[RedRocks]

Well, I guess I see that I am in the minority on this topic around here. Fair enough.

If you booed someone pretty much anywhere else in life, you would look pretty dumb. I guess society has decided it is okay in sports (or generally, events with large crowds). I suppose it must be due to our inability to convey more complex communication as a large group in a crowd-like setting. Easier to convey a collective “Yay!” or “Boo!”.

[RedRocks]

“We know not to do the same.” – Do we though?

I like your optimism, but not your comparison.

It has become quite clear to me that there is a portion of our fanbase that has become just as bad (or worse) than the portion of the TDS fanbase that we like to ridicule.

All off-season people had to listen to the obnoxious portion of our fanbase gloat about superiority. Then we got to listen to another portion (the same group?) of our fanbase call for Rising to be benched for the season last week and Whittingham to be fired this week.

Based on what our insane fanbase has been doing, the fans down south have every right to be proud of their team’s performance so far.

That said, I hope I get to see a meltdown as the TDS starts losing games…

[RedRocks]

Yeah, I hate the prevent defense.
I understand wanting to limit big plays or whatever, but what is the point when you end up simply allowing the other team to march down the field at will?

However, I think I hate the ‘prevent’ offense Utah seems to run even more.
It is more like the “predictable three and out” offense.

You’d think I’d be used to it as a Utah fan, but it always grinds my gears. Why not just keep doing what was working? I can understand going a little more conservative to limit interceptions, but why make it so easy for the other team?

However, Utah won the game. What do I know.

[RedRocks]

Yeah, that false start penalty made me wonder why those don’t count as a free play for the defense; kind of like how offside is a free play for the offense.

I wonder what it would be like if they were allowed to continue the play and the defense was allowed to accept/reject the penalty.

[RedRocks]

I can’t bring myself to believe anything like this from Whittingham anymore… The past season and a half have made sure of that.

[RedRocks]

Yeah, that is kind of what I was trying to say with part of my previous message. I guess I didn’t do a great job.

[RedRocks]

How to call an offense at Utah:

Step 1) Choose one of the following:
A) Run up the middle
B) Throw a pass into coverage near the sideline
C) Run a trick play that tricks nobody

Step 2) Repeat step 1 until punt or score

Obviously reductive, but I think we can see why TCU (and everyone watching) pretty much knew what Utah was doing.

[RedRocks]

Yeah, I find myself wondering about this, especially this season.

Seems like when the other team is on offense, their receivers often have a ton of space. This has been true throughout the year. I know the defense has been pretty good at stopping other teams from scoring, but our pass defense has looked pretty bad.

On the other side, why does it seem like our receivers are almost never open, or at least a step or two in front of the defender? As you mentioned, the spacing on offense has been an issue more often than not. The only consistent exceptions being the tight ends during the rose bowl years.

[RedRocks]

Okay…

Person posts “I have quit Utah football” on a Utah football fan-site talking about Utah football…

Sure you have…

[RedRocks]

You don’t play to ‘develop’. You play to win.

You ‘develop’ in practice, in the weight room, and in film study.
If you are destroying the other team, then you put in your backups to ‘develop’.

If a starter is injured, you play the backup (who gets a chance to ‘develop’).
Once the starter is healed, if they give you the best chance to win, you play them.

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