2007 season Stories - Block U
Four years ago, a season was saved with a trip to Big East Country
No one quite knew what to make of the 2007 Utah Utes. They had knocked off UCLA in dominant fashion and then collapsed, on the road, against an awful, awful UNLV Rebels team that would fail to record another victory the remainder of the season. Everything seemed in shambles. Even a win a week later...
Adversity sucks!
New bumpersticker right there. But yeah, adversity does suck. It's not fun. Oh sure, I bet there are a few go-getters who thrive off the challenge. I don't, though. I don't like adversity in life and I certainly don't like it in my football. Unfortunately, that's life and you've still got to deal...
This is Jordan Wynn's time to shine
Jordan Wynn has won 11 games as Utah's starting quarterback - putting him 15 wins behind Brian Johnson, the all-time leader in wins. If he averages just eight wins these next two seasons, Wynn will pass Johnson at the top of that list. Of course, this isn't about comparing Wynn, a junior, to...
The growth of Kyle Whittingham
Back in 2007, I wrote how I felt Kyle Whittingham was a 70/30 coach - a coach who wins a majority of his games, but, for whatever reason, lacks overall consistency. At that point in his career with the Utes, Whittingham was 18-13 as a head coach, a mark that wasn't terrible, but far from the...
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