excited to not see entire offensive possessions where Moss doesn’t touch the ball. Troy Taylor was constantly trying to prove that his offense was effective rather than following the game plan. That selfish mentality from the OC lost us multiple games.
- 08/15/2019 at 10:07 AM #99022
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  salty-ute
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  I agree. Although, I think that a reverse should be a normal play-call from the playbook. It keeps the defense from cheating and you have to exploit it if they’re over-pursuing. If the reverse is successful, it forces teams to adapt to it. This sets up the opportunity for a trick play reverse pass. The problem with Taylor was that he never ran a simple reverse; it was always a trickery passing play… The defense knew that if Utah ever ran a reverse, it would be a reverse pass, so safeties and DBs always stayed home.
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