The Miami Ute

I just want some bad asses. Who hold themselves and others accountable.

I miss guys like Bishop, Vaki, Vele etc. None of those dudes would go on social media and bitch like Singer and King did. Even if they felt that way. They’d handle it in-house. This is the most un-Whittingham team I’ve seen. The effort, attitude, accountability.

My grandpa served in WW2. And played at Utah in the 40s. I can just imagine if he was alive and watching. Ohhh boy. Even at 80 he was a BAMF.

Great news? We are historically undefeated on bye weeks!

Joe Williams quit the team in 2016 because he couldn’t hang onto the ball. 4 weeks later, after all of the other scholarship backs were injured, he came back and fumbles weren’t an issue anymore. Thomas also overcame the early yips.

That’s probably the easiest thing to fix with a RB. You can’t teach them to like contact, pass blocking takes…[Read more]

it does take away from the “stayed committed” part of @UTE98‘s post though

so everything else I named is just fine and the only problem is that Bernard isn’t 230 pounds?

Before we build Bernard a statue next to Whitt’s, let’s not forget that he entered the portal and had committed to Deion.

Didn’t Wilson’s fumble/pick also come right after a goal line stop and before they scored?

People close to him. IYKYK

If the sales pitch was come in and hold a clipboard because it’s Rising’s job no matter what you do, it’s no wonder the only guy to come in during the last 2 offseasons was a 5 star bust who had to drop down to the FCS level and barely completed 50% of his passes there.

Yeah, but since the ball will be spinning the opposite direction the receivers will have more drops 🙂

Morgan even had that haircut in his playing days!

It’s not for lack of effort. 32.3 passes/ 35.4 runs per game. About 3 plays closer to 50/50 than norm but not completely out of line. To me, the question would be why isn’t Utah running the ball better this year?

Defenses not respecting Utah’s throw game, only one effective back, Utah’s interior O line not being adept at run blocking, TE’s not…[Read more]

And mentally knowing you held the opponent to under 20 again and it’s not enough. Hell 14 isn’t enough.

“The defense clearly has not quit. Scalley has clearly kept them engaged and motivated.“ Another great sign for our future HC.

2017 was also a completely new OLine after the 2016 crew all went to the league.

These aren’t linear degradations:

P – has been subpar since Wishnowsky left
K – has been subpar since Gay left
LB – has underperformed since Lloyd/Sewell
DB – has seen flashes of brilliance but not up to the standard of the 2019 squad that had 4 drafted. Other than Phillips/Bishop who would have been anything more than a backup on the best Utah…[Read more]

If anything, this season has lowered Wilson’s value. His warts have been put on display for everyone to see. No top program is going hard after an undersized kid who can’t cope with pressure in his face.

It really comes down to whether or not anyone thinks Whitt is capable of calling it a day before there is no shred of doubt left that someone else would be better running the program.

I’m of the opinion that he should get to finish out his current contract if, and only if, he is willing to completely overhaul his staff. I just can’t see him…[Read more]