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Momentum swung back to NW before that when our stupid chuckie cheese offense couldn’t punch it in before the half  

I’d love a coach to explain why it’s a good idea for Shelly to lead block on the goalline on 3rd down. 

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I like it. Looks good.

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I’ve got the Football in 60 from PAC12 network recorded on my DVR, but huge chunks of multiple drives are missing from it. Some drives have 3-5 plays missing. Anybody else experienced this? 

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I thought the coaches broke Travis Wilson. I was never sure how, but some games he looked so frazzled and out of his element. I thought TW was actually pretty good at throwing the deep ball. If you watched him warm-up, he drops deep throws in with ease. During the game however, it’s like deep throws were never even attempted, even when our receivers were getting their shoulder pads past the defender. 

Hard to know what’s going on since we’re not in practice. But we do know Whitt is overly conservative in his style. 

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Ya this whole running option QB fad has become so played. Huntley can’t make throws downfield. Skinny post, seam, fade, back shoulder are all out of the question for him. All he can throw is swing, curl, quick slant, and only sometimes. Our offense is so hampered by his lack of throwing accuracy. 

I want Tuttle, but probably not until next year. Let’s just try and get to 6-7 wins this year. 

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We should be able to run it in. I wasn’t aware Shelly is Mike Alstott 2.0 

Apparently the coaches think he is  

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So I guess we won’t throw to Covey since he fumbled? We’ve got to use Shyne if Moss isn’t 100%. Can’t win without some run game. And we know Troy Taylor’s mysterious run Huntley up the middle magic isn’t working. 

Also, not sure if anyone noticed this, but why was Moss being split out wide on several plays, even after he tweaked his ankle? What is the utility in that? 

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I get what you’re saying, but I think you may have a warped perception of how many pro-style QBs there are in college football. Or how many have existed in the past, which is a lot more. You believe there are way fewer than there are.

But you do bring up a good point, so I guess I’d say the more important thing for Utah right now is not necessarily the offensive scheme, but first we need to get a QB who can actually throw accurately downfield. I hope Tuttle is that guy, after watching his film, he makes better throws than Huntley even in high school. 

Also, I never said he had to run a full pro-style offense. There are degrees and things don’t have to be as complicated as a pro pro-style offense, but even just asking a D1 QB to go through a progression is not asking too much in my opinion. They should be able to. I think the college QB has evolved in some aspects and devolved in others. One of the devolutions, besides losing the ability to check down, is the losing the ability to make certain throws. 

 

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Oh I’m sorry, when did we have pro bowl receivers playing on our team? Must have missed that. 

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The QBs you cited are basically freaks of nature, NFL level talent. Let me know when we recruit a Cam Newton or Deshaun Watson. By the way, know why these read-option QBs make it in the NFL? They can throw. Read-option doesn’t take you far unless you can throw as well. Why? because teams will go cover 3 and stack the box. And no, only throwing swing passes, screens, or quick outs doesn’t count as a true passing game. This is why I say we need to incorporate at least some pro-style philosphies. Auburn does that in addition to their college-style offense, that’s why they’re usually Bama’s closest competitor. 

I cite one half of Tua because it perfectly demonstrates that, no matter how good your recruiting is, a true pro passing game will be required to push you over the top.