Monday, August 17, 2009

Thoughts on the upcoming Utah Football Season

I was a bit surprised to hear last week that Jordan Wynn is now the frontrunner for the QB job at the U. However, he must be pretty darn good. My theory is that if the other two QBs were even close to him, one of them would be the starter. It would seem like a waste of a redshirt year otherwise. I could be wrong.

I don't have huge expectations for the year. However, I think this year will tell us a lot about where the program is. If they follow up last year with 10 wins this year we have something special for a very long time. On the other hand, if we fall to a mediocre 7 win season it might simply mean last year was a fluke and we're now back in reality. I think 9 wins this year would be more than acceptable having to go to Oregon, TCU, and Byu. All I ask is that we win the games we're supposed to. The rest is gravy.

Unfortunately, I think the byu will win the conference this year. That may be blasphamy coming from a die-hard Ute but that's the way I see it. They have TCU and Utah coming to their place and they have a Senior QB that is pretty tough. TCU will falter somewhere along the line. They'll be tough but I think they drop that game in Happy Valley. Utah will have to win at Byu and TCU likely to win the conference. That might be too much to ask. If we get one of those I think we're doing well (assuming we don't drop a game we shouldn't).