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The Thriller said:
Travis Wilson is quickly becoming Jordan Wynn II.

Constantly injured, mentally weak, and unable to make just basic throws.
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Mentally weak is my biggest concern. As Travis' injuries progressed throughout the season, his body language in interviews was awful. Seemed like he had ZERO confidence in himself. Maybe it can be salvaged but maybe you don't have to spend time giving pep talks to Manning or Cox.
 
jazzman12 said:
Mentally weak is my biggest concern. As Travis' injuries progressed throughout the season, his body language in interviews was awful. Seemed like he had ZERO confidence in himself. Maybe it can be salvaged but maybe you don't have to spend time giving pep talks to Manning or Cox.
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What's crazy about Wilson, is if he is ok and healthy, he is a BEAST. We had a top 20 offense after playing Stanford, UCLA, BYU and USU. Right now, he is ranked #44 in adj QBR. Even with all his problems. And he is only a true sophomore. With proper coaching, he is a top 15 QB as a senior. BUT, you have to fix the OL first. No matter who your QB is.
 
Terrible news about Travis. Sounds like he has a pre-existing head issue that is probably gonna end his career. You gotta feel for that kid. This news really makes me back off my stance that Whit gets fired without a bowl. I know I'm flip-flopping but I think this pushes it over the edge in Whit's favor. This season has been injury ravaged to say the least.

If Utah can win the next two, that's amazing. But if not, lick your wounds and spend the offseason deciding which one of your 4 star QB recruits is next in line. Bring back Erickson for continuity and pray for a better season from an injury standpoint.

Green has been saying this all along. I'm finally on board.
 
Extremely tough break for Travis. I hope he is okay. Although, I must admit that I am curios as to what the pre-existing condition is...

Health is more important than football.
 
Apparently the concussion might have saved his life, as they may not have found the pre-existing condition if they weren't treating the concussion.
 
YB85 said:
Apparently the concussion might have saved his life, as they may not have found the pre-existing condition if they weren't treating the concussion.
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Yup.

Same thing happened to a good friend of mine in college. Got a concussion, found a tumor. Saved his life.


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UGLI baby said:
Yup.

Same thing happened to a good friend of mine in college. Got a concussion, found a tumor. Saved his life.


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Coincidentally a U basketball player I think 2yrs ago Glen Dean had a similar issue, he had headaches after practice (can't remember if he suffered a concussion or not) but he got his head looked at and he had to have brain surgery for a broken blood vessel.

I only heard about this on the drive home because I guess the DNews wrote some inflammatory and untrue things about Wilson's situation, still have yet to hear much, guess it is time for to start some online searching. But from the little I heard and him not flying to Oregon it sounds like it might be a similar issue with a weakened blood vessel that may or may not be helped by surgery (pure speculation by my part since I hadn't heard the Whitt interview or looked it up online yet).
 
The Thriller said:
Travis Wilson is quickly becoming Jordan Wynn II.

Constantly injured, mentally weak, and unable to make just basic throws.
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I was going to call BS on this even before the news today, so pretending today didn't happen the only commonality is injuries but Wilson hasn't really had a re-injury and he can make the throws, just not when his hand was injured and couldn't grip the ball.
 
I know the focus should and will be on figuring out the QB situation this offseason...

But...

That defense? Especially against the pass? Is hellishly bad. Perhaps even just as bad as the QB situation. Time to reevaluate what you're doing and bring in some better recruits.

Wash St and the Arizona schools have surpassed the U. Cal shouldn't stay down for long. So unless things change fast, the 2 newcomers to the conference will be the doormats. So whatever improvements that have been made are negated by the superior improvement of opponents.
 
The Thriller said:
I know the focus should and will be on figuring out the QB situation this offseason...

But...

That defense? Especially against the pass? Is hellishly bad. Perhaps even just as bad as the QB situation. Time to reevaluate what you're doing and bring in some better recruits.

Wash St and the Arizona schools have surpassed the U. Cal shouldn't stay down for long. So unless things change fast, the 2 newcomers to the conference will be the doormats. So whatever improvements that have been made are negated by the superior improvement of opponents.
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There's an awful lot of folks talking about patience, citing how long it takes to compete in the PAC 12. My problem with this thinking can be traced right to Wazzu. In under 2 seasons, Leach has taken a school that DID NOT have Pac12 talent, does not have top notch facilities, does not have a desireable recruiting location and yet somehow they've already surpassed Utah. This should never had happened.
 
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