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A couple more 1st downs would have made their desperation more frantic. Though not strictly necessary. We could have maybe even scored with a little more variation in the run game and maybe a pass or 2 on early downs.
I don’t think we were shortening the game much with all those 3 and outs. Thank goodness for our punter. He probably deserved the game ball.

Passing down the field is good, I think running a few running plays that are right up the middle would be a good idea.

Not that that may not be true, but I still think Nate Johnson has a more urgent need for those reps.

According to what Onlyu has said, Cam is physically ready to play. He apparently didn’t feel like he could against UCLA. I can’t be in Cams head to understand this but I can’t blame him for it. Hopefully he can get his psyche worked out and return soon.
As much as I love what he has done for the team. After all, he is one of the best QBs in the…[Read more]

When has Scalley’s or Whit’s defenses ever not tried to stop the run first and foremost?

The problem (and reality) is we are missing our Starting QB and 8 or 9 more. We are probably down to RB3 as a starting RB. We have managed to win our first 3 games on the backs of our incredible defense, but right now wiyh our offense there are several teams in the PAC that are probably better than we are.

It worries me a little that Cam may not play but is getting most of the reps, or even 50% of them as Coach Whit said Saturday after the game. If we don’
t know if he will feel like playing, I think it would be far more productive to treat NJ like the #1 QB and Cam like the #2 QB as far as reps go. I’m sure Nate needs all the reps he can get if…[Read more]

What we need at RB is someone that doesn’t go down on first contact or maybe better running plays than up the middle on 1st and 2nd down on 90% of our serries then passing or running it up the middle on the resulting 3rd and 6.
Being that predictable makes the opposing defenses job a whole lot more simple to plan for.

I don’t necessarily disagree with your opinion. I really did enjoy how our D lit them up most of the game. I didn’t even mind all the running plays.
The problem was not calling the running plays, but the fact that 95% of them were up the middle with a back who is notorious for going down with first contact.
I’m no coach but you would think they…[Read more]

As much as I love Cam as our QB, I think if we aren’t sure he can play, he should be given QB2 reps and Nate should get the QB1 reps. Splitting them is not helping NJ if he has to start.

In my opinion, you can’t keep running up the middle with a back that always goes down on first contact and expect decent results. I think the play calling was totally lame and after our 2nd TD we were trying to run the clock out, unfortunately it was only 1/2 the way through the 3rd. The O line didn’t play well a lot of the time, but UCLA’s…[Read more]

I think the real pivotal game was actually that UNLV game the next week. Probably the worst performance by a Whit defense ever, and the offense wasn’t any better. Whit vowed his team would never play like that again, and they haven’t .

Thank you both.

Maybe his Dr. is a UCLA fan.

I am relieved our guys won’t have to go out there in just jocks and pads.

Back in the day, we would play late start games until mid October then start 1PM games the rest of the year. I guess becoming a high tier football school comes with some compromises.

You’re not a true Ute fan if you haven’t pushed an old lady down the stairs, and peed on one of their children, or poured beer on an opponents mother. After all, we are all drunk bastards

If CU were to beat all those teams, I think there would be a real possibility that they could just as easily beat us. Quite probably if they lost to us they would have 1 loss and be in the CCG.

His ineffectiveness as a runner I think had more to do with about how he was used most of the way through the first 2 games. Every time he was in the game, he ran the ball. The defense keyed off of him and concentrated on him running. I agree he ran it when he shouldn’t have but I think their defense expecting him to run was why it was that…[Read more]