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Utes 2011 Football Discussion

I'm a little worried. No QB, and we always struggled with Air Force. That being said, Whitt always has his teams ready for bowl games.
 
This could be really fun football if Chow steps it up in preparation and play-calling. This could also be a disaster but I think that is unlikely.
 
Matt Harpring and I will be rooting for the same team. I can't wait.


I can't wait to watch Utah lose two bowls in a row. Seriously though, I can't.
 
TroutBum said:
Matt Harpring and I will be rooting for the same team. I can't wait.


I can't wait to watch Utah lose two bowls in a row. Seriously though, I can't.
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Good luck with Tulsa the third best team in their state.... but then hey so is your team.

j/k, hadn't noticed you back posting again so had to take a welcome back shot
 
//r00t 4 Jazz said:
Not huge news but I expected somebody to post that Tyler Shreve was xfer'ing to Riverside (Calif.) Community College to play baseball and football. Sounds like he just wasn't mentally able to make the transition to a starting Div 1 football QB.

https://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/55868/qb-tyler-shreve-leaves-utah
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I didn't expect Shreve to be a threat for the starting job in 2012, but this clears the QB picture even further. No matter what, Wynn will be a huge question mark and even if he regains his starting position, he'll constantly be 1 hit away from being done. Hayes is what he is: a gritty dude who's just not a starting QB at the D1 level. Ladies and gentleman, the 2012 QB for your Utah Utes is going to be a true freshman.

It will be an interesting battle between Travis Wilson and Chase Hansen.
 
prodigy said:
America's got G-Tech beating us..



Todd Mcshay has 10 confidence points on G-Tech as well citing QB issues with Utah.
Fair enough though I think Ute fans are hoping neither team will have to pass that much.
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While the Utes may have some QB issues, I'm a little perplexed at the high confidence all of the "experts" are showing in GaTech. IMO, having almost 1 month to prep for the triple option gives an advantage to the opposing team. I think that's one of the reasons you've seen Paul Johnson fail to win a bowl game since arriving at GT. Add to that the fact that Kyle Whittingham and staff are more than used to prepping for the triple option. Air Force may have given Utah trouble from time to time, but there's a big difference in facing an option team during the middle of the season compared to facing one in a bowl game with all of that extra prep time.

I know Brian Blechen is already considered a stud by most Ute fans, but I think his performance in this bowl game is going to take his status to the next level. He's basically going to be asked to play a hybrid position in between LB and Safety and that suits his skill set perfectly.
 
I really think our defense can shut down the triple option. The question is can we score enough? This game has the making of a 16-13 slugfest.
 
FYI, been coaching an "elite" team that is going up to Washington over the Christmas break for some Nike tourney. Anyway, Austin Lee from Alta is playing corner for us and he is a Utah commit and I was unimpressed with him when we played him in-season but he has won me over in our practices. Very good work ethic. Got good length and plays the ball well.
 
The Utes basketball won tonight!I can't believe i actually watched that.




whew! i did not want to lose that guy.
 
CONAN said:
FYI, been coaching an "elite" team that is going up to Washington over the Christmas break for some Nike tourney. Anyway, Austin Lee from Alta is playing corner for us and he is a Utah commit and I was unimpressed with him when we played him in-season but he has won me over in our practices. Very good work ethic. Got good length and plays the ball well.
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This is good news. IMO, the secondary has always been the weak link in Utah's defense.
 
Bronco70 said:
This is good news. IMO, the secondary has always been the weak link in Utah's defense.
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I heard a stat earlier this season that disagrees. I can't remember exactly what it was, but it was something like (and this is probably it but I can't be absolutely certain) Utah is the only team in college football to have a defensive back taken in the last 4 NFL drafts.
 
DB has been pretty good for Utah the last few years. Sean Smith, Robert Johnson, Eric Weddle, Brandon Burton. All recent players in Utah's secondary fairly recently. Probably more I'm forgetting as well.

I do sometimes wish the CB's would not play so far off of the ball. But that's coaching not players.
 
SaltyDawg said:
I heard a stat earlier this season that disagrees. I can't remember exactly what it was, but it was something like (and this is probably it but I can't be absolutely certain) Utah is the only team in college football to have a defensive back taken in the last 4 NFL drafts.
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That random stat doesn't disagree with my statement. But apparently some of you are having trouble with your reading comprehension. I said the secondary was the "weak link", not that they were weak in general. Big difference. You can have a few individual studs in the secondary all the time and it can still be the weakest part of the defense. No matter the strength of the chain, or of each link, one of them has to be the weakest.

If you disagree, fine. I'm perfectly okay with that. But I am not going to pursue an argument about it.
 
The weakest unit on defense, buy far, was the linebackers. They are small, slow, have no pass coverage abilities and didn't make plays on their own. Could you imagine a Manti Teo, Burflict, etc playing behind Utah's DL? They would have 20 tackles a game. The fact that Walker had so many tackles is proof how great this DL is.
 
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