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KD's Framily said:
It's really too bad. I think USC would've won regardless but the game would have at least been competitive were it not for Travis Wilson giving USC 14 free points.
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Wilson's going to have nightmares about that USC linebacker for the rest of his life

If you think UCLA will finish better than Utah just remember Utah is hosting them late in November and UCLA still has a freshman QB - advantage Utah
 
Bronco70 said:
Ugly. Travis was just horrible. But Utah was due for a letdown. I was hoping it wouldn't be a complete *** kicking, but oh well. Hopefully Utah uses this as motivation. They are still in the driver's seat in the south division, they just lost their cushion.

Travis has played bad before, but had the defense to bail him out. Tonight the defense looked gassed.
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It wasn't just Wilson. Utah called a bad game offensively. They abandoned what had gotten them here from the get go and then there was no going back. Defensively the early pressure was a good call. They could have deflated USC if they would have stuck to their offensive schemes. Everybody was trying to strut their stuff and show off, that is not what I expected. Tonight is on KW, first and foremost.
 
Broncster said:
They could still make it to the PAC-12 championship but I think its unlikely they win out after this setback. Looking more and more like a UCLA vs Stanford.
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Why is that?

O State, Arizona, and Colorado? All very winnable games.

UCLA is not a gimme (none of them are) but I still like our chances. We play them at home, and they are vulnerable to physical defenses.

Your heart is reading way too much into this game. You want to write Utah off, but the division is still theirs to lose.

I'm betting they take a lot away from this loss.
 
♪alt13 said:
It wasn't just Wilson. Utah called a bad game offensively. They abandoned what had gotten them here from the get go and then there was no going back. Defensively the early pressure was a good call. They could have deflated USC if they would have stuck to their offensive schemes. Everybody was trying to strut their stuff and show off, that is not what I expected. Tonight is on KW, first and foremost.
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Obviously it's not all on Wilson. But this is a game he could've stepped up and maybe rescued the team. He made a lot of bad decisions instead.

It's a team game. The loss is on the team. The QB gets hyper analyzed. That's just how it is.
 
mellow said:
I blame whittingham. He's had three years to recruit a replacement QB, or a receiver that is taller than 5-9.

3 OCs in 3 years, should have solved the Utes offensive wows.

I guess this officially ends the Whittingham to USC speculation.
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After that game by Covey (and the entire season really) you're complaining about short receivers?

???
 
Bronco70 said:
Obviously it's not all on Wilson. But this is a game he could've stepped up and maybe rescued the team. He made a lot of bad decisions instead.

It's a team game. The loss is on the team. The QB gets hyper analyzed. That's just how it is.
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Sure, but It's weird to negate your best weapon(Booker) while simultaneously showing off your QB's greatest weakness. The coaching staff deserves a lot of the blame. They too get hyper analyzed. That's just how it is.
 
♪alt13 said:
Sure, but It's weird to negate your best weapon(Booker) while simultaneously showing off your QB's greatest weakness. The coaching staff deserves a lot of the blame. They too get hyper analyzed. That's just how it is.
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A lot of coaches choke the play-calling when they are playing from behind.

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♪alt13 said:
Sure, but It's weird to negate your best weapon(Booker) while simultaneously showing off your QB's greatest weakness. The coaching staff deserves a lot of the blame. They too get hyper analyzed. That's just how it is.
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I don't disagree.
 
14 rushes for Booker is unacceptable and goes against everything we've done this point. so i agree this loss isn't solely on wilson
 
prodigy said:
14 rushes for Booker is unacceptable and goes against everything we've done this point. so i agree this loss isn't solely on wilson
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How much of that was a result of playing from behind? It changes the dynamic a lot when you have to score quickly.
 
King Cy said:
A lot of coaches choke the play-calling when they are playing from behind.

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That's the thing he blew it before we fell behind. If you are KW and you have a 7 point lead in the second with TW @ qb you don't throw the ball over the middle(very rarely anyway). TW has been successful throwing over the middle because of the run game and the repeated quick outside passing game not in spite of it. KW tried to put on the icing before he baked the cake. Then... when we fell behind because of it he kept doin it?
 
Red Jazz Fan said:
How much of that was a result of playing from behind? It changes the dynamic a lot when you have to score quickly.
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I realize that, referring to the 1st half when we could have mixed some more run plays in instead of relying on wilson a little too much
 
♪alt13 said:
Sure, but It's weird to negate your best weapon(Booker) while simultaneously showing off your QB's greatest weakness. The coaching staff deserves a lot of the blame. They too get hyper analyzed. That's just how it is.
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This is what I was trying to say but am a bit emotional during games, Wilson is to blame for deciding to throw the ball but I feel like they thought they were being aggressive by calling pass plays but those routes/calls were conservative short routes, which the U normally calls anyway but normally they're running the ball more.

IMO they should keep running it as Booker is the best player but they need to mix in the QB run and a few different type of option plays to mix up the run plays and use Booker as a decoy as a change of pace as well as play action pass more, but who knows maybe they do not have the personal to do that successfully (like different screens plays) and that's why they don't/can't run them.

At any rate, not unexpected other then how they lost as USC is just way to talented to lose 3 games in a row and I am still happy and optimistic for the season overall. Winning the PAC12 South is and would be a HUGE accomplishment but I want the players to stew in this for the night and maybe tomorrow so they remember how this feels and not let it happen again. I still think they are right around a top 10 team overall and will need to improve to be a playoff contention team and so again overall that is a VERY good season and while the playoffs would be great that doesn't mean it is not a successful season if they don't get in and that's what's great about being in the PAC12 even with 1 loss they can still get into the playoffs but the way the played today they would get creamed by Stanford. Luckily that game wouldn't happen for another month and a half so plenty of time to improve and grow.
 
prodigy said:
I realize that, referring to the 1st half when we could have mixed some more run plays in instead of relying on wilson a little too much
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yep.

Wilson deserves blame for not running it himself when nothing was available other than that it's on Utah coaching and USC playing a good game.
 
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