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Utah Game

Anderson doesn't have great pocket presence. And he isn't all that good at eluding the rush. The receivers are nearly worthless - as usual. After 3 games, Durr is really the only one who gets open. Sam Scott looked really slow tonight. Maybe use him in short yardage situations but he cannot be the primary back.
If we start this poorly next week, I'd like to see Simms. At least he's a threat to run. And it looks like our passing game is going to be as terrible as usual.
 
Steamboat said:
I thought our QB would come around by now, after the first two games, but he hasn't. I'm not convinced Anderson is the
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It took these dumbasses 3/4 of a season to figure out that Svoboda was not a good quarterback. I’m expecting the same thing to happen with Anderson. Wyoming doesn’t have a formidable OLine to protect a statue at the position. Any one of the backups with some running ability would be a step in the right direction.
 
I re-watched a big chunk. I'm still not sold on the D and obviously not the O. It looked to me like POKES were fortunate with some missed kicks and critical penalties. Outside of penalties, Utah pretty much moved at will. 541 total yards. 31 first downs and nearly 7 yards per rushing attempt. Scored every possession of the second half. There were some good plays and there are good players on D, but I guess I just don't see a great defensive game there. Fortunate is the best description, imo. Lucky this one didn't hit 45+

That said, I think the D is plenty solid for the remainder of the schedule. The O? That Utah D is pretty stout, but, the O hasn't been stellar against the worst of CFB teams. I don't know. It's kind of looking like over 15 points is damn near insurmountable.

Lots of teams on the schedule aren't necessarily tearing it up either, so still possible to gather up some wins. O has to improve, a lot.
 
ragtimejoe1 said:
I re-watched a big chunk. I'm still not sold on the D and obviously not the O. It looked to me like POKES were fortunate with some missed kicks and critical penalties. Outside of penalties, Utah pretty much moved at will. 541 total yards. 31 first downs and nearly 7 yards per rushing attempt. Scored every possession of the second half. There were some good plays and there are good players on D, but I guess I just don't see a great defensive game there. Fortunate is the best description, imo. Lucky this one didn't hit 45+

That said, I think the D is plenty solid for the remainder of the schedule. The O? That Utah D is pretty stout, but, the O hasn't been stellar against the worst of CFB teams. I don't know. It's kind of looking like over 15 points is damn near insurmountable.

Lots of teams on the schedule aren't necessarily tearing it up either, so still possible to gather up some wins. O has to improve, a lot.
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Good analysis. I am convinced that short of an implosion that there are 4-6 potential wins remaining. Nevada, SJSU, SDSU, CSU, Hawaii and AFA. Right now I would not expect going better than 3-3 in those games.

There are a couple of running backs that should get most of the running plays. I would like to see Sims get more reps. I’m still convinced Anderson can have success but he’s not going to be a featured runner to protect his knee. That already tells defenses you don’t have to be as concerned with him and you can drop an extra defender into pass coverage or bring one on the blitz. I rarely see a lot of separation in running pass routes and some of that is the way the routes are designed which doesn’t create as many coverage decisions for the defense.

Overall the team does give off a feeling that it is better than the 3-9 team of 2024. The question is how much? 4-8? 5-7? 6-6?

I think we are on track to be in the 5-6 win category given how poorly some of the teams on the schedule appear to be. The question is which teams improve as the season progresses.
 
Impressions are strange, I guess. It seemed like Utah had the ball the entire game. But the final stats show they had it 35 minutes to our 25. Another poster said that Anderson had no time to throw. That's not the impression I had. There just weren't any open receivers. But having said that, if the Oline isn't providing adequate protection, it's just one more reason to go with the better runner. We only had about 100 yards passing anyway. That's Air force type numbers. CU has been terrible at stopping running qb's. It's time to see what Sims can do.
 
I think he had plenty of time to throw. He is inaccurate. Sargent had a drop, JMG had a drop, and he missed a few throws. If they wouldve ran Harris more the game couldve been different.

The defense was good. You cant be on the field the whole game and expect anything different.

Overall that should be the best team we play this year. I am encouraged. I think this can be a surprising year if we can fix someone playcalling issues and player evaluation.
 
I would not take a whole lot of lessons away from that game. In my opinion, Utah is a top 10 football team that I expect to see in the playoffs. That is the best offense and the best defense that we will face all season - by a long shot.

The CU game should be a much better indicator where we really stand in the grand scheme of things. I don’t think we beat CU, especially in their place when they are coming off a loss, but it should be a much more competitive game than Utah was. I’d love to see the D keep them under 300 yards total offense and O put up 21+ points. If we can do that, we will be just fine in the MWC.

I was not impressed with Anderson in the Akron game, and he hasn’t really done anything since to alleviate my concerns. He was not particularly accurate last year, but he looks even more inaccurate this year. If Sawful truly believes there is no drop off with Sims, it’s probably worth giving him a shot in the last non-conference game so we know what we have going into conference play.
 
This team is much better than I was expecting this year (granted my bar was very low). I don’t know why we are so afraid to mix it up and be somewhat creative on offense. Why not run a series here and there of QB Power/single wing with Svoboda? He’s still on the team and we should use his athleticism when we otherwise can’t move the ball.
 
WyomingAgJ said:
Hopefully the offense looks better next week. I don't think Colorado's defense is at the level of Utah
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The CU defense hasn't been good. They've given up 463 yds to Georgia Tech, 396 to Delaware, and 431 to Houston. They are vulnerable to the run and our newcomer RBs have looked promising.
 
The CU game will comedown to which OL shows up for Wyoming. The OTs are going to be targeted every week until they can prove they can run and pass block consistently. If they cannot it will limit the offense since they will have to play certain personnel to help them block and thus reduce the playbook and WR routes
 
Wyomingisgreat1 said:
No one would come around when your online does not block. The dude clock in his head is so messed up he is feeling ghost and hurrying up his throws when he doesn't need to.
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Nathan Geiger didn't look good - again. And he wasn't alone, but he mastered the "OLE'!" block. Our O-line was supposed to be decent this year - you know - road graders. They are far from it.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
This team is much better than I was expecting this year (granted my bar was very low). I don’t know why we are so afraid to mix it up and be somewhat creative on offense. Why not run a series here and there of QB Power/single wing with Svoboda? He’s still on the team and we should use his athleticism when we otherwise can’t move the ball.
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Ineffective Offensive Coordinator.
 
With the offense struggling it's even worse when we don't have a kicker who can attempt a 52 yarder? Getting points on the board is going to to be tough.
 
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