Great to be on here with you Dylan!
What do you think it will take for the UU to become competitive in PAC-12?
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Winning? haha, obviously that's the answer right? Specifically it has
to be finishing games. That means A LOT to the Utes right now. They
haven't been able to finish two games and look where they are at. They
have played better than anyone (including myself) could have expected
and kept themselves in both PAC-12 games but they have yet to finish
one. I think the Utes have been the younger brother in the PAC-12 for
the past 2 years and will continue to be one for this year. I originally
thought they would win 4 game this year and be a better team than they
were last year, just with a tougher schedule. It looks like they might
exceed that expectation but I still predict that they will have a
break-out season next year. I think playing these tough teams close will
only help them next year when they continue to drive higher talent to
their program to finish games. Honestly, from the past two years we can
only really go up.
What do you think of their current recruiting tactics?
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That being said I know Coach Whitt, Brian, Kalani, and now Dennis have
really been targeting more talented players and have been spending quite
a bit of time in Texas and California as well as a few trips to the
Dirty Dirty. I don't really know too much of their tactics other than
targeting corners and D-linemen because of the success they have had in
the NFL. I think they are getting better and I remember reading a quote
from coach Whitt saying that it has been great to have an in with some
players just because we are in the PAC-12 and can give them great
exposure as we play some of the top ranked teams in the nation and
hopefully become one of those top ranked teams
What is your prediction for this week's game?
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for this weeks game.... Man that's a rough one. We are so much better
than we were last year and unfortunately so is Stanford. They are big,
fast, strong, intelligent players. I don't know if you have looked at
game stats going head to head for Stanford and Utah. It's incredible how
similar in most categories these two teams are. They both average 39
points/game, Utah/Stanford rush for 195/210/game, Utah/Stanford's
defenses average 26/21 points/game, Utah/Stanford surrender 274/260
yards/game through the air, and Utah/Stanford hold opponents to 131/111
yards/game on the ground. With those numbers it really looks like they
are a pretty evenly matched team. Stanford has them beat in every one of
those categories but not by much. According to the numbers Utah
actually has a chance. Here is where I am conflicted. Numbers don't tell
ALL the story. Stanford is a better team. There is no beating around
that bush. They deserve their 5th in the nation ranking. They are that
good. That being said I think they will probably win on Saturday. This
kills me as a fan though. How can I in my heart of hearts vote against
my team when I have an ounce of hope. Therefore, I'm going to call the
Utah upset, 34 - 27. I know that's awfully close to my prediction last
week but If the Ute's are going to be able to pull it off they have to
be clicking on all cylinders and SCORE! Penalties have to be minimal,
INT's have to be 0 (although with 6 picks last week we still had a
chance so maybe only 3 this week?), turnovers total need to be 0 and
they need to be +2 in the turnover margin and have 14 points off of
turnovers. Realistically Stanford should walk all over the Ute's but
given the numbers and the heart the Ute's have shown they might actually
pull this off. Look for some creative play calling because the Utes
literally have NOTHING to lose! This has already been chalked up as a
loss, give it everything you got and we will see what happens.
Utah - 34
Stanford - 27
Finny-Fin-Fin
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