A lot of great first game stuff including game control and the best play in football, the victory formation. Great win. Class act by KW. Utes could of easily punched in the last TD. Interview with ZWs parents was a weird attempt by ESPN to appeal to the goony BYU fan base. The entire interview was so forced. Big elephant during the conversation was ZW was not recruited/offered by Utah (IIRC?). So glad that game is behind us as Ute fans.
At some point Utah’s offense will be forced to throw the ball to win games. Utah is not going to score defensive touch downs every game. I get BYU played 3-3-5 to limit the throw game. Kalani did a good job shutting down the pass game. Some teams seem to have a good read on Huntley’s tendancies or weakness on check downs. Utes controlled the second half on the ground, Oline looked rock solid.
If Utah cannont establish a pass game against a slow-weak secondary this will be a problem against good teams able to slow the run and cover the Utah receivers. Ludwig will get this all figured out. I think the lack of talent at WR may catch up to the Utes at USC. The dropped passes contine. I counted two (one pass may have been partially tipped-still hit the WR in the hands). Being critical of course only because if the Utes are going to live up to the hype at some point the throw game needs to be productive.
Good to get through this game with a solid victory to tune things up over the next few weeks before USC. I hope there is no let down against NIU so Moss can have limited reps before conference play.
Go Utes!
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