I think it was Bruce who asked if we all thought the game last week was just a fluke. I think we probably all hesitated to answer...hoping it wasn't and hoping to see similar execution against UNLV.
I'll just say a few things:
1. This is the weirdest season in college football I think I have ever seen. How does a team put the smackdown on a PAC-10 team ranked 11th in the country, who beat BYU the week before, and then lose to a team like UNLV, being completly shut-out of the game? And things like this are happening around the country. (How is it that Notre Dame has lost all four so far?)
2. By my calculations, the Ute D has played 6 games worth of football this season. In each of the losses, it seems like they were on the field the whole game, meaning they have played twice as much as they should have.
3. How could we shut down UCLA's ground game last week, and get destroyed by UNLV's run game this week?
4. UCLA wasn't that bad were they?
5. The UCLA win is now nearly meaningless with a loss like that to UNLV. I'm glad that game was not on national TV.
6. I will now refrain from even attempting to predict the outcome of the games for the rest of the season. I have not been right yet.
7. Urban Meyer must have been busy this week. Either that or someone forgot to call him.
8. My Dad theorized that maybe SL Mayor Rocky Anderson showed the UCLA team the Salt Lake nightlife and that is why they lost the game. Maybe Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman got wind of the tactic and used it on us.
9. Whittingham is racking up some wierd stats. He defeated the highest ranked non-conference team we have hosted at home, he lost to UNLV for the first time since 1979. Does anyone know the last time the Utes started the season 1-3?
10. Johnson added nothing to the Utah offense. Actually, I wonder if he got in the way. Since he played in this game, I'm almost positive he was in on the reps during practice...which obviously means Grady got half the amount of reps. In otherwords, the glass was half empty for both quarterbacks, and that's why neither one could show anything.
11. Why did we not use a turn-key player such as "Louie Louie" in those 2 "red-zone" opportunities when we could have changed some momentum in our direction? (Que Garth's mantra on putting points on the board. He'll say in all-correctness "an NFL team would have kicked the field goal.")
12. Could we have gift-wrapped the game for UNLV any prettier?
I have to hand it to the coaches though. I think this loss was purely the players' fault. Missed tackles, turnovers, penalties, and no offensive execution killed us.
I do have to admire the way that Mack and Rogers played as well. They showed up to play and were the bright spots on an otherwise overshadowed offense.
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