[UteNamedOg]

You’d be hard pressed to find another team who started ten (I think) QBs the past two years. I’m okay with a recruit who gets dinged for a slow 40 because he has obscenely thick and durable joints in his knees and ankles.

[UteNamedOg]

You’d be hard pressed to find another team who started ten (I think) QBs the past two years. I’m okay with a recruit who gets dinged for a slow 40 because he has obscenely thick and durable joints in his knees and ankles.

[UteNamedOg]

As we’ve learned the last few years, preseason rankings mean jack sh*t. If Utah stays healthy, we will be fine.

[UteNamedOg]

Defense has earned the benefit of the doubt. My therapist says the offense from 2024 was actually just my imagination and any mention of it or something about TCU in 2010 should be ignored. I don’t care what the offense looks like, just as long as we don’t have to sit through another year of run for 2 against an 8 man box, run for 3 against a 7 man box, incomplete pass. Handcuff Wilson to the OC ala Rising in 2019 and just air it out.

[UteNamedOg]

Portal could actually be fun if there was any transparency. Would I read into it? Probably not. But at least the figures would be out there. Players wouldn’t get absolutely shafted like that Rashada kid with the Florida collective, and fans would get to see things like Cam was paid like 50 grand to appear in three MACU ads, Ryan Smith is naming the Jazz after that dude coming out of Wasatch Academy, how much Ohio State really paid for their roster, etc.

[UteNamedOg]

Repeat after me:

I.

“I”

Will not drink the kool-aid until the season starts.

“Have had a small sip”

Dammit

[UteNamedOg]

I think it’s best if everything happens in that first second. Alabama ran it extremely well (the four first round WRs, first round RB, and three starting NFL QBs on the roster may have helped) because Tua would either hand it off or immediately fire it to a WR. Offensive lineman might get downfield… but the ball is gone by their third step.

[UteNamedOg]

Not disagreeing, but any idea on what the time of possession or average starting field position stats are? Utah has had a good record over this time frame, and teams like Michigan, Wisconsin, Stanford, LSU, Michigan State, Wisconsin again just cause I love me some fullback, and even Bama have had less than exciting offenses for periods of time in the 2010’s. Reason being is if they ever built up a lead your offense might not see the ball again.

[UteNamedOg]

Well.. I’m old…

[UteNamedOg]

I wholeheartedly reject the short-term-memory, “what have you done for me lately”, rats jumping off of a ship when they feel a drop of water idea that this staff is inept. The thing about riding or dying is that sometimes you’re riding, and sometimes you’re dying. It’s important to realize you have to give your confidence and support through both. I remember an angry (and paraphrased) Saban rant saying that nobody wants to win more than the players, and nobody feels worse than they do when they lose.

While the staff takes a beating for on the field performances, understand that for every well compensated coordinator or admin there are a dozen people with families who make much less but will be equally unemployed (and looking for jobs, possibly new schools for their kids, different places to live, etc.) should a new regime come in with their own philosophies and staff. Mike Norvell still has a job, so let’s maybe pump the brakes.

Yes, the playcalling on offense has been conservative to bad this year. Playing Cam Rising on a 4th and 9 when he can’t throw to hit the first down marker was the worst. HOWEVER…in their defense, some of the Ludwig hits have included Vaki conversion to offense, Covey (originally played QB – Ute staff said screw it let’s get this guy on the field), picking up a tight end from San Diego University and flipping him to a first rounder, Ja’Quinden Jackson as a very good running back, and Logan Kendall going from a tight end at Idaho to spending 2022 providing CTE researchers with new samples. Ludwig stunk this year, and his mea culpa is that he’s now unemployed.

I’ll end with this: Utah as a program is much more respected across the country and by national media than you would have ever thought ten years ago, and that is because of the “embarrassment” of a coaching staff. Utah got better each year in the PAC12 until they had the players to enforce their identity, and that led to the majority of games being a spectacle of watching both offense and defense absolutely bully more talented teams. “tHe PaC12 wAs SoFt” I hear you say. Cool dude. At the end of the PAC12, four current BIGXII members had winning records against the conference. If you only consider teams with more than 50 games against members, that number falls to Texas Tech at 39-20. Cincy had the best record at 6-2. The Zoobs had the second-to-worst, with a 37% win rate. Worst if you remove UCF, as they only have 3 games on their record.

Go Utes

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