Charlie

To continue to guess… I think after the injury we simply had to get ready for the season without Rose. I don’t know who ran the scout team for prep for the first few games. I think Rose started practice about the end of September which is about the time following the OSU game and the switch from NJ to Barnes. Possibly he still needed time and so…[Read more]

My best guess relates to the bye week and at that point they believed Barnes gave the best chance to win. Barnes also got the start in the Florida game but without Rose as a possibility. The Cal game and USC game provided hope, not accounting for Vaki. Maybe we could have had the same results with Johnson or Rose in the game. The result with…[Read more]

Not sure I know what you are looking at. Other than the spring game I have not been able to get a read at all on Rose, certainly nothing that would get me on the road to a pig. I would be happy to see him in a game but half the opponents going forward would be a though way to start.

Thank God

I think they are a separate entity. Oregon’s Phil Knight or Utah’s Jon Huntsman were not developed by the university, they simply chose to support the school they loved and their success to do so was unrelated to university efforts. I am sure universities do things to welcome or attract donors but I can’t imagine the discussion in a conference…[Read more]

I am not sure Rose is not an acceptable part of a QB plan. He is healthy enough now to be killing it on the scout team and could benefit greatly by say getting a serious look in the spring. As for Wilson, do we know he is not at spring practice to learn if not play? There have been plenty of true freshmen QBs who have started college with less and…[Read more]

The ceiling is not Whitt or the University of Utah. The ceiling is current resources. As an example, Oregon moved from average to where they are today, not because of a HC hire, not because of their name or culture or whatever. They moved up because their resources increased drastically relative to others. Would you rather have Oregon’s HC or…[Read more]

Another way to look at it is the 2024 Big 12 is certain to send a team to the playoffs as opposed to the Pac 12 that has had great difficulty getting a team into the playoffs. Utah stacks up well in the 2024 Big 12

The big picture: Every school in the country except 7 or 8 would love to switch HCs with us. Schools above us, schools ranked higher than us, would trade HCs with us. The thinking is man, with our resources Whitt would do so much better with top recruiting. Whitt is punching way above his resources support. Who with fewer resources does better?…[Read more]

As soon as an offense struggles, the OL will be viewed as poor. Same as soon as an offense is predictable. The OL depends greatly on scheme requiring the Defense and especially the DL to play both run and pass for one or two counts, pickup reads, then react. A single second or a single step means the world. Receivers don’t separate, most notice…[Read more]

Vaki saw much more daylight from Cal and USC, but Oregon is a much more disciplined defense. Oregon also had a big stout front that made all runs difficult. Vaki’s ad lib simply did not work with Oregon being very aware. On Barnes interception, Vaki made a move just as Barnes threw and the play had a negative impact on both. Playing both ways may…[Read more]

I do recall because sitting in our group was my granddaughter on her birthday.

What was more strange was watching OSU’s offense was a trip down memory lane since they are similar to Utah’s offense the two previous years.

Your good but I thought only ladies complained about what other ladies wear. And I thought I was the only one that cared what I wear.

Myself, I am easy. There are a couple of uniforms or helmets that are my favorite, love the drum and feather, but I am fine with whatever my school chooses to wear each game.

I suppose ducks are predators if you are a bug. Anything bigger not so much.

The USC win has great impact for recruiting in California. All the drama at USC has made this win something HS kids will remember more than any Pac outcome this year. Oregon at home is an easier game, unless TOs swing the game away from us this is an easier game to get without a wish being granted. With the exception of Washington, all the…[Read more]

Well that helps me understand Vinnie more but he sure was fun to talk to when he was just chilling.

Well TDS beat TT for what might be their only win against a Big 12 team that is not a transitioning mid major.

Well Dan is a tool, even more so than LR. 2021 was a bad year for Utah recruiting instate and Oregon took several of the top 5. Since then Oregon has been a minor factor. Don’t believe Dan had anything to do with that year. I would have liked to have Bassa but we got Barton the next year and got Reid home. So Bassa went up to Oregon and watched…[Read more]