Battle of the Brothers: Utah vs. Utah St.

[Coach McGuirk]

I only watched pieces of the game due to practice last night, it seemed that USU was owning the line on offense when I watched. What happened to Ted Miller's dream lover Star L.?

Star L actually did really well in eating up multiple blockers and if they ran up the middle, star was there. That said, usu ran a ton of bubble screens and Quick hitches to negate Utah's d line advantage. It worked really well.

[ERCougar]

my point, is that the season isn't over after one loss. In fact it isn't over even with an 0-3 non-conference start to the season. The probability isn't high, but it isn't 0.0.

About what our probability is of making the Rose Bowl.

I'm playing around, really. It's nice to be able to lose a game like this (or two, after next week ) and still have BCS chances. And yeah, there obviously are teams who've turned it on after a bad start. Of course, they're usually not verbalizing it. If we take crap for our slogan a few years ago, you can take it for talking Rose Bowl after losing to Utah State.

[Coach McGuirk]

No. We don't have an Elite 11 QB. He was, IIRC, a "candidate" to be an Elite 11 QB.

no he was in the elite 11

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=878&sid=16471263


That said, he is still a frosh and having to choose between Jon Hayes and a frosh is not a great choice.

[CardiacCoug]

This cracked me up:

To be fair, in John White's only prior experience playing an in-state rival on the road he probably wasn't impressed by the competition.

[MarkGrace]

Wilson got invited to the camp but didn't make the Elite 11. That's what I remember anyway.

[myboynoah]

I didn't see PI on the last play either. Christopher fell down. The bigger issue was throwing on first and goal from the 6. Or throwing a jump ball to Christopher instead of Scott. Call on Murphy was not bad because it was totally incorrect, but just because it is a remarkably rarely called penalty and the contact was pretty light.

I think the Aggie guy fell down after Murphy pushed him. Murphy might not know his own strength, the Aggie may have tripped, or even dived, but I bet that influenced the ref.

[frank ryan]

I think Hays is serviceable. I thought he was solid last year. I've always thought Wynn was vastly overrated. Don't listen to Norm Chow, he is full of shit nowdays.
Kenneth Scott is an amazing athlete, I don't see anyway he doesn't cause BYU problems. You've got Devonte Christopher and Dres Anderson too. White is great but why give him 27 grueling carries? Couldn't they spell him with Langhi or York (is Yord redshirting?)
The U DLine is great, USU outschemed them they didn't out muscle them. They will give BYU problems. I was not super impressed with the U.s linebackers, they looked slow.
The U's OLine got owned. That shocked me. USU has a decent rush end but I didn't expect the pressure they brought.
Keeton is a nice qb but I'm not ready to say he is better than Riley. And no way in hell is Kennedy better than Riley. Williams is a good scat back.
Gary Anderson may be the best football coach in the state. He has quietly been stockpiling talent and building up on it. There is also more high school talent to go around in the state and be shared by the football powers.
BYU will have a tough time against the U. and USU looks like a bowl team.

[UtahDan]

Wilson got invited to the camp but didn't make the Elite 11. That's what I remember anyway.

Whether he did or not, that touchdown pass was an effortless little flick of 50 + yards that reminded me a lot of the guy we just got here in DC. I mean that strictly in terms of the kind of arm he has.

[Coach McGuirk]

Wilson got invited to the camp but didn't make the Elite 11. That's what I remember anyway.

Yeah, you guys are right.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Whether he did or not, that touchdown pass was an effortless little flick of 50 + yards that reminded me a lot of the guy we just got here in DC. I mean that strictly in terms of the kind of arm he has.

Officer We, I'm socking Internal Affairs on you.

[lambdacoug]

Sorry about the offensive posts last night. I caught the 4th quarter and overtime only after a few drinks at the bar. It was fun seeing the Utes lose and I got carried away.

[UtahDan]

Officer We, I'm socking Internal Affairs on you.

If you read the regulations closely you will find that "we" may be used appropriately for one team per sport per level of competition.

[Portland Ute]

no he was in the elite 11

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=878&sid=16471263


That said, he is still a frosh and having to choose between Jon Hayes and a frosh is not a great choice.

He did not make the cut for the final 11. He was invited to participate in the "try-out", but he was not one of the final 11.

Tanner Mangum was. :livecoug:

*edit* I should hit refresh after cooking the pancakes so that I see the ongoing discussion.

[Portland Ute]

Sorry about the offensive posts last night. I caught the 4th quarter and overtime only after a few drinks at the bar. It was fun seeing the Utes lose and I got carried away.

Alcohol is no excuse for dickish behavior.

Maybe if you can't handle your booze any better than that you ought to consider if you have a problem.

[Coach McGuirk]

He did not make the cut for the final 11. He was invited to participate in the "try-out", but he was not one of the final 11.

Tanner Mangum was. :livecoug:

yeah, i remembered that later. Either way, not sure what happened between getting wynn in 2009 and then Wilson 3 years later.

Also, Wynn is done, right? I mean that is 4 shoulder injuries in 22 career starts. He should just concentrate on school.