Yergensen

Interlocking U for me. It looks like to me there’s a conscious and gradual shift away from drum and feather. Just my view, I’ve seen nothing reported to this effect, but seems like interlocking U getting more use and exposure as of late.

Anyone out there that thinks Barnes’ ceiling is a P5 QB1? If not, then he is in the way.

IMO Barnes shouldn’t be in the running.

Cam injury was a primary factor also

If we lose Nate Johnson it better be because he’s QB2 and wanted to be QB1, but was blocked by Cam. It should not in any case be due to his being QB3 behind Barnes.

Defense has given up 83 points in 2 Rose Bowls. No bueno.

Urban legend re: Sugar Bowl was Brian Johnson was calling that game on field. Ludwig doesn’t seem to get a lot of credit for that game. In any case, Ludwig has been our best OC since Chow imo. However, he has his warts for sure and in certain games (see Oregon, Penn St), his personnel and play decisions can be stupefying.

We got chunk yards on the edges right up until Rising went out. Between the tackles wasn’t a lost cause, had to hit them there selectively but not very productive. Thought both RPO, jet action and even the pitch option was working well. We just didn’t do it enough. JJ and Bernard needed 2x the touches they got last night with JD mixed in more. Wit…[Read more]

It wasn’t clear to me what Ludwig’s game plan was. Given the circumstances and the playmakers we had left, I would have expected us to go more run heavy and use RPO more than we did. Certainly expected this after Cam went out. Instead we tried to force feed the WR and Yassmin, threw in a momentum killing trick play all while the run game and jet…[Read more]

Good observations

Post is directed at the defense as a whole. IMO it’s missing that physicality and nastiness that Utah defenses are known for.

Yes, coaches have to know what they have and whether under the circumstances a guy can win you a game. Barnes wasn’t going to win that game or even keep it close for RB and/or defense to win it. Was he really our best option? If so, then coaches are accountable for not getting better talent behind Cam. If not, then the coaches are accountable f…[Read more]

Barnes should not be in the starting QB competition next year. Ludwig has already says he is, but he can’t be serious = coach speak.

Why would you drop that coin PK when you don’t have it and you’re a Sun Devil?

Wary of “plug & play” QBs in the portal. The two we brought in were broken out of the box. Rising worked out great for us as a developmental transfer, other teams have had success with plug and play transfer QBs (CW, Penix, Nix), us not so much.

Red and white were the colors when I went to school at the U. Use of black uniform coloring (both Utah and BYU started outlining jersey numbers with it in the late 90’s) and blackout uniforms caught on in the 2000’s. Unfortunately (IMO) some of us didn’t reverse trend.