[Tony (admin)]

That doesn’t mean they won’t lie.

[MFury]

“Big 12 football programs will designate players as “available, probable, questionable, doubtful or out.” Basketball programs will indicate if players are “available, game-time decision or out.”

Maybe Whittingham’s next stop is the running Utes?

[highlandute7]

Everyone will be ‘questionable’ or a ‘game-time decision’. Easy way around it.

[NarfUte]

Thusly deemed the ‘Kyle Whittingham Legacy Rule’

[UteThunder]

I think he is more likely to get 5-10 carries per game.

[stbone]

I worry about Dampier tending towards “hero” ball. From his highlights, there were a number of times when he could have/should have given the ball to the RB, but kept it to run himself. This was also Huntley’s biggest problem and why Huntley’s best play came after he injured his knee and couldn’t run as much. A hero quarterback may have good numbers, but hampers an offense.

Also, if Dampier is our main running threat he won’t make it through the season. I’d like to seem him get 2-5 carries a game. Mostly just enough for the defense to have to account for him in the running game and to keep defenders uncertain when he drops back to pass.

[2008 National Champ]

Are we really expecting Beck to run a RichRod type offense? I know that’s what the numbers from New Mexico show but it’s not what Beck ran at Virginia or Syracuse.

Khalil Tate looked like a Heisman guy for 4 games until teams started taking his backside read away and forcing him to hand off or pass. The P4 teams Utah is playing this year should be more adept at that than what Dampier faced last year so I agree that Dampier’s completion % will be a much better indicator of how the season will go than how many yards he picks up running.

[2008 National Champ]

last time AT Wyoming was October 16, 2010

2010 Utah Schedule

[USS Utah]

There was a good #2 back getting carries, too, Omar Bacon.

[2008 National Champ]

Thanks for pulling that up. I was going to after finishing work for the day to try to answer my own question.

J. Williams in 2016 is the surprise until you remember that from about game 5 on, Troy Williams couldn’t hit half his passes. Joe’s first game back was Oregon State (34 carries, 179 yards) and he had that great 5 game run with UCLA (29-332), UW (35-172), ASU (15-181) and Oregon (23-149). I’d be fine with a Back taking a 4 game break every season if that’s what they are going to do when they are fresh and everyone else is dealing with mid/late season dings and injuries.

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