2008 National Champ

Of course I’m making inferences because I’m not part of the team. But no one can deny that the bulk of the excitement prior to 2023 was based on having Rising running the same Ludwig offense as the previous two seasons and Kuithe leading the other skill players as his favourite weapon. I’m not going to relitigate 2023 but from my 30,000 foot…[Read more]

I’m missing the low blow that I apparently made?

In soccer when a player gets injured, the other team kicks the ball back to them once play resumes. It’s called sportsmanship. In MLB, they routinely stop play to celebrate records. Or put a retiring player into the field for half and inning so that the manager can take him out and the home…[Read more]

don’t be mean 🙂

key words being “we went away”. The interesting thing to me is that Ludwig called the ASU game exactly like I said above. Or Rising checked into those types of plays. Either way, there were a lot of quick passes that just needed better execution.

It’s not a players only meeting if it is being reported back to the coaches. That would only further divide the team if they thought their words could be held against them.

Is OC Ludwig or someone in local sports media? I’m outside of Phoenix so I don’t always get the references.

Sometimes I wonder if we are all watching the same games. Because the conclusions that come out of them are so completely different. Someone the other day likened the Utah offense the first half of the Baylor game to a Ferrari. And all I could think of was that 13 of the 23 points were created by the defense.

They already have. Plus they got a 4 star last year, and are in on another this year if he hasn’t already committed. Oregon is well stocked at QB which is why I don’t think that would be a good place for Wilson to go should he move on.

Oregon is a school that doesn’t get themselves a starter and then stop recruiting the position because it…[Read more]

If you want the other team to stop blitzing, all you have to do is burn them a couple of times. Identify the likely blitzer pre-snap and call for a hot read in the spot he vacated. Call plays designed to take advantage of an overaggressive defense. Quick passes to the edges to force the D to quit loading the box. In fact, if you want a master…[Read more]

Selfishly, I want Rising to go out in style. Kind of like those kids games where they bring in a kid in a wheelchair and everyone gets out of the way so that he can score a TD. Everyone is in on it, everyone cheers but no one takes it seriously.

If you send him in before the game is over but he can’t influence the outcome, he can have his…[Read more]

I think they already had one. Whether that results in further stratification of the team or a new focus will probably be evidenced the first time they try to respond to adversity.

Other’s have said it better than I so I’m not trying to be profound, but what we are seeing right now is the worst case scenario of tying your fortunes to one…[Read more]

It’s not ludicrous. I do believe that the talent is there to still accomplish everything the team wanted this season which is to get to the CCG and play their way into the playoff. But it’s going to require what should have been done prior to the USU game, and absolutely should have been done in 2023, which is tailor the damn offense for the…[Read more]

Saban’s greatness – other than leaving Miami for Alabama at exactly the right time – was in surrounding himself with accomplished people who were not interested in lifetime positions. Every year, half his staff took promotions elsewhere and he brought in proven coaches looking to restart their careers or up and comers hungry to prove themselves…[Read more]

I disagree. The second the head coach starts listening to fans on how to run his team, he’s done. You pay the guy 7 MM per to know better than that.

My hope is he sits out until the BYU game and comes back for a last hooray.

Nope. Let him walk with the other seniors before Iowa State. Give him a couple of plays in the 2nd quarter so that he can walk off the field to thunderous applause for everything he did for the program. And let him ride off into the sunset on Whitt’s Harley.

The last…[Read more]

Oregon has Dante Moore holding a clipboard and prepping for next year (which is what Wilson should have doing this year in a functional program). Anyone going there is going to have a battle on their hands. Starting for a bad Utah still provides more exposure than sitting somewhere else.

Based on the current circumstances, I’d be happy for you to take him. If Utah is no longer a place that is going to put its players in the best chance to succeed, I’d rather they go elsewhere to get that chance.

I want Whitt to get himself out of this mess. But he won’t be able to do it unless he completely overhauls his staff and that doesn’t…[Read more]

Jim, you just made the critic’s point about Ludwig. If his offense is so difficult that only one person can run it effectively, he’s not a great coach. A great coach gets the maximum out of all of his players. He is adaptable with his scheme(s) so that when he is forced to use a different option at the position, they can still maximize their…[Read more]

Ghost has been the better source for how things are in the locker room. He was the first of our “insiders” to point out how unhappy Jackson was last season.

OnlyU tends to be a little on the positive spin side which is great for pumping us up

Both are great sources and the slants may come from who it is they are getting their info from.