Latest / Utah Football Gameday Archive / #21 Utah vs Idaho Season Opener 9-3-26
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Utes. Utes.
- 0:07Speaker 2: Utes fans, it's game time. Utah football is brought to
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- 0:14Speaker 2: bring great taste to your game day. Tailgating deserves Pepsi,
- 0:18Speaker 2: Bamboo HR, Big O Tires, and Smiths. Now with the
- 0:23Speaker 2: call of the game, here's Utes legend Stevenson Sylvester, Zach Moss,
- 0:27Speaker 2: and the voice of the Utes, Bill Riley.
- 0:34Speaker 3: Welcome to the 2026 college football season. From a sold
- 0:38Speaker 3: out and striped out Rice-Eccles Stadium, it's great to be
- 0:42Speaker 3: with you on a Thursday night. It's Utah and Idaho
- 0:44Speaker 3: to kick off 2026, and we're so glad to have
- 0:47Speaker 3: you in wherever you may be listening in tonight. From
- 0:50Speaker 3: around the state, around the country, around the world, we're
- 0:53Speaker 3: going to bring you Utah football all year long. I'm
- 0:55Speaker 3: Bill Riley, entering my 18th season as the play-by-play voice
- 0:59Speaker 3: of the University of Utah, and I'm joined this year
- 1:01Speaker 3: by my partners, Stevenson, Sylvester, and Zach Moss. We'll get
- 1:05Speaker 3: to Zach in a minute, Sly. We have waited and
- 1:07Speaker 3: waited and waited for it to get here. And finally,
- 1:10Speaker 3: the season kicks off tonight in a new era of
- 1:12Speaker 3: college football at Utah with Morgan Scali running the show.
- 1:16Speaker 4: Man, my heart's beating like I'm about to play. I'm
- 1:18Speaker 4: so excited, man. I can't wait to get this kicked
- 1:20Speaker 4: off and see this team take the field.
- 1:23Speaker 3: Well, Utah will... Deferred in the second half. They won
- 1:27Speaker 3: the toss. We'll see the Utah defense first here tonight.
- 1:30Speaker 3: Idaho will come out first on offense. Let's welcome the
- 1:32Speaker 3: newest member of the broadcast team on the field tonight.
- 1:35Speaker 3: He'll be down there for the first time on the mic.
- 1:38Speaker 3: The greatest rusher in Utah football history joins us from
- 1:40Speaker 3: the sideline. Zach Moss, what's the vibe down there on
- 1:43Speaker 3: opening night, Zach?
- 1:44Speaker 5: It is loud.
- 1:45Speaker 6: It is beautiful down here. I'm loving the strike energy.
- 1:48Speaker 6: The must is in full effect. They are in, you'd think,
- 1:51Speaker 6: the middle of the season right now. So the guys
- 1:53Speaker 6: are really energized. The sidelines look real good, so it's
- 1:56Speaker 6: time to go play ball. These guys are ready. These
- 1:58Speaker 6: guys are itching.
- 1:59Speaker 7: It's time to go.
- 1:59Speaker 3: Well, they are ready to go, Zach. Thank you very much.
- 2:01Speaker 3: That sideline update brought to you by Ken Garth. We
- 2:04Speaker 3: hear you.
- 2:05Speaker 2: This is where the Utes live on game day and
- 2:08Speaker 2: every day. You're tuned to KALL North Salt Lake, ESPN 792.1 FM.
- 2:16Speaker 3: Got a sneak peek of the bowl game last year,
- 2:18Speaker 3: but Sly... New coordinators, a lot of new staff members.
- 2:21Speaker 3: What's tonight look like for you?
- 2:23Speaker 5: For me, it's an office explosion. I think there's a
- 2:26Speaker 5: lot of guys that have.
- 2:27Speaker 4: a lot of things that they want to showcase, a
- 2:30Speaker 4: lot of things they want to prove. McGiven, you know,
- 2:33Speaker 4: all the offseason talks about the offense and what this
- 2:36Speaker 4: offensive prowess could be defensively, you know, making up for
- 2:39Speaker 4: the end of last year, showing that Colton Swan is
- 2:41Speaker 4: capable of doing the job. It's a lot of things
- 2:44Speaker 4: that a lot of people want to prove tonight from
- 2:46Speaker 4: Morgan Scali and what his culture he wants to express
- 2:49Speaker 4: to showcase the world, wants to know what Utah football
- 2:52Speaker 4: is all about. There's a lot of things at stake
- 2:54Speaker 4: here today, so I'm very, very excited for this football team.
- 2:56Speaker 3: Dylan Curtis has it teed up at his own 35-yard line.
- 2:59Speaker 3: He'll kick from north to south here at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
- 3:03Speaker 3: You've got Bias and Superalice that are deep to receive
- 3:05Speaker 3: this kick. Dylan Curtis back for a second year handling
- 3:08Speaker 3: place kicking and kickoff duties for Utah. Another sellout, a
- 3:12Speaker 3: 96-rate sellout for Utah football. And it's so great to
- 3:16Speaker 3: be with you as we kick off the 2026 season
- 3:19Speaker 3: here at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Curtis ready to go, and so
- 3:24Speaker 3: are we. The right foot goes into it. He drives
- 3:26Speaker 3: it high, drives it deep, and that'll be a touchback
- 3:28Speaker 3: as it goes out the back of the end zone,
- 3:30Speaker 3: even with a slight breeze in his face. 84 degrees,
- 3:33Speaker 3: mostly sunny skies, and a little bit of a breeze
- 3:36Speaker 3: out of the southeast as we begin things. Utah in
- 3:38Speaker 3: all red, Idaho in the black pants and white jerseys,
- 3:41Speaker 3: and we get a first look slide at the Utah defense.
- 3:43Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm very excited, man. There's so many things.
- 3:46Speaker 4: I don't know how many times I'm going to say
- 3:47Speaker 4: how excited I am tonight, but I love Trey Reynolds.
- 3:51Speaker 4: at linebacker, captain of this football team, wearing that number 10.
- 3:54Speaker 5: He's going to do it justice, man. I know it.
- 3:57Speaker 4: But there's so many guys. Jackson Binney, I hope he
- 3:59Speaker 4: gets a pick six on this first play. But very
- 4:01Speaker 4: excited about this team.
- 4:02Speaker 3: Joshua Wood leads the offense out. He had a prolific
- 4:05Speaker 3: opener against Cal Poly a week ago. They bring a
- 4:08Speaker 3: man in motion across the formation, and they hand to
- 4:10Speaker 3: the tailback. That's Ferrari Miller, and he is stacked up
- 4:13Speaker 3: immediately at the line of scrimmage by a gaggle of Utes,
- 4:17Speaker 3: led up front by Elijah Ellis, and it's going to
- 4:20Speaker 3: be second and tenth.
- 4:21Speaker 5: Yeah, man, Ferrari Miller, he's an actual big back. I
- 4:24Speaker 5: see him. But as soon as he makes contact.
- 4:26Speaker 4: Even last week, I saw he goes down pretty easy.
- 4:28Speaker 4: So hopefully this defense doesn't let him get off tonight.
- 4:31Speaker 3: Defense on the field brought to you by doTERRA. Second
- 4:33Speaker 3: down and 10, Vandals. Pistol formation from their own 25-yard line.
- 4:37Speaker 3: Just underway here in the first quarter at Rice-Eccles. Wood
- 4:41Speaker 3: takes the snap. He'll drop to pass. Looks right, looks left,
- 4:44Speaker 3: back right again. He's being chased. Flags are flying. Wood
- 4:47Speaker 3: will step out of bounds. after about a two, maybe
- 4:50Speaker 3: three-yard loss. And that flag on the play is, I think,
- 4:53Speaker 3: going to go against Idaho, likely in that area of
- 4:56Speaker 3: holding slot.
- 4:56Speaker 4: Yeah, it's in the area of holding, but I think
- 4:59Speaker 4: he tried to get the ball away too late, and
- 5:01Speaker 4: so it might be a sack as well, and loss
- 5:04Speaker 4: of about five yards. So here's the decision. Do you
- 5:07Speaker 4: take the penalty, go back to make it second down
- 5:10Speaker 4: and ten?
- 5:10Speaker 8: Holding offense number 71. 10-yard penalty. Replay second down.
- 5:16Speaker 3: Interesting. That's the left guard. He's starting tonight. He's not
- 5:19Speaker 3: a normal starter. Howard Stedford. But they're going to take
- 5:21Speaker 3: that penalty. That penalty and that flag of the play
- 5:23Speaker 3: brought to you by Ann Collar, Utah's number one shirt.
- 5:26Speaker 3: So it was a loss. A loss of three instead
- 5:29Speaker 3: of third down. And Long, it's going to be second down.
- 5:31Speaker 3: Now I think they're going to decline this penalty now.
- 5:34Speaker 4: Yeah, that was the decision I was talking about. Do
- 5:36Speaker 4: you decline it, make it third down and 13?
- 5:38Speaker 5: Or do you.
- 5:39Speaker 9: Correction, the defense is elected to decline the penalty.
- 5:41Speaker 7: Thank you, yeah.
- 5:42Speaker 5: It'll be third down. Yeah.
- 5:44Speaker 3: And I don't think they have the ball spotted properly here.
- 5:46Speaker 3: He stepped out of bounds at about the 22-yard line.
- 5:48Speaker 3: They're going to call it an incomplete pass.
- 5:51Speaker 4: He was definitely out of bounds before he got rid
- 5:53Speaker 4: of it, but hey, it's third down anyway.
- 5:55Speaker 5: Third down must. Let's go. Here we go.
- 5:57Speaker 3: Third down and 10 for Joshua Miller, or Joshua Wood
- 6:00Speaker 3: and the Idaho Vandals. He's going to roll to his right,
- 6:03Speaker 3: look down the field, pressure off the edge, being chased by.
- 6:05Speaker 5: There he goes.
- 6:06Speaker 3: And that's an interception. That's an interception. Trey Reynolds dropped
- 6:10Speaker 3: in coverage, and the senior linebacker comes up with the interception,
- 6:15Speaker 3: the first turnover of the year for the Utah defense.
- 6:19Speaker 4: I mean, he's got to turn that up and go
- 6:20Speaker 4: to the end zone, man.
- 6:21Speaker 5: Number two, that linebacker's looking for the end zone.
- 6:24Speaker 4: Great job right there at understanding the route combination by
- 6:27Speaker 4: Trey Reynolds.
- 6:28Speaker 5: It's a sprint out. He sees that, gets right under
- 6:30Speaker 5: that route right there. Joshua Woods still throws the ball.
- 6:33Speaker 5: There was covered defenders all over the place. That's where
- 6:36Speaker 5: Joshua Woods got to throw away the ball. But great
- 6:38Speaker 5: job by... By Trey Reynolds at undercutting that and making
- 6:41Speaker 5: the play.
- 6:41Speaker 3: He just simply read the quarterback's eyes the whole way.
- 6:45Speaker 3: He ran out of real estate before he could turn
- 6:47Speaker 3: it back up the field. But an early turnover gives
- 6:50Speaker 3: Utah a great starting field position. First and 10 at
- 6:53Speaker 3: the Idaho 29-yard line. Devin Dampier at a full house backfield.
- 6:58Speaker 3: He's got a rhino back and two backs in the
- 7:00Speaker 3: backfield with him. That's Parker and Bray. On first and 10,
- 7:03Speaker 3: Dampier in the shotgun. He's going to hand the ball off. No,
- 7:06Speaker 3: he's going to be tackled. He did get that ball
- 7:08Speaker 3: handed off, and that was handed off to Wayshawn Parker.
- 7:13Speaker 3: I'm Daniel Bray, and he picks up about three yards
- 7:15Speaker 3: down to about the 26-yard line. That was a crash
- 7:18Speaker 3: by the defensive ends from Idaho.
- 7:19Speaker 4: It was, but good read by Devin Dampier getting the
- 7:22Speaker 4: ball away. You let the ends go, and if they're
- 7:25Speaker 4: going full-fledged, you should have the advantage up front.
- 7:28Speaker 3: Parker stays in the ballgame on second down and along seven.
- 7:31Speaker 3: Devin's going to pass, fires to the outside.
- 7:33Speaker 5: It's complete.
- 7:34Speaker 3: First down yardage inside the 15. Ricky Johnson, the transfer
- 7:39Speaker 3: from Mississippi State, gets to about the 14-yard line, and
- 7:42Speaker 3: they have entered the Canyon View Credit Union red zone
- 7:46Speaker 3: on an Ivory Holmes first down, now first down and
- 7:49Speaker 3: 10 for Utah at the Idaho 15.
- 7:50Speaker 4: Boy, that first pass in here looked beautiful, didn't it?
- 7:54Speaker 3: It sure did. They're going to go with tempo now
- 7:55Speaker 3: with three wide receivers wide to the right-hand side. Idaho
- 7:59Speaker 3: now taking their time substituting, trying to slow Utah up
- 8:02Speaker 3: just a little bit.
- 8:03Speaker 5: Got an unbalanced front right there, strong right side. Extra
- 8:08Speaker 5: alignment to the right.
- 8:10Speaker 3: Dampier out of the shotgun. Wayshawn Parker to his right.
- 8:14Speaker 3: He hands to Wayshawn straight ahead. Pushes the pile off
- 8:17Speaker 3: that left side inside the ten to about the nine-yard
- 8:20Speaker 3: line for a gain of six. It'll be second down
- 8:23Speaker 3: and four. Damian Fagan, the safety, came up to make
- 8:25Speaker 3: the tackle. Utah going with tempo again here in the
- 8:27Speaker 3: red zone. No subs this time for the Utes. Three
- 8:29Speaker 3: wide receivers right for Devin Dampier again. Devin's going to
- 8:33Speaker 3: run the speed option, toss it in the flat to
- 8:34Speaker 3: Wayshon Parker, makes a man miss into the end zone, touchdown.
- 8:39Speaker 4: Wow, he wasn't shying away for contact right there. Absolutely
- 8:43Speaker 4: love that, great play right there, rush to end, different,
- 8:46Speaker 4: normally it's the pitch on the quick option, but it's
- 8:49Speaker 4: a nice throw right over the top, they practiced that
- 8:51Speaker 4: a lot, great job by Devin Dampier with the tempo,
- 8:54Speaker 4: catching the defense off guard, man.
- 8:57Speaker 5: Defense is going to be feared this year trying to
- 8:59Speaker 5: prepare for this team.
- 9:00Speaker 3: First touchdown of the year for Utah. A Pepsi touchdown
- 9:03Speaker 3: pass from Devin Dampier to way Sean Parker of nine yards.
- 9:07Speaker 3: And now the PAT coming up here from Dylan Curtis.
- 9:10Speaker 3: Utah taking advantage of the turnover by the Idaho Vandals.
- 9:14Speaker 3: Strike first here. Orion Phillips, the punter, will hold for
- 9:17Speaker 3: Dylan Curtis. That kick is up and that kick is good.
- 9:20Speaker 3: And with 12.40 to play, Utah cashes in. After the
- 9:24Speaker 3: Idaho interception, four plays, 29 yards, and a minute 33
- 9:28Speaker 3: off the game clock. A good quick start for the Utes,
- 9:31Speaker 3: and they lead at 7-0. For the Big O Tires
- 9:33Speaker 3: broadcast booth, this is Utah Football from ESPN 700 and
- 9:37Speaker 3: the Ute Sports Radio Network.
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- 9:49Speaker 3: Tonight's first half of Utah football being brought to you
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- 9:54Speaker 3: points for simply doing your thing. Visit CanyonViewCU.com today. I
- 9:50Speaker 3: love that entire drive, first of all. That play was,
- 9:52Speaker 3: you know, what we talked about in the pregame show.
- 10:16Speaker 7: And it's a mindset, right? He got the ball.
- 10:19Speaker 6: Parker got the ball outside wide and finished the run.
- 10:22Speaker 6: Could have easily just fifth-armed the guy and got into
- 10:23Speaker 6: the end zone and made it look real pretty. But
- 10:26Speaker 6: that told me a lot about his mindset and what
- 10:29Speaker 6: we can depend on him for the season.
