[2008 National Champ]

I’m not sure I agree with the lack of speed in the WR room since Dixon, which is only two seasons. I feel like the style of offense, which emphasized downfield blocking over playmaking receivers, and reliance on short to intermediate throws gave the impression that Utah’s receivers were slower than they actually were. Heck, even with Dixon and Covey, the bulk of their routes were within 7 yards of the LOS and in traffic.

At game speed both Money and Singer were as fast as they needed to be to create separation but were utilized as possession receivers. Mikey Matthews (who we’ll see in two weeks) had plenty of speed but was shoehorned into being a short pass guy only. Tao Johnson, who may be the fastest guy on the team, was moved to defense so that a plodder like Calderella could be an extra TE on the field.

Utah’s offense under Ludwig was not designed to get receivers into space and maximize their speed. Instead, their route trees were designed to keep them close to the defenders so they would be in position to block. Add in the overuse of Stick or Stop routes and everyone looks slower than the competition. If Beck will just call High-Low concepts that allow the receivers to find space instead of looking for contact, the WR room will look 100% better almost immediately.

[Tyler Henry]

The biggest knock on Singer was the fact he was slower; Utah has had big-body WR’s the last couple seasons. This group seems much quicker.

[Tyler Henry]

The biggest knock on Singer was the fact he was slower; Utah has had big-body WR’s the last couple seasons. This group seems much quicker.

[2008 National Champ]

Track speed is an overrated concept when it comes to receiving. Arguably the best NFL receiver until Jerry Rice came along (who also wasn’t a burner) barely ran a sub-4.7. Yet go back to quotes from DB’s of the time period and they all say that Steve Largent was uncoverable.

If you want to say that Whittmore, Davis and Simmons are faster than Singer, I’ll take that as fact since I’m not going to look up 40 times. But football is so much more than straight line speed. Which is why I talked about functional speed and the willingness to scheme that speed to maximum advantage.

[dut99002]

Theres no perfect solution in my experience, unfortunately. I’ve paid for streaming services, bummed passwords off of family, watched pirated streams, etc. I’ve also used every email address I have to get free trials too. We lucked out a year or two ago and got on a YouTube Tv family plan with extended family. It’s been really nice for games. It has a great dvr set up and even has an option to hide scores on their app so there’s no spoiled games when I start watching hours after a game is over.

The Slingtv day pass would be what I’d recommend if you’re on a budget. Though I’m not sure if it has dvr capabilities so you may have to catch games live?

I have family who yearly pay for sling (or maybe fubo) for just football season, then they suspend the account. So they only pay for three or four months.

You could go in with friends / family on a plan and then share the password. YouTubeTv lets you share with multiple people if you’re set up in a Google family account (I can’t remember all the details), but that’s how we have it set up with the extended family we do it with.

Good luck!

[2008 National Champ]

I also miss the Pac, but their network isn’t one of the reasons. Petros was nails on a chalkboard and I hated those top of stadium camera angles where I couldn’t follow the play or see the player’s numbers in real time.

[Central Coast Ute]

Admiralute, the move to B12 made it worse. In the P12 the P12N was great. All you needed was one subscription and you could watch every Ute game and the hosts and analysts at P12N were amazing. The camera quality was also top notch. Last year I had to subscribe to a streaming service as well as ESPN+. The ESPN+ announcers were awful and the production quality was even worse. I miss the P12 bad.

[Central Coast Ute]

Fubo TV gives you the option to stream and DVR. I thought I saw a headline that ESPN+ is now included in your FUBO subscription, if true I will be going with them.

[2008 National Champ]

Unless Hulu has changed their policy, you still have to watch the commercials when you DVR so there’s no benefit to starting to watch after the game has started. Other than being able to watch at a time more convenient for you.,,

[BeachUte]

BJ we have a better example of what his NFL talent likely could have been. Cam is an incomplete due to injury. So, while I agree that Cam likely wouldn’t have had the pro career as Mitchell did – I do think it’s only fair to give Cam’s NFL potential an asterisks because frankly, none of us know what he could have done had he not been injured in that Penn State Rose Bowl game (assuming he doesn’t come back for 2023 if he enters the NFL Draft).

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