Kyle Whittingham might've lost his team tonight

Watching the team come out of the tunnel before the game started, there was a huge difference in the way they entered the field. It was almost as if they didn’t want to come on the field. Completely embarrassing performance today. Penalties and Special Teams killed us, and the defense can only do so much with no results coming from the offense. I love the Utes, but this team looks like Florida did in October. KWhitt needs to give his buddy Urban Meyer a call and ask for some advise on how to turn this team around because if we keep playing the way we do, we are going to struggle against SDSU and God forbid, BYU. Those shit head fans down south were finally starting to shut the hell up, but now we have to hear them gloat about how awesome they are and now they actually think they have a chance to beat us. We are going to hear their bullshit for the rest of the season. I HATE BYU SO MUCH!

That being said, lets get out there and finish this season 10-2 and keep the bowl streak alive. Next year won’t be nearly as easy as this year has been and we need to prove that we can play with the best of them on a weekly basis when we make the move over to the PAC-12. GO UTES!!!

the team came out holding hands, running 1/2 speed. One of the coaches spat. The team did not come out fired up. It was as if they were scared coming out into such a big stadium.

The Defense played great during the first part of the game.

The key to winning is being RECKLESS. You have to play like it doesn’t matter. “Dam the torpedoes, full steam ahead!” If you aren’t worried, things will fall your way. This is true in just about any competitive field that I can think of. Go for it, and you will be rewarded. Don’t worry, don’t give a shit and you will win out. Go for the big guns instead of nervously going for 4 yards per play.

Utterly stunned by a Coach that has had his team focused since 2007 and the past 2 weeks..

This article is spot on. It’s tough to face as a die hard Ute fan/alum, but we are indeed teetering on the edge of disaster. BYU is coming around and we are spiraling downward, which amounts to a bad possibility come Nov. 27.

The number one thing I have taken from the last two weeks is… Jordan Wynn is NOT our guy. He has proven that he completely deserts the team in big games. Any quarterback worth ANYTHING would reach down for another gear and find a way to move the ball. Wynn has only shown that he doesn’t have that gear. Hell, it looks like he has no heart. Imagine a high school quarterback who doesn’t have what it takes to play at the FBS college level… and in big college games he just can’t draw from talent he doesn’t have. That’s Jordan Wynn. The result: What we’ve seen vs TCU and ND… completely impotent offensive drives.

Whittingham has shown questionable coaching decisions in these last two games as well. How can he bench Shakey (the only real playmaker we have) while sticking with Wynn??? Shakey has shown that (even with the occasional mistake) he can turn games around, and provide the spark needed to win. Wynn has shown NOTHING… and yet THAT is the guy Whit chooses to stick with? To me, that type of coaching shows exactly what’s wrong with the Utes.

If we continue to take the low road, we will lose to SDSU and BYU. It pains me to say this, but BYU certainly has a chance to beat us in two weeks. If we would’ve played BYU immediately after today’s game, I’m confident BYU would have mopped the floor with us. That’s the sad reality that’s coming if Whit doesn’t fix this thing NOW!

It seemed to me that Whit took last week’s beating lying down. He never seemed fired up or angry about the way Utah played last week. Then, during this week’s preps for ND, he didn’t seem like he was approaching anything different. He didn’t seem like a coach bent on getting his team back on track. All week long, Whit and the team seemed like they were in awe of Notre Dame’s program, their stadium, their tradition, etc. Even before today, I had a feeling that may be cause for concern. Now, that feeling came back to haunt me.

Then during today’s game, there seemed to be no fire and no fight in Whittingham. After the endless mistakes and penalties on the field, the reaction shot on the sidelines showed a catatonic Whittingham… barely any emotion on his face.

Yes, I feel that Whittingham has lost his team. None of those players seem to have any heart. After so many beatdowns, you expect players and a coach to show some resolve.

I saw NONE of that in either of the last two games.

