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Utah vs. #15 Pitt

Marcus said:
Those numbers are deceiving. Most of Wynn's "pass yardage" came after the receiver caught the ball and did an exceptional job of turning a 5-10 yard pass into a 40 yard gain. Wynn's receivers make him look much better than he is.
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Completely disagree. While I agree that Wynn needs to get better on his decision making while getting bitzed, I'm not going to punish him for the YAC that his WR's had last night. A perfect example of why Wynn deserves credit is the 61 yard catch and run by Christopher in the 4th Qtr. Wynn made the correct read on the coverage and threw a perfect ball that hit Devonte in stride allowing him to continue running at full speed. While WR's should always get credit for YAC, it's often lost on a lot of people that in order to get good YAC, a QB has to be putting the ball in right place or it's all for not.

Should we go back and watch old video and take away passing yards from Detmer, Beck, and Hall, because of all the YAC their WR's had, or maybe, just maybe do we give them credit for simply being good QB's who gave their WR's the opportunities to make plays once they caught the ball?

It's clear that you don't really like Wynn as a QB and think he's going to cost Utah a few games this season. While I don't think everything was sunshine and lollipops with Wynn last night, I certainly saw enough positives to feel very, very good about him leading this team. Couple that with the fact that Pitt may be the best overall defense he see's all year (or at least top 2 along with TCU) and I think he'll be ok. In fact, I think the kid could be in line for an amazing year.
 
Wynn definitely had his good moments and bad, have to give some of that credit to the Pitt D but he is still a 19-20yr old true sophomore and there will be growing pains and inconsistency during games as with any young kid. It's how he deals with those "rough" patches and bounces back that has me excited and I know lots of U fans are excited about him coming into this season but I think some may have forgotten he's still learning and getting a feel for the game despite last years (half season and bowl) success. So I'm just hoping those mistakes don't come at the worst times and that the D can help cover them up, like they did for Shaky and special teams last night.
 
Wynn looked a little sketchy in the second half, but I think he's going to settle in and do well. This was their biggest challenge for a little while, so he has some time to build up confidence against the CSUs and WYOs of the conference before taking on the big boys.

Admittedly, I know nothing about Iowa St. I am just assuming that's a winnable game.
 
That play where the Pitt quarterback quick started his offense trying to get the ball out to an unguarded WR was a killer. If he would've waited a little bit longer the DB still would have been unsettled and they probably would have gotten the same result(winning TD). Bummer, but I guess that's what a being a Sophmore on the road means.

Varsity starts Saturday.
 
The last 2 posts in this thread proves that as much as they'd like to deny it, BYU fans are obviously very wrapped up in what Utah is doing. So much so that they had to come in here and try to find a way to put a negative spin on an opening season win against the #15 team in the nation. Had BYU opened with a win against Pitt in the EXACT same fashion, they would be in here beating their chest and talking up their beloved Cougs. Funny how that works.

Well done gents. Stay classy.
 
that would've been devestating if we lost. but luckily we held on there at the end. nice win, defense played well, offense and special teams was a little bit Shaky. but we won that's all that matters.
 
I knew all the TO's and penalties would come back at some point and bite the U in the butt. It ended that Pitt had about as many penalties so they kinda canceled each other out but it isn't often you win a game when you have 4TO's in a game (2fmb, 1int and 1 blk punt). Those mistakes kept the game close, instead of the U building up the lead to have enough cushion for the 4th Qtr rally everybody should have seen coming and that Pitt had.
I'm sure I'm not the only one that seen enough football to know when you outplay the other team in the first half but due to TO's only have a 7pt lead it's going to be a tough second half and that's pretty much what happened.
 
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