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Agreed that we have problems and we shouldn’t have been in a position to allow the officials to influence the outcome, but I don’t put it on the defense. Scalley and the defense have a backache from carrying this team all year. If the offense averages 24 pts per game like last year’s juggernaut we are 8-1.

We have conceded the facemask. Even though the initial contact at or near the helmet which made Rose’s head turn is typically an indicator of either facemask or illegal hands to the helmet. In the PAC, we had a player ejected for targeting for less than that facemask. You can’t go high on a QB as another parochial school defender found out a…[Read more]

Did you see that defensive hold? 🙂

I’ve been perusing a few Big 12 sites on YouTube and I’ve identified a major problem. It seems, at least to me, that the entire narrative is being dictated by BYU fans or BYU fans pretending to be Utah fans. I’ve seen plenty of so-called Utah fans making statements like “We’re so embarrassed at our AD and you’re so right to call him out. We…[Read more]

Oh my god I’m going to necro the fire whitt post again just for this

On a separate note, can we have some sort of technology that indicates when a coach calls a timeout! There’s not much else that p**ses me off in a game when that play clock goes to 00 flags fly for delay of game and two seconds later a ref comes running out onto the field announcing a ghost timeout.

Better option might be to not let a TO be c…[Read more]

Has anyone seen when the flag was actually thrown vs. when their QB was smothered by 4 Utes and then sacked? That would be very interesting if anyone has made that comparison.

Thanks for posting utahman. I posted several times to not sell your tickets to BYU fans. There is nothing worse than showing up to the rivalry game and having BYU fans in front behind or next to you.

Luckily our section had no BYU blue anywhere. But the next section over had a group of 6 or 7 BYU fans. They were pretty quiet all game long and…[Read more]

Both hockey and soccer have rules where the play doesn’t stop unless the foul creates an advantage for the offending team.

I’m all for common sense rules and these are just the types of things that can change.

Is this conjecture?

Had a deep discussion about this with some folks who claim to know Whitt’s strategy, and they despise it. LOL. “The analytics” say that the average starting field position for kicks that are inside the 5 is inside the 25. So the reason we INTENTIONALLY don’t kick touchbacks is…. the analytics! What the analytics seem to ignore, is that 100%…[Read more]

Both hockey and soccer have rules where the play doesn’t stop unless the foul creates an advantage for the offending team.

In Hockey, they play on while the offensive team still has the puck inside the blue zone because calling a penalty against the defense and forcing a faceoff hurts the offense. In soccer, a trip behind the play could negate…[Read more]

You make some solid points, I think you’re right that he’s probably not being objective.

And you are correct that BYU fans would be outraged as well. My pushback to you would be the blown facemask call in the second quarter that led to Utah’s touchdown. Objectively, it was not a facemask. The refs got it wrong. If the refs got the holding call…[Read more]

Really hoping for at least ONE touchdown this year for Singer.

He deserves it

It’s an ever-changing list that’s based on current and past success. To me, Oregon is more of a blue blood than Nebraska or Oklahoma, who I no longer consider blue bloods at all due to extended periods of mediocrity or middling success.

My bad, I’m not trying to flex on you guys, I just worded things poorly. I wish the game didn’t come down to a referee and I’m of the mindset that the refs should swallow their whistle and let the players play. To be honest, I don’t think the holding had any influence on the play itself. It was pretty clear that Jake wasn’t getting rid of the ba…[Read more]

neither of your teams could handle my cincinatti reds. fact

Anybody that places WVU above an university that has an endowment the size of Egypt’s GDP needs to get his head examined? Seriously? How old is this guy? Stanford completely dominated the PAC 12 in the seven year period between 2010-2016. How soon people forget.