What a Wynn!

Sure, the week after I blast Jordan Wynn for the first time he actually shows he can still play.  He played better tonight than he has since his freshman year.  How did he go from lofting balls across a ten yard space that were in the air for what seemed like ten minutes to zipping the ball into double coverage and completing those passes?  Where has this guy been?  Was he holding back in the first two games because he knew BYU was coming?  Was he perfect though?  Not really, he lead some of his WR's into some massive hits.  In fact, I don't think DeVonte Christopher knows his own name right now.  Plus, on two occasions, if BYU DB's could catch, they would have turned the ball over on gimme interceptions.  However, he played really well tonight and it was wonderful that it came against BYU.

Speaking of holding back, when did the O-line learn to block?  It was amazing to see Jordan sitting back in the pocket with all the time in the world.  I think one of the major changes was bringing Vakapuna in more.  He seems to know the blocking schemes better than White IV.  That blitz pick up in the third quarter to let Wynn toss the ball to Anderson for that 56 yard run was amazing.

Speaking of that, thank you Norm Chow for changing your offense enough to allow Wynn to get comfortable.  A lot of shotgun plays and 5 step drops rather than the 3 step drops he was having issues with last week.  As well as moving the pocket a bit more than usual for a Chow coached offense.

The Defense though.  These guys are all ball hawks.  All of them fly to the ball to tip, pick, hit, put a helmet on it, pull, push, anything to get the ball back.  It's amazing.  It may be the most opportunistic defense I've ever seen at Utah.  The bend but not break thing looks to me to be bend until we take it philosophy.

Were the Utes perfect tonight though?  Not even close.  Utah had 29 yards rushing in the entire first half.  That is unacceptable.  They did fix it though with a dominating second half where Utah's O-line was blowing holes in the defense so big you could drive Miss Daisy through it.  I would love to see more Harvey Langi inserted with Vakapuna and White IV.  Make it a three headed monster.  Also, while I am dreaming big, I might as well ask for sooner take aways so the defense doesn't look like they are getting pushed into the endzone.  But this bodes well for the rest of the year.

If Utah plays the way they played tonight, I don't see anyone in the South beating them.  The Pac-12 South is Utah's to lose right now.  IF they can keep up what they have been doing, 10 take aways in 2 games in an amazing stat and needs to be relished and continued for them to be really successful.  I'll see up close and personal on OCT 1 against Udub, so I'll be more able to tell you then.  But I am really looking forward to that game and seeing the Utes dismantle another former Coug in Sark (who I really like and route for unless they are playing Utah or WSU, just like I route for BYU unless they are playing Utah or WSU).

Also, I am going to get back into my routine of last year where I would post predictions and thought on Thursday nights (hopefully before those games) and it looks like this week could be interesting for another conference re-alignment craze.  Pitt and 'Cuse just applied to the ACC in what looks like could be the death of the Big East unless they take some of the Big 12 schools that would be left in the wake.  I'll get more into this later, but I really hope that the SEC remains at 14 schools and the Big 12 rebounds by getting BYU, Air Force and TCU to join them and the Big East stays together as well.  I love regional sports with the occasional travel game in the regular season.

All in all though, what a great night to be a UTE!