Tony (admin)

No, I think he’s saying that both your statements are possibly true – Whit felt comfortable with the guys they recruited – 2 4* plus Barnes as being able to learn, grow, and become at worst a serviceable fill in until Cam could come back (maybe the timeline was off, but still the same). We’ve learned Barnes only has some skills. We’ve learned Nate…[Read more]

That’s how I felt too. But then this: Randall, I’m told, also wasn’t alone in pushing for the $50 million valuation. At least three others in the Pac-12 board room were also enthusiastic about it.

Everyone thought it was the ASU president and ASU professor. But sounds like there were several presidents all trying to get at a number. Int…[Read more]

At least 1 year continuity of OC into Big 12 would be really helpful, esp. if we are going with Rose or NJ next year. Changing OCs will set back the offense just as much as not having someone with the skills/talent. And we know if Whit goes, Ludwig will also retire. So too much disruption. Would rather have them on board for another year or two,…[Read more]

I’ll still take all that from Whit, the winningest coach in Utah FB history. Bowls nearly every year. 10-1 (11-1 co-shared with Urban) with Fiesta, Sugar bowl wins, 2x conference champion and 2x to Rose Bowl. He has his style, his brand, his quirks, but so do all coaches. I’d take him over anyone.

That’s not to say I’m a pure Whit apologist. He…[Read more]

I just think I we can’t judge too harshly someone who has been with the program for 30 years, head coach for almost 20, and had recent success. Whitt has much more information and has to make many more decisions than us. So it may seem common, but it’s really quite complex. It’s not black and white and I admit, there probably were some bad…[Read more]

Usually it depends on if they are getting active treatment over the weekend or not, but players not playing travel all the time, especially if they were starters – it’s good for team culture, morale, and they can help encourage younger players.

Pros are a little different because they have IR and limited roster counts (53 on active roster, 46…[Read more]

I love this post. I have a BIL that is very ritualistic and won’t watch games with anyone (a different team though). I will watch with 1 of my sons, but he often will get up and throw a football around with himself or shoot hoops. Otherwise, it’s usually just me. My wife might come in, watch for while the wander off, but generally gets the game…[Read more]

This actually makes a lot more sense with the rumors swirling that Cam is practicing then people feel like he ‘backs out’ or isn’t ‘ready’ himself – if his surgeon is saying hold off, it might give him more pause and reason to wait as he’s probably not only thinking about this season, but staying healthy to have a chance at trying out the next…[Read more]

I’m probably between you and DrahUte unless things change dramatically. I’m with a lot of people that RB injuries are probably a bigger issue than even QB. We have SO many people down – some short-term, some for the season. Defense is ok, it’s all about the offense.

I could see 7-5 as floor (lose big 3, lose 1/3 Cal, Arizona [most likely just…[Read more]

We’ve had some really good Vegas Bowls! 😉 It was a more minor bowl, but now is what, #3 in the PAC (NY6, Alamo, Vegas, Holiday, Sun is the pecking order?).

I do wonder how all the bowl alignments will change next year. But we also have the expanded playoff, so it’ll be a whole new system.

Agree. They were just against really great teams. No fault there (or Cam getting injured in both). The Alamo Bowl prior to that, well, it was well documented that Huntley et al. were just there to have fun and didn’t really take it too seriously and got hammered by Texas. The Holiday Bowl against NW? That’s just one of those you have a bad game.

The Rice Military area. But I’m willing to travel.

I think I would probably try 3 runs up the middle to test their grit. If that didn’t work, next series I’d do the same to see if they were wearing down yet. If that didn’t work, next series, I’d run the 1st 2 downs, then roll out and not have any receivers to throw it out of bounds. But maybe by the 3rd quarter, they’ll be tired, so I’ll try 3…[Read more]

OSU is a tough team, but I think they will press a little because they can’t afford a 2nd conference loss. I think that causes DJU to be his inaccurate version. After our D stops the run, DJU makes enough mistakes that they will be limited in scoring to <20. Now, can we score more than that? We’ll have to see.

That’s kind of cool. I would guess most majors have many of the positions, but having a punter, kicker, and returner (which a lot of times is a WR or CB) probably disqualifies most. Esp. with teams only carrying at most 2 kickers, that’s not many spots.

Well, I guess Jackson or Ja’Quinden it is.

Wrong. His family has asked to not use JJ.

We’re intentionally holding back the playbook until the big games. Like USC. That’ll show them! Once we have a lead, we are unstoppable, so don’t show anything and run the clock out! 🙂 We could score 40 if we wanted, but we just don’t want to ;).