- 10:31Speaker 3: Zach, thank you very much. That sideline update brought to
- 10:33Speaker 3: you by Ken Garf. We hear you. Bias and Superalice
- 10:37Speaker 3: back deep to receive. They received the kick last time,
- 10:39Speaker 3: but it went over their heads and out for a touchback.
- 10:43Speaker 3: Billy Curtis set to kick it off. He's been busy
- 10:45Speaker 3: already here. Two kickoffs and a PAT here in the
- 10:48Speaker 3: first two minutes and 20 seconds of 2026. 7-0 Utah.
- 10:51Speaker 3: The defense will be back out again here momentarily.
- 10:56Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely love what we saw from that offense. It
- 11:00Speaker 5: showed a lot about what message they're trying to send.
- 11:03Speaker 3: Curtis sends it high and end over end. And again,
- 11:05Speaker 3: it's going to go out of the back of the
- 11:06Speaker 3: end zone for a touchback. So Joshua Wood. And the
- 11:09Speaker 3: Idaho offense will be in first and 10 again at
- 11:12Speaker 3: their own 25-yard line. It wasn't a great first series
- 11:16Speaker 3: for Wood and the Vandals, was it?
- 11:17Speaker 4: No, no, no positive plays at all. I mean, that
- 11:20Speaker 4: first run was stuffed up. Great defensive stop. They tried
- 11:23Speaker 4: to get out of the pocket on the next one.
- 11:26Speaker 4: Didn't accept the penalty. Made it third down and Trey Reynolds.
- 11:29Speaker 4: undercut in that play right there. That is experience. That
- 11:32Speaker 4: is confidence. That is a great job by him. He's
- 11:35Speaker 4: going to have a lot more plays like that this season.
- 11:36Speaker 3: Bias the tailback this time as they operate in a
- 11:40Speaker 3: one-back situation, first and 10 from their own 25. Three
- 11:43Speaker 3: receivers across the formation and flags fly. This is going
- 11:47Speaker 3: to be a motion penalty against the Idaho Vandals.
- 11:50Speaker 5: Yeah, false start. Everybody was switching. It was like four guys.
- 11:53Speaker 9: False start. Offense number 81. Five-yard penalty remains first down.
- 11:59Speaker 3: Penalties this year, all year long. We hope there's a
- 12:02Speaker 3: lot on the opponents and not many on Utah. Brought
- 12:04Speaker 3: to you by Ann Collar, Utah's number one shirt. So
- 12:06Speaker 3: back them up five yards to their own 20. First
- 12:09Speaker 3: and 10 becomes first and 15. Bias stays at the ballgame.
- 12:14Speaker 3: Five at the line of scrimmage here for Utah. They
- 12:16Speaker 3: shift around up front on first down and 15. Woods
- 12:19Speaker 3: going to pass. He backpedals, dumps it into the flat
- 12:22Speaker 3: over the head of his tailback, Bias. who was covered
- 12:25Speaker 3: well there in the flat by Trey Reynolds, who's done
- 12:27Speaker 3: a little bit of everything already here in second down
- 12:29Speaker 3: and 15.
- 12:29Speaker 4: Yeah, it was an awesome job by Trey Reynolds. He's
- 12:32Speaker 4: on a green dog right there, which means he has
- 12:33Speaker 4: the back, but he wants to act like he's blitzing.
- 12:36Speaker 4: And they come off on a screen, and he's straight
- 12:38Speaker 4: hip-to-hip with that running back, and he would have made
- 12:40Speaker 4: that play even if it was completion. But he was
- 12:44Speaker 4: actually the reason why.
- 12:44Speaker 5: It was overthrown.
- 12:45Speaker 3: Second down and 15 back at the 20-yard line. Clock
- 12:48Speaker 3: stopped at 12.35 to play here in the first quarter.
- 12:50Speaker 3: 7-0 Utah. Four men down front this time. Now they
- 12:53Speaker 3: crowd the line of scrimmage. Overloading the left-hand side is Utah.
- 12:57Speaker 3: All by himself at the shotgun is Wood.
- 13:00Speaker 5: He loses the ball.
- 13:01Speaker 3: It's out.
- 13:02Speaker 5: Is Utah on it?
- 13:03Speaker 3: I think they are back at the 11-yard line.
- 13:06Speaker 5: It's Utah football. Rabbit Evans was there.
- 13:09Speaker 3: He fell on it before Wood could get there. And
- 13:12Speaker 3: it's a second turnover for the Vandals.
- 13:14Speaker 4: Absolutely great job by the Utes. Hey, that pressure, they
- 13:19Speaker 4: saw it coming. You just line up and go, and look,
- 13:21Speaker 4: it just slips right out of his hands, and Utah
- 13:24Speaker 4: is opportunistic and jumping right on that ball.
- 13:26Speaker 3: So good to see Rabbit Evans back. They expected a
- 13:29Speaker 3: big year from him a year ago. He got hurt
- 13:31Speaker 3: early in the year. He's had a great fall camp,
- 13:33Speaker 3: and he makes a play early here. Utah is set
- 13:36Speaker 3: up now for the second time in the Canyonview Credit
- 13:39Speaker 3: Union red zone. knocking on the door again at the
- 13:42Speaker 3: 12-yard line.
- 13:43Speaker 5: It's only been two minutes and 30 seconds.
- 13:45Speaker 4: We've got a touchdown and two turnovers here, and it's
- 13:48Speaker 4: looking good for these coordinators.
- 13:50Speaker 3: Devin Dampier is the quarterback. It's a pistol formation. Bert
- 13:54Speaker 3: Ficklin is in the ballgame behind him. Way Sean Parker there, too,
- 13:58Speaker 3: and two wide receivers. Dampier goes in motion. Ficklin is
- 14:02Speaker 3: going to keep it himself. Ficklin's got the 10. He's
- 14:04Speaker 3: down to about the 9-yard line for a gain of
- 14:06Speaker 3: about 3 yards. Folks, we're going to see that this year.
- 14:09Speaker 3: We're going to see Bird Ficklin in the ballgame, not
- 14:11Speaker 3: just as a quarterback, but as a weapon.
- 14:13Speaker 4: You're going to see so many funky things out of
- 14:15Speaker 4: that two-quarterback set there. They were in a pistol with
- 14:19Speaker 4: Bird lined up right behind him. Then Devin goes in
- 14:21Speaker 4: motion and does a lasso motion. There's so many different things,
- 14:24Speaker 4: creative things, you're going to see from McGiven this year.
- 14:26Speaker 3: Three receivers, a tight end, and Wayshon Parker in the
- 14:29Speaker 3: backfield with Devin Dampier on second down and seven from
- 14:32Speaker 3: the nine-yard line. Dampier looks, brings Daniel Bray in motion,
- 14:36Speaker 3: hands that ball to Daniel Bray. He's got the edge
- 14:38Speaker 3: at the five and ripped down right there at the
- 14:41Speaker 3: five-yard line by the nickelback, Micah Roberson. Roberson saved a touchdown,
- 14:46Speaker 3: but Bray picks up. We'll call it four more. It'll
- 14:48Speaker 3: be third down and short for Utah.
- 14:49Speaker 4: I got to tip my cap to Roberson right there.
- 14:51Speaker 4: That is not an easy play. Catching Daniel Bray is one,
- 14:54Speaker 4: but taking the proper angle, getting a good tackle right
- 14:57Speaker 4: there and making sure that he didn't, because if he
- 14:59Speaker 4: didn't get that, that is a touchdown for Utah.
- 15:01Speaker 3: Third down, and we'll call it a long two from
- 15:03Speaker 3: about the five-yard line. Utah brings in some size on
- 15:07Speaker 3: that right-hand side. Devin goes under center. He turns and
- 15:11Speaker 3: gives it away, Sean Parker, and he's going to lose
- 15:13Speaker 3: yardage back to the six-yard line. It's going to bring
- 15:15Speaker 3: up fourth down. Good job by Idaho. They just overloaded
- 15:19Speaker 3: the one side, and the offensive line couldn't keep them off,
- 15:22Speaker 3: so the field goal team's going to come back out
- 15:24Speaker 3: here for the Utes.
- 15:24Speaker 5: Yeah, it was unfortunate, that penetration. They cleared out that
- 15:28Speaker 5: right side where they had most guys, but that penetration
- 15:30Speaker 5: didn't allow Wayshawn to get to that side. If he
- 15:33Speaker 5: was able to get to that side, it was definitely
- 15:35Speaker 5: going to be a first down, if not a touchdown.
- 15:37Speaker 3: Clock running at 10.53 to play. It's going to be
- 15:40Speaker 3: about a 24-yard field goal from just inside the left
- 15:42Speaker 3: hash here for Dylan Curtis. Dylan was terrific as a
- 15:45Speaker 3: freshman a year ago. He had one bad outing against Wyoming.
- 15:48Speaker 3: Aside from that, he was terrific. And he splits the
- 15:51Speaker 3: uprights from 24. He's been the busiest guy on the
- 15:54Speaker 3: field tonight. A PAT, a field goal, and two kickoffs.
- 15:57Speaker 3: And with 10.40 to play here in the first quarter,
- 15:59Speaker 3: Utah takes a 10-0 lead. It's a 10-0 lead, and
- 16:03Speaker 3: that field goal brought to you by G2G. When you
- 16:06Speaker 3: eat one, you'll know. For the Big O' Tires broadcast
- 16:08Speaker 3: booth here at Rice-Eckel Stadium, this is Utah football from
- 16:11Speaker 3: ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Radio Network.
- 16:15Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football brought to you by Smiths
- 16:18Speaker 2: on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 16:23Speaker 3: So two possessions and two scores for Utah. Touchdown and
- 16:26Speaker 3: a field goal for Idaho. Not so much. Five plays,
- 16:29Speaker 3: minus eight yards and two turnovers in 57 seconds of action, Sly.
- 16:34Speaker 3: Not the start the Vandals were hoping for here.
- 16:36Speaker 5: No, not at all. They look completely out of sync,
- 16:38Speaker 5: and it's great. It's great for Utah, right?
- 16:40Speaker 4: Because I'm big on this game being act like you've
- 16:43Speaker 4: been there before, right? Act like you've been in the
- 16:45Speaker 4: end zone. Act like you've created or got that interception before.
- 16:49Speaker 4: Act like you've kicked that field goal before. Dillzilla is
- 16:51Speaker 4: on a charge today.
- 16:53Speaker 3: We've only played four minutes and 20 seconds of football,
- 16:55Speaker 3: and Dylan Curtis is kicking off for a third time tonight.
- 16:59Speaker 3: Super Alice and Bias are deep. Curtis puts his right
- 17:03Speaker 3: foot into it and drives it deep, and that's going
- 17:05Speaker 3: to be a touchback. Again, that last scoring drive for Utah.
- 17:08Speaker 3: Four plays, six yards, a minute 50 off the clock.
- 17:11Speaker 3: A missed opportunity, one that you could probably get away
- 17:13Speaker 3: with tonight, but during the year, you're going to have
- 17:16Speaker 3: to be better down there.
- 17:16Speaker 4: Yeah, they're doing a lot of testing and seeing what works.
- 17:19Speaker 4: And again, that's going to be nice. Zach mentioned it
- 17:21Speaker 4: while we were on the break about the penetration. the
- 17:24Speaker 4: online communication those are.
- 17:25Speaker 5: Things that we can get cleaned up and uh and
- 17:28Speaker 5: that's a perfect example that morgan scott is going to
- 17:30Speaker 5: want is to like look we missed an opportunity because
- 17:32Speaker 5: we didn't get this block.
- 17:36Speaker 3: Wood leaves the offense back out again he's turned it
- 17:38Speaker 3: over twice in two possessions first and 10 from his
- 17:41Speaker 3: own 25 clinch a low He's in the backfield with
- 17:45Speaker 3: him on first down and 10. They're going to hand
- 17:46Speaker 3: it to the big beefy back who runs straight ahead
- 17:49Speaker 3: and picks up three to about the 28-yard line. Sepulona
- 17:53Speaker 3: Pupu helped make the tackle on the play for Utah.
- 17:56Speaker 3: Trey Reynolds right there as well. He has been active.
- 17:58Speaker 4: Yeah, he has, and that's a great run blitz right there.
- 18:03Speaker 4: He's just got to be a little tighter to that
- 18:05Speaker 4: outside man right there, and he'll make sure that that's
- 18:07Speaker 4: no positive game.
- 18:08Speaker 5: But great job, nonetheless, at tackling the runner.
- 18:10Speaker 3: Pistol formation. Kinchelow back in the ballgame, stays in the
- 18:15Speaker 3: ballgame after the three-yard gain. He lines up just behind
- 18:18Speaker 3: Joshua Wood. Three receivers spread across the formation as Utah's
- 18:22Speaker 3: got four at the line of scrimmage. Wood's going to pass.
- 18:27Speaker 3: Three-step drop fires to the outside. It's caught on the outside.
- 18:30Speaker 3: That's going to be close to first down yardage. Jezereo.
- 18:37Speaker 3: Jesse Oro, I should say, makes that catch. He's very close,
- 18:40Speaker 3: and they are going to give him first down yardage.
- 18:42Speaker 5: He needed to get seven.
- 18:44Speaker 3: He got about seven and a half.
- 18:45Speaker 4: Yeah, he got that, and James Chenault's on the coverage
- 18:48Speaker 4: right there. A little too soft, a little too far off.
- 18:50Speaker 5: When you know that they're running stick routes right there,
- 18:52Speaker 5: you want to be a little bit more over the top,
- 18:54Speaker 5: over the top so you can make sure that it
- 18:56Speaker 5: doesn't go out and up.
- 18:57Speaker 3: Jesse Oro had 95 last week in the loss at
- 19:00Speaker 3: Cal Poly. Two backs at the backfield this time. Kitchelow
- 19:05Speaker 3: is one. Clock running 9.25 to play here in the
- 19:09Speaker 3: first quarter. First and 10 from the 35. They hand
- 19:12Speaker 3: it to the back. Kinchelow again. This time a better game.
- 19:15Speaker 3: Out across the 40 to about the 41-yard line for
- 19:17Speaker 3: a gain of six yards on first down. Trey Reynolds
- 19:20Speaker 3: with another tackle for Utah, but that's too much on
- 19:22Speaker 3: first down.
- 19:23Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
- 19:23Speaker 4: You're seeing Idaho kind of settle in a little bit
- 19:25Speaker 4: more and do a little bit more wedge blocking.
- 19:28Speaker 5: No more pullers, no more nothing.
- 19:29Speaker 4: If they're going to hand it off, they're going straight ahead,
- 19:31Speaker 4: trying to get as much as you hand. But as
- 19:32Speaker 4: you said, six yards on first down is... no good
- 19:35Speaker 4: for this defense.
- 19:35Speaker 3: Kinchelow stays in, second down, and we'll call it about five.
- 19:39Speaker 3: He moves to the side of Joshua Wood. Utah crowding
- 19:43Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage this time with six near the
- 19:45Speaker 3: line of scrimmage on second down and five. Delayed snap.
- 19:49Speaker 3: They had it to Kinchelow again on the right side.
- 19:51Speaker 3: He's got positive yardage again, and he's very close to
- 19:54Speaker 3: a first down. He needed five, and he's got about
- 19:57Speaker 3: four and a half. They're going to give him the
- 19:58Speaker 3: first down, five. Cepollone on the tackle again, but Utah's
- 20:01Speaker 3: giving up big yardage to the fullback right now, Kinchelow.
- 20:04Speaker 4: Yeah, what I'm seeing is guys are getting pushed back
- 20:07Speaker 4: or losing their gaps and getting washed.
- 20:09Speaker 3: Wood to pass. He throws it in the flat to
- 20:11Speaker 3: the big back. He's got the 45 and tripped up
- 20:14Speaker 3: right just shy of midfield for another gain of about
- 20:17Speaker 3: four yards. Jackson Betty made the open field tackle for Utah,
- 20:20Speaker 3: but they found something here with this big back on
- 20:23Speaker 3: this drive.
