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Utah Utes football: Injuries depleting the Utes' defensive line

It's great the injury card is being stacked in Utah's deck once again this year. For heaven's sake, suck it up and play ball, quit whinning for an excuse for your future losses.

Sounds like you TDS fans are just afraid and looking for excuses yourself. I haven't heard any U fans use it as an excuse. You're just worried our second string can beat you like they almost did last year.

I'd be afraid too if I was a TDS fan.

Good observation BYU fan, truth vs speculation...it's all the same to you folks!

Get a life! No one is making any excuse. They are reporting on the injuries and explaining their options. It is something the FANS want to know. The coaches wouldnt even talk about it except for the fact that the questions are asked and people are concerned and want to know how the team is handling the injuries. Please point out where there was an "excuse" made in this article.

I'd be lying if I said I completely understood all the defensive lineman the coaching staff have converted to the O-line or in Neli Aasa's case, TE, over the past couple of years. Sure some of these guys may have been better suited on the O-line instead but the result is lack of depth on the D-line (a concern coming into the season) which is looking particularly bad right now in light of the injuries. Koa Misi is a very good DE and moving him inside again doesn't seem like it would be a good move to optimize his development and skill set.

I just doen't understand why a couple of guys from the O-line which is very deep and has avoided major injury so far can't be moved back to DL. Another injury or two and the team could be in big trouble for the rest of the season.

Just facts!! All the article did was report who was hurt and who may play in their place, no one whined about anything.

It's too bad about the injuries to the D line, the place where there was concern to begin the season. This is where the coaches make their money though. They have to shuffle to get a suitable replacement and shore up the D line again. We can't survive the season if we can't find an answer to stop the Frank Summer's of the football world and stop the run game. It'd be interesting to see a Kruger, Kruger combo at the D Ends though. Whitt's been doing this enough that he'll get it worked out. In the mean time, we've got an easier week that hopefully he'll have some real game experience to get it all sorted out before we have to face Air Force and a real run attack. Go Utes...

Here we have an article about an unfortunate young man who's sustained a season-ending injury, and one zoob in particular (History Repeats) has decided to run smack about it.

Thanks for keeping it classy, zoobs. We can always count on you for that.

Next you'll be telling us that Lei got injured because he's not living right on and off the field.....or maybe because he didn't come from a two-parent household.

There D line will be fine even though they are very young. Siliga and Kruger are outstanding freshmen and will be ready to go.

the Utes are fine people and especially zoobs....no excuses...Greg Newman is playing great and Aaron Tonga is okay. Sealver Siliga is very good for a true freshman. Everywhere else the defense is absolutely stacked! Quit worrying about the Utes zoobs! Worry about your slow, slow, slow, slow defense. You should have gone undefeated last year. Last year was your shot. This years squad has no shot of going undefeated. They are in danger every week with that D. Its old school WAC football for the Cougars.

I think it's hilarious you are talking about class. Have you been to a Utes game? Or seen the average Ute fan? Oh ya, they're the picture of class.

Compared to whineY fans, yes U fans are a class act. No question about it.

What a great opportunity to have a kid like Sealver ablt to get playing time as a freshman.

Here's some stats...2007 state power lifting champion can squat 560, bench press 390, clean 315 and dead lift 600 pounds ... No. 25 ranked prep defensive tackle in the nation according to scout.com

Hopefully this kid can produce on the field.

I just hate it when our players get injured. Why do our coaches let the other guys crash into them so much? Isn't that a penalty or something? As a Ute fan, I think an NCAA investigation needs to take place. It's just so unfair that OUR team suffers SO MANY injuries every single year and other teams don't. I KNOW it's a big conspiracy. In fact, I'm almost sure of it.

Can someone tell me what a TDS fan is? I've seen the reference several times but...

Go Utes!!

Utes, your season is over! .....with the decimation of the D-Line and now the reliance on Freshmen, looks like Anderson blew it again.....the best D-line backups are playing for Snow College....Snow out recruits the Yewts, year in and year out! On another note the offense sputtered the whole first half. .....Johnson checked off on just about every play. He had wide open receivers down field all day but couldn�t see them or most notably didn�t have the gun to get it to them�..Good thing, �Yewt Women Gymnastics� is just around the corner? I am sure Gary Anderson and Kyle Whittingham have already acquired front row season tickets!

9:36 proving YET AGAIN how classy BYU fans are with his generalizations on "the average Ute fan".

A large number of your church leaders are Ute fans, buddy.

ETB 10:17 is an imposter.

I assume this "excuse" thing comes from last year?
If so, it is a fact not an excuse, to point out The Utes lost there best offensive linmen (preseason), Starting QB (1st game), Starting RB (1st game), Best Wr (2nd game)and just to top it off the UTE's lost all 3 starting linebackers for some or most of the season. Those are Facts.
I wonder what the Y's season would have looked like without Hall, Collie, Bright, Unga, Kiehl and Nixon because thats essentialy what the UTE's overcame. I am not making excuses I was extremely pleased and proud of the team to win 9 games it was a real accomplishment.

Is an acronym for the Team Down South. The team with the annoying fans.