10-09-2017, 11:31 AM
I think it is worth pointing out that Wilner had some insight on the game. Utah was having success running the ball against us (excluding sacks, 31 carries for 158 yards, 5.1 ypc). Yet in the critical second half, they seemed to abandon the run and put the game in the hands of their back-up quarterback. From the 12:02 mark in the fourth quarter when we made it a 10 point game with Love's big run until the last 2:51 mark in the fourth quarter where time dictated that Utah had to pass, Utah passed it 6 times and ran it three times. The result was two interceptions.
Whittingham has proven himself a great coach, but I bet he probably wishes he would have run the ball a bit more against us in the fourth quarter. 12 minutes (and even 6 minutes, when the second-to-last drive started) is more than enough time to get two scores running the ball. And yet, once Utah went into pass mode, it seemed our front seven "pinned their ears" as they say, and pressured Williams a bunch, forcing the two interceptions. Would have worked too in the last drive, but for the targetting penalties.
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Whittingham has proven himself a great coach, but I bet he probably wishes he would have run the ball a bit more against us in the fourth quarter. 12 minutes (and even 6 minutes, when the second-to-last drive started) is more than enough time to get two scores running the ball. And yet, once Utah went into pass mode, it seemed our front seven "pinned their ears" as they say, and pressured Williams a bunch, forcing the two interceptions. Would have worked too in the last drive, but for the targetting penalties.
BC