- 20:23Speaker 4: Yeah, he's being featured a lot on this, so the
- 20:27Speaker 4: defense has got to understand that and kind of key
- 20:30Speaker 4: in and make a stop here, but it starts up front.
- 20:32Speaker 4: The defensive line's got to stop getting washed. They're getting
- 20:35Speaker 4: out of their gaps.
- 20:37Speaker 3: Utah late to sub right here. They're going to get
- 20:39Speaker 3: somebody off and slow Idaho down just a little bit.
- 20:42Speaker 3: Clock running at 750 to play first quarter. 10-0 Utah.
- 20:47Speaker 3: Second down and six. Wood in the shotgun. Miller at
- 20:51Speaker 3: the back this time. Utah showing pressure and here they come.
- 20:54Speaker 3: Wood's got time. Wood's going down the field and he
- 20:57Speaker 3: overshoots his man. He was trying to get that ball.
- 20:59Speaker 3: To Davion Superalis, Jackson Benny had the coverage. That'll bring
- 21:02Speaker 3: up third down.
- 21:03Speaker 5: It's great coverage. Outstanding coverage.
- 21:05Speaker 4: You want to be in between you and the receiver
- 21:07Speaker 4: and the quarterback. He does that with Sting, hip to hip,
- 21:10Speaker 4: and there was just no way the receiver was going
- 21:12Speaker 4: to get away from Jackson Benny right there.
- 21:14Speaker 5: Great job.
- 21:15Speaker 3: Third down coming up. Vandals 0 for 1 on third
- 21:18Speaker 3: down tonight. They've got to get to the Utah 44
- 21:20Speaker 3: for a first down. 7.36 to play. Miller stays in
- 21:23Speaker 3: the ballgame. Three receivers right, one to the left-hand side.
- 21:27Speaker 3: Let's see what Colton Swan decides to do. They bring
- 21:29Speaker 3: a tight end in tight on the left side to
- 21:31Speaker 3: help with protection. Woods going to pass. Three-step drop. Looking
- 21:37Speaker 3: to his right. Firing. The ball low. Did he catch it?
- 21:41Speaker 3: He did. And that's going to be first down yardage.
- 21:42Speaker 3: The slot back and slot wide receiver, Zach Card, went
- 21:46Speaker 3: down to get it. He needed six. He got seven.
- 21:49Speaker 3: And that's another Vandal first down.
- 21:50Speaker 7: Yeah.
- 21:51Speaker 5: That's hard.
- 21:52Speaker 4: That's a great route combination right there to get what
- 21:54Speaker 4: you need and great throw and connection.
- 21:57Speaker 5: Right at the sticks.
- 21:59Speaker 3: I think the replay just showed he trapped that ball,
- 22:01Speaker 3: and Morgan Scali just walked over to the side judge
- 22:04Speaker 3: and said, I want you to have a look at this.
- 22:06Speaker 3: I'm going to take a timeout, and you take a
- 22:08Speaker 3: look at this, but I think that ball hit the turf.
- 22:10Speaker 3: This timeout brought to you by.
- 22:12Speaker 8: First charge timeout, Utah.
- 22:15Speaker 3: That, by the way, is our referee, Mike McCabe. We've
- 22:17Speaker 3: known Mike a little bit. He's been officiating Utah games
- 22:20Speaker 3: since all the way back in the Pac-12 days. They're
- 22:22Speaker 3: going to take a look at this, and I think
- 22:24Speaker 3: the replay that we saw on the board showed it
- 22:26Speaker 3: hit the turf. This time out brought to you by
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- 22:40Speaker 3: still hasn't gotten here yet tonight. Glad you guys are
- 22:43Speaker 3: with us, for those that are listening in. We've got
- 22:45Speaker 3: our full staff back again. Matt Robles spotting for me
- 22:49Speaker 3: for an umpteenth consecutive year. My guy Dave Spadafore playing
- 22:53Speaker 3: hurt tonight.
- 22:54Speaker 5: The ruling on the field is a completed catch.
- 22:57Speaker 8: The previous play is under replay review.
- 22:59Speaker 3: Okay, Mike. I thought that's what we kind of knew anyway.
- 23:02Speaker 3: But anyway, Spadafore, it wouldn't be a summer if Dave
- 23:04Speaker 3: didn't have some sort of major surgery. He's got a
- 23:07Speaker 3: new bionic ankle now, so he's here. Zach and Sarah
- 23:11Speaker 3: are down on the field. Alonzo's on the ones and
- 23:14Speaker 3: twos with us. James back at Studio Network Control. So
- 23:16Speaker 3: we're fully staffed up here. Let's take a look at
- 23:18Speaker 3: this slide. The reaction from the crowd on the initial
- 23:21Speaker 3: replay on the Jumbotron was a ball definitely hit the turf.
- 23:26Speaker 3: Let's take a look at it.
- 23:28Speaker 5: They posited at the wrong spot.
- 23:31Speaker 3: Got to get to his hands first. They're going frame
- 23:33Speaker 3: by frame on us right now. We're getting the Jumbotron look.
- 23:39Speaker 3: The officials have a lot more looks than we do
- 23:42Speaker 3: right now on the Jumbotron. And Mike McCabe's got the
- 23:44Speaker 3: headset on, and he's under the hood downstairs.
- 23:47Speaker 5: Here we go. They're still posited at the wrong spot,
- 23:51Speaker 5: so forgive us.
- 23:55Speaker 3: While we wait on it, We'll remind you fans that
- 23:59Speaker 3: now that it's football season, we're closing in on blanket
- 24:02Speaker 3: season as well. Purchase your Mickey Couture blankets online or in-store.
- 24:06Speaker 5: At one of their six locations. That's incomplete. Yeah, he.
- 24:10Speaker 3: Dropped that. Here's what you have to learn in the
- 24:12Speaker 3: booth slide. Don't be definitive on replay because oftentimes we
- 24:16Speaker 3: think what we see on replay.
- 24:18Speaker 5: Now that's the targeting stuff that we just don't understand.
- 24:20Speaker 5: But that clearly hit the ground right there. I would
- 24:24Speaker 5: be shocked if they called that complete. But And we
- 24:27Speaker 5: have seen crazier things. Yeah, but yeah, this defense is
- 24:33Speaker 5: doing a good job.
- 24:33Speaker 4: That would be make that fourth down on this drive
- 24:36Speaker 4: if they call this an incomplete pass. So good job
- 24:39Speaker 4: of staying up on this drive. But you're right, Idaho
- 24:42Speaker 4: did find something.
- 24:45Speaker 5: After review, the receiver.
- 24:46Speaker 9: Did not complete the process of making the catch.
- 24:48Speaker 5: It's an incomplete pass.
- 24:50Speaker 8: It'll be fourth down.
- 24:52Speaker 3: So, fourth down coming up. Does Idaho keep their offense
- 24:56Speaker 3: on the field? They may here. They've got nothing to lose.
- 24:59Speaker 3: They're playing a power four school. The ball's on the
- 25:01Speaker 3: other side of midfield. Or do we see the punter here? Nope,
- 25:04Speaker 3: we're going to see the punter. And he's a big dude, too.
- 25:07Speaker 3: Tyler Klinsman is the punter. You'll see a couple of
- 25:10Speaker 3: guys punt tonight. Cameron Pope is one, but this kid
- 25:14Speaker 3: looks like he should be playing defensive end and not
- 25:16Speaker 3: punter right now. The preseason All-Big 12 selection, Monte Carvalho
- 25:21Speaker 3: is back to receive this punt for Utah. He stands
- 25:23Speaker 3: at his own 10-yard line. Klinsman is 6'6. I'm sorry,
- 25:29Speaker 3: Klinsman is 6'6. He is a big dude. Doesn't look
- 25:32Speaker 3: like Utah is going to come after him here. They're
- 25:34Speaker 3: going to set up a return. And watch for the fake.
- 25:42Speaker 3: Plenty of time. High and end over end. Lana's going
- 25:45Speaker 3: to fair catch this one. Backpedals and takes it at
- 25:47Speaker 3: about the 8-yard line. And that's where Utah will start
- 25:50Speaker 3: first and 10. We're going to keep it right here.
- 25:52Speaker 3: 50-yard punt. Make it a 42-yard punt. No return for Kinsman.
- 25:57Speaker 3: And finally, a long field for Devin Dampier to start with.
- 26:00Speaker 3: It's a 91-yard field. They'll mark it at the 9-yard line.
- 26:04Speaker 4: Now you get to see this offense really open up
- 26:06Speaker 4: and see their capabilities. Down in the red zone, they
- 26:08Speaker 4: were kind of maximizing on the opportunity that was down there.
- 26:11Speaker 4: But now you've got a full field to work with,
- 26:13Speaker 4: so you're going to see a lot of different personnels.
- 26:15Speaker 4: That 11 personnel is not going to look like 11 personnel.
- 26:18Speaker 4: And so that's what I'm really excited about, to see
- 26:20Speaker 4: this team and all the creativity that Coach McGiven has
- 26:23Speaker 4: put in this offseason.
- 26:24Speaker 3: Offense comes to the field. Presented by Bud Light. Easy
- 26:27Speaker 3: to drink and easy to enjoy. Big shout out to
- 26:29Speaker 3: my guy Kevin Walsh and my guy Jeff Twiss. Great
- 26:33Speaker 3: friends of mine. Great friends of Utah football. End around handoff.
- 26:36Speaker 3: Daniel Bray's got it. Out across the 15 to about
- 26:39Speaker 3: the 17 yard line for a gain of 8. Ryder Bortner,
- 26:43Speaker 3: Will Linebacker came up to make the tackle for Idaho.
- 26:45Speaker 3: Daniel Bray already showing himself here in the offense today.
- 26:48Speaker 4: Yeah, but that was an amazing job by Daniel Bray.
- 26:50Speaker 4: As soon as he's gotten right outside the tackle, he
- 26:52Speaker 4: comes straight downhill. He doesn't keep whining, and he ends.
- 26:55Speaker 5: Up getting eight yards.
- 26:56Speaker 3: Three receivers on the field for Utah on second down
- 26:58Speaker 3: and two. Wayshawn Parker at the ballgame now as Devin
- 27:00Speaker 3: Dampier lines up in the shotgun. Idaho with a four-man
- 27:03Speaker 3: down front. Hand off. is going to be to way
- 27:07Speaker 3: Sean Parker. He's going to bounce it once, bounce it twice,
- 27:09Speaker 3: stay on his feet beyond the 20, and push the
- 27:11Speaker 3: pile out to about the 24-yard line for a gain
- 27:14Speaker 3: of six. A gaggle of Vandals made the tackle on
- 27:17Speaker 3: that time, led by the middle linebacker, Cruz Hepper. And
- 27:19Speaker 3: that's a first down, a Utah first down, presented by
- 27:22Speaker 3: Ivory Homes. And now they're going to go with tempo
- 27:24Speaker 3: with the Utes as the clock runs with 6.10 to play.
- 27:27Speaker 3: Devin empties the backfield here. He's got five pass targets
- 27:30Speaker 3: in the formation. Pumps once. Now he's going to scramble
- 27:33Speaker 3: around just a little bit. He's going to keep it himself.
- 27:35Speaker 3: 25 to the 30 and be knocked down at about
- 27:38Speaker 3: the 33-yard line, Devin Dampier. And he'll pick up on
- 27:41Speaker 3: the play. Almost nine yards. Tackled by Ryder Bordner.
- 27:45Speaker 5: Yeah, great job by Devin Dampier.
- 27:46Speaker 4: Receivers got to understand that he's going to look for
- 27:48Speaker 4: you to uncover right there. A lot of guys, one
- 27:51Speaker 4: go deep, one go to the middle, and spread it
- 27:53Speaker 4: out over there so he can find you.
- 27:55Speaker 3: So second down and a long one and a half
- 27:57Speaker 3: here for Utah. Way Sean Parker back at the ball game.
- 28:00Speaker 3: Creed Whittemore comes in motion for Utah. And that's going
- 28:03Speaker 3: to be a play action pass as Devin looks. He's
- 28:05Speaker 3: going to throw it long up the sideline looking for
- 28:07Speaker 3: Whittemore who catches but out of bounds. Pressure was coming.
- 28:11Speaker 3: Devin had to get rid of that ball. And that
- 28:13Speaker 3: ball just kind of led Whittemore out of bounds. Good
- 28:15Speaker 3: coverage on the play too by the secondary for Idaho.
- 28:17Speaker 5: Great coverage.
- 28:18Speaker 4: It's just a short side of the field. And Creed's
- 28:20Speaker 4: got to give himself a little bit more room on
- 28:22Speaker 4: the sideline. But great job by Idaho at forcing the
- 28:25Speaker 4: issue and making sure that there's not much room to
- 28:27Speaker 4: catch the football.
- 28:28Speaker 3: So third down here for Utah. Their first third down
- 28:32Speaker 3: on this side of the field. Second third down overall.
- 28:34Speaker 3: Third down and a long one and a half. Parker
- 28:37Speaker 3: stays in the ballgame. Devin and the shotgun. Two tight
- 28:39Speaker 3: ends here for Utah. And third down and one and
- 28:41Speaker 3: a half. Play action again for Dampier. He's going to
- 28:46Speaker 3: take a shot long. He's got a man out there. Incomplete.
- 28:49Speaker 3: Where's the flag? There is none.
- 28:51Speaker 5: Oh, no flag.
- 28:52Speaker 3: He was going for Braden Pagan. Khalid Rawls had the coverage.
- 28:56Speaker 3: I thought for sure that was pass interference.
- 28:58Speaker 5: I'm with you, Bill. I thought that was pass interference.
- 29:00Speaker 5: Brandon Pagan's got to do a little bit more jumping
- 29:02Speaker 5: back into the defender right there. His defender was not looking.
- 29:05Speaker 5: That's definitely P.I.
- 29:07Speaker 3: He didn't turn his head. He put two hands into
- 29:09Speaker 3: the chest of Braden Pagan. That's I'm just not sure
- 29:12Speaker 3: how that's not pass interference. Wow.
- 29:15Speaker 7: Wow.
- 29:17Speaker 3: It is.
- 29:17Speaker 4: Devin Dampier's got to step a little bit more into that.
- 29:19Speaker 4: He kind of did a fadeaway jump shot on that.
- 29:22Speaker 3: Yeah, Pagan had two or three steps.
- 29:24Speaker 5: He had a lot of steps on the defender. He's
- 29:26Speaker 5: got to step in and deliver that downtown.
- 29:28Speaker 3: That's going to be one Devin has to complete as
- 29:29Speaker 3: the year goes along. Tony Harstie back to receive this
- 29:32Speaker 3: punt from Orion Phillips. A high hanging kick. Harstie comes
- 29:36Speaker 3: up in fair catches at his own 19-yard line. And
- 29:39Speaker 3: that's where the Vandals will take over first and 10
- 29:41Speaker 3: with 5.13 to play here in the first quarter. Timeout
- 29:45Speaker 3: on the field. It's Utah 10 and Idaho nothing for
- 29:48Speaker 3: the Big O Tires broadcast booth. This is Utah football
- 29:51Speaker 3: from ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Radio Network.
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- 30:04Speaker 3: Back at Rice-Eckel Stadium, we've got 5-13 to play here
- 30:07Speaker 3: in the first quarter, 10-0 Utah. They were stopped defensively
- 30:10Speaker 3: that time down. What did you see on the last
- 30:12Speaker 3: two pass plays, Zach Moss?
- 30:14Speaker 6: Not loving the play call on third and one. Thought
- 30:17Speaker 6: we would go, you know, we've got 12 tight ends,
- 30:19Speaker 6: try to catch them.
- 30:20Speaker 5: Off guard with a deep shot.
- 30:21Speaker 7: I love the aggression by the offense.
- 30:24Speaker 6: Dan Pierce has got to step into those throws a
- 30:25Speaker 6: little bit better and give his receivers a little bit
- 30:28Speaker 6: better of a chance of making a real play, but
- 30:31Speaker 6: I love the aggression from the offense and trying to
- 30:32Speaker 6: create the deep shots.
