[diddlysquat]

Does the OC truly matter when Whittingham is the coach? The OC has never had and never will have the 100% green light with Whittingham as the coach. My hope is that Whittingham allow a more aggressive approach offensively this year.

[Jim Vanderhoof]

Normally I would agree with you. I really think last year opened Whitts eyes to the flaws in his offensive approach. Too complicated on offense for new transfer players and freshman. Same with the defense. The new offense is much easier to learn and lots of high schools run similar sets. Just spreading the field will open up some big plays and Whitt will be smiling ear to ear.(hopefully)

[diddlysquat]

I hope the same. Truly. I hope Whittingham goes guns out, if this is his last year. But 20+ years of a conservative, defense-first mentality has me skeptical. That isn’t meant to be negative, as that approach can work obviously, I just don’t think the zebra will change its stripes.

[RedRocks]

CFP Expansion

You had me going there for a moment; I thought there was some sort of new development in the conference carousel.

[Uteanooga]

It is almost like Utah fans willfully ignore the high-scoring and high-passing offense that produced two PAC12 titles only a few years ago. Then they pretend that it could never happen with the current head coach even though it just did- twice.

With such dour outlooks I wonder why they like following Utah football at all.

[Central Coast Ute]

Yep. And unlike previous years, the D was lacking. It was the offense that carried the team.

[D T]

Bingo…..With a healthy CR, Ludwig’s O averaged just under 40 pts/game…..His O also tore it up with Huntley…..Ludwig didn’t go out with a bang, but had some great success during his tenure…..Injuries certainly played a role the last two years.

[chinngiskhaan]

No kidding. We had one of the best offenses in the country under Ludwig when he had a healthy QB

[Roy Rangum]

Uteanooga and Chinng: I liked Ludwig and agree that he was often better than he gets credit for, but that then begs the question: if Ludwig was such an offensive genius, then why did Whitt fire him last year?

And if the fate of an entire team was riding on one player, which is more likely: the team was previously good because of the coaches, or the team was previously good because of the player?

I personally have little faith in a Whittingham coached offense. However, I will say everyone else’s rose colored glasses is starting to rub off on me. Because if there was ever an offense built for the Whittingham style of play, this team sure sounds like it’s it. But I guess we will all see soon enough.

[BeachUte]

I disagree. Winning the Pac-12 was special. Doing it back-to-back was even more special. I think it’s all relative. Utah is not a football power so I would expect our definition of special to be different than Ohio State’s and I’m fine with that. Utah won the Pac-12, made the Rose Bowl and did something only two programs in the Pac-12 era did: win back-to-back titles.

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