The results of the 7-on-7 passing tournaments are hardly an indicator of which teams will dominate when real football games are played in the fall. Woods Cross won Weber State's passing tournament in 2006 before going 1-8 in the fall. Spanish Fork won the same tourney in 2007 before finishing 6-6 last year.

It doesn't take a football expert to figure out why.

"If you can't pass-block, it doesn't matter," Wootton said. "In 7-on-7 you're sending five receivers out on every play. We do run that in game situations, but you better read it right, and you better get at least enough pass protection so the quarterback can get it to the hot receiver."

Wise said the play in 7-on-7 does somewhat translate to regular football, but it's like stepping up from high school to college football.

"You add the element of being able to bring somebody at the quarterback every down," Wise said. "All of the sudden he's not Johnny Cool back there reading 1-2-3. He's scrambling (thinking), 'I've got to pick up a guy, OK, I'm out of luck.' I think a lot of it translates, but at the same time, with the elements of pads and the (physicality), you really got to step up from what this is."

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