"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
One thing we can do but haven't seen is a stretch RPO. I think we will see more of those on Friday.
Where Huntley can hand off or run. If Huntley runs to the outside, he can then keep it or throw.
I'd bet that is the whole "we haven't opened up the offense yet" is coming from.
We've only run about 7 plays and been amazing (for Utah) offensively.
I still think we are a 7 to 8 win team, but that's more schedule related than talent related.
Hell, maybe we luck out and beat Stanford and miss Cal.
I would just like to see better o-line play, which should give Taylor/Huntley a lot more options.
FPI update. After winning in the desert, ESPN finally believes we will play in a bowl game this season:
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Utah's first 3 years in the PAC-12 ... 9 wins - 18 losses 33.3 winning %
Since then ... 17-11 60.7%
that's pretty damn good
Matt Gay granted another year of eligibility.
“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.
New ESPN FPI. We actually moved up with the loss.
http://www.espn.com/college-football...=254&year=2017
They still have us finishing 6-6 with UCLA, ASU, and CU being close games and USC, WSU, UW, and Oregon being lopsided losses.
“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.
ESPN FPI moves us up to 43. They have ASU at 44.
http://www.espn.com/college-football...=254&year=2017
Utah now picked to finish 7-5 (they moved UCLA to the win category).
FPI. Down to 47. Utah now picked to finish 5-7, with our last win vs CU. That would involve a 7 game losing streak. Please, no.
http://www.espn.com/college-football...=254&year=2017
Looked at Sagarin today for the first time this season. He has us #44, in between ASU and TTech.
Our SOS is 46, higher than Bama, Wisconsin, UW, and Michigan.
FSU has the #1 SOS. Computers really like the ACC SOS in general this season.
2018 football schedule released:
http://www.utahutes.com/news/2017/11...announced.aspx
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One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
--Albert Einstein
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.
--Richard Dawkins
Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
--Philo
Check out the Pac-12 season stats:
http://pac-12.com/content/football-statistics
What few stats jump out at you about Utah?
"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
here is a link to some national stats that Utebuntu posted on twitter.
https://knowhuddle.com/teamstats/?aselect=utah
What jumped out to me is our rank in sacks and sacks per attempt--92nd and 104th nationally. Our pass rush has been historically anemic.
And we rank 114th in interceptions thrown.
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Perhaps this is posted elsewhere, but Mitch and Matt both named finalists for the Guy and Groza awards, respectively.
“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.