When we brought in Norm Chow, Utah dropped spread for power run and passing and retooled the offense and recruiting changed to match it. Clearly, Chow’s early departure hurt and while Brian struggled with what he had, he’s showing in the SEC that he could be the right call but too early esp with pieces left. The WR group seemed to have an attitude issue, how else explain so many drops across the board? Protection was tough and Wynn’s retirement threw Travis in too early. He was a warrior considering everything he suffered those early years. Chritensen seemed to have trouble staying out of trouble and Rod couldn’t get it all fixed. Jason Thompson and Harding were good adds though. JT found a way to the league and Harding is doing great work. It was hard to see us struggle in 2014 and 2015 with those great defenses. What could have been… With another year, I think TTaylor sees a solid forward step this year. It’s crazy to think this is the first time in nearly a decade our players are using the same playbook, names, blocking and reads as the year before.
While we clearly have issues on O, I don’t think it’s that easy to just say it’s Whitt’s fault for not waving a wand and having it get better. Both sides take time to solidify esp. on O I think. It was an oddysey on O but big hopes for this year. If we can match on O what we’ll have on D we should be really competitive.
Hoping Huntley stays healthy. If everyone does, it’s not that delusional to say we’ll play on New Year’s and pull in another good class. Isn’t that the best we should expect–two good years, two retooling years and two good years? I don’t think we can retool and stay at peak year in and year out. I don’t know if we could make a playoff unless undefeated; but two strong years and we could contend for a berth. The committee clearly picks on program brand. A BIG if but with back to back Cs, who would be more deserving? Personally, I think 10 wins and a decent bowl this year.
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