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Utah Utes football: Battle for quarterback spot back in action
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Morale is better with Wynn, and that's not a knock against Cain. It just is.
that the media stops trying to create a QB controversy.
Whoever starts at the QB is okay as long as it's a win for Utah.
Lucky for the Cougs, there is only one Hall and he will be directing the airial attack later this month and should beat the Utes quite handily.
As for my Broncos, we continue to climb in the BCS and will soon be in the top 5.
Good thing the Y and the U got out of the WAC or they would be playing second fiddle to us on our Blue turf.
GO BOISE STATE!!!!!
THere is lots of euphoria about Wynn. I'm not sure it is warranted. I have a lot more concerns about the play calling than I do Terrence Cain or whomever is quarterback. I think Cain would have been fine in the second half. The offensive line was horrible in the first half, but clearly was inspired in the second half.
So sad that BYU fans have now had to mask themselves as other fanbases to try and make their remarks seem tougher.
If you watch a replay of that pass you'll see that the receiver Wynn was throwing to would have been open, but he ran into a fellow receiver and because of it the DB was right there for the ball. It wasn't really a bad decision by Wynn, just some bad luck.
Ultimately, I'm not ready to say Wynn is THE guy, but Cain has been inconsistent all season, so I think Wynn deserves a chance. Something you can't blame the playcalling for is Cain's ineptitude when throwing the intermediate to deep routes. He just hasn't been accurate in those areas when given the opportunities and that's part of why Utah's offense has struggled so badly. They need a guy who can create a big play with his arm and I think Wynn presents the best opportunity to do that right now.
The Reciever was being held up by the defender and he wasn't able to be there on the route. Wynn was relying on the timing of the route too much. Fortunately, it turned out to be a great learning experience for Wynn without the damage the play could have caused.
But your would of, could of, should of doesn't matter. There are a million of those types of things happening on both sides of the ball every game. The only thing that matters is who got the "W", and learning from those moments in the game.
With your same theory, Cain's status as starting QB wouldn't be in question had he not fumbled the ball so many times in his first 8 starts, or thrown it away instead of all too often taking a sack while trying to salvage broken down plays.
Cain's a stud but the offense has been stagnant for a couple of games now. It's not all his fault but, he hasn't done enough to warrant them not giving Wynn a shot.
Your right, no one throws a pass to our guys better than Max Hall! He was sensational last year!
Keep 'em coming Max!
Go UTES!
Didn't you just score 3 points the last time we played? With your qb controversy that may be your season average from here on out!
And I am a BSU fan!!!
Airforce 61, OT win at home
Wyoming 76, Come from behind home win
Louisville 84, home
UNLV 91, biggest road win of season
CSU 96, comefrombehind win
USU 107, home
SJSU 109, 7-7 in 4th
If Utah wasn't 7-1 coach Whitt should've been fired after any loss to any of these teams. The only thing worse than this SOS is the pathetic way Utah is winning. Utes make fun of Florida St. but I think even FSU could handle this schedule. Utah's 3 toughest games its won have all been at home, and these "tough" games are against mediocre teams. TCU will demolish Utah by 4-5 touchdowns. Utah's defense is good, and if it werent for the defense Utah would be 5-3 or worse. Utah might have the worst offense in the conference.
Boise State will be relegated to the Humanitarian Bowl. Sorry, BSU fans but that is the best you get because TCU is going to the Sugar Bowl to play Alabama and Utah is headed to the Las Vegas Bowl to play Arizona. The Fiesta Bowl passes on Boise State to bring in another team to face Penn State.
Utah is 7-1, ranked 14 in the BCS, and the fans think Utah is a good team. Truth is Utah isn't very good because the only teams it has beat are pathetic teams.
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Genius, here's the SOS Rankings as of today:
TCU 39
BYU 82
Boise 84
Utah 89
Tell me again why Boise is a top 5 team and BYU is so much better?
the way utah is competing this year and with a solid o/d line recruits coming in this past year and next, utah will be a formidable team for a while.
go utes
You tried this garbage earlier in the year, refusing to name a starter before the Utah State game. Now you're not going to name a starter before New Mexico? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!
If we're as good as we think we are, then Whit could name my grandma the starter and we should still win by two touchdowns. We're playing mind games before playing UTAH STATE and NEW MEXICO?????
If we truly are needing a juvenile edge against teams like that, then I am starting to become very afraid of what's going to happen at TCU.
UTAH FOOTBALL IS MY LIFE!
Muah..KTB!
fsu and TCU
keep on keeping on about the Pad.....could not stand up to the blown Heisman watch either...he is a real catch.
And as far as ears jacobson-----now a race to the "why" is another of the Yners adventures---LOL LOL LOL
FSU is a very average team, and they made BYU look like a JV school as they ran through LES. TCU is a very good team, who made BYU look, well you get the picture.
Oregon is a very good team, who just beat USC by 30 while putting up 600+ yards of offense. Utah managed to hang with them by getting turnovers, and had many chances to win that game. Can't quite say the same for BYU in their losses.
Once again, BYU is a bully. Their offense can overwhelm bad teams. They also have a nack for putting up meaningless TD's in blowouts to inflate scores. While Utah's offensive struggles have made games close this year.
And it's hilarious that even the biggest Cougar homer can seriously look at a team with 2 home losses by 57 points and say they are better than another top 20 team.
We have 2 pretty good QB's... Cain, with Utah's offense, came close to overcoming a darn good Oregon team (scored more on them than USC did!)
Wynn shows great promise also. Utah, 7-1, in the rebuilding year. Besides, in the rivalry game, we can always count on Hall completing extra passes to our boys in RED!
GO UTES!!
PS. Bullwinkle, the last time BSU played a MWC team, who won?
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The way Wynn is speaking, it sounds like he will be playing this comming Saturday for sure. I think Cain will be suportive and hopefully will be ready to step in whenever and whereever he is asked to. He doesn't seem to have any sort of ego issues with the move.
Cain has been solid, and it's true that alot of the first half offensive woes weren't his fault, but I'm excited to see what Wynn is capable of as well. He definately looks young physically but heck, he is a true freshman after all.
It will be interesting to see what type of players these two grow into, and I think alot of that will be as a result of what type of work they put in off the field and during the offseason.
Go Utes!