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UteThunder started the topic If Utah loses to either NIU or BYU . . . in the forum Football 6 years, 11 months ago

. . . we won’t be a one win Pac-12 champion.
If we are good enough to run the table against 9 Pac-12 teams, then we aren’t losing to NIU or BYU.
I get that, technically, we can lose to NIU and/or BYU and still win the conference, but what people who throw this statement out there don’t get is that if we lose to NIU or BYU, then it is almost…[Read more]

UteThunder started the topic If Utah loses to either NIU or BYU . . . in the forum Football 6 years, 11 months ago

. . . we won’t be a one loss Pac-12 champion.

If we are good enough to run the table against 9 Pac-12 teams, then we aren’t losing to NIU or BYU.

I get that, technically, we can lose to NIU and/or BYU and still win the conference, but what people who throw this statement out there don’t get is that if we lose to NIU or BYU, then it is almost…[Read more]

UteThunder started the topic Predicting the South Division's Non-conference Games in the forum Football 6 years, 11 months ago

Arizona: 2-1 . . . wins vs BYU and SUU, loss @ Houston; I could easily see Arizona going 3-0 but I think Houston takes advantage of the Wildcats adjusting to new coaches.
ASU: 1-2 . . . win vs UTSA, losses vs Michigan State and @ San Diego State; I could just as easily see ASU start the year 0-3 but I think their superior talent wins out over…[Read more]

UteThunder started the topic Predicting the South Division's Non-conference Games in the forum Football 6 years, 11 months ago

Arizona: 2-1 . . . wins vs BYU and SUU, loss @ Houston; I could easily see Arizona going 3-0 but I think Houston takes advantage of the Wildcats adjusting to new coaches.

ASU: 1-2 . . . win vs UTSA, losses vs Michigan State and @ San Diego State; I could just as easily see ASU start the year 0-3 but I think their superior talent wins out over…[Read more]

UteThunder replied to the topic Puka Nacua to USC in the forum Football 6 years, 12 months ago

As soon as Sampson tweeted that he hoped his brother would go to a better school than Utah, you just knew Puka wasn’t coming to Utah.

UteThunder replied to the topic UteFans.net needs to be sued for misrepresentation…pathetic in the forum Misc 7 years, 4 months ago

I haven’t visited that cesspool since late July or early August. The vitriol and hate at that place was(and I would assume still is) toxic.

I’m very grateful to have UteHub.

UteThunder replied to the topic Whitt being considered by NY Giants for HC in the forum Football 7 years, 5 months ago

How many times had Urban Meyer done that before we hired him? Whittingham? Zero and Zero. What a couple of bad hires they turned out to be.

UteThunder started the topic Star Wars The Last Jedi in the forum Misc 7 years, 5 months ago

Very disappointing on multiple levels.
Several segments of the movie had a similar feel to the general crapiness of Episodes I, II, and III with cheesy characters and several scenes taking place in a casino? They tried to draw too many parallels to current politics. And the worst part is that the story was boring. I found myself on the verge of…[Read more]

UteThunder replied to the topic If USC and Ohio st with two losses are left out. in the forum Football 7 years, 6 months ago

All conference champions are NOT guaranteed spots in the NCAA tournament(aside from the Ivy League). There are conference champs who get left out of the NCAA tournament all the time. It is the teams who win their conference tournament who are guaranteed a spot in the NCAA tournament. And because of that, we routinely see teams who were only good…[Read more]

UteThunder replied to the topic Coaches in the forum Football 7 years, 6 months ago

If we didn’t have so many other recent examples of first year OCs who had to deal with inexperience, injuries, difference in coaching, etc. then I would be inclined to agree with you. Schramm, A-Rod, Chow, BJ, DC, Hard-Rod all put offenses on the field that were comparable to, or better in some ways, than Taylor’s offense. Interestingly, other…[Read more]

UteThunder replied to the topic Expectations in the forum Football 7 years, 6 months ago

BYU returned more starters than we did, the game was in Provo, and we were extremely fortunate to pull out the last second win in 2016. I figured with all of the talent we lost and them having more experienced coaches and players than the year before that they would get the win. As it turned out, we put ourselves in a position where they had the…[Read more]

UteThunder replied to the topic Expectations in the forum Football 7 years, 6 months ago

I expected 7-5 but thought 6-6 was a likely outcome. So I guess you could say my expectations were met.

However . . .

After starting the season 4-0 with a win over BYU(a game I had us losing), of course my expectations went up. And then looking at each individual game we lost, there were at least 3 games where the expectation changed from a loss…[Read more]

UteThunder started the topic Theory as to why Huntley was never pulled in the forum Football 7 years, 7 months ago

There have been rumors/suspicions of a divided team – Team Huntley vs Team Williams
I think the coaches are trying to kill that divide by going exclusively with Huntley. If they play Williams, his side gets fuel for their fire. If they play Bateman it completely undermines a team captain and would add fuel to the Williams side in a different…[Read more]

UteThunder replied to the topic Serious question: in the forum Football 7 years, 7 months ago

Utah?

Nice edit.

UteThunder replied to the topic Our OL sucks. in the forum Football 7 years, 7 months ago

I know that is what it looks like, but this is commonplace in coaching. Instead of risk losing an assistant, you give them a token title that doesn’t really mean anything but it justifies giving them a raise and the assistant sticks around.

In this case, I’m sure Whit was worried that a flatout demotion from Co-OC back to OL coach would make…[Read more]

UteThunder started the topic Yay! Now it will only be 24-6 at halftime! in the forum Football 7 years, 7 months ago

This offense SUCKS.

UteThunder started the topic Make amends for the fumble? in the forum Football 7 years, 7 months ago

Uh, no. It’s going to take a lot more than a 40 yard catch to make up for that fumble.

UteThunder replied to the topic 20 year Football Expectations in the forum Football 7 years, 7 months ago

Looking at it from a 5 year perspective . . .

One 6 to 7 win season every 5 years(20%).

Two 8 to 9 win seasons every 5 years(40%).

Two 10+ win seasons where we win the division and/or conference at least once(40%).

Using the past 3 seasons, we have the two 9 win seasons and one of the 10+ win seasons. I expected 7-5 this year and we appear…[Read more]

UteThunder started the topic Bacon in the forum Football 7 years, 7 months ago

Such an awesome last name.

UteThunder replied to the topic A-Rod vs Taylor in the forum Football 7 years, 8 months ago

How has Williams regressed? More like, how has he not regressed?

Completion percentage(53.1 to 50), yards/attempt(7.07 to 6.36), TD:INT ratio(1.9:1 to 1:2), and QB rating(121.0 to 102.2) are all worse this year compared to last.

I also don’t recall Williams abandoning a perfectly good pocket over and over again last year, though maybe I am just…[Read more]

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