Utah began the "softer" portion of it's schedule. With games against the likes of New Mexico (my apologies to any UNM fans that might read my blog. Chances are low since UNM fans are few and far between and readers of my blog posts consist of Tom) during this stretch, the Utes need to win and win well.
The Utes had a significant absence (well two if you count the absence of Tom and I from the crowd - we do bring a imposing presence to the stadium): Jordan Wynn was going to sit this one out. He sprained his thumb in last weeks impressive victory over Pitt (he injured the thumb on his throwing hand late in the first half, clearly resulting in a decrease in passing proficiency).
Luckily for the Utes, Mr Terrance Cain was able to come in a step up. I was a big fan of Terrance last year, and was sad to see him get pulled, but it clearly was the correct call. Wynn has shown to be the real deal. But Cain looked good yesterday, and I was happy to see him perform well (happy for him, happy for Ute Nation and happy for all people named Terrance - he did all those folks proud).
The Utes really only had one hole in the game: Punting. Obviously it would be great if we didn't punt at all. But punting is an essential part of the game, and life. Let's review how punting helps us:
- We can boot the ball deep into the opponents area on fourth down.
- Small dogs, usually associated with airhead floozy women can be assisted in vacating the area.
- I used to eat this really good fruit in the Philippines. I'd eat the fruit, spit the seed into the air akin to a punter dropping the ball and then boot the seed into the jungle. Good good fruit.
Anyways, the Utes were no good at the 1st (can't say how effective or ineffective they were at #2 and #3). The only touchdown given up was on a blocked punt. The punt team is in for a solid week of fun, I'm sure.
Anyways, the Utes looked good, so on to the awards of the week:
- New favorite player of every Ute fan award: Brian Blechen. Boy did her earn that rockin' music.
- Mr "Welcome back my friend" Award: Terrance Cain, of course.
- Player that pulls at the heart strings, and happens to be unreal on the field Award: Shaky Smithson (well done my friend, great game).
- And my favorite award - Jersey I'd most like to own if sold in the stores: A combo Eddie Wide and Matt Asiata. Solid combo!
As always: GO UTES!
2 comments:
I agree let's punt all the little dogs into space. They're annoying.
As a dog geneticist, I can tell you that is why we bred dogs to be small. It was to make the more annoying breeds puntable. Utah has a lot more little annoying dogs to punt so they better get this fixed.
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