Charlie

If you apply a weighted average thing for impact the QB position will drive more impact by far than any other position, maybe as much as the bottom two combined.

Change is better when coming from a desire to improve. Change does not do as well when coming from failure of the status quo. It has been some time since college football listened to their customers rather than simply enjoying runaway growth despite missteps.

I think the item that favors Ben Carlson is as a bench player we simply do not depend on him much and he is serviceable in that role. Battin on the other hand we remember as a starter that we depended on more so. Could the same athlete disappoint as a starter but be more serviceable as a bench player? Ben is less noticed, good or bad, in the…[Read more]

ASU is up and down, we caught them on a day playing well enough to beat anyone not UofA at home. There will be many teams beat teams that finish above them in the final standings at home. I hope this turns out to be one of those.

Well I think classes start tomorrow. I am more than happy for him to skip the sideline of the game and get moved to SLC to get into prep for spring practice. Much better than arrival later.

Goodness, the conference schedule just started. Some might not realize how good UofA is. Because Stanford beat them in Palo Alto, how I don’t know, you might think they are human. UofA lost to Purdue, another top 10 team on the road and FAU, another ranked team in Vegas. They likely will not lose at home and will dance with a high seed. ASU will…[Read more]

I can wait and see. I have watched UofA several times and they played very well tonight. They will be a top 10 team all year. The other teams will have difficulty getting a road win in Az. Assuming Kata will be ok there is no reason yet that they can finish top 4 or 5 yet.

We need to put Exacte on a milk carton and find him. Teat might be coming…[Read more]

I think the biggest problem last year was QB. We did not have play a QB that could view multiple options, make a quick decision and throw a catchable pass… well.

Next, receivers need to gain separation better. Becoming open is not enough, the route has a window to view. Open later has diminished usefulness. Continuing to stay open beyond the…[Read more]

Over the years I have noted Whitt’s interest move from having a good answer for starters to added focus on being two deep everywhere and beyond with players that can play without drop-off.

I think Utah still hurts from having so little momentum from recent previous years. Next, no momentum from notable transfers or recruits. BB polls seem to be heavy in expectations early in the season and respond slowly compared to FB. Because of the number of BB games a big win in BB is not like a big win in FB. Preseason BB schedules generally…[Read more]

I think Smith is at the point we can expect new players each year to be in the rotation or start. Johnson could be a rotation player. Chandler is a huge wild card. Hopefully, coming off his mission and with NIL in play he could return to Utah. I think how Utah and BYU does this year can have a big effect and Utah just may have the better year. I…[Read more]

I think McClain will play as much as other WRs.
Yes, Lomu will work his way into the OL.
Pittman just may have a whole season and surprise.
Center, I am not sure this is figured out but it will be a priority.
King may play as much as any TE.
DE, Fano will be back to playing as much as any DE.
Pepa may surprise and demand equal time.
Johnson will…[Read more]

I’ll take that bet. But I am betting with you. I think Wilson will do well and I expect we will enjoy Rising’s last year.

Actually, we do need a portal QB. You need extra QBs in practice. It is not always offense vs defense in practice. A QB may be working with the RBs and line, a QB is working with the receivers, a QB is working with the scout team getting the opponent offense down, QB1 could be offline with the OC, and none of this stops while a QB resting an…[Read more]

It is an odd comment. There is a reason teams carry so many QBs. One has the assignment as the scout team QB to get the defense ready. In that roll they suspend learning our offense and try to mimic other teams. I think when he came back from injury he went into that roll being someone not planed to play this year. I will guess again, when bowl…[Read more]

College FB does not need the long break before bowl season. Need to get into it quicker and finish in time for transfers to complete the entire season, process their changes, and get enrolled in January at the new school. May need to start earlier in August like HS. Players and schools should be penalized for contacts during the season. NIL…[Read more]

Can I assume you have experience doing these things you are analyzing? Myself, I watched a lot of football for decades and got comfortable with evaluating good and weak coaching. Then because my son coached at the HS I got involved with coaching the 8th graders and involved at the HS. The perspective of watching FB prepares you little for making…[Read more]

The Friday game was a great crowd, Sunday game never are so much. We could fill the top dozen rows with youth groups like some do but that fills the parking lots as well.

I’d more then venture that very few coordinators could dip to 2 walk-on QBs, lose a dozen key players and win 8 games in a power conference. Maybe some examples of those that did as well with the injuries we had in 2023 could help us understand this point.

It is very hard to be forced to play multiple QBs. To bring another QB into a game the other team is not prepared for is an anomaly. Even Barnes looked serviceable in two Rose Bowls for that reason. However, that can change quickly with teams having a week to prepare for him. Next, we sometimes see a team change QBs, like Arizona did this year,…[Read more]