They are a good passing team, which is what is Utah’s weakness. I knew SDSU would be a threat with their passing game. Today, outside of maybe a handful of plays looked bad on offense and were just slow the offensive line did not provide great protection or very good run blocking at all. It is not as if Notre Dame light up Utah, just look at the box.

Utes came out undisciplined which is tough to say for a Whittingham coached team.

What the hell happened? We didn’t show up at all ehh?

Well, losing a team as Jazzy points out is exactly what it sounds like and this isn’t a bowl loss so he doesn’t have the off season to rebuild them. San Diego State looks to be tougher than ND did on paper.

Any one hear post-game comments?

Close parking, affordable concessions, manageable traffic, extremely friendly fans, warm weather, smallest 80,000 seat stadium every, and getting ass-handed embarrassed by this years domers…

I miss Mr. Hyde.

When life feeds you gristle.
Don’t grumble, give a whistle..

Hard work pays off

So what do you all think about that? Indictment of the coaching staff or Wynn?

Cain I feel could’ve kept the defense off the field a lot more and could have gotten our offense going. Wynn is good, he just has been off his game the past couple of weeks. Shaky and Asiata should have been the backbone of this game.

Who is making those offensive play calls? That coach needs to be flogged with a wet noodle. There was no excuse for today’s loss except the coaching misjudgments.

if Whit has lost this team or not. What I do know is that this team has quit now 3 weeks in a row going back to the 4th quarter against Air Force. It seems like a soft group of guys who just feel sorry for themselves when faced with a challenge. Perhaps they have some sense of entitlement and expect everything to be given to them with what this program has accomplished in the last 7 years. Obviously if that’s the case they’re in a lot of trouble and someone (cough Whit cough) needs to kick them all in the ass.

All I know is that this has probably been the most embarrassing couple of weeks for Utah football in 8 or 9 years. A lot of the respect that we’ve earned has probably been lost. That sucks. And I fully expect SDSU to smoke us next week too. And the game against BYU which earlier looked like it shouldn’t even be close, well, now I’m not so sure about.

I keep reading veiled comments that maybe Coach W may be in trouble. I doubt it, because it appears that a lot of teams would love him.

The comments here read like a bunch of manic depressives and one fucktard Zoob. We might have been overrated 3 weeks ago, but still a really good team wipes out the bad or mediocre teams. Which Utah did 6 games (with two close ones with Pitt and AF). Utah absolutely slaughtered Iowa State, though not a premier program, still has a lot of depth and talent.

We were overrated, but by how much? I don’t think TCU had that much better talent or depth, but they got into Utah’s head fast. Confidence shouldn’t be a couple of inches deep, but it seems like it with the Utes. From a psychological standpoint, it seems like Utah doesn’t deal well with adversity. Now, this is where I think Whittingham should take some blame. He needed to reverse it fast. Maybe he did in the ND game, but the fumble on the kickoff ended that quickly.

We might have been overrated. But I think it’s a mistake to underrate Utah. We’re still better than SDSU and Provo Junior College. Whittingham has got to get into their brains and remind them that just because they were rated #5, didn’t mean they could take the field and have the other team bow to them.

Because if Whittingham can’t do this now, then what happens in the Pac-12 where every team is going to be tough?

Heart matters. It’s willpower. It’s discipline. It’s clear the talent is there, even in Wynn. Good coaches know how to recruit, plan for games, and get the team on the field. Great coaches know how to change the mental side of the game. This is where Whittingham needs to prove that he’s a great coach. Because in the Pac-12, there aren’t going to be a lot of breathers like in the MWC, and he needs to lead the team.

If they make it out of this funk, they’ll come out a stronger team.

I’m not too confident right now. They seemed to give up after the blocked punt. In previous games, the Utes played through bad play and turnovers. This time, not so much.

I think Utah can beat SDSU. They need to come out strong and with some fire. The season isn’t lost, still a good chance to finish strong.

Is it our talent and O-line cohesion or play calling?