- 30:33Speaker 2: Zach, thanks.
- 30:34Speaker 3: Sideline Update brought to you by Ken Garth. We hear you.
- 30:36Speaker 3: First half being brought to you by Slackwater Pizza. Locations
- 30:39Speaker 3: all over the Salt Lake Valley. Utah's fastest growing communities
- 30:42Speaker 3: have them all. Awesome food, great vibes bring the whole
- 30:45Speaker 3: family to Slackwater. So Joshua Wood brings Idaho back out
- 30:49Speaker 3: for a Fourth time here today. Two turnovers and a punt.
- 30:54Speaker 3: Utah's defense has been good. He's got Ferrari Miller in
- 30:56Speaker 3: the pistol formation behind him. Two receivers left and two
- 30:59Speaker 3: receivers right on first and ten from about the 20-yard
- 31:02Speaker 3: line here for Wood. He'll backpedal to pass. Look right.
- 31:09Speaker 3: He's hit as he throws. That ball is hanging and
- 31:12Speaker 3: just out of the reach of the wide receiver. He
- 31:14Speaker 3: was looking on that play for Zach Card. He was
- 31:17Speaker 3: covered out there by Jackson Benny. That was a pretty
- 31:19Speaker 3: good throw considering the pressure that was in his face.
- 31:22Speaker 5: Love that by Lance Holtzclaw.
- 31:23Speaker 4: Great move on the outside. He did a nice in
- 31:26Speaker 4: and out. Comes tight off the tackle. Just that one
- 31:29Speaker 4: more hair, he would have had himself a sack right there.
- 31:31Speaker 4: But Lance Holtzclaw getting in the backfield.
- 31:32Speaker 3: So second down and 10 as he just missed Card
- 31:35Speaker 3: down the field trying to get that big play out there.
- 31:37Speaker 3: They hit for a bunch of those a week ago
- 31:39Speaker 3: against Cal Poly. 5.07 to play here in the first quarter.
- 31:43Speaker 3: They bunch four wide receivers on the left side of
- 31:46Speaker 3: the formation, one on the right. Quarterback by himself. He
- 31:50Speaker 3: looks out to his right-hand side. Pressure coming, and down
- 31:52Speaker 3: he goes. Carson Cavuzzi with the first Utah sack of
- 31:57Speaker 3: the season. Back of the 14-yard line.
- 32:01Speaker 4: He's staking his claim for mayor of Sac Lake City
- 32:04Speaker 4: right there.
- 32:05Speaker 5: Great job right there of sticking with it.
- 32:07Speaker 4: But the pressure, the twist inside game, making it hard
- 32:10Speaker 4: for Joshua Woods to understand what's coming and get to
- 32:13Speaker 4: his receivers.
- 32:14Speaker 5: But Carson Kafusi comes and lays the boom on Joshua Woods.
- 32:17Speaker 3: There have been a lot of good Kafusis that have
- 32:19Speaker 3: played football in Utah. Carson might be the next one.
- 32:23Speaker 3: Third down and long as the musts are on their
- 32:25Speaker 3: feet here at Rice-Eccles. Third down and 16 back in
- 32:28Speaker 3: the 14th. Vandals 0-2 on third down. Pressure coming again.
- 32:34Speaker 3: Woods scrambling to his right, looking down the field, throwing
- 32:37Speaker 3: across his body. He's got a man wide open, middle
- 32:39Speaker 3: of the field, and he dropped it. That was the
- 32:41Speaker 3: tight end, Noah West-Baronco, who was wide open in the
- 32:45Speaker 3: middle of the field, but it hit his fingertips and
- 32:47Speaker 3: went incomplete. That'll bring up fourth down.
- 32:49Speaker 5: Yeah, Utah loses contain over here. They're supposed to have
- 32:52Speaker 5: a guy wrap around, but he doesn't wrap all the
- 32:54Speaker 5: way around. Joshua Woods gets out, is able to look
- 32:57Speaker 5: back across. You don't want to throw back across your body,
- 32:59Speaker 5: but his guy was wide open. Just a simple drop
- 33:02Speaker 5: right there for Idaho.
- 33:03Speaker 3: Well, the other punter has come out now. That's going
- 33:05Speaker 3: to be Cameron Pope. Kicked twice last week against Cal Poly.
- 33:09Speaker 3: Averaged about 37 yards a kick. Monte Carvalho stands at
- 33:13Speaker 3: his own 45. This is a returnable ball here for Carvalho.
- 33:17Speaker 4: He was dangerous last year. He wanted to catch everything,
- 33:20Speaker 4: so I'm very excited to.
- 33:21Speaker 3: See him this year. Average 12.5 a kick return last
- 33:24Speaker 3: year and a touchdown. Here's the kick. It's away. This
- 33:26Speaker 3: is a good kick, too. It backs Carvalho up. He's
- 33:29Speaker 3: going to back up. Goes through his hands. He's going
- 33:32Speaker 3: to have to try to get there, and he won't.
- 33:33Speaker 3: That's going to be Idaho football. Idaho falls on it
- 33:36Speaker 3: at the Utah 32-yard line, and that's going to be
- 33:39Speaker 3: Vandal football after Carvalho made a mistake. He should not
- 33:43Speaker 3: have tried to catch that ball that was over his head.
- 33:46Speaker 3: Let's see how they unsworded here. They do, and that's
- 33:48Speaker 3: turnover on Utah.
- 33:49Speaker 7: No!
- 33:50Speaker 3: Now they're pointing toward the way. No, they're going to
- 33:52Speaker 3: talk about this.
- 33:53Speaker 5: That's Idaho football.
- 33:54Speaker 3: That's Idaho football. One official pointed the direction, and it
- 33:56Speaker 3: was Utah football in the first down. I guess the
- 34:00Speaker 3: question is, the question is, did he touch it? Yeah,
- 34:02Speaker 3: that's the question here, because Idaho definitely recovered it.
- 34:05Speaker 5: Well, the way that Mono went after it is like
- 34:07Speaker 5: he touched it.
- 34:08Speaker 3: Yes.
- 34:08Speaker 4: And so that would give me the impression that he did,
- 34:10Speaker 4: but if he didn't touch it, then it should still
- 34:13Speaker 4: be Utah football.
- 34:14Speaker 3: Referees gathered at about the 32-yard line where the ball
- 34:17Speaker 3: was falling on. On the field, the ball.
- 34:20Speaker 8: Was illegally touched by the kicking team. First down, Utah.
- 34:24Speaker 7: Wow.
- 34:24Speaker 5: Illegally touched.
- 34:26Speaker 1: Okay.
- 34:27Speaker 3: I'm going to see if we get a replay on
- 34:29Speaker 3: this because I... I have to think Idaho thinks the
- 34:32Speaker 3: exact same thing that we do, that that ball might
- 34:34Speaker 3: have touched the fingertips of Monte Carvalho.
- 34:36Speaker 4: He tried, but there's often times where that happens and
- 34:39Speaker 4: it goes through his hands. But the way that he
- 34:40Speaker 4: reacted is as if it did touch his fingertips. So
- 34:44Speaker 4: hopefully we can get a snap off.
- 34:45Speaker 3: Rolling on the field, the ball.
- 34:46Speaker 9: Was illegally touched by the kicking team. The previous play
- 34:49Speaker 9: is on the replay review.
- 34:50Speaker 7: Yeah.
- 34:50Speaker 5: That's what sucks. When you're changing possessions, you ain't got
- 34:52Speaker 5: no opportunity to go hurry up.
- 34:54Speaker 3: Yeah, you can't get your offense out there quick enough.
- 34:56Speaker 3: So this replay review, Mike McCabe will jog to the
- 34:59Speaker 3: other end of the field. And take a look at
- 35:01Speaker 3: this one. Just a reminder, Utah fans, Pepsi and Smiths
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- 35:10Speaker 3: Pepsi was made for Utah watching. So for a second
- 35:14Speaker 3: time tonight, Mike McCabe's having a look right here.
- 35:18Speaker 5: Let's see here. This will be a good angle. Actually,
- 35:24Speaker 5: I thought it was. It wasn't.
- 35:26Speaker 3: I can't tell on the look that we have.
- 35:28Speaker 5: Well, here's the thing.
- 35:29Speaker 4: It's called Utah ball, so it has to be definitive
- 35:32Speaker 4: in order for them to overturn it.
- 35:34Speaker 3: We're still waiting on television. ESPN News is not, or
- 35:38Speaker 3: ESPNU has not gotten to us yet. So everything we're
- 35:41Speaker 3: seeing is kind of jumbotron, not television replays. I think
- 35:49Speaker 3: that hit his fingers. The ball changed direction.
- 35:52Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 35:54Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that touched his fingertips on that. It
- 35:57Speaker 5: barely did, though. That's the hard part.
- 36:00Speaker 4: But, again, the way that Mono went after that ball
- 36:03Speaker 4: is if it did touch his hands.
- 36:05Speaker 5: And so this should be Idaho ball coming out of.
- 36:11Speaker 1: This.
- 36:11Speaker 5: Yeah, let's see here. Yeah. You can see his fingers move.
- 36:17Speaker 3: Well, and not just that, but the direction of the
- 36:19Speaker 3: ball changed before it hit the ground, too. So I
- 36:23Speaker 3: think this is going to be Idaho football on the.
- 36:25Speaker 5: Here's the thing, it's close, and we've heard, we've had
- 36:27Speaker 5: some close calls before.
- 36:29Speaker 3: And as you said, it was called Utah football on
- 36:32Speaker 3: the field, so you have to have pretty compelling evidence
- 36:35Speaker 3: to overturn this call. So we'll see. We'll remind you,
- 36:39Speaker 3: our game today being brought to you by Bud Light.
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- 36:45Speaker 3: Utah fans back to Rice-Eccles Stadium this year. 4-0-3 to
- 36:49Speaker 3: play here in the first quarter. 10-0 Utah, but One
- 36:52Speaker 3: of the things you and I talked about with Zach
- 36:53Speaker 3: at the pregame show was playing a clean football game.
- 36:56Speaker 3: This is an unnecessary, if it ends up being a
- 36:59Speaker 3: fumble on Utah, it's kind of an unnecessary turnover.
- 37:02Speaker 5: Yeah, but it's also a young guy mistake too.
- 37:04Speaker 4: And if you want to have a young guy mistake,
- 37:06Speaker 4: you want it to happen in a game like this.
- 37:09Speaker 5: But that's huge. That was a big booming punt there.
- 37:13Speaker 5: Big change of field.
- 37:14Speaker 4: I know Mano wanted to catch that ball, but you
- 37:15Speaker 4: got to understand you have to be under the ball
- 37:17Speaker 4: to make that happen.
- 37:19Speaker 3: Here's the referee.
- 37:19Speaker 9: After review, the ruling on the field of the allele
- 37:21Speaker 9: touching is upheld. First down, Idaho.
- 37:26Speaker 3: What?
- 37:27Speaker 5: Overturned or upheld? Upheld.
- 37:29Speaker 3: If it was upheld, it would be Utah football. Hey,
- 37:32Speaker 3: it's a first game, too, for the referees. So we'll
- 37:35Speaker 3: cut Mike McCabe a little slack right here. But he
- 37:38Speaker 3: did say it's Idaho football, and I think that's the
- 37:41Speaker 3: right call based on the calls or the views we
- 37:44Speaker 3: saw on the replay board.
- 37:45Speaker 5: Correct, correct. So it should be overturned. Here it comes again.
- 37:49Speaker 8: Correction, it'll be Utah's ball, first down.
- 37:54Speaker 3: I'm really confused right now. I am really confused right now.
- 37:59Speaker 3: But he was very definitive with that, and I can
- 38:01Speaker 3: tell you who else is confused down there. The coaching
- 38:05Speaker 3: staff and Thomas Ford Jr., the head coach at Idaho,
- 38:08Speaker 3: because he was pretty sure that his team was going
- 38:10Speaker 3: to get that recovery of the fumble. So Utah catches
- 38:12Speaker 3: a break right here, and they'll begin first and ten
- 38:14Speaker 3: at their own 32-yard line.
- 38:16Speaker 5: I'll be a homer. I love the results of the
- 38:18Speaker 5: play right there. Go Utah here. Let's go. They've got
- 38:21Speaker 5: to make something happen now. Big play. Let's see this offense. Oh,
- 38:26Speaker 5: four guys in the backfield.
- 38:27Speaker 3: Full house backfield. You've got a Rhino, Backbird, Ficklin, and
- 38:30Speaker 3: Wayshon Parker with Devin Dampier. They're going to hand it
- 38:32Speaker 3: off to Wayshon. He gets the second level and rolls
- 38:35Speaker 3: down to about the 35-yard line for a gain of
- 38:37Speaker 3: three yards. That play has so many levels to it.
- 38:42Speaker 3: That was just a pretty simple dive right there.
- 38:44Speaker 5: Yeah, there's so many.
- 38:45Speaker 4: Normally, you see a triple option look right there, but
- 38:47Speaker 4: there's four guys in the backfield, and another one of
- 38:50Speaker 4: those is a quarterback, so You run that ball, you
- 38:53Speaker 4: toss that to Burr, that could easily be a double pass,
- 38:55Speaker 4: or Burr can keep that, and we know what he
- 38:57Speaker 4: can do in open field.
- 38:58Speaker 3: The two Rhino backs are lined up on the left-hand
- 39:00Speaker 3: side for Utah. That's Sione and Semmy. In the backfield
- 39:05Speaker 3: with Devin Dampier is Wayshawn Parker on second down and seven.
- 39:08Speaker 3: Option to the outside, Devin's going to keep it himself,
- 39:10Speaker 3: and he's going to be wrapped up and taken down
- 39:12Speaker 3: after about a one-and-a-half-yard gain. The Will linebacker, Ryder Bordner.
- 39:16Speaker 3: Took him down. Third down and long coming up here
- 39:18Speaker 3: for Utah.
- 39:19Speaker 5: That's unfortunate. That play had legs. He just ran into
- 39:22Speaker 5: his own old lineman right there. He tried to bounce.
- 39:24Speaker 7: I look at him.
- 39:24Speaker 4: He tried to bounce out of here. Just stay on
- 39:26Speaker 4: your offensive lineman's hip right there, and he will pick
- 39:29Speaker 4: up that.
- 39:29Speaker 5: First down.
- 39:31Speaker 3: And now it's going to be third down and six here. Yep,
- 39:33Speaker 3: third down and six for Utah. They're 0 for 2
- 39:35Speaker 3: on third down so far. Late sub coming on here,
- 39:37Speaker 3: but plenty of time on the play clock. Three receivers
- 39:39Speaker 3: split to the right-hand side for Devin Dampier. Wayshawn Parker
- 39:43Speaker 3: stays in the backfield. Wayshon really worked on catching the
- 39:47Speaker 3: ball this year. Let's see if they utilize him out
- 39:49Speaker 3: of the backfield here on third down and six. Dampier
- 39:52Speaker 3: backpedals to pass. They do throw it to him in
- 39:54Speaker 3: the flat. He's got first down yardage. 45 on his
- 39:57Speaker 3: feet still. 47 and rolls down to the 48 yard line.
- 40:00Speaker 3: That's an Ivory Holmes first down. Simple little toss out
- 40:03Speaker 3: of the backfield to a wide open Wayshon Parker.
- 40:06Speaker 5: Absolutely love his low center of gravity. He reminds me
- 40:09Speaker 5: of Zach.
- 40:09Speaker 4: You know, when Zach made contact, he was so explosive
- 40:12Speaker 4: right after contact.
- 40:14Speaker 3: That's a gain of Almost 10 yards on the play.
- 40:17Speaker 3: First down, Dampier to throw again. Lots of time, lots
- 40:20Speaker 3: of time. Look it, he's going to scramble now. He's
- 40:22Speaker 3: got the 50 to the outside, 45, and steps out
- 40:25Speaker 3: of bounds at the Idaho 41-yard line for a gain
- 40:28Speaker 3: of 10 and another Ivory Holmes first down for the Utes.
