Utah vs. Boise in Las Vegas Bowl
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2 ****** teams. Who cares?
Gyp Rosetti
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I haven't seen it yet but I'll guess BSU -13.
7StraightIsGreat
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Utah's best chance to compete in this game? IMO they need to utilize the fact that Cain will be in there for Wynn. Make Boise St. defend a true spread offense. If Cain can protect the ball, he gives Utah a huge upside over Wynn in this game. Boise St will have to respect aspects of the Utah offense they normally wouldn't have had to. Utah's gonna need every sinlge little thing they can possibly get.
SaltyDawg
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Well this is definitely a BCS caliber game.
I think Cain starting will actually be a good thing for the Utes. He's a legitimate threat to run the ball. If Boise has to respect his running ability, it will open up the pass.
I hope the Utes give him the green light to run when he can, and he doesn't dive down a yard or 2 short of the first down, or run out of bounds a yard or 2 short of the first down.
I'm also thinking Asiata and Wide should be able to run on these guys.
The only thing I'm really worried about is Moore getting all day to throw the ball. Even under pressure he is pretty good at running out of the pocket and hitting an open receiver. But if he has all day to survey the field he is going to kill us.
Moore is also very good at reading the defense before the snap. We'll need to come up with some trickery on the defensive side of the ball to keep Moore guessing. We can't have him knowing which receiver will be open before the ball is even snapped.
All in all, I have faith the Utes coaching staff can come up with a good game plan. Talent wise Boise isn't any better than Utah. Utah may even have more NFL players on the roster when it's all said and done. Wynn's running game and freezing under pressure were some pretty major vulnerabilities that defenses have been exploiting recently (BYU had 8 guys in coverage most of the game). So with Cain's running ability we should be able to move the ball similar to earlier in the season.
I think Cain starting will actually be a good thing for the Utes. He's a legitimate threat to run the ball. If Boise has to respect his running ability, it will open up the pass.
I hope the Utes give him the green light to run when he can, and he doesn't dive down a yard or 2 short of the first down, or run out of bounds a yard or 2 short of the first down.
I'm also thinking Asiata and Wide should be able to run on these guys.
The only thing I'm really worried about is Moore getting all day to throw the ball. Even under pressure he is pretty good at running out of the pocket and hitting an open receiver. But if he has all day to survey the field he is going to kill us.
Moore is also very good at reading the defense before the snap. We'll need to come up with some trickery on the defensive side of the ball to keep Moore guessing. We can't have him knowing which receiver will be open before the ball is even snapped.
All in all, I have faith the Utes coaching staff can come up with a good game plan. Talent wise Boise isn't any better than Utah. Utah may even have more NFL players on the roster when it's all said and done. Wynn's running game and freezing under pressure were some pretty major vulnerabilities that defenses have been exploiting recently (BYU had 8 guys in coverage most of the game). So with Cain's running ability we should be able to move the ball similar to earlier in the season.
prodigy
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Boise was literally inches away from a BCS game. Utah, not so much. But I believe we can compete in this one, Cain looked rusty as hell vs. BYU but will be given time to prepare knowing he is the guy. As a senior I'd hope he is well motivated to perform well in his last collegiate game. Same goes for our running back's Asiata & Wide. Whittingham always talks about sending the seniors out right, so you'd expect the utes to play with some fire. We will need to put up points to keep up with that offense who will probably want to jump on us early. We gotta hope the defense can get some stops along the way.
//r00t 4 Jazz
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Man this is probably the 2nd toughest bowl game the U's ever had (Bama being the first) unfortunately good chance the bowl streak comes to an end and 100% chance that I'll be watching, yelling and trying unsuccessfully not too curse however.