2008 National Champ

Speaking of losing their grip.,,

The man (I guess I shouldn’t assume) said that he’s been to an average of 7.25 games per year for 54 years and you are calling him/her “fair weather” and a “snowflake”. You usually have decent ideas @AlohaUte, even if I don’t always agree with them, but you’re way over your skis today. Might be a good time to…[Read more]

Good stuff. It’s pretty hard to ignore 2019, 2021 & 2022 though which were the 3 best QB years of his tenure and also the 3 best running. So when Utah finally got complimentary football between run/pass and offense/defense, great things happened.

2008 was good but not outside the range of it’s surrounding years.

You’ll need to talk to my editor about clickbait headlines. I can only be held accountable for the content of my posts which are the most reasonable and levelheaded of any I’ve read on this site

2021: it would be between #11 Utah and #12 Pitt for the 5th conference autobid. Does the committee still jump 10-3 Utah 6 spots for beating Oregon in the CCG and rank higher than 11-2 Pitt? Bama, Michigan, Cincy & Baylor get the byes.

2022: it would be between #8 Utah and #9 K State for the last bye. Does the committee jump 10-3 Utah 3 spots…[Read more]

Everything is a binary choice and he’s the guy making the decisions. We can only evaluate what did happen, not whether a different option would have produced a different outcome.

The problem is that we’re not allowed to have an honest conversation about Whitt. Point out a specific failure and someone will pop up saying “but 20 years of…[Read more]

bigotry is a two way street, especially when it comes to religion

Nothing definitive, just like every other week of the year.

Fatigue was an issue in the first half. Pick 6’s are great but your D goes right back on the field. Same with the ST play where the O went 3 and out, or the punt block.

@BleedsRedUte: My theory is personnel. Utah doesn’t have a Safety who is excellent in run support like Bishop or Blair. Utah also doesn’t have an eraser at LB like Lloyd, Hansen, C. Barton.,, Because of those two missing elements, Scalley is having to play a read/react style instead of his favored attack.

Add in that the D Line hasn’t had a…[Read more]

While Baylor has won 5 straight. This upside down conference is sure baffling

I had Iowa State as my sleeper team but I doubt anyone had Iowa State / Arizona State as the favourites for the CCG with parochial school / Colorado ready to pounce if either or both falter. While at the same time the only thing keeping the two 20 year head coaches…[Read more]

Are we sure that wasn’t a former PAC crew? It was for the parochial school game

There’s 3 or 4 people in the booth for each side of the ball. Usually GA’s or Analysts who watch for specific things and try to identify trends. Since Bajakian isn’t just the QB coach, someone has to be keeping track of what the booth is seeing and communicate with the QB’s like all of the other position coaches do.

absolutely could have been a TD.

I’d need to see it again but from what I saw on replay, the “intended” receiver was still running downfield with his back to the QB. Bottari threw to the sidelines and the receiver turned it into a post. Just didn’t feel like it had the elements necessary for grounding. Especially when it’s very common for a QB to throw the ball into the ground…[Read more]

let alone twice in one day in different games. QB’s throw it out of bounds all the time. Must be a new emphasis call by Big 12 refs.

DeBoer might not get a 2nd season. Not sure he’s ever lost 3 games in a season before. Maybe at Fresno?

hee-hee. It is pretty much off brand for me not to be talking up another year of Whitt at this point isn’t it?

All you Whitt haters need to check yourself! He’s guaranteed to put up a 7-5 next year and get Utah in position for a playoff run in 2026. He’ll figure out the QB and OC issues if you negaUtes will just give him the time he’s earned.,, 🙂

He was the only one left to be the intermediary between the booth and the QB? Bottari was wearing the headset before he went in.

If the roster is correct, the only QB left after Bottari is Dallen Engemann and we’ll probably see Tao Johnson run wildcat all game before he sees the field.