Utes Show Weakness

With the BYU Game facing down on Utah, a simple statistic shows vulnerability

We all know the Utes 5-4 record is far from impressive. Especially in account of the 7-1 Florida record by Coach Urban Meyer, predicessor to Whittingham. Not to mention that the 5 'W's, with exception of TCU, are to teams with losing seasons, or a non DIV 1 opponent.

Today's game against UNLV was no less mediocre. While some aspects of the team looked improved, others backtracked. The defence preformed wonderfully for 3 quarters of the game, and the 'O' showed up for 2.5 quarters. Mistakes kept Utah from a shutout, not UNLV's abilities. We continued to play Russian Roulette with ourselves in the Red Zone, and still have poor performance and momentum on our offesnsive drives.

In comparison with today's BYU game, Utah looks silly. BYU has a solid, driving, 'unstopable' offensive attitude. Getting first downs looks easy to them. Throwing the ball for completions a peice of cake, and the defense looks hard as rocks. We look out of sync, out of step, and out of toe -All at the same time.

I have been saying all this time, that Whit's team lacks discipline. And now this shows as evidenced by the above factors. So, where's the wit Whit? When will you become the witty, promotional, disciplined, head coach?

Statistically speaking, the best quarter for the utes is the Second quarter, so all BYU needs to do is shut us down in that quarter, and the game will be all theirs. Unless, of course, Andy could actually learn to use the offense he was assigned to run. Did, anyone notice that even UNLV was running shovel pitch plays? You may recall that Urban Meyer incorporated the shovel into the spread 'O', and that Utah was the team that invented the shovel. To my count, no shovels are coming from the offensive teams. Why? It has proven so effective these days, and almost evereyone can attest to that.

One highlight of the game were the red-shirt freshmen and others who performed greatly. This could be a good sign, but the rest of the tea also needs improvement.

We'll see if Coach Whit has enough wit to change anything on "the hill".

--Reluctaltnly hearing the BYU fight song getting louder. Can we be ready?