Boo-yah!
Boo-yah!
Huge!
8 possibly 9 wins before the bowl games. Mark it down.
Jordan Wynn 2.0Originally Posted by Jarid in Cedar
And people kept wondering why I was posting to keep waiting.
Travis still has follow up and monitoring, but knowing who his physicians are, he's getting good care and advice.
Hardly.
Is there reason to be concerned about Wilson getting the reps in the spring only to not be cleared in the fall? Or is eventual full clearance more or less a given now?
Either way, I'm happy for him and happy for the team.
NBC Sports has picked this up, although their source is Lya and the SL Trib.
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports...n-spring-ball/
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
We would have won 9 games last year with a healthy Wilson. We will be a force this fall.
If he continues to improve, and can go this fall, our QB situation looks AMAZING. The best it ever has. We now look like this:
Wilson - JR starter
Manning/Cox - Backup RS Fresh
Isom - Redshirt
Hansen - Mission
Thomas - Safety
Schulz - starting QB for Weber State
In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if Schulz and either Cox/Manning (the loser of the backup spot) transfer after spring ball.
Utah team doctor confirms.
http://twitter.com/DSorensen/status/438169385698459649
Not sure what the "July re-eval" means. If there is any uncertainty that is a problem.Team Dr confirms Travis Wilson’s recent tests were stable; cleared for non-contact practice, per usual, in spring. July re-eval. #goutes
Last edited by LA Ute; 02-24-2014 at 09:36 PM.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Think of this:
When Wilson was semi-healthy, we had a top 25 offense, we were 4-2 with a win over a top 25 program, a 7 point loss to a top 10 UCLA where Wilson threw 6 INT's, and an overtime loss to a very solid OSU team.
We just went from maybe winning 6 games to maybe winning 10 games.
Wilson doesn't need spring ball much anyways. He will be there to make the young guys look bad, and not much else.
Longer, more detailed story from the Trib:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/57...ravis.html.csp
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
sweet news!!! lets hope he stays healthy and can win s some more games! GO UTES
They're basically seeing what it looks like after certain time frames. Allows the doctors to determine if it's a stable anomaly or something that's likely to be affected by playing football.
That's the reason all the speculation was premature, and this news is a big better than was originally expected.
So I'm guessing the coaches will give lots of attention to the backup spot, and whoever emerges will get
more reps than usual.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Don't forget the Wyoming transfer Thompson.
So, it sounds like he's been cleared for non-contact drills and they will wait until July to give him some contact, but really, he won't take his first live hits until ISU or Fresno St.
Hopefully the coaches are getting rid of most of his designed runs.
“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.
Doesn't really matter since QB's are off limits in spring ball anyway.
Right.
“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.
according to utefans it does matter though?
If we are installing a new offense under Christensen, don't we still want Wilson to get plenty of reps to understand all the ins and outs of the new offense?
10 seems like a stretch. We still have Michigan on the road, USC, Oregon, and Stanford on our schedule. Not to mention ASU who just has our number right now.
I having a healthy Wilson gets us from 5 to 8 wins though.
I think where having him available will be positive is in primarily two areas:
- Working with DC on timing, terminology, etc
- Working with the receivers to get their timing down.
So I was completely wrong about the TW situation. Still a little tentative on this. I really hope he is not jeopardizing his health. Having Travis for 2014 will be so important for this program. Travis when healthy is a stud. He makes plays and is a gamer. There is a lot of talent coming back on offense and if we can get the line situation fixed, we will have a great chance to win 7 or 8 games next year.
HAHA. I love you, Utah, but 10 wins!?!?! Good on you.
I agree. I like our chances of competing SO much better with Travis around. We should be bowling next year and could break through with 8 wins or so.
I hope so, but even with Wilson, it's tough to find 8 wins on the schedule:
Probable wins: Idaho State, Colorado
Toss Ups: Fresno St, Wazzu, OSU, Arizona
Probable losses: Stanford, Oregon, USC, UCLA, Michigan. ASU
I'm all for 8 wins, and I really hope the upsets include Stanford again and ASU/USC for the first time.
With Travis I put the over under at 6.5, without Travis 3.5
In order of difficulty (Least to Most)
ISU
FrSU
CU
WSU
OSU
UA
Mich
ASU
Furd
USC
UCLA
UO
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