- 40:31Speaker 5: It's a great rhythm right there. Two first downs of
- 40:34Speaker 5: back-to-back plays right there. Devin with a great decision, right?
- 40:37Speaker 5: Make the defense respect your legs.
- 40:39Speaker 4: That's going to make them come off of coverage later
- 40:41Speaker 4: on in the football game, and you'll be able to
- 40:43Speaker 4: throw on the run.
- 40:44Speaker 3: Hunter Andrews is checked in the game for the first
- 40:46Speaker 3: time for Utah. He's another weapon for the Utes. Chavez Soto,
- 40:51Speaker 3: the tailback for the first time tonight, lines up in
- 40:53Speaker 3: the pistol behind Dampier. They're going to hand it to
- 40:56Speaker 3: Chavez Soto. Now a play-action pass down the field. Braden
- 40:59Speaker 3: Pagan open. Braden Pagan with a catch. Inside the 15
- 41:04Speaker 3: and down to the Idaho 11-yard line. the biggest pitch
- 41:09Speaker 3: and catch of the year. Kinsey had the coverage, 31 yards,
- 41:13Speaker 3: and into the red zone they go.
- 41:15Speaker 4: Great job by Devin in giving them an opportunity to
- 41:17Speaker 4: catch that ball right there.
- 41:18Speaker 5: Brandon Pagan, being the big receiver that he is, comes
- 41:20Speaker 5: away with a big play.
- 41:21Speaker 3: Chavez Soto stays in the ballgame for Utah. Three receivers
- 41:25Speaker 3: left for Devin Dampier on first down from the 11.
- 41:28Speaker 3: Hand off Chavez Soto. He's got the edge to the 5,
- 41:32Speaker 3: to the pylon! Touchdown! Touchdown, Utah! There is a flag
- 41:38Speaker 3: on the play. Let's see if this flag is on Utah,
- 41:43Speaker 3: and I think it is.
- 41:45Speaker 8: Offense number 86. Ten-yard penalty. Replay first down.
- 41:50Speaker 4: That's what's so hard about that play. That play's supposed
- 41:52Speaker 4: to hit up inside. Chavez Soto goes outside. The blockers
- 41:55Speaker 4: don't know he's outside. They're expecting him to be inside
- 41:58Speaker 4: right there, and you get the holding call right there.
- 42:03Speaker 3: Will Money is the man, guilty of the hold. Let's
- 42:06Speaker 3: go downstairs to Zach real quick. What do you got, Zach?
- 42:09Speaker 6: That was a huge play. We've been looking for this
- 42:11Speaker 6: deep shot offense all night.
- 42:12Speaker 7: Finally got a connection.
- 42:14Speaker 6: Love to see Bacon Payne make that play.
- 42:18Speaker 3: First and 10 back, make it first and 20 back
- 42:20Speaker 3: at the 21-yard line for Dan Peer. He hands it
- 42:22Speaker 3: off on the end around this time to the right-hand side.
- 42:24Speaker 3: That's Parker. He's got the five.
- 42:27Speaker 5: He's got the end zone. Touchdown!
- 42:31Speaker 3: Way Sean Parker from 21 yards out. It's a Utah touchdown.
- 42:40Speaker 5: That was all Wayshon right there.
- 42:43Speaker 4: There was at least four Idaho defenders that had the
- 42:45Speaker 4: opportunity to bring him down. But one, amazing vision. And
- 42:49Speaker 4: then two, his resilience and determination not going down. Awesome
- 42:53Speaker 4: job by Wayshon Parker.
- 42:54Speaker 3: That's a drive that had a little bit of everything
- 42:57Speaker 3: for Utah. A big chunk play in the pass game.
- 43:00Speaker 3: A big chunk play in the run game. And some
- 43:02Speaker 3: Devin Dampier sprinkled in as well. PAT coming up here.
- 43:07Speaker 3: Dylan Curtis. He splits the uprights to make it 17-0 Utah.
- 43:12Speaker 3: That touchdown by Parker, his first of the year. A
- 43:16Speaker 3: Pepsi touchdown with a minute and seven seconds to play
- 43:20Speaker 3: here in the first quarter. Makes it 17-0 Utah.
- 43:23Speaker 5: Great job, Wayser. I love it.
- 43:25Speaker 4: Points being scored. Act like you've been there before. Guys
- 43:28Speaker 4: getting their blocks, getting to the edge right there. You
- 43:31Speaker 4: get a penalty, so what?
- 43:32Speaker 5: They make it happen right there. Big play by Wayser
- 43:35Speaker 5: and Parker.
- 43:35Speaker 3: That PAT that touchdown brought to you by Pepsi football.
- 43:39Speaker 3: Better watching with Pepsi. Six plays 68 yards on that drive.
- 43:46Speaker 3: Way Sean Parker had one catch for 12 yards and
- 43:49Speaker 3: two runs for 24 yards. 256 off the game clock
- 43:53Speaker 3: makes it 17 nothing Utah. Just a little bit of
- 43:57Speaker 3: time left here. What's been a pretty long first quarter?
- 44:00Speaker 5: Yes, it has, and this crowd has been great. A
- 44:04Speaker 5: great number of people in the crowd tonight making some noise,
- 44:06Speaker 5: seeing this offense take shape. This is exactly what we
- 44:10Speaker 5: envisioned for these guys, being able to run the football,
- 44:12Speaker 5: pass the football.
- 44:13Speaker 4: A lot of different options for this Utah offense.
- 44:17Speaker 3: Minute seven to play. Super Alice, Devontae Bias back deep
- 44:21Speaker 3: to receive. We'll see if they have a chance. They
- 44:23Speaker 3: will not. Another terrific kickoff by Dylan Curtis. Drives it
- 44:28Speaker 3: through the end zone and out for a touchback. So
- 44:30Speaker 3: with a minute seven to play here in the first quarter.
- 44:32Speaker 3: Idaho will have it for a fifth time, five times
- 44:35Speaker 3: here in the first quarter. Nothing to show for it
- 44:38Speaker 3: just yet. A couple of turnovers as well. And the
- 44:40Speaker 3: Utah defense back out here again. Sold out crowd for
- 44:43Speaker 3: a 96 consecutive time here at Rice-Eckel Stadium. They've striped
- 44:46Speaker 3: the stadium. A lot of red, a lot of white
- 44:48Speaker 3: in here tonight. And another sellout crowd, another great night
- 44:52Speaker 3: for football here in Salt Lake City. What could be
- 44:57Speaker 3: a fantastic year for Utah football as well. First and 10,
- 45:00Speaker 3: Joshua Wood and Ferrari Miller in the backfield with him
- 45:04Speaker 3: on their own 25-yard line. Hand off. Woods going to
- 45:10Speaker 3: keep it himself, and he'll be tripped up and taken
- 45:13Speaker 3: down at about the 26-yard line. Rabbit Evans tripped him up.
- 45:16Speaker 3: Carson Kifusi fell on top of him and smashed him
- 45:19Speaker 3: like a pancake.
- 45:19Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a great job. I think on the
- 45:21Speaker 5: last drive, Colton Swan and his defense saw a little something.
- 45:23Speaker 4: They felt a little bit more effective. They started stopping
- 45:26Speaker 4: Idaho a little bit more when they started.
- 45:28Speaker 5: Bringing more pressure.
- 45:29Speaker 4: So see more five-man guys, five-man pressures coming in different capacity.
- 45:34Speaker 4: You don't know who that fifth defender is going to be,
- 45:35Speaker 4: but they're seeing some traction with bringing heat.
- 45:37Speaker 3: Second down and nine for the Vandals. Miller stays in
- 45:41Speaker 3: the ballgame. Two receivers to the left-hand side, one to
- 45:45Speaker 3: the right here for Wood. He's going to pass, looking
- 45:48Speaker 3: out to the right-hand side, throws in the flat, has
- 45:50Speaker 3: a man wide open, 35 and out of bounds at
- 45:52Speaker 3: about the 38, Tony Harstie. Had a huge game a
- 45:55Speaker 3: week ago, nine catches, 180 yards and two touchdowns. Picks
- 45:59Speaker 3: up a first down, forced out of bounds by Elijah Reed.
- 46:01Speaker 4: Yeah, Harstie the speedster right there. There's just a lot
- 46:04Speaker 4: of room on a little out route there by Harstie.
- 46:08Speaker 4: And Joshua Wood has a big arm. That's a long
- 46:12Speaker 4: throw from Hash to the.
- 46:13Speaker 5: Other side of the field.
- 46:14Speaker 3: We'll see if they get one more play off here.
- 46:16Speaker 3: Five seconds on the game clock. First and ten from
- 46:19Speaker 3: about the 38-yard line. Utah shifting around up front, and
- 46:22Speaker 3: they will not. That will take us to the end
- 46:25Speaker 3: of the first quarter here.
- 46:25Speaker 8: That is the end of the first quarter.
- 46:28Speaker 3: At Rice-Eccles Stadium. Good first quarter for Utah. Good start
- 46:31Speaker 3: to the 20-26 season as they lead it 17-0. Utah
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- 46:41Speaker 3: Smith's store. From Rice-Eckel Stadium and the Big O' Tires
- 46:44Speaker 3: broadcast booth, we head to the second quarter, and this
- 46:47Speaker 3: is Utah football from ESPN 700 and the Utes Sports
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- 47:00Speaker 3: We head to the second quarter here in Salt Lake
- 47:02Speaker 3: City on a Thursday night. Beautiful night for football on
- 47:05Speaker 3: the home side, up 17-0. First quarter numbers and yardage
- 47:09Speaker 3: brought to you by CR England, great partners of Utah football.
- 47:12Speaker 3: Utah at 137 total yards. Idaho at 24. Utah at
- 47:16Speaker 3: 63 through the air, 74 on the ground. Idaho 24
- 47:20Speaker 3: through the air, none on the ground. Seven first downs
- 47:23Speaker 3: to three in favor of Utah. Utes forced two turnovers
- 47:27Speaker 3: and had four chunk plays to one for the Vandals.
- 47:30Speaker 3: Good first quarter. I think the only thing you'd probably
- 47:32Speaker 3: have any issue with, Sly, is probably the inability to
- 47:36Speaker 3: punch it in down in the red zone. Outside of that,
- 47:38Speaker 3: maybe they caught a little break on that punt, but otherwise,
- 47:40Speaker 3: good first quarter.
- 47:41Speaker 5: Yeah, good offensive production. Idaho tried to get a little
- 47:44Speaker 5: traction with the bigger back that they put in there,
- 47:47Speaker 5: but the defense was able to figure that out and
- 47:50Speaker 5: get them stopped. But yes, very good first quarter. Should
- 47:54Speaker 5: be 21-0 if they were able to punch it in
- 47:56Speaker 5: on that end here or there. You've got Dillzilla to
- 47:58Speaker 5: get some practice and get a nice little field goal.
- 48:03Speaker 3: So first and ten, Idaho. As they line up at
- 48:08Speaker 3: their own 38-yard line, bias the tailback, lines up behind
- 48:12Speaker 3: the quarterback, Joshua Wood. Crowd making some noise here. Utah
- 48:17Speaker 3: crowding the line of scrimmage on first and ten. They
- 48:19Speaker 3: bring a wide receiver in motion. Wood pulls it, throws,
- 48:24Speaker 3: in cut, nearly intercepted.
- 48:26Speaker 5: Great job by Jackson Benny.
- 48:27Speaker 3: Jackson Benny had the covers. They were trying to squeeze
- 48:29Speaker 3: that ball into Zach Hart. Benny's playing the nickel tonight.
- 48:31Speaker 3: They're playing that three-safety look with Benny at the nickel
- 48:34Speaker 3: and then Evans and Tillman back at the safety spot
- 48:38Speaker 3: right now.
- 48:38Speaker 4: Yeah, they're rotating Nate Ritchie and Tillman in at that
- 48:41Speaker 4: third safety, but Rabbit Evans and Jackson Benny, great down safeties,
- 48:45Speaker 4: very aggressive nickel as well.
- 48:48Speaker 5: I love that personnel setup.
- 48:49Speaker 3: Second down here in 10 with Bias staying in the backfield.
- 48:52Speaker 3: Utah again crowding that line of scrimmage on Joshua Wood.
- 48:56Speaker 3: He's going to pass, looks to his right, throws in
- 48:58Speaker 3: the flat. It's caught there, but the coverage was there immediately. Excellent.
- 49:01Speaker 3: They tried to squeeze that ball into card, and they did,
- 49:04Speaker 3: but the coverage was there immediately. Elijah Reed had it,
- 49:07Speaker 3: and it's going to be third down at about nine
- 49:09Speaker 3: here as Reed had that play covered the whole way.
- 49:11Speaker 5: Yeah, very tight coverage, exactly what you want. You want
- 49:14Speaker 5: to go man coverage you want to do a little
- 49:15Speaker 5: pick play, stick to your receiver right there. It was
- 49:18Speaker 5: a good job by Elijah Carter.
- 49:20Speaker 3: Mandles 0 for 3 on third down so far tonight
- 49:23Speaker 3: as the bus makes some noise. Third down and 9.
- 49:27Speaker 3: Two receivers as Utah presses them at the line of
- 49:29Speaker 3: scrimmage on the left-hand side, one on the right. Utah
- 49:33Speaker 3: showing pressure, now they back away from it. Wood looking,
- 49:36Speaker 3: throwing outside, has a man, caught first down. Oh, what
- 49:40Speaker 3: a nice catch. As they get that ball to De'Veon Superalice.
- 49:44Speaker 3: Benny was just a little late getting there, and they
- 49:47Speaker 3: pick up the first down yardage they need getting 10.
- 49:49Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a great job with pressure by Lance Holsquire.
- 49:52Speaker 4: It was just a second too late.
- 49:55Speaker 3: From the 49-yard line, Wood rolls to his right, looking
- 49:58Speaker 3: down the field all day long to throw, directing traffic,
- 50:01Speaker 3: now avoids the rush. He's going to tuck it and
- 50:03Speaker 3: go into Utah territory. And he steps out of bounds
- 50:05Speaker 3: at the Utah 45-yard line after a gain of six.
- 50:08Speaker 3: He had all day to throw. Utah had good coverage
- 50:11Speaker 3: in the secondary.
- 50:12Speaker 5: Yes, they did. He was trying to go to the
- 50:14Speaker 5: end zone. He was trying to get his receivers to
- 50:15Speaker 5: uncover and go deep.
- 50:17Speaker 4: They didn't see him because he was on the opposite
- 50:18Speaker 4: side of the field.
- 50:19Speaker 5: But, yes, Joshua Wood had all day right there. They're
- 50:21Speaker 5: going to pick up the pressure.
- 50:24Speaker 3: Best yardage so far for Idaho tonight. Second down and
- 50:27Speaker 3: four from the Utah 45-yard line. Pistol formation, the fullback.
- 50:33Speaker 3: Kinslow in. Now he moves to the left of Joshua Wood.
- 50:39Speaker 3: Utah showing pressure. Wood checks with the sideline. Play clock
- 50:44Speaker 3: at 10. Now he's going to change the play. Play
- 50:47Speaker 3: clock at 7. Play clock at 6 as he backs
- 50:50Speaker 3: back up into the shotgun again. Going to hand it
- 50:55Speaker 3: to his tailback. His tailback's got running room. That's clinch low.
- 50:59Speaker 5: He's not going down.
- 51:00Speaker 3: He is not going down. He goes inside the 30
- 51:02Speaker 3: down to the 28. Lance Holtzclaw finally got him. But
- 51:06Speaker 3: that was the biggest game of the day of 17
- 51:08Speaker 3: for the Idaho Vandals.
- 51:09Speaker 5: Yeah, this is a great check with me on this
- 51:11Speaker 5: play right here.
- 51:11Speaker 4: They saw the blitz coming from the strong side, so
- 51:14Speaker 4: the temperament is you've got to run away from the blitz,
- 51:17Speaker 4: throw at the blitz. They saw the blitz coming, ran
- 51:19Speaker 4: away from it, and picked up 17 on the.
