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You are mistaking hyperbole for a presumption, but it appears as if you are presuming that the short leash is holding BB and NJ back, and but for the short leash, they would be far superior to what they currently are. As evidence, you are pointing to an example of a cherry-picked backup, but for every Staub or Fifita, I can point to 10 backups…[Read more]

Assuming you are correct and they were given the play and had very few options, their limitations prevented them from receiving more latitude. In other words, if they couldn’t even reliably execute under the simplest conditions, it is a fools errand to think they could would have executed better if we placed more demands on them.

It wasn’t the…[Read more]

Following your argument, you are saying we need to expect bad results in order to let a quarterback develop. While there is some truth to that, good development involves giving your quarterback a short leash (or as some would say, a simplified playbook) until they demonstrate mastery of that. As they demonstrate mastery, you expand the…[Read more]

Your take is way off base.

The problem isn’t that Johnson doesn’t know the system or that the system is too complex. The problem is that Johnson can’t process with any pressure and is one of the least accurate passers in recent memory. Reading the report of his performance at the Elite 11, you can see that his problems pre-date Utah. Blaming…[Read more]

It isn’t just familiarity that makes me less excited for the Big12.

At the end of the day, I don’t think there is any win in the Big12 that will reliably draw national attention and improve Utah’s standing. Saying this another way, without OU and Texas, there is NO big stage in the Big12. This doesn’t mean that there won’t be tough teams and big…[Read more]

I have never understood why speed translates differently to the field for some players vs. others. For example, Clark Phillips ran a 4.5 40 at the combine, but was frequently catching people from behind and closing on receivers. Other players have fast 40 times, but it doesn’t translate to their game play.

I 100% agree that speed is important (it…[Read more]

There were a couple of times that our rush was a fraction of a second from getting home to Nix (for example, play 4 of successful Oregon pass plays from the link). A separate observation is that we are known for playing press-man with our corners, but I am not seeing that as much as in the past. The fact that the rush is almost, but not quite…[Read more]

Vele was about as open as you can hope for, with his man trailing and to the inside. With Vele about on the hash, there is loads of space to the sideline to work with. A good throw, and there is no chance of interception.

McCLain was almost certainly open on the play. The Safety was playing with inside leverage and no outside defender.

This is not a comment on whether Utah was outcoached, but after all of the props given to Whit this past week I would make it appear as if my guys outcoached Utah if I were the OU media director, regardless whether it was true or not.

That is ridiculous, we only convert all of our quarterbacks to safety. Lol.

Knowing our staff, he was always going to be defense first. Given the state of the 2-deep on offense and defense (especially at linebacker), and seeing his tape, I am hoping that changes. He seems to be exactly the type of dynamic athlete we are lacking on the offensive side of the ball.

That is exactly what I thought watching the video, but he might also make one heck of an RB, ending up bigger and faster than JJ.

I think he is causing the bad tackling. He is very big for high school (6’2″ and 215), and wicked fast (hudl reports a 4.4. 40 time).

You can see our talent improving throughout the series. With us slowly getting to the point where we can compete based on talent, and don’t just need to have a perfect day to win. Even in 2019, it seemed like we barely lacked the athletic class to fully compete.

With motion (Money Parks), we will have a very interesting option set-up. Vaki in the FB role, JJ in the QB role, and Money as the pitch man. It would be deadly and unexpected.

I think the development of the DL, and specifically the DEs has been critical to the improvement of the D. We are now getting better pressure with the front 4 than at any time since at least 2019. (we already have 22 sacks vs 33 total in 2019). To show how good the current front four is, for the year in 2019, the front four had 22 sacks in 14…[Read more]

We are a newblood program that is on a path that in 2-10 years could lead us to becoming the next Oregon. We aren’t a blue blood program, and anybody who thinks that is smoking something good.

But, we have a clear upward trajectory in performance and recruiting. (7 of the all-time top 25 recruits are on the current team). In the past 5 years we…[Read more]

My point is we have never really been that successful at HS RB recruiting and most of our success has been from the portal.

Also, it is too early to judge if Jaylon pans out.

Last, assuming Ty lived and continued how he was his first year, the past two years would have been his show. His absence makes HS RB recruiting look worse than it is.

Devonte Booker – Transfer
Joe Williams – Transfer
Tavion Thomas – Transfer
JJ – Transfer

Ty Jordan – Recruit
Zack Moss – Recruit
Micah Bernard – Recruit

I don’t think there has been any drop off. Most of recent our success with RB has been via the transfer portal.

Also, regarding Jaylon, Zack Moss wasn’t a violent runner until something clicked…[Read more]