kirklandduck

Why? WHY?? What a terrible play call at a crucial time. I just don’t know what Dillingham is thinking at times like this.

They need a TD to just finally ice the game.

That might be the final mistake that loses the game…

A great throw followed immediately by a terrible throw…argh

Agree. I’m hoping Nix’s injury is something like a deep bruise which would go away over a couple weeks.

Definitely. Utah is lining up an extra guy to defend the run. I saw them even line up 6 guys a couple plays ago…having Irving fly out for a pass was the right play.

What’s his average in the 2nd half?

Utah adjusted. They’re completely disregarding runs by Nix because he can’t. That allows them to focus on the running backs more and now they’re stuffing the run more often.

If Nix weren’t injured this would be at least 35-17 right now.

Offense is stagnating, Dillingham needs to make some adjustments.

Thornton is really talented, however he seems to be the hot dogging type. That's already gotten him in trouble once.

Nix not being able to run is hobbling the offense...but way better than the alternative.

My mistake, shape up Thornton! Lol

Terrible ball protection by Franklin. Two hands man, two hands!

Ugh, bad short kick AND an interference penalty. Might as well give them a clear path to the end zone.

They did on that last play. But overall I’m not sure the pass rush is any better.

Ok let’s see if Lanning and Lupoi made any adjustments. Otherwise this will be painful to watch.

Good start for the offense.

UCLA is taking USC out to the woodshed in the 1st quarter. Let’s see if they can keep this up.

True. But the best oline in the world won't help if we're one dimensional.

I hate to be a negative Nelly but I just don't see it happening. TT just hasn't shown us anything that would inspire any sort of confidence in him competently managing the offense...if Nix doesn't play then there goes the Pac12 championship game for OBD.

Yeah but could you imagine David Hicks and Kadyn Proctor squaring up in practice every day?? Now that's some serious iron sharpening iron...

Getting David Hicks and Matayo Uiagalelei would improve that pass rush in a hurry.

A quote from this article: Lupoi, who played defensive line at Cal, had zero experience working with the defensive secondary, a critical component of Saban’s defense. Lupoi was known as a tireless worker and talented position coach during his three years as Alabama’s outside linebackers coach but there were concerns about whether he’d be up to the task in areas like situational play-calling and recognizing what an opponent is doing in-game and being able to adjust on the fly, which had been a big strength of previous Tide defensive coordinators Kirby Smart and Jeremy Pruitt. However, Lupoi was the staff’s best recruiter -- he’s a big reason stars Tua Tagovailoa, Najee Harris and others picked Alabama -- and he was going to have interest from other programs. If Saban didn’t promote Lupoi to defensive coordinator, he was likely to lose him. And after overhauling his staff to get more aggressive on the recruiting trail following the 2017 title, Saban didn’t think he could afford to let Lupoi go. Wow, this sounds alarmingly similar to a recently departed head coach of ours...that being said it's too early to give up on Lupoi yet. I'm hoping he'll learn some better in-game adjustment coaching from DL before next season.

I could see Harsin going to ASU, it's certainly closer to geographic areas he's more familiar with for recruiting. I still have no idea why Auburn hired him in the first place.