2008 National Champ

I’m not sure you’ve come up with the slam dunk you think you have.

The speculation on Lander’s injury was Lisfranc. I don’t know if it was ever confirmed but for the sake of argument, I’ll assume that is true. Those little bones in your feet are so important to your mobility, speed and leg strength. I just don’t know how you get that back.

Maybe it’s an injury that will get better as time elapses? I guess…[Read more]

It’s not hindsight. A few of us were very clear that bringing Rising back for 2023 would cause people already in the room to transfer. Which is exactly what happened. Johnson, Barnes & Howard are now gone leaving a 6 year gap in experience between Rising and Wilson. Costelli left, Jackson was moved to running back, Rose apparently isn’t…[Read more]

By that logic Jack Nicklaus should still be playing in PGA events, Michael Jordan should still be in the NBA and someone should stick Ted Williams’s head onto a body

Don’t overlook that Kump is the one calling the protections. If he’s not identifying the right things, it could look like a blocker went for the wrong man when he in fact followed the call on the field.

TCU also did a good job of having their stunt or blitz person wait long enough for the Utah blocker to commit elsewhere before crashing the hole.

If I pay to watch a dud, I feel perfectly fine rating it accordingly.

that’s an excellent question. what OC worth his salt would be willing to come in on a potential 1 year make good deal? Unless Whitt commits to coaching out his current contract, someone signing a 3 year deal that could be rescinded at any time for reasons other than performance would be tough.

Essentially, you’ve now created the same situation…[Read more]

Taylor was on the hill for 2 years which is about average for coordinators anywhere but Utah. Anywhere else, a good coordinator is liable to get poached to a higher paying gig or a head coach slot, and one who isn’t getting the job done gets replaced. Utah has been different in that it’s been a last stop before retirement gig for some of the…[Read more]

Yes. Or I should say that he has one rollout that is a staple of his offense. He’s been rolling his QB right a couple of times a game since he came back in 2019 with the TE between 3 and 5 yards downfield and another receiver usually 10-12 yards deep and heading to the sideline.

Kuithe and Kincaid were usually successful on the underneath but…[Read more]

one possibility would be that the new guy has seen everywhere that the O has been getting beat and immediately moves to counter. blitzes up the gut are fairly simple to plan around. quick screens to the outside, always running a hot route at the MLB, shifting the protection and rolling the QB out are the obvious options. you have to execute but…[Read more]

least amount of pressure possible for the position. Utah continues scoring under 20 ppg, it’s the last guys fault and it was too broken for him to fix during the season. Utah gets up around 30 ppg the rest of the season, he gets a shiny new contract.

The only way you make this move during the season is if you are acknowledging that staying the…[Read more]

125th in punt return average (3.43) and tied for 113th in kick return average (16.5). Better off fair catching everything than risking a muff at this point

just having an offensive player go somewhere the defensive player doesn’t expect would be 300% improvement. And you’ll start to see speed and separation at the same time. 4.3 guys who run 6 yards and stand around look pretty much the same as 4.6 guys

a urinalist not doing their research? say it isn’t so

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Unless you were going to hire Seth Littrell, your only option(s) was(were) internal.

google John Donovan

sounds more like the old joke where the smartest person from place A moved to place B and lowered the IQ for both places.

I agree that mediocre is a step up from the last 3 weeks. I’m not sure it’s the monumental step that some want it to be so I will remain cautiously optimistic knowing that there is very little anyone can do in the short-term…[Read more]

In the middle of a major coaching change you want to discuss why a different team than Utah should be unhappy if they get snubbed for another team not named Utah?

we’re supposed to overlook anything that could be construed as a negative. BEST HIRE EVER is apparently the only acceptable response. Amazing how quick this went from worst offense in 40 years to all of the problems have been solved with a single announcement.

so the Northwestern Bio is wrong. It appears they are only referring to the schools he coached at before his Northwestern stint which did not match up with his previous success.