2008 National Champ

The bigger issue is why the RB has to pick up so many pass rushers?

Quick passing game nullifies the delayed blitz. And when the numbers are in the offense’s favor, the RB becomes the outlet receiver instead of staying in to pick up for which lineman gets beat. The RB’s having to pick up someone on damn near every drop back is more about the…[Read more]

If we ignore all of the other potential domino’s that could fall pending whatever Rising decides to do, I think he’s got two different options to get another year. Throw 2020 out because I just don’t see the NCAA doing anything other than saying “we already gave you a free year for covid, now you want us to give you a 2 for 1?”

Option 1 – Don’t…[Read more]

2020 isn’t a medical. Everyone got a free year for 2020, no matter their playing status so he wouldn’t be able to apply for a medical based on 2020. 2023 is the year he can apply for it, but if he comes back and plays the rest of the year, it would not be granted.

On a completely different note, does anyone really want another year of will…[Read more]

RB weight is an overrated measurable. Being able to avoid hits is still preferable to delivering them.

For comparison, Nate Johnson is under 2 bills and people want him to carry it on every play.

This year is no different than previous. It’s just more obvious with all of the injuries

Did I get promoted or are you calling your shot for the 3008 season? 🙂

He transferred back this summer so technically, Whitt did get a QB out of the portal 🙂

It’s up to interpretation. I’m pretty confident in the eligibility rules but I wouldn’t fault you checking my work.

It seems like he was rattling off the QB’s who would play if necessary, and Howard should have been named. But I’m just guessing that he got mixed up.

I think he just mixed up Howard and Rose. Howard can play this year and still maintain his redshirt.

how many days were fogged out?

phone autocorrect for would’ve? i don’t do the dictate but I’ve seen plenty of times where people don’t enunciate and get some odd results.

I suppose we could be disagreeing on semantics. Rose did not play in 2022 so one of his 5 years to play 4 is gone. You can call it burning his redshirt or just call it did not play – coaches decision. His only opportunity to gain a 6th year to play 4 would be after his eligibility had expired and he received a successful medical waiver.

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You get 5 years to play 4. Entering 2023, Rose was down to 4 to play 4. He’s already burned his redshirt

This reminds me of a Pete Sampras quote about Andre Agassi. Agassi had gone from one of the top rated to almost being not good enough to play on the tour anymore. Agassi turned it around and eventually won a major. Afterward, someone asked Sampras how he felt about the Agassi turnaround.

Sampras replied, I respect Andre for getting back to the…[Read more]

He was taking kicks in pre-game against OSU so I would say that he will be available at any point between this coming Saturday and December 23, 2027. Details to follow

Arizona State is missing their entire starting O Line. Utah has been using as their starting center the guy that we’ve been told for years is the most talented lineman in a group that is collectively the deepest and most talented ever at Utah. Which apparently includes 2016 when all 5 starters went to the league.

Every team has injuries. You…[Read more]

When did Rising get his own camp? Per Whitt:

We have a saying in our program that when the recruits come in, you will become us, we won’t become you, you will become us. The young recruits get sucked up into that philosophy, that mindset. Our older guys do a great job of setting the example, setting the expectations, then demanding those…

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Central Coast Ute has brought it up a couple of times and I believe it’s the missing piece. The Utah medical staff has cleared Rising to play. They also have a different motivation that Rising’s surgeon and thus a different threshold. ElAttrache’s appears to be higher for what he is allowing Rising to do.

If it was completely up to the U…[Read more]

I’m saying that they should have a plan for it. Whether the plan works is always open to interpretation.

If CAL can put up 40 points with a kid getting his first experience against the same Oregon State team that gave up 7 to Utah, you have to wonder why. And to clarify, Johnson has been QB3 since the Rose Bowl and QB2 or higher since the…[Read more]

This WR group would be putting up numbers with Any other QBOC in the conference.

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