Rick

Thumbs way up for the use of obsequious in a post. Wow.

Amen Charlie. Thank you for the post.

Jim,
I think they did know what we were doing at times based on the defensive look. They seemed to know some of our calls. It happens with great preparation.

The backers definitely need to accept some blame for Arizona’s success. I agree with ST. I also think the D’line, for whatever reason, weren’t the aggressors the majority of the time…[Read more]

Proud,
I agree, mostly, with you post. I was a radio reporter and television producer many years ago in the market. Believe or not, Judkins got me into Utah basketball practices which was nearly impossible back then. I loved the access and felt like I was truly on the beat. I was able to cover Utah and BYU football at the time as well and having…[Read more]

Damn you Krindorr. We do not need realistic scenarios like these.

Jim and STbone,
Don’t you think that Barnes just held the ball too long at times? That’s an improvement I think he’s made this year – right or wrong because I do think he’s a one-read QB. There were a number of plays I remember where a receiver came open and he held the ball too long. In fact, our last offensive play of the bowl game was an…[Read more]

Please – everyone – watch Van Pelt. So good. Great find Yergy.

I’d love to see an efficient offense that finishes drives this week. The U did such a terrific job of ball possession Saturday but didn’t get in the endzone enough. I think we’re going to see a five- to six-touchdown game from our Utes Saturday. I hope Singer gets a couple of them.

Amen to each of these responses and I hope he stays for a final year. I think he’ll push Isaac and become the backup if he does.

BYU looks good. The ranking is deserved. The defense is playing terrific football. They seem connected. Rice-Eccles November 9 is looking like a lot of fun at this point.

You said it Proud. I’m not worried about Cam. He’ll be back next week. I am worried about the running back room. Micah is terrific. If he goes down it gets tough. Mitchell’s nagging injury is a tough one. I love the attitude and toughness Vincent shows but it will only go so far. Stanley is situational and frankly is running out of formations that…[Read more]

Georgia,
I don’t want to sound like an idiot but the woulda coulda talk is strange. I’ll up your missed field goal and Bowman out in the 3rd with our own missed field goal and, oh, a starting quarterback who DID NOT PLAY A DOWN.

2023 all over again?

Every year is different. This one already is different – a loaded offense with a freshman quarterback who is showing potential and improving each time he steps onto the field. That will need to happen again if Cam does not play.

I’m actually for sitting Cam again if his hand isn’t quite there. Get the hand at or close to…[Read more]

I’ll give you two – Sione Fotu and Lander Barton. And you might hear Jonathan Hall’s name a little as well

Redblood,
I completely agree that the safeties played poorly against USU but that’s just not true for the Baylor game. In fact, I’d have given Ritchie player of the game. I think he was one of the leading tacklers and I think he had the defensive play of the game when he fought through a double team and made a terrific tackle on a key third down…[Read more]

Thank you 2008. That explains the lack of aggression from that position the first three games. I hope that they settle on some sort of hybrid. Barton should be our biggest playmaker on defense.

I note the question mark on linebacker play. I agree. Does anyone have insight based on what they saw today? I was unimpressed. I thought Fotu was all over the place last week when he came in for Reid. I didn’t notice Reid in the game. My bigger concern is Barton. I watched him closely last week and thought he was average. Today, I didn’t see him…[Read more]

I’m not one to complain much to the athletic department about game issues but I sent them a note last weekend. I experienced the same thing on the west side. We arrived at the gate 25 minutes before kickoff and did not get to our seats until SUU’s third down of their first series. Someone made the call moments before kickoff to pull the security…[Read more]

I don’t know the nature of Simote’s injury but he’ll be back in a few weeks – perhaps against USU but most likely against OK State.