PorterRockwell

You’re not wrong, but it’s not that simple. Oregon is good.

If you stack the box, they can throw over the top of you. If you drop 2 safeties, they can run up the middle. If you clog the middle, they can run/throw it outside.

And we haven’t even mentioned Nix running the ball.

Oregon is damn good. And to beat a damn good team, your offen…[Read more]

Because if Johnson looks good, then we all want Johnson and Whitt doesn’t want Johnson.

He might be able to make more money in one year…but nothing will make him look better than Utah. There might be opportunities for him to look as good as he could look in Utah and he may be able to put up better stats, but he won’t look better. Especially if Kuithe comes back.

There is a reason why we didn’t see Johnson: Whitt doesn’t like how often Johnson turns the ball over. Barnes turns the ball over less. Barnes beat USC. Whitt knows Johnson can win you a game, but is more likely to lose you the game.

Barnes is safe. Whitt knows 9 wins is still on the table and if you can get the run game going, you can beat…[Read more]

I don’t know why he’d transfer. He is the man at Utah. It’s his job. He knows the offense inside and out. Hopefully he will have Kuithe back and most likely Jackson. His OL will all be back. The defense is elite.

There really isn’t a better situation in the country for him. Ludwig’s last QB, Huntley, is in the NFL, beloved by all, and was named…[Read more]

Nah. We’d destroy them. It would suck as a bowl game because of that. They would struggle to get a TD and we’d run all over them.

I have 100% been in Harding’s corner. I fully felt that he was a very good recruiter, which he is, and he just needed time to get his guys in. His first couple years he did an excellent job piece mealing together a line that was not up to P5 standards. Then the next few years, he got his guys in, but there was injury after injury after injury.…[Read more]

We are 100% going to face BYU somewhere. Let’s all pray they don’t get bowl eligible.

There is zero shot Barnes is QB next year.

It will be Rising or a transfer.

Vaugh and Johnson will be fantastic next year.

Bishop and Vaki will be elite.

That is the making of a top tier DB group.

Yes, the plays were too predictable.

No, that’s not what Ludwig wants to call. But when Jackson is hurt, we can’t do anything.

And Barnes can’t make the throws/reads to run more plays. To insinuate that Barnes can run a ton of plays and Ludwig isn’t calling them…give Ludwig more credit.

The biggest issue this year was headed into fall camp…[Read more]

Look at injuries:

QB1 and QB2
RB2 and RB3
TE1 and TE2
WR2

That’s every single skill position. Oh, and RB1? When he’s healthy, we beat USC. When he’s hurt, we lost to OSU and Oregon and almost lost to Baylor.

We have no TE’s, which is our #1 threat on offense throwing the ball.

When Jackson goes down, we have no legit RB’s.

We have no legit…[Read more]

Not in the Big 12. Our secondary is good. And our OL…I’m ok if Utah decides to move on from Harding. I was always a “give Harding two years with his recruiting”. Well, it’s been 2 extra years and I’m not blown away. It’s ok to keep him. He’s ok. It’s ok to move on from him…because he’s ok.

Good point. I’ve never been in the Johnson camp either. I’m in the “pray for Rose or Rising” camp.

That being said, if it’s Barnes or Johnson…eh. We are in trouble. Then I think I’m in the Barnes with Johnson running 20 plays a game camp.

9-3

This. No Jackson and Barnes = no offense. We either need Jackson to get healthy fast or a new QB.

If Rising comes back, this is a playoff team next year.

Barnes was good because the defense had to stop the run. Jackson is so much better than we give him credit for. When he was healthy and getting 6-7 yards a run, we can beat USC. When Jackson’s hurt, like OSU, Baylor games, Barnes isn’t good enough.

Once Jackson went down and we kept Barnes in, we were screwed.

Barnes is what he is. Tons of hea…[Read more]

Outside of Seattle wearing red!