- 51:21Speaker 3: Run right there. Yeah, Kinchelow has had a good night
- 51:24Speaker 3: running the football. He's been about the only Vandal who's
- 51:26Speaker 3: done much against this Utah defense. First and 10 for
- 51:29Speaker 3: the Utah, 28 for the Vandals. Wood. Hands again to
- 51:34Speaker 3: his tailback. This time Kincheloe is taken down. Nicely done
- 51:39Speaker 3: by Lance Holtzclaw, number 15, who's in store for maybe
- 51:43Speaker 3: a big year at that defensive end spot. Read it
- 51:45Speaker 3: well and got to Kincheloe right around his ankles.
- 51:48Speaker 5: Well, it was a great job by him, and I
- 51:49Speaker 5: thought the Scots were going to really love his change
- 51:51Speaker 5: of direction right there. Jumped all the way down to
- 51:52Speaker 5: the A gap. Was able to change out and pick
- 51:56Speaker 5: up the running back as he's leaving the backfield.
- 51:58Speaker 3: Five carries, 30 yards for Kincheloe. Israel Carter, the quarterback
- 52:03Speaker 3: in now, he's a runner. He throws out into the flat,
- 52:05Speaker 3: and it's complete in the flat. He's got his tailback,
- 52:07Speaker 3: Ferrari Miller, for a short gain to about the 27-yard line.
- 52:12Speaker 3: It's going to bring up third down, and we'll call
- 52:13Speaker 3: it about nine. Yeah, we'll see Carter a little bit,
- 52:17Speaker 3: but he's not a thrower. He's more of a runner.
- 52:19Speaker 3: Now Wood checks back in the ballgame on third down
- 52:22Speaker 3: and long.
- 52:22Speaker 4: Yeah, and here's, you know, they're at Utah's 26-yard line
- 52:27Speaker 4: right here.
- 52:28Speaker 5: Watch them taking a shot at the end zone. I mean,
- 52:30Speaker 5: why not?
- 52:31Speaker 4: I know you need a first down, but they might
- 52:33Speaker 4: try to take a shot at the end zone here,
- 52:34Speaker 4: so watch the screen it goes.
- 52:36Speaker 3: They're one and four, one out of four on third down.
- 52:38Speaker 3: They stack receivers left and right. Four in the pattern.
- 52:43Speaker 3: Keep an eye on the quarterback keeper here as well.
- 52:45Speaker 3: That's exactly what it is. Here comes Wood. He's got
- 52:47Speaker 3: running room into the secondary and tripped up. About a
- 52:50Speaker 3: yard shy of first down yardage at about the 19.
- 52:53Speaker 3: Are they going to give it to him? No, fourth
- 52:55Speaker 3: down at about a yard, maybe a half a yard here.
- 52:58Speaker 3: You could see that coming the whole way. The middle
- 53:00Speaker 3: of the field was wide open.
- 53:01Speaker 4: Yeah, and it looks like they're going to go for
- 53:03Speaker 4: it and keep the offense on the field here, put
- 53:05Speaker 4: the big back. In there and see if they can
- 53:07Speaker 4: pick this up as a big fourth down stop for
- 53:09Speaker 4: this defense Good test in this.
- 53:11Speaker 3: First game They break the huddle quickly to the vandals
- 53:13Speaker 3: fourth down at about half a yard At the 19
- 53:16Speaker 3: and a half yard line pistol formation kitchelow in the
- 53:19Speaker 3: ball game as the big back Two tight ends on
- 53:22Speaker 3: the right hand side for the vandals Now he's going
- 53:28Speaker 3: to change the play at the line of scrimmage is
- 53:30Speaker 3: wood utah crowds the line of scrimmage now They back
- 53:33Speaker 3: up with eight of the play clock fourth and half
- 53:35Speaker 3: a yard Hand off to the big back. He picks
- 53:41Speaker 3: his way forward, keeps his feet moving, and picks up
- 53:44Speaker 3: four yards to the 15-yard line. Utah has no answer
- 53:47Speaker 3: right now for the big fullback, Kinchelow.
- 53:49Speaker 5: Yeah, he's running great, you know, full speed.
- 53:52Speaker 4: He keeps his head down and picks up everything he
- 53:54Speaker 4: can right there. Utah's got to find an answer for
- 53:56Speaker 4: him or else he's going to continue on doing that.
- 53:59Speaker 3: First trip into the red zone today for the Vandals.
- 54:01Speaker 3: They've got it first and ten at the Utah 15.
- 54:03Speaker 3: Best drive of the night by far for Idaho as well.
- 54:07Speaker 3: Wood stays in the ballgame at quarterback. Kinchelo stays in
- 54:10Speaker 3: at tailback. Three tight ends, one wide receiver here for
- 54:14Speaker 3: the Vandals from the Utah 15. Movement on the right-hand side.
- 54:20Speaker 3: Utah saw it. They're saying the right tackle may have moved.
- 54:23Speaker 3: Let's see what the officials say. It's going to be
- 54:24Speaker 3: on Idaho.
- 54:28Speaker 8: False start.
- 54:30Speaker 9: Offense number 52.
- 54:32Speaker 8: Five-yard penalty remains first down.
- 54:34Speaker 3: They get the right tackle, Keegan Henson, who started all
- 54:37Speaker 3: 12 games last year and last week, too. That penalty
- 54:40Speaker 3: brought to you by on and collar, Utah's number one shirt.
- 54:44Speaker 3: So first and 10 becomes first and 15 now back
- 54:47Speaker 3: at the 20-yard line. Idaho breaks the huddle. Utah spreads
- 54:55Speaker 3: the defense across the line of scrimmage. Kincheloe the tailback.
- 55:02Speaker 3: Wood to pass. Play action. Looking down the field. Pressure coming.
- 55:06Speaker 3: Dumps in the flat to the tight end. He's got
- 55:09Speaker 3: the 15 and down to about the three-yard line. And
- 55:12Speaker 3: that's going to be first and goal for the Idaho Vandals.
- 55:16Speaker 5: I saw about three pick routes right there.
- 55:19Speaker 3: Alexander Jr. picks up the first down, and it's going
- 55:23Speaker 3: to be first and goal, and Idaho's going to go fast.
- 55:26Speaker 3: Kincheloe stays in. First and goal for the two-yard line.
- 55:30Speaker 3: They hand it to the big fullback. He's got running
- 55:32Speaker 3: room to the goal line. Is he in? He is. Touchdown.
- 55:36Speaker 3: Idaho making a statement here early in the second quarter.
- 55:40Speaker 3: Marches all the way down the field and punches it
- 55:43Speaker 3: into the end zone on the strength of Wood, the quarterback,
- 55:46Speaker 3: and Kinchelow, the fullback. The Vandals are on the board.
- 55:49Speaker 5: Yeah, they got a little bit of rhythm. As I said,
- 55:52Speaker 5: they're understanding exactly. Kinchelos is something they got.
- 55:55Speaker 4: When they were at Cal Poly last week, they saw
- 55:58Speaker 4: that Harsh was their guy, so they started to force-feed him.
- 56:02Speaker 5: That's what they're going to do to Kinchelo tonight.
- 56:04Speaker 3: 0-4 has been on to attempt the point-after touchdown here.
- 56:07Speaker 3: Trying to make it a 10-point game with 9.40 to
- 56:10Speaker 3: play here in the first half, and he does. Splits
- 56:12Speaker 3: the uprights for the PAT. And Idaho makes it a
- 56:15Speaker 3: 10-point game with 9.40 to play. That drive, how about
- 56:18Speaker 3: this drive? 13 plays, 75 yards, and they take 6.27
- 56:22Speaker 3: off the game clock. Kincheloe goes through a 7, carries
- 56:26Speaker 3: 37 yards and a touchdown. We'll take a timeout. There's
- 56:28Speaker 3: a timeout on the field right now. Timeout brought to
- 56:30Speaker 3: you by Bamboo H.R. For the Big O' Tires broadcast booth,
- 56:35Speaker 3: it's Utah football from ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports
- 56:38Speaker 3: Radio Network.
- 56:39Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football brought to you by Big
- 56:42Speaker 2: O' Tires on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 56:49Speaker 3: Back at Rice-Eccles Stadium for the Big O' Tires broadcast booth.
- 56:53Speaker 3: First half being brought to you by Bud Light. Easy
- 56:56Speaker 3: to drink and easy to enjoy. The big man, Tyler Kinsman,
- 57:00Speaker 3: will kick it off. First Idaho kickoff of the night tonight.
- 57:03Speaker 3: Larry Simmons back deep to receive this Utah kick. 17-7. 9.40
- 57:07Speaker 3: to play here in the first half. High and end
- 57:09Speaker 3: over end. That's going to go out for a touchback.
- 57:12Speaker 3: And Devin Dampier of the Utah offense will come out
- 57:14Speaker 3: with a 10-point lead here. But trying to add to it,
- 57:17Speaker 3: what impressed you most about that last Idaho drive?
- 57:20Speaker 5: The fact that they found their rhythm.
- 57:22Speaker 4: They did a check with me on the sideline, ran
- 57:24Speaker 4: away from the blitz, picked up the first down, 17
- 57:27Speaker 4: yards on that first down, but they found exactly the
- 57:30Speaker 4: weakness in Utah's defense, and they're trying to exploit that,
- 57:33Speaker 4: and they marched all.
- 57:34Speaker 5: The way down the field. As you said, it took
- 57:35Speaker 5: six minutes off the clock, so more that they found
- 57:37Speaker 5: something with their offensive drive.
- 57:40Speaker 3: Devin Dampier brings the offense out first and ten from
- 57:42Speaker 3: his own 25 with an empty backfield behind him and
- 57:45Speaker 3: five wide receivers in the pattern. It's actually... Now Bird-Ficklin
- 57:50Speaker 3: coming into the backfield with Devin. They're going to run
- 57:53Speaker 3: the speed option to the outside to Bird-Ficklin. He's got
- 57:55Speaker 3: running room 30. Bird spins out of a tackle and
- 57:57Speaker 3: down to about the 35-yard line. They're going to mark
- 57:59Speaker 3: him down just shy of that at about the 34
- 58:02Speaker 3: and a half. Luke Pesky made that tackle. Are they
- 58:05Speaker 3: going to mark that as a first down? No, that's
- 58:09Speaker 3: not a first down. It's second down and short.
- 58:11Speaker 5: Oh, it could be draw.
- 58:14Speaker 3: Three receivers on the right side. Again, Devin throws to
- 58:17Speaker 3: the outside. It's caught there by Braden Pagan. He's got
- 58:19Speaker 3: running room up the sideline. Pagan just across the 50
- 58:22Speaker 3: and into Utah. Make it, oh, they're going to say
- 58:24Speaker 3: step out of bounds at about the 47 of Utah.
- 58:26Speaker 3: So that's going to be a gain of 13 yards.
- 58:28Speaker 3: And that's an Ivory Holmes first down for the Utes.
- 58:31Speaker 5: Yeah, they're spreading the defense out and on empty. There
- 58:34Speaker 5: is absolutely nobody in the middle of the field. You
- 58:37Speaker 5: block up those four guys up front. Devin Dampier will
- 58:39Speaker 5: be running for a while up the middle.
- 58:41Speaker 3: Wayshawn Parker checks into the ball game on first and 10.
- 58:44Speaker 3: Tied into the right slot, three wide receivers on first
- 58:47Speaker 3: and ten for the 47-yard line for Utah. Weisham motions
- 58:50Speaker 3: out of the backfield. Devon's looking to throw. Steps up
- 58:52Speaker 3: away for the rush, looking down the field. Keeps that
- 58:55Speaker 3: football and dives forward into Idaho territory and down to
- 58:59Speaker 3: the Vandal 49-yard line for a gain of four. Javon Augustus,
- 59:02Speaker 3: whose twin brother, Jamarian Augustus, plays on that defensive line
- 59:06Speaker 3: with him. That's a four yard gain for Dampier.
- 59:09Speaker 4: It's a great job by Devin Dampier. He needed a
- 59:11Speaker 4: little bit more uncovering right there. But again, we don't
- 59:13Speaker 4: want those hits on Devin Dampier. I know he's tough
- 59:16Speaker 4: and know he can do it, but I want him
- 59:17Speaker 4: to stay clean, especially through this game.
- 59:20Speaker 3: Bird Ficklin, Devin Dampier, both in the ballgame. Got a
- 59:23Speaker 3: little confusion right now. Bird lines up in the backfield.
- 59:26Speaker 3: Now in a pistol formation, two tight ends, two wide
- 59:29Speaker 3: receivers for Utah. Now they bring Hunter Andrews into the
- 59:33Speaker 3: backfield as well. They're going to hand that ball to
- 59:35Speaker 3: Andrews straight ahead. Hunter's got it. Running room beyond the
- 59:37Speaker 3: 40 and down to the Idaho 36-yard line for a
- 59:41Speaker 3: 13-yard gain and an Ivory Holmes first down. Yet another
- 59:44Speaker 3: weapon for Kevin McGibbon.
- 59:45Speaker 4: How about you handing the ball off to your tight
- 59:47Speaker 4: end like he's your running back? Hunter Andrews' high school tape.
- 59:51Speaker 5: Is absolutely amazing.
- 59:51Speaker 3: Well, he was a running back in high school. He
- 59:53Speaker 3: was amazing. They brought him here as a linebacker and
- 59:56Speaker 3: then said, Now we want you at running.
- 59:58Speaker 5: Back, and now he's a tight end. This guy's an athlete.
- 1:00:00Speaker 5: He can do it all.
- 1:00:01Speaker 3: That's exactly what he is. Bird Ficklin, Devin Dampier in
- 1:00:03Speaker 3: the backfield, three wide receivers here. Now they're going to
- 1:00:06Speaker 3: motion Bird to the right-hand side. From the 36-yard line,
- 1:00:09Speaker 3: Devin to pass, rolls back out to his left, looking
- 1:00:11Speaker 3: down the field, throws outside. It's caught! Inside the 25
- 1:00:15Speaker 3: to about the 23 Creed Whittemore went up and grabbed
- 1:00:19Speaker 3: it That's gonna be an 11 yard gain another first
- 1:00:22Speaker 3: down brought to you by ivory homes and Devin Dampier
- 1:00:25Speaker 3: is dealing right now Yeah, but this is.
- 1:00:27Speaker 4: The explosion we're expecting from this offense We want to
- 1:00:29Speaker 4: see these guys go.
- 1:00:30Speaker 3: Up and down the field empty backfield on first down
- 1:00:32Speaker 3: Devin to throw again looking toward the end zone up
- 1:00:35Speaker 3: and Ricky Johnson comes down with it, but out of
- 1:00:38Speaker 3: bounds Out of bounds he goes. That was a good throw.
- 1:00:41Speaker 3: Good coverage as well. That ball just let him a
- 1:00:44Speaker 3: little bit out of bounds at the near side pylon.
- 1:00:46Speaker 5: It did.
- 1:00:46Speaker 3: Second down coming up.
- 1:00:47Speaker 4: And that's probably why there wasn't no call on that.
- 1:00:49Speaker 4: Because there's a lot of contact here. But the fact
- 1:00:51Speaker 4: that the ball was out of bounds probably said the
- 1:00:53Speaker 4: ref to give the tie.
- 1:00:56Speaker 3: To the defense there. Well, the 23-yard line, second down
- 1:00:59Speaker 3: and 10. Ricky Johnson split wide to the right-hand side
- 1:01:01Speaker 3: with two other wide receivers, including Braden Pagan. Wayshawn Parker,
- 1:01:06Speaker 3: the tailback. Devin Dampier, hands to Wayshon Parker. He's got
- 1:01:11Speaker 3: the 20, stays on his feet, spins out of a tackle.
- 1:01:13Speaker 3: Down to about the 16-yard line goes Wayshon Parker for
- 1:01:17Speaker 3: a gain of seven. Third down and three coming up
- 1:01:21Speaker 3: as they enter the Canyon View Credit Union red zone.
- 1:01:24Speaker 3: Yet another time here tonight. That'll be the fourth time
- 1:01:26Speaker 3: tonight they're into the red zone. Third down and three
- 1:01:30Speaker 3: for the Utes. They're one out of three on third down.
