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Down 26-24 with under 2:00 to go. Boise has it 2nd down inside the Aggie 10.

EIGHTh win, in twenty EIGHTeen, by EIGHT points and the game time was scheduled for EIGHT o’clock.

EIGHTh win in a row over BYU, it came in twenty EIGHTeen, we won by EIGHT points and the game time was scheduled for EIGHT o’clock. Oh yeah, we came into the game with EIGHT wins.

Go Utes!

1. In order for there to be an ejection, the call must be CONFIRMED. How in the world can you eject/suspend a player when you can’t even confirm that they committed the foul?
2. Allow for some incidental contact, even with a lowering of the crown of the helmet. So many times we see a glancing blow get called targeting and it was just a good…[Read more]

1. In order for there to be an ejection, the call must be CONFIRMED rather than just “the call stands” as happened with Chase today. How in the world can you eject/suspend a player when you can’t even confirm that they committed the foul?

2. Allow for some incidental contact, even with a lowering of the crown of the helmet. So many times we see a…[Read more]

. . . is just fooling themselves.
Someone mentioned Taylor will finally be able to run the offense the way it is intended to be run. Seriously? If Shelley were better at running Taylor’s offense he would have been the starter. The facts are, Huntley was our best QB and the offense only really started to click when Taylor leaned almost exclusively…[Read more]

. . . I blame Huntley’s injury on the Ute fans who were revelling in the number of opposing QBs our defense had knocked out of the game a week or two ago. 

Many said that if we could just clean up a few things like dropped passes, special teams errors, and fumbles/turnovers, our offense would be good. Well, it seems like the offense is performing well despite some of those same problems. 
Watching the USC game, there were many of the same problems we saw in the first 4 games of the season. There…[Read more]

Here are the candidates and their relevant experience:
Gary Andersen – Played Center in college, has 1 year of experience as an OC at SE Louisiana, 2 years of OL coach experience at Ricks, and 11 years of HC experience (Park City High, Southern Utah, Utah State, Wisconsin, Oregon State)
Jim Harding – Played Offensive Tackle in college, 3 years…[Read more]

Here are the candidates and their relevant experience:

Gary Andersen – Played Center in college, has 1 year of experience as an OC at SE Louisiana, 2 years of OL coach experience at Ricks, and 11 years of HC experience (Park City High, Southern Utah, Utah State, Wisconsin, Oregon State)

Jim Harding – Played Offensive Tackle in college, 3 years…[Read more]

1. Offense score 20+ points? Scored 24 – Check
2. Rush for 200+ yards? Rushed for 204 – Check
3. Huntley with 20 or fewer pass attempts? Passed 12/20 for 118 – Check
But it was all for naught, as I just missed on my score prediction, 27-24 for Utah.  
 
 

45, 33, 45, 38 . . . 
Wouldn’t mind that, not one bit.

Seems odd