Cal gets a lot of turnovers.

Oregon State and Cal misses.  It’s 6s.  Just beat the pirate/Wazzu. That rain,wind game I sat through at literally the top of RES with the obnoxious Wazzu fan screaming ‘Cougar town baby, Cougar town’ every single play for the last 30 minutes. Remember that game a little too well. Cal fans have been good in my book. 

You are saying I need a better balance? Not sure if you are directing it to me. To each’s own. If not, cool.

I’ll stay on topic. First, I’m a fan, not a fanatic. I want Utah to win everything, but I don’t wear crimson-colored glasses. I was a fan of sports before I became a fan/alum of Utah — notwithstanding the fact that I played and coached at Utah.

I call it as I see it. Utah has a lot of good athletes (what good D1 programs don’t?), but good athleticism alone is woefully deficient. Coach has to coach, and players have to learn and execute. I’m of the opinion that many of our penalties are a result of being overly emotional and careless. Mistakes happen, so that’s not a big deal and those are young men playing under duress; however, when it happens frequently, then there are issues. I don’t pretend to know the cause(s), thus I have no answers; even if I did, I’m just a fan and don’t care that much about a game played by people I don’t know.

Discipline is the outcome/result of something. For some, it’s innate. For others, it’s a learning curve. I’m sure our coaches are doing something about the penalties; for whatever reason, unfortunately, the manifested result on the field still leaves much to be desired. If we player “smarter” ball (with controlled emotion & more game intelligence), I think our overall athleticism will shine even more.

Of course, as always, my 2 cents.

Oh…I adopted TCU because I lived by its campus for almost a dozen years and have a lot of friends who went there. That said, Utah is my true home team. Would like to see TCU do well.

Nice…I think that last score was the nail.

No, no, was not calling you out at all. I agree with your post. Was meaning to call attention to Whitt’s quote that you brought up. It’s very apt to all sports. When I read through your post, discipline seemed to be another factor that he didn’t address. Athleticism will win out only to the degree of competition. I think that’s why the PAC suffers so much in national opinion. We don’t let teams go undefeated in our league and we tend to choke on the national state. Parity goes deeper on the reg than other confrences. You put the PAC12 and say the ACC up against each other for a full season – I’d bet the PAC holds winning records against them when it’s not a one-off situation. Athleticism, emotion, and intelligence is something the PAC does well. Discipline and officiating on the other hand is something the league could work on. Certainly Utah.

And TCU, those damned horned frogs, from my experience the respect goes both ways. And I like that.