- 1:01:39Speaker 3: Parker stays in the backfield on third down and three.
- 1:01:44Speaker 3: Three receivers and a tight end in the formation for Utah.
- 1:01:48Speaker 3: Dampier surveys the defense. He'll backpedal to pass. On third
- 1:01:51Speaker 3: down and three, lots of time over the middle. It's caught, complete.
- 1:01:55Speaker 3: That's Hunter Andrews with another big play, and Ivory Holmes
- 1:01:58Speaker 3: first down to the 11-yard line.
- 1:02:00Speaker 4: Some great levels right there. They were waiting for Ricky
- 1:02:03Speaker 4: Johnson to come open on the strong side, but he
- 1:02:05Speaker 4: got caught up in a lot of mess, and Hunter.
- 1:02:07Speaker 5: Andrews became the new target.
- 1:02:09Speaker 3: Three receivers to the right on first and 10 from
- 1:02:11Speaker 3: the Idaho 11-yard line. Parker the back of the backfield
- 1:02:14Speaker 3: with Dan Peer. Devin's going to keep it himself. Now
- 1:02:17Speaker 3: look to pass. Now Duke move forward to get back
- 1:02:19Speaker 3: to the line of scrimmage. I'm not sure what he
- 1:02:21Speaker 3: was looking to do on that.
- 1:02:22Speaker 4: Well, there was multiple options, right? And that was supposed
- 1:02:25Speaker 4: to be for the tight end to leak out there
- 1:02:28Speaker 4: in the back end.
- 1:02:28Speaker 5: He just didn't have enough time to see him there.
- 1:02:31Speaker 5: And it looked like he was juking too much.
- 1:02:34Speaker 3: So second down and 10 from back of the 11-yard
- 1:02:36Speaker 3: line here for Utah, leading 17-7, clock running at 535
- 1:02:40Speaker 3: to play before halftime. Chavez Soto and Wayshawn Parker are
- 1:02:45Speaker 3: the backs. It's an offset pistol formation now for Utah. Pagan,
- 1:02:51Speaker 3: split wide to the right-hand side, has man-to-man coverage to
- 1:02:54Speaker 3: the top. Hand off Parker. He's got the 10, spins
- 1:02:58Speaker 3: down to about the 7-yard line. For a gain of four,
- 1:03:01Speaker 3: that'll bring up third down and about six.
- 1:03:03Speaker 5: Yeah, great job right there on that offensive set.
- 1:03:05Speaker 4: One, the offensive formation creativity, they went unbalanced to that
- 1:03:09Speaker 4: side right there and handed it off already like a
- 1:03:11Speaker 4: fullback was already there. And that was a great decision
- 1:03:15Speaker 4: now making it more third down and management.
- 1:03:17Speaker 3: Eight carries, 48 yards here in the first half for
- 1:03:20Speaker 3: Wayshawn Parker. Third down, and we'll call it about six
- 1:03:23Speaker 3: to go for Utah. Parker stays in the backfield. A
- 1:03:26Speaker 3: trio of wide receivers to the left-hand side for Devin Dampier.
- 1:03:33Speaker 3: He'll backpedal to pass. Looking to his right. Throwing to
- 1:03:35Speaker 3: his right. He's got a man out there. Great. Pagan
- 1:03:37Speaker 3: walks it into the end zone. That's a touchdown. Excellent
- 1:03:42Speaker 3: route by Pagan. Great throw by Dampier. And it's a
- 1:03:45Speaker 3: touchdown for Utah with 439 to play here in the
- 1:03:49Speaker 3: first half.
- 1:03:50Speaker 5: Absolutely love that offensive creativity right there.
- 1:03:53Speaker 4: He had a couple guys open on that. Ricky Johnson
- 1:03:55Speaker 4: could have been a target. But Brandon Pagan was a
- 1:03:58Speaker 4: great route in that release. The defender was way off
- 1:04:01Speaker 4: of him. Walks in for six.
- 1:04:03Speaker 3: That touchdown presented by Pepsi, the official soft drink sponsor
- 1:04:08Speaker 3: of Utah football. First touchdown is a Ute for Braden Pagan.
- 1:04:16Speaker 3: He had a bunch last year up at Utah State.
- 1:04:18Speaker 3: PAT is up and good by Dylan Curtis. And Utah's
- 1:04:21Speaker 3: lead back to 17 again, 24 to 7. On that drive,
- 1:04:27Speaker 3: the numbers for the game, Wayshawn Parker, eight carries, 48 yards,
- 1:04:32Speaker 3: two grabs for 20 yards. Devin Dampiers, eight of 11
- 1:04:36Speaker 3: passing and five rushes for 25 yards. He's thrown two touchdowns,
- 1:04:40Speaker 3: and we've got a timeout on the field. 4.39 to
- 1:04:42Speaker 3: play here in the first half at Salt Lake City.
- 1:04:45Speaker 3: 20-26 regular season opener. For the Big O' Tires broadcast booth,
- 1:04:49Speaker 3: this is Utah Football.
- 1:04:50Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah Football, brought to you by Smith's
- 1:04:54Speaker 2: on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 1:04:58Speaker 3: 11th place, 75 yards on that Utah scoring drive. 5.01
- 1:05:02Speaker 3: off the play clock. Brayden Pagan gets his first touchdown
- 1:05:04Speaker 3: as a Ute. 4.39 to play here in the first half.
- 1:05:07Speaker 3: Utah will kick it off in a minute. Let's go
- 1:05:08Speaker 3: down to the sideline, Zach. What did you make of
- 1:05:10Speaker 3: Brayden Pagan on that drive, and what did you make
- 1:05:12Speaker 3: of that route that he ran for that touchdown?
- 1:05:14Speaker 6: That's a That's a beautiful route by a big-body receiver
- 1:05:17Speaker 6: to make that much separation and get in the end zone.
- 1:05:19Speaker 6: I loved what Coach McGivins did to call that drive,
- 1:05:22Speaker 6: to go back down there and score points exactly after
- 1:05:24Speaker 6: your defense just gave up a touchdown.
- 1:05:27Speaker 3: Zach, thank you. Sideline Update brought to you by Ken Garf.
- 1:05:29Speaker 3: We hear you. The kickoff by Dylan Curtis, again, going
- 1:05:32Speaker 3: to be a touchback. Remember early in the year last year,
- 1:05:35Speaker 3: Dylan was having a little trouble kicking that ball deep.
- 1:05:37Speaker 3: Whatever was bothering him last year is not bothering him
- 1:05:40Speaker 3: this year because he's kicked it off now. Five times,
- 1:05:43Speaker 3: and he's got five touchbacks so far. Got another timeout,
- 1:05:45Speaker 3: so we'll take it with him. With 4.39 to play
- 1:05:48Speaker 3: here in the first half. Timeout on the field. It's
- 1:05:50Speaker 3: Utah 24 and Idaho 7. And this is Utah football.
- 1:05:54Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football, brought to you by Bamboo
- 1:05:58Speaker 2: HR on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 1:06:04Speaker 3: Tonight's first half being brought to you by doTERRA, great
- 1:06:07Speaker 3: partner of Utah football. They'll welcome the defense to the
- 1:06:09Speaker 3: field here. 439 to play before halftime. Utah 24, Idaho 7.
- 1:06:13Speaker 3: Utah's defense had been terrific tonight until that last drive.
- 1:06:17Speaker 3: They allowed Idaho to march down the field, took 13,
- 1:06:20Speaker 3: 14 plays, and punched in a touchdown. What do you
- 1:06:22Speaker 3: want to see from Colton Swann's defense right here, Sly?
- 1:06:24Speaker 5: Well, I want to see them create more penetration. They're
- 1:06:27Speaker 5: running the ball too easily on our defense right now,
- 1:06:30Speaker 5: so our defensive line has to stay in their gaps.
- 1:06:33Speaker 5: I've seen guys try to do too much, and that happens.
- 1:06:36Speaker 5: When you've got a lot of new guys, that interior,
- 1:06:38Speaker 5: some defensive linemen try to pop out and do other jobs.
- 1:06:41Speaker 5: Everybody's got to do their job, knock it out, three
- 1:06:44Speaker 5: and out, get your offensive ball back.
- 1:06:45Speaker 3: Two receivers, a tight end, and a tailback. That's Ferrari Miller.
- 1:06:49Speaker 3: Joshua Wood brings the offense out first and ten from
- 1:06:52Speaker 3: his own 25. They'd like to get some points before halftime.
- 1:06:54Speaker 3: Utah's defense would like to get a stop here, get
- 1:06:56Speaker 3: that offense, the ball back again. Wood's going to change
- 1:06:59Speaker 3: the play now. He's had pretty good success doing this
- 1:07:02Speaker 3: so far tonight. John O'Hall crowding the line of scrimmage.
- 1:07:05Speaker 3: A linebacker changes the defensive call as well. Wood in
- 1:07:10Speaker 3: the shotgun. He's going to hand that ball off to Miller.
- 1:07:17Speaker 3: Miller's not going anywhere. He's stacked up behind the line
- 1:07:20Speaker 3: of scrimmage for a two-yard loss. Bobo Chenault, James Chenault
- 1:07:23Speaker 3: in for the corner spot to make the tackle and
- 1:07:26Speaker 3: drop him for a two-yard loss.
- 1:07:27Speaker 5: Great job with that penetration.
- 1:07:29Speaker 4: Knocking guys back into the runner right there and stopping
- 1:07:34Speaker 4: Ferrari Miller from gaining any yardage right there.
- 1:07:36Speaker 5: Good job by the defense.
- 1:07:38Speaker 3: Second down and 12 now for the Vandals. 4-14 in
- 1:07:40Speaker 3: the game clock running here to play before halftime. Strength
- 1:07:44Speaker 3: with two tight ends. They move one left, move one right.
- 1:07:47Speaker 3: Miller comes to the right of Joshua Wood. Feels like
- 1:07:50Speaker 3: a passing down. That's what Wood's going to do and
- 1:07:52Speaker 3: roll out to his right. Looking, setting his feet, being chased,
- 1:07:55Speaker 3: just throws that one out of bounds. He got hit
- 1:07:57Speaker 3: from behind just as he threw that football. The pressure
- 1:08:00Speaker 3: was coming. He was trying to get that ball out.
- 1:08:03Speaker 3: into the near sideline and couldn't get it complete. That'll
- 1:08:05Speaker 3: bring up third down and all.
- 1:08:06Speaker 5: That's exactly what we were talking about. What you need
- 1:08:09Speaker 5: to see from the defense. They're doing a great job
- 1:08:11Speaker 5: creating that pressure. Joshua Woods did not have all day.
- 1:08:14Speaker 5: He felt the pressure right there. Good by him by
- 1:08:16Speaker 5: getting rid of the football. Good job by the defense
- 1:08:19Speaker 5: at making sure he's uncomfortable.
- 1:08:26Speaker 3: Third down and 12 for the Vandals. From their own
- 1:08:30Speaker 3: 23-yard line. Utah showing pressure. They're crowding the line of scrimmage.
- 1:08:35Speaker 3: Wood out of the shotgun. Miller next to him. Wood's
- 1:08:38Speaker 3: going to pass. He backpedals straight back. Pressure coming in
- 1:08:40Speaker 3: his face. He lets one go up the sideline. He's
- 1:08:43Speaker 3: got a man open and just out of his reach.
- 1:08:46Speaker 3: Zach Card could have ran for days, but that ball
- 1:08:49Speaker 3: was thrown two yards in front of him. It goes incomplete,
- 1:08:52Speaker 3: and that'll bring the punt team out for the Vandals.
- 1:08:54Speaker 3: Utah catches a break right there.
- 1:08:56Speaker 5: Yeah, one, it was a great route concept. It was
- 1:08:59Speaker 5: a simple pick route almost over the middle, a natural
- 1:09:02Speaker 5: pick route almost. They didn't make contact, but then he
- 1:09:04Speaker 5: had to come under, and instead of the receiver keep
- 1:09:07Speaker 5: going across the field, he turned it up as if he.
- 1:09:09Speaker 4: Was running a wheel route right there, and it was
- 1:09:11Speaker 4: wide open. And Utah's man coverage right there. So Utah
- 1:09:15Speaker 4: is very fortunate that they didn't complete that drive.
- 1:09:17Speaker 3: Carvalho stands at his own 31. The punter's going to
- 1:09:20Speaker 3: be Cameron Pope. He punts from inside of his 10.
- 1:09:22Speaker 3: Clock stopped at 349 to play until halftime. Utah didn't
- 1:09:27Speaker 3: have to use a timeout on that drive.
- 1:09:30Speaker 5: He's going to back up a little bit, give this
- 1:09:32Speaker 5: punter a little bit more respect.
- 1:09:34Speaker 3: And now the flags fly.
- 1:09:35Speaker 5: Too many guys on the field.
- 1:09:36Speaker 3: And we get to delay a game.
- 1:09:38Speaker 5: Delay a game.
- 1:09:40Speaker 8: Offense. Five-yard penalty remains fourth down.
- 1:09:45Speaker 3: That penalty brought to you by our friends at Ann Collar,
- 1:09:47Speaker 3: Utah's number one shirt. Got a bunch of penalties on
- 1:09:50Speaker 3: Idaho here in the first half. Back him up five yards,
- 1:09:52Speaker 3: make it fourth down and 18. And now the punter
- 1:09:56Speaker 3: will stand inside of his own five at his own
- 1:09:58Speaker 3: three-yard line. Carvalho will come up to about the 37.
- 1:10:00Speaker 3: Haven't seen Mata get a great look to return one yet.
- 1:10:04Speaker 3: Maybe it's right here. Punt is away.
- 1:10:06Speaker 5: It's high and back.
- 1:10:08Speaker 3: And Carvalho's going to take it at the 29-yard line.
- 1:10:11Speaker 3: Mata up the field. He's got the 40. Still on
- 1:10:13Speaker 3: his feet. 45, 50. Carvalho into Idaho territory and down
- 1:10:18Speaker 3: at the Vandal 47-yard line. He had a chance there,
- 1:10:21Speaker 3: and he took advantage of that ball. And Utah will
- 1:10:25Speaker 3: start first and 10 at the Idaho Vandal 47-yard line.
- 1:10:28Speaker 3: A 53-yard punt, but a 24-yard return by Carvalho. And
- 1:10:32Speaker 3: Utah takes over first and 10 in Vandal territory.
- 1:10:35Speaker 5: Well, this is exactly what you wanted to see.
- 1:10:36Speaker 4: You wanted to see the offense get another opportunity here.
- 1:10:40Speaker 5: To show that this is another situation, right? We call
- 1:10:43Speaker 5: it situational football when you're practicing. Practice the deep field
- 1:10:45Speaker 5: where you have to drive 90 yards down the field
- 1:10:48Speaker 5: or 60 yards down the field. Here, you get a
- 1:10:50Speaker 5: great punt return. You got 330 on the clock. Take
- 1:10:53Speaker 5: advantage of all that time to get some more points
- 1:10:56Speaker 5: before because you get the ball coming out of halftime.
- 1:10:59Speaker 5: Utah wants to make sure they can get another score
- 1:11:01Speaker 5: here before half.
- 1:11:02Speaker 3: Utah stacking the backfield right now. A couple of backs
- 1:11:05Speaker 3: and Devin Dampier, Wayshawn Parker with Bird Ficklin in the backfield.
- 1:11:09Speaker 3: Three wide receivers on first and ten from the Idaho 46.
- 1:11:13Speaker 3: They hand it off to Parker. Not much running room
- 1:11:16Speaker 3: there for Wayshawn. Back to the line of scrimmage and
- 1:11:18Speaker 3: that's it. No gain on first down. Mason Cron, the
- 1:11:21Speaker 3: defensive end, came down to make the tackle for the Vandals.
- 1:11:23Speaker 3: Second down and ten coming up.
- 1:11:25Speaker 4: Great job by Idaho at crashing down and Good job
- 1:11:30Speaker 4: at the point of attack. The offensive lineman's got to
- 1:11:32Speaker 4: get another angle and more push downfield.
