ProudUte

Whitt says this is a much better time to play than 8:00 PM.

I like the time, but I don’t have young kids playing sports. I will be missing some grandkid’s games, but they will forgive me.

I would love to get Cam Rising in for 10-15 plays to get the rust off. Then Have Johnson take it from there and get confidence in his passing.

I want to see Ried get back on the field as well as O’Toole.

I want us to start quickly, get a big lead, and get some playing time for some of the younger guys.

I would love to see Kuithe play, but I…[Read more]

Notes:

Hard-fought victory. Credit the D for keeping us in the game until the 4th qtr.

Made a decision in the 4th qtr to turn it over to Nate.

Would have gone for two if there were less than 2 minutes to go when they scored the first TD.

Should not have been PI at the end. Good no-call.

Still trying to get guys healthy. Happy we have two…[Read more]

I have now watched every team play. Yes, OSU and the Utes are the top defensive teams. But, without an offense, we aren’t winning this conference. If Cam comes back – we will be a much better team (assuming we see the complete Cam Rising). However, without Kutihe – I don’t think Cam can get it done. That’s just one guy’s opinion.

With Rising…[Read more]

I highly doubt we will go undefeated in conference play and I think the same can be said for every team including USC. UW has a better D than USC and has a very good passing game. UW, however, does not appear to have a running game. CU will surprise a lot of teams and UCLA is much better than expected.

Thanks for sharing.

As RG3 said, no PI was called, so there was no PI.

There were some bad calls on both sides IMO. The holding calls on us all happened on big plays and none of them were egregious IMO.

I want it to be Johnson going forward, but none of us have been in practice and know these guys.

I agree!!! Nate needs to be QB3 going forward. I hope Cam can get some reps next week. But, once we get a lead, put in Nate for the rest of the game.

I am extremely disappointed that we had an entire off-season to develop a QB and we could not do it. Some say Rose would have been the guy, but OnlyU reported that he may not have been. In any event we do not have any offense right now.

Great post. I enjoyed reading your insights.

I watched Baylor play BYU last season and was stunned at how unemotional your coach was.

Utah will be playing without as many as 8-10 key players due to injuries. If Utah was healthy, I would expect Utah to win by double digits. But …

Last Saturday night I felt very good about Utah’s chances in Waco. With the injury reports this week, I am much less confident. We will be playing with just a shell of the team I hope we are by the time we play at UCLA. I think this will have to be a defensive win for the Utes.

I heard the guys on 1280 this afternoon say that Utah would be without Jackson and Bernard tomorrow. I have no clue where they got the info.