UT Football Thread

It was also good to have sterns back
Makes a difference when we get starters back
Wondering if we are going to hit the transfer portal for more players

 

Nah
Utah and the pac 12 are overrated
Utah lost to USC and Oregon, teams with speed and a decent quarterback
Sam qualifies as a decent QB and Utah’s QB is not a good passer, dude missed some wide open receivers

would have lost badly to LSU like OU

 

I love it that UT only wins Bowl Games against good teams when the other team cares less than UT does.

 

Oklahoma doesn’t care about the playoffs

 

Obviously Georgia cares more than Baylor tonight.

 

More than they did last year when they played us.

 

Ossai and the front 7 had one of the best defensive performances I’ve seen as of late as well. We’ll see if the scheme can hold up against a full Big 12 schedule but hopefully Ash will use this as a blueprint for his defense.

On the coaching front, Chip Brown reporting he’s hearing the A&M DT and a defensive analyst for the DT/LB openings. Hope we aim for a bit higher.

 

Thought it was well known teams who are disappointed in their bowl opponent tend to play down.

If UT schemed great, please continue. The last decade has been utterly subpar, including this season.

 

Utah had a bad quarterback who can't throw, they aren't a team that can come from behind and win games.
Matchup and Health.

Did they rest a bunch of players going to the NFL? I don't think so.

I guess Utah was disappointed in playing Oregon too

@Buck Turgidson

 

At this point, Herman has proven he can get kids motivated to play bowl games. His issue so far is that he doesn't get them up to playing teams like Baylor, Iowa State and TCU.

 

All ROAD games

 

This year was definitely an odd one in how inconsistent our play was, but the coaching turmoil with the injuries in the secondary definitely showed. Those were all good teams in their own right. The bigger headscratcher is why Kansas was so close.

 

Starting so many underclassmen on defense was probably a big contributing factor. But that doesn’t really excuse why the offense sputtered as often as it did.

Herman talking about simplifying the defense and playing faster gives me hope somewhat. Watching 3 DL get stonewalled with a delayed safety blitz was so aggravating and slow to watch.

 

He has always been excellent at preparation when he is given time. He did it at UH too.

 

Who would’ve thought Beck, Mehringer and Warehime would all got OC jobs.

OC/QB: Yurchich
RB: Drayton
OL: Hand
WR:
TE:

DC/S: Ash
DE: Giles
DT:
LB:
CB:

 

Want the return of d b u

 

Remember when Duane Akina wanted to stay on as DB coach and Charlie Strong fired him?

 

There are some rumblings that he might come back. Doubt it happens but would be nice to see some actual defense by our secondary.