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Whitt is and will always be a legend. Urban imo is a better coach but arguably Whitt’s done more for the program.

I wish we could have seen a Whittingham team that supported and expected as much from the offense as it did the defense. That could have been really special.

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He’s definitely fun to watch and gave me flashbacks of Joe Williams. Whitt calls him an explosive guy, smooth, athletic, etc. in his post-game. Hopefully Stanley continues to make a big impact this year!

He’s also been a beast for me on my college football 25 dynasty! 97 speed IIRC.. maybe the coaching staff thought EA was onto something! lol

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When the news broke, someone close to the family said he wasn’t interested because he’d already transferred and adjusted to a new program once. The other reason was his family is decently well off, so the money wasn’t a big factor for him.

I doubt very much we were offering the same for him, especially as 2nd on the depth chart.

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Vaki’s touches, afaik, were the same packages from previous weeks. Oregon would signal Vaki was on the field and key in on him, since they knew he was getting the ball. That included a safety being assigned man coverage. Vaki didn’t play a lot of snaps, which likely was because of Oregon’s offense shredding Utah’s defense early on. It seems despite Whitt’s comments earlier in the week regarding analytics, they wanted him playing on defense more.

Bottom line is we showed up with the same offense we had against Oregon St / Cal / USC. Oregon actually took us seriously and shut it down.

I feel bad for Jackson. He’s sorely needed, but he needs to rest. Us playing injured players makes me more sympathetic to Rising/Kuithe rumors and our coaching/medical staff potentially rushing people out there.

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Yeah, they got torched. Credit to Oregon and Nix being accurate and decisive. They’ve got a ton of playmakers.

It’s extra challenging when your offense can’t sustain drives. But, our offense is also a reflection of our defense-first mentality, so I don’t think the offensive woes give the D a pass.

It’ll be interested to hear if there’s any accountability for the defense, or if it’s the usual “we couldn’t get anything going on offense” deflection.

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We have an identity. It just takes NFL caliber skill players to out execute the other team.

Otherwise, it’s predictable and ineffective.

Also-I don’t believe we’d be any better with a transfer QB. I think Utah is a tough place for a QB to develop and thrive.

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Love Barnes. He exemplifies Utah’s ideology. It seems like his decision making is improving, save for a few obvious plays, including the pick six (ouch).

Tangential, can we get Johnson out on the field somehow? Seems like his athleticism should be able to fit somewhere on the field.

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Is it just me, or does he look faster than when he played at the U?

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If it makes you feel better, there’s a strong chance he wouldn’t be nearly as good for us.

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Yeah, the overall tone sounds like they didn’t really anticipate this being a difficult game and can only blame their miscues for the loss.

It’s annoying how many scoring opportunities we didn’t convert and the prevent d allowing 2 tds. The ending made it appear a lot closer than it was. Wonder if his tone would have been the same if we won by 3-4 touchdowns.

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