Wynnless Utes roll Rebels

by JazzyUte on Sep 11, 2010 7:36 PM MDT in Football

Utah easily won their 19th consecutive home game against hapless UNLV Saturday despite missing their starting quarterback.

Jordan Wynn, who had started five games last season and the opener against the Pittsburgh Panthers last Thursday, was out with an injured thumb. Replacing him was Terrance Cain, Utah's starter for the first half of the season last year.

If there is considerable difference between the two, it wasn't on display at Rice-Eccles Stadium Saturday afternoon, as Cain went 13 of 20 for 208 yards and two touchdowns. It was a big performance against a team the Utes have really rarely struggled against and have never lost to at home.

Was the win pretty? At times. I loved the two goal line stands by the defense. I also feel Shaky Smithson redeemed himself in a big way. His 77-yard punt return for a touchdown was one of the most amazing runs I've seen in a long, long time.

He wanted to prove himself and dammit, he did.

That was the good news with the special teams. The bad news? They had another blocked punt.

Fortunately, it didn't hurt them much and Utah really controlled the game from start to finish.

Sure, it's only the Rebels - but when you're missing your starting quarterback, a 38-10 win ain't so bad (and hey, the spread was only 20!).

Great to be 2-0 (it also doesn't hurt BYU lost today, either).

Oh and I LOVED THE WHITE PANTS!

GO UTES!

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Shake it fast

watch yourself
shake it fast
show me what u workin with

by utahmanami on Sep 11, 2010 8:00 PM MDT reply actions

a Beaver fan

I’m a beaver fan but I’m so glad you have joined the pac 12.. I don’t think you’ll win it right away but you’ll be right up there with us. oregon, UA as soon as you step in just as long as we all beat USC and Udub I’ll be happy

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Sep 11, 2010 9:21 PM MDT reply actions

I'm concerned about Zane Taylor

If his knee injury is bad, it would be a huge hit to Utah’s O-line. Hope it’s not too serious.

by GambitUte on Sep 11, 2010 9:33 PM MDT reply actions

Whitt said he thought he'd be fine and wouldn't be out long...

Said his knee was strong. So hopefully it’s just a sprain!

by JazzyUte on Sep 11, 2010 9:46 PM MDT up reply actions

thye could hold him out for both new mexico and san jose. get some other ol to play and get experience.

I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. Womens MMA, the next big thing in sports. Utah and Boise take care of business in week one. Don't be surprised if they both go undefeated.

by wolfmanshowlforever on Sep 11, 2010 11:15 PM MDT up reply actions

He had no buisness being in the game that final drive...

Up 4 TD’s with 4 minutes left the second team should have been in.

I was so upset about that when I saw him go down.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Sep 11, 2010 9:47 PM MDT up reply actions

Coach said something about if it wasn’t on the 2 yd line he would have put the backups in. But he wanted to make sure they gave the punt some room (didn’t want ANOTHER block for a TD i would think).

I like it. Bill Guerin’s uppercut is so awesome it wins fights he’s not even in.
- OlenWhitaker on Pensburgh

Go Utes! BlockU

by Hockey Beard in SLC on Sep 11, 2010 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions

Agreed

by Aardvark on Sep 12, 2010 7:50 AM MDT up reply actions

Do you think Whitt

will have a “sit down” with the special teams coach? These blocked punts are ridiculous.

This is not as clever as you might have thought it would be.

by ricola22 on Sep 11, 2010 9:51 PM MDT reply actions

Yeah...

that certainly needs to be fixed. It looks like Sellwood is taking forever to kick the ball, but the line needs to be blocking better and not releasing guys so quickly too.

Someone needs to get their ass chewed for that. You shouldn’t see that in back to back weeks.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Sep 11, 2010 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions

I don’t think Sellwood is taking too long…I think the scheme itself is faulty. I heard that Coach Hill said the timing on Sellwoods punts are off by less than half a second of where they want him to be…so that isn’t the problem.

The scheme of putting a priority on releasing to cover the punt instead of protecting the punt is b-ass-ackwards to me.

I like it. Bill Guerin’s uppercut is so awesome it wins fights he’s not even in.
- OlenWhitaker on Pensburgh

Go Utes! BlockU

by Hockey Beard in SLC on Sep 11, 2010 11:00 PM MDT up reply actions

there is room for improvement and we need to put down 42 to 49 points on new mexico and

san jose. all the ranked acc teams lost so utah has a chance at #15 if another game goes our way. i saw iowa state play today and they looked awful. i think we roll them too. we should be undefeated as should tcu come the big game in november. college gameday i hope is there?

by wolfmanshowlforever on Sep 11, 2010 11:18 PM MDT up reply actions

Yes

We need to get entirely off on those two, give the team some confidence and play loose so that our aggression isn’t always penalties but rather is more coherent.

by Aardvark on Sep 12, 2010 7:51 AM MDT up reply actions