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Utes 2011 Football Discussion

Utah was embarrassed today.

However, at least their season had a point to it all. BYU's was over against Texas.

I know it has been said 1000000000x but it needs to be said once again, Utah needs a damn QB. Anyone watch the Cal vs Arizona game? Both those QBs could throw the rock. It's amazing what happens when you have a QB that can do that...

But at least Utah has Basketball to look forward to
 
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Can we go ahead and consider this Whitt's worse loss as Utah HC?

The team came out flat, which I put on coaching 100%. Everything snowballed from there. White goes down, starting Olineman goes down, FG kicker misses 3 kicks.

I really hope Utah avoids the Vegas bowl. Last thing they need to do right now is play Boise State or TCU.

As bummed as I am now, I'm still very much looking forward to recruiting season and how Utah moves forward from all of this. With Utah returning John White, all of their WR's and 3/5ths of their starting O-line, all is not lost. Obviousy the biggest question mark will be the QB spot and what Utah decides to do. Keeping the Travis Wilson commit will be huge, and while starting a true freshman is rare, it honestly could be Utah's best option.
 
I should have left when Mo Lee got his personal foul on that first drive. I would have been a lot less frustrated and a lot warmer.
 
jazzman12 said:
Can we go ahead and consider this Whitt's worse loss as Utah HC?

The team came out flat, which I put on coaching 100%. Everything snowballed from there. White goes down, starting Olineman goes down, FG kicker misses 3 kicks.

I really hope Utah avoids the Vegas bowl. Last thing they need to do right now is play Boise State or TCU.

As bummed as I am now, I'm still very much looking forward to recruiting season and how Utah moves forward from all of this. With Utah returning John White, all of their WR's and 3/5ths of their starting O-line, all is not lost. Obviousy the biggest question mark will be the QB spot and what Utah decides to do. Keeping the Travis Wilson commit will be huge, and while starting a true freshman is rare, it honestly could be Utah's best option.
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Good points. It was a very nauseating game to watch. Couldn't move the ball at all in the 1st half. Refused to throw the ball which made it impossible for White to get going. The missed FGs besides the last one were pretty bad. Although the last one is one of the easiest 48 yard FG attempts you can take. Not saying that making it is easy. Just a bad game that Whitt and the coaching staff need to learn from.
 
trigg3r said:
The missed FGs besides the last one were pretty bad. Although the last one is one of the easiest 48 yard FG attempts you can take. Not saying that making it is easy.
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All three misses were on the end where I was sitting. The wind was bad and it was swirling. I'm not letting Peterson off the hook, but I am not giving him that much blame, either. Anything over 35 yards at that end was going to be iffy. Just a horrendous effort from a team that can't afford to give less than its all.
 
From Los Angeles Times' Chris Dufresne: "Norm Chow, as Utah's offensive coordinator, finally helped deliver a title to Westwood."

Ouch.
 
Nate505 said:
As a Colorado fan, I was thrilled about this win. I don't care if it was St. Mary's School for the Blind, Colorado hasn't won on the road in an eternity.

I don't like that Utah has been made Colorado's rival either. For years I cheered for the Utes partially because of their geographical proximity to the Jazz, and partially because they've run a good program and were BCS busters for so many years. It feels bizarre to root against them and for them to be considered a rival, even though the geographic rivalry makes sense.
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They are not in any way rivals. It is pathetic that the PAC is trying to force them to be rivals.
 
I wasn't too crazy about Petersen missing from 26 (wind not withstanding) but that whole game, my mind kept going back to the personal foul on Moe Lee during CU's first drive.

Also, Vakapuna really turned it on in the second half, yet Chow seemed to forget about him completely after the fumble. I thought that was a mistake.
 
LOL...

Ironic...

Utah got out of the MWC... To only play in the Vegas bowl... And to be railed by 20+ against a MWC opponent... LOL...

Well, at least getting beat by TCU or Boise by at least 3 touchdowns is still better than being Independent...
 
Bronco70 said:
Also, Vakapuna really turned it on in the second half, yet Chow seemed to forget about him completely after the fumble. I thought that was a mistake.
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OC's are dumb sometimes. The mantra is always pass late in the game when down to save clock but running the ball effectively can work just as well. If anything I would've like to have seen them get V the ball via draw or screens.
 
And, as if watching that game wasn't demoralizing enough, ASU loses and UCLA is currently being pummeled by USC. Everything Utah needed happened, except for them beating the worst team in the PAC12 at home.

Stupefying.
 
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