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This is not a comment on whether Utah was outcoached, but after all of the props given to Whit this past week I would make it appear as if my guys outcoached Utah if I were the OU media director, regardless whether it was true or not.

That is ridiculous, we only convert all of our quarterbacks to safety. Lol.

Knowing our staff, he was always going to be defense first. Given the state of the 2-deep on offense and defense (especially at linebacker), and seeing his tape, I am hoping that changes. He seems to be exactly the type of dynamic athlete we are lacking on the offensive side of the ball.

That is exactly what I thought watching the video, but he might also make one heck of an RB, ending up bigger and faster than JJ.

I think he is causing the bad tackling. He is very big for high school (6’2″ and 215), and wicked fast (hudl reports a 4.4. 40 time).

You can see our talent improving throughout the series. With us slowly getting to the point where we can compete based on talent, and don’t just need to have a perfect day to win. Even in 2019, it seemed like we barely lacked the athletic class to fully compete.

With motion (Money Parks), we will have a very interesting option set-up. Vaki in the FB role, JJ in the QB role, and Money as the pitch man. It would be deadly and unexpected.

I think the development of the DL, and specifically the DEs has been critical to the improvement of the D. We are now getting better pressure with the front 4 than at any time since at least 2019. (we already have 22 sacks vs 33 total in 2019). To show how good the current front four is, for the year in 2019, the front four had 22 sacks in 14…[Read more]

We are a newblood program that is on a path that in 2-10 years could lead us to becoming the next Oregon. We aren’t a blue blood program, and anybody who thinks that is smoking something good.

But, we have a clear upward trajectory in performance and recruiting. (7 of the all-time top 25 recruits are on the current team). In the past 5 years we…[Read more]

My point is we have never really been that successful at HS RB recruiting and most of our success has been from the portal.

Also, it is too early to judge if Jaylon pans out.

Last, assuming Ty lived and continued how he was his first year, the past two years would have been his show. His absence makes HS RB recruiting look worse than it is.

Devonte Booker – Transfer
Joe Williams – Transfer
Tavion Thomas – Transfer
JJ – Transfer

Ty Jordan – Recruit
Zack Moss – Recruit
Micah Bernard – Recruit

I don’t think there has been any drop off. Most of recent our success with RB has been via the transfer portal.

Also, regarding Jaylon, Zack Moss wasn’t a violent runner until something clicked…[Read more]

I think the appeal will fail.

However, I do not believe there was an indicator of targeting, and thus there should be no targeting call. Specifically, there was no launch that was BOTH forward and upward. Also, the only other potential indicator of targeting that seems relevant (Leading with helmet, shoulder, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to…[Read more]

Also, strangely for having a quarterback with the speed of NJ, we are not threatening the edges. We could get by without passing if we threatened the edges with jet sweeps or option. If we aren’t going to pass, we should probably call Fisher DeBerry and see if we can borrow his offense.

My issue isn’t that Canzano wrote the article, my issue is how he attempts to paint Randall in a poor light. It is only when you read the details that it becomes apparent that (1) Randall wasn’t working alone, and (2) Randall had the right strategy. The fact that he tries to make Randall look bad, even though the facts point to Randall having made…[Read more]

This story about Randall is a nothing-burger and is the most recent in a long-line of people taking ludicrous positions while arm-chair quarterbacking.

The article states that the PAC12 schools had their valuations all between 40-45MM dollars. The article says these were from multiple consultants. Any negotiator would try to get very close to the…[Read more]

I was wrong, and it turns out our coaching staff was likely either lying or was irrationally optimistic.

I just heard Cam say he tore his ACL, meniscus, PCL, and MCL. Sounds like it was more serious than I had hoped. Given the extent of the injury, the offseason moves (or lack thereof) become less tenable.

That is what I mean. There are facts that would make the coaches off-season behavior completely reasonable, and there are facts that would make the off-season behavior unreasonable. But, we don’t know those facts and we can only guess at them. But, if the injury was a grade two tear, it would have been completely reasonable for coaches to expect…[Read more]

You are making big assumptions about Cam’s injury. I have not read anywhere that it was a full ACL tear, or the specific details of the severity of the injury. I have only seen it referred to as a torn ACL.

Based on Cam not being on crutches and walking around the Rose Bowl, it seems that this wasn’t nearly as serious an ACL injury as Kuithe’s or…[Read more]

I agree that 5 games of pathetic offense with bad trend is very concerning. But, I start losing hope for humanity when fans start saying that either Whit of Ludwig should be fired because this is all there fault and that Ludwig doesn’t know how to call a game.

Did Whit/Ludwig make mistakes to get us to this point? Maybe, but I don’t have the…[Read more]