This isn't the 1980's. Huntley playing or red shirting is irrelevant.
He will play here next year as our starter. If Tuttle wins the job, we are screwed. Then, the following year he and Tuttle battle for the spot.
If Tuttle wins the job, Huntley transfers as a SR. If Huntley wins the job, he plays as a SR.
2019 is Huntley's last year here RS or not, IMO.
Lastly, our schedule SUCKS this year. It is SOOoOoOoOO hard.
But, next year, our schedule gets a lot easier. Darnold, Browning, Falk, Rosen are all gone. We need Huntley ready to play. We have a real shot to be the best team in the south in 2018.
Starting Tuttle next fall would SUCK. We need Huntley to win the south in 2018. Play the kid this year.
Also, it sounds like Huntley has a real shot at winning the job this fall.
Fair point. The good thing about Redshirts is they aren't decided until the season ends. So, if Huntley goes down for a extended period of time, Tuttle plays. If Huntley stays healthy (or only misses a quarter or a game), then you don't play Tuttle and he RS's at season's end.
Also, I think we bring in a JC guy next year, especially if Tuttle signs in December. Then we go out and get a JC guy or a grad transfer (like Bateman) to be our backup QB.
Also, also, Shelley is small, but he has talent. He will have a whole year playing. I wouldn't be sad if he won the backup job and Tuttle RS'ed. He has the raw talent to do so.
Your 2017 team captains.
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Whit announced today that they expect Chase to be back practicing inside of a week.
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Lo was in pads today, and has been in pads earlier. Johnston looked good today, Gay was shaky. Johnston has a ton of leg, nailed one from about 57 yards, and I think was 5 of 8 on the day, I think with everything being from 45 yards+. Maybe one was from 40.
Spent a little more than an hour at practice today. I'm not exactly the greatest judge of talent, so take this for what it's worth. I thought Williams looked really good; he's composed, made good decisions, took care of the ball, and made some nice completions. He didn't do anything spectacular, but consistently looked good.
You can see why the coaches are intrigued by Huntley. He's just so dynamic out there, his escapability is through the roof. However, as has been noted elsewhere, he has very happy feet and leaves the pocket really early. Although to his credit he did complete a nice pass on the run today. He threw a pick where Blackmon made a great read and jumped the route. I also thought Huntley looked the best in the goal line drills, although Williams was effective in them, too. I'm optimistic about the red zone offense.
Bateman probably had the longest completion of the day, on a nice TD to Singleton. Was just a bit underthrown, but was a good job putting the ball where only Singleton could get it. He threw a bad pick to Blair, where I don't think Bateman saw him.
Jaylon Johnson got burned once, but he was in man coverage the whole time, and looks really good out there. Blackmon looked great; I think we'll be OK there.
Moss looked pretty good, but they weren't tackling, so he got blown down on a few runs between the tackles where he probably could have sprung the run normally.
Johnston looked solid today; he was much better in the early session before the media showed up. I think he made 3/4 in that session, and they were all long. He made one from about 57 yards out.
By the way, Shelley got one or two series and he looked good out there. Really quick and elusive, and he threw a great pass to Dixon for a TD. May have been the best pass of the day.
Anyone writing Shelley off as a QB is doing so very prematurely.
Wilner game-by-game prediction for Utes:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/1...-game-by-game/
Falemaka is back at center.
Chase Hansen will be eased back into practice next week.
Tyrone Smith is out for the season with an ankle injury (he has a redshirt)
OL is Barton, Paulo, Falemaka, Agasiva and Uahtafe
QB announcement Monday
Vickers will not join the team
Above all per Bill Riley
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I think ASU surprises this year. Their QB was fantastic last year and might be the best PAC-12 QB after Darnold and Rosen. That can take you a long way.
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I thought so too. I was running numbers recently and Wilkins continually was top 3.
Falk is good but throws too many short passes and has a high usage rate.
Browning is hella efficient. Not as accurate, not used very much, not a very strong arm, but when he throws a pass it's for a TD.
I doubt Browning is an NFL starter, but as long as he has a running game he's dangerous.
What Wilkins did statistically last year was impressive. He does throw INT's though.
Like I said, he "might" be the third best QB.
What I found in my numbers is that Darnold and Rosen are heads and shoulders above everyone else.
Tier 2 is Falk, Browning, Wilkins and Herbert.
Tier 3 is Colorado's kid.
A distant tier 4 is Williams.
A even further distant tier 5 is Chryst.
A fun article on how nobody likes playing Utah.
https://www.pacifictakes.com/platfor...play-utah-utes
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We've covered the spread vs. ASU our last four times out. I would say our 2015 game at home vs. ASU was very AFA-like. ASU would probably say the same about us for the 2013 game.
If we're really going to pin the AFA tail on any team in the league, Oregon State is a far more appropriate comparison.