- 1:11:35Speaker 3: Third start in Idaho territory tonight for the University of Utah.
- 1:11:40Speaker 3: Second down and 10. Devon's going to roll out to
- 1:11:42Speaker 3: his left, throw out to his left. Ricky Johnson's got
- 1:11:44Speaker 3: it at the 35. Up the sideline and out of
- 1:11:46Speaker 3: bounds at the Idaho. Let's see where they mark him.
- 1:11:49Speaker 5: 33-yard line.
- 1:11:51Speaker 3: It's a gain of 14. Roberson pushed him out of
- 1:11:53Speaker 3: bounds in an Ivory Holmes first down. Ricky Johnson having
- 1:11:57Speaker 3: a nice start for his Utah debut tonight. Tempo here
- 1:12:01Speaker 3: for Utah. Empty backfield. Five wide receivers. Clock at 250
- 1:12:05Speaker 3: and running. Devin checking the defense. Clapping his hands. Now
- 1:12:09Speaker 3: he takes the snap and backpedals. Looks out to his right.
- 1:12:12Speaker 3: Throws inside. It's caught. 30-25 and down to about the
- 1:12:16Speaker 3: 20-yard line goes Creed Whittemore. They'll mark him down at
- 1:12:19Speaker 3: about the 19th. That is a gain of 14 more
- 1:12:22Speaker 3: yards and a first down brought to you by Ivory
- 1:12:25Speaker 3: Homes and in again to the red zone. It's the
- 1:12:28Speaker 3: Canyon View Credit Union red zone. Clock running at 220, 219, 218.
- 1:12:35Speaker 3: I think Utah's going to just take their time here
- 1:12:38Speaker 3: and let this thing go to the two-minute timeout. Not
- 1:12:41Speaker 3: a bad idea.
- 1:12:43Speaker 5: Not me. I want them to score.
- 1:12:44Speaker 3: Oh, they're going to score.
- 1:12:45Speaker 5: Let's go.
- 1:12:45Speaker 2: Let's go.
- 1:12:46Speaker 3: They've got plenty of time. They've got three timeouts and
- 1:12:48Speaker 3: 19 yards to go. I think they're going to be okay.
- 1:12:50Speaker 3: They're going to let this go to the two-minute timeout,
- 1:12:52Speaker 3: and we'll take it to the two-minute timeout with them
- 1:12:54Speaker 3: right here. Two minutes to play here in the first
- 1:12:56Speaker 3: half in Salt Lake City.
- 1:12:58Speaker 8: Two minutes, timeout.
- 1:13:00Speaker 3: And Utah knocking on the door again. They lead it 24-7.
- 1:13:02Speaker 3: We'll be back with the final two minutes and potentially
- 1:13:06Speaker 3: another Utah scoring drive.
- 1:13:08Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah Football, brought to you by Pepsi
- 1:13:12Speaker 2: on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 1:13:16Speaker 3: Back at Rice-Eckel Stadium in the Big O' Tires broadcast booth,
- 1:13:19Speaker 3: Bill Riley, Stevenson, Sylvester upstairs. Zach Moss just got done
- 1:13:23Speaker 3: throwing the football downstairs. You did that for a few years, Sly.
- 1:13:27Speaker 3: How did you rate our guy, Zach? Throwing that football
- 1:13:30Speaker 3: for the Canyonview Credit Union cash throw. How did you
- 1:13:33Speaker 3: think he did?
- 1:13:34Speaker 5: I don't think they got him ready. I don't think
- 1:13:36Speaker 5: they understood the moment. But he got his feet wet.
- 1:13:38Speaker 5: I think he did good. Gave the guy an opportunity.
- 1:13:40Speaker 5: And he won some money.
- 1:13:42Speaker 3: He did. He walked away with some cash from Canyonview
- 1:13:44Speaker 3: Credit Union. Utah's trying to cash in right here from
- 1:13:47Speaker 3: the Canyonview Credit Union red zone. First and ten from
- 1:13:50Speaker 3: the Idaho 19-yard line. Way Sean Parker in the back.
- 1:13:53Speaker 3: Devin Dampier. The quarterback, they hand it away, Sean. He's
- 1:13:57Speaker 3: got the 15, and that's actually going to mark him
- 1:14:00Speaker 3: down at about the 16 for about a three-yard gain
- 1:14:03Speaker 3: right there. Ryder Bordner's had a bunch of tackles here
- 1:14:06Speaker 3: in the first half for Idaho, made the tackle on
- 1:14:07Speaker 3: that play. And second down at about seven coming up
- 1:14:11Speaker 3: here for the Utes. Clock running at a minute 40
- 1:14:13Speaker 3: now to play. Bird Ficklin in the ballgame now as
- 1:14:16Speaker 3: he'll check into the backfield with Devin Dampier.
- 1:14:18Speaker 4: This is where you're going to see a lot of
- 1:14:19Speaker 4: Kevin McGiven's creativity. Down here in the red zone where
- 1:14:23Speaker 4: space is limited, but you can do a lot of
- 1:14:25Speaker 4: funky things with your personnel.
- 1:14:26Speaker 3: Ricky Johnson, Braden Pagan, the wide receivers. Hunter Andrews comes
- 1:14:29Speaker 3: into the backfield on second down. They're going to hand
- 1:14:31Speaker 3: that ball.
- 1:14:32Speaker 2: Nope.
- 1:14:32Speaker 3: Option play for Devin Dampier. He's going to bounce it
- 1:14:34Speaker 3: to the outside. Devin's got the 10. Devin's got the 9,
- 1:14:37Speaker 3: and he's out of bounds. He kind of bounced that
- 1:14:39Speaker 3: instead of cutting it back upfield, but he does go
- 1:14:41Speaker 3: out of bounds. Will the clock stop? It will with
- 1:14:43Speaker 3: a minute 17 to play. That's going to be very
- 1:14:46Speaker 3: close to first down yardage. They give him the 9.
- 1:14:48Speaker 3: That should be a first down, but there is a
- 1:14:50Speaker 3: flag on the play.
- 1:14:52Speaker 4: Yeah, that's an area of holding. I know he bounced
- 1:14:54Speaker 4: to the other side of the field, so there might
- 1:14:56Speaker 4: be a little something there.
- 1:14:57Speaker 5: That's going to take him out of the red zone
- 1:15:00Speaker 5: if it is on us.
- 1:15:01Speaker 3: We'll see. They're talking about this for a minute now.
- 1:15:03Speaker 3: Let's see what this is. Mike McCabe, our referee, is
- 1:15:06Speaker 3: going to let us know.
- 1:15:06Speaker 5: Hope they pick it up and we get a first down.
- 1:15:08Speaker 9: Personal foul. Hands to face. Defense number 14. Off the
- 1:15:13Speaker 9: distance to the goal. Automatic first down.
- 1:15:17Speaker 3: Well, they're going to get that one on Kai Richardson,
- 1:15:20Speaker 3: defensive end, and that's definitely a first down now, and
- 1:15:22Speaker 3: Ivory Holmes' first down, a first down and goal for
- 1:15:25Speaker 3: Utah as they move it inside the five-yard line to
- 1:15:28Speaker 3: the four-yard line. So first and goal with the four
- 1:15:30Speaker 3: with a minute 17 to play after the hands-to-the-face penalty
- 1:15:33Speaker 3: on the Vandals. That flag brought to you by Ann Collar,
- 1:15:39Speaker 3: Utah's number one shirt. Let's see what Kevin McGiven draws
- 1:15:42Speaker 3: up here. He's got Pagan split wide to the right,
- 1:15:44Speaker 3: Ricky Johnson split wide to the left-hand side. And Wayshawn
- 1:15:47Speaker 3: Parker the tailback. Noah Benny the tight end to the
- 1:15:51Speaker 3: right slot for Utah. And first and goal for the
- 1:15:53Speaker 3: four yard line. Here's Ricky Johnson in motion. Hand off
- 1:15:56Speaker 3: Wayshawn Parker. He makes one man miss. But then tackled
- 1:16:00Speaker 3: after about a one yard gain to about the four
- 1:16:02Speaker 3: yard line. Maybe three yard line. Cruz Hepburn the middle
- 1:16:05Speaker 3: linebacker made the tackle.
- 1:16:08Speaker 5: They got to get up and go here.
- 1:16:10Speaker 3: Plenty of time. Minute to play. Three timeouts for Utah.
- 1:16:12Speaker 3: They're going to let this one pass. Just let them
- 1:16:14Speaker 3: take their time just a little bit. Idaho's not going
- 1:16:16Speaker 3: to get the ball back here with much time left.
- 1:16:18Speaker 7: Right.
- 1:16:20Speaker 5: They're doing good.
- 1:16:21Speaker 4: They're getting one-on-ones on the outside. So if you want
- 1:16:23Speaker 4: to work their fade game down here in the red zone,
- 1:16:25Speaker 4: this is an opportunity as well.
- 1:16:26Speaker 3: A lot of confusion out there for Utah right now.
- 1:16:29Speaker 3: They've got two tight ends now on the left side.
- 1:16:31Speaker 3: Stack two receivers to the right-hand side. Devin Dampier brings
- 1:16:34Speaker 3: Ricky Johnson in motion again. Devin's going to throw it
- 1:16:37Speaker 3: to the outside. Wide open. Wayshawn Parker walks it in
- 1:16:40Speaker 3: for a Utah touchdown.
- 1:16:43Speaker 5: This guy.
- 1:16:44Speaker 3: Second touchdown tonight for Wayshon Parker. Second receiving touchdown tonight
- 1:16:49Speaker 3: for Wayshon Parker. And with 32 seconds left before halftime,
- 1:16:54Speaker 3: Utah puts another touchdown on the board to make it 30-7.
- 1:17:01Speaker 5: Stellar job right there. Awesome. That confusion. You got the motion.
- 1:17:04Speaker 3: What do they call that? Eye candy, right? A lot
- 1:17:06Speaker 3: of eye candy out there.
- 1:17:07Speaker 5: It is, and the simplest guy is in the backfield.
- 1:17:10Speaker 5: He slips right out to the flat like nobody's business.
- 1:17:13Speaker 5: Wide open touchdown, Hutes.
- 1:17:15Speaker 3: PAT coming up. Dylan Curtis been a busy man here
- 1:17:18Speaker 3: tonight so far. Kick is up, and the kick is good.
- 1:17:23Speaker 3: And flags fly. They came after Dylan Curtis and hit him.
- 1:17:27Speaker 3: That's just a cheap play right there by Idaho on
- 1:17:29Speaker 3: a PAT. They cut the legs out from under Dylan Curtis.
- 1:17:32Speaker 3: And this is going to be a personal foul on
- 1:17:34Speaker 3: the Vandals. There's two flags on the play. We'll hear
- 1:17:37Speaker 3: from Mike McCabe.
- 1:17:38Speaker 9: Personal foul. Roughing the kicker. Defense number seven. That 15-yard
- 1:17:44Speaker 9: penalty will be enforced on the ensuing kickoff.
- 1:17:46Speaker 3: Aaron Kinsey. The defensive back called for that penalty, and
- 1:17:51Speaker 3: there was just no need for it on that play,
- 1:17:53Speaker 3: but an excellent pitch and catch by Parker and Devin Dampier.
- 1:17:57Speaker 3: Seven plays, 46 yards. They took three minutes and three
- 1:18:00Speaker 3: seconds off the play clock, and Devin Dampier now tonight
- 1:18:03Speaker 3: has three touchdown passes for Utah.
- 1:18:05Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely awesome. Well, I got my 28 points in
- 1:18:08Speaker 5: the first half here on that play right there, so
- 1:18:11Speaker 5: I appreciate it, guys. Great job, great operation, and they're
- 1:18:15Speaker 5: finding out a lot about themselves, right?
- 1:18:17Speaker 4: You've been beating up on each other in spring ball
- 1:18:19Speaker 4: and training camp, and you're able to.
- 1:18:20Speaker 5: Take it out on somebody else.
- 1:18:22Speaker 4: You understand exactly what you guys have, and there's some creativity, man,
- 1:18:25Speaker 4: and there's just only up from here.
- 1:18:28Speaker 3: 31-7 Utah, 32 seconds to play before the end of
- 1:18:30Speaker 3: the half. We'll hear from Morgan Scali coming off the
- 1:18:33Speaker 3: field at halftime. Zach Moss will get two questions in
- 1:18:37Speaker 3: with Coach Scali as he walks off the field. We've
- 1:18:40Speaker 3: got 32 seconds in the meantime, and Bias back deep
- 1:18:44Speaker 3: to receive this kick from Dylan Curtis. See if Dylan's
- 1:18:47Speaker 3: okay to kick it. I think he's out there.
- 1:18:48Speaker 7: He is.
- 1:18:50Speaker 3: He's having too much fun tonight to come off this field.
- 1:18:52Speaker 3: That one's pooched high and end over end. And that's
- 1:18:55Speaker 3: going to be a touchback as well. That was through
- 1:18:57Speaker 3: the uprights and good. I think that would have been
- 1:18:59Speaker 3: points in Canada, right? Isn't that like a point in
- 1:19:01Speaker 3: Canada if you kick it through the uprights on a kickoff?
- 1:19:04Speaker 5: I know. Maddie Robles knows.
- 1:19:07Speaker 7: So.
- 1:19:08Speaker 3: First and ten at the 25 for Idaho. They've got
- 1:19:10Speaker 3: all three of their timeouts, but just 32 seconds to
- 1:19:13Speaker 3: play until halftime. Utah will get the football, too, coming
- 1:19:15Speaker 3: out to begin things in the second half.
- 1:19:18Speaker 4: Yeah, it's great. And this defense does good. Good job
- 1:19:21Speaker 4: to make adjustments. As we said, we did a great job.
- 1:19:24Speaker 4: That's the biggest thing that we wanted to see. Idaho's
- 1:19:26Speaker 4: went down and scored.
- 1:19:27Speaker 5: What adjustments is Colton Swann and defense making between the
- 1:19:31Speaker 5: next drive? Next drive, they go three and out, get
- 1:19:33Speaker 5: the offense the ball back. Great job. Let's see what
- 1:19:35Speaker 5: they do here.
- 1:19:37Speaker 3: Out of the shotgun with bias to his right, Joshua Wood.
- 1:19:40Speaker 3: He's going to roll to his right, look to throw
- 1:19:42Speaker 3: the football. Pressure in his face, throws down the field,
- 1:19:44Speaker 3: away and out of bounds. Only five seconds come off
- 1:19:47Speaker 3: the clock. He was looking for Tony Harstie, his wide receiver.
- 1:19:49Speaker 3: That'll bring up second down at ten.
- 1:19:51Speaker 5: Yeah, you see here, you get a three and out here, Bill.
- 1:19:54Speaker 5: You know what I mean? And I get a three
- 1:19:56Speaker 5: and out here. You get a big bomb throw, take
- 1:19:59Speaker 5: a timeout. Dillzilla hits a 60-yarder.
- 1:20:03Speaker 3: Trying to speak something into existence right now is.
- 1:20:06Speaker 5: What they're trying to do.
- 1:20:08Speaker 3: Second down and 10 for the 25 for Wood with
- 1:20:11Speaker 3: bias in the backfield. Foreman down front for Utah. Everybody
- 1:20:15Speaker 3: else playing coverage behind right now. Wood's going to throw
- 1:20:19Speaker 3: on a three-step drop. Now he's going to keep it.
- 1:20:20Speaker 3: He's going to be wrapped up and taken down from behind.
- 1:20:23Speaker 3: Excellent play by Ethan Day. The transfer from North Texas.
- 1:20:27Speaker 3: Got a big future in front of him.
- 1:20:28Speaker 8: First charge timeout, Utah.
- 1:20:31Speaker 3: Morgan Scali thinking like Stevenson Sylvester right now, takes his
- 1:20:35Speaker 3: first time out, third down and nine coming up with
- 1:20:38Speaker 3: 20 seconds to play.
- 1:20:40Speaker 4: Well, I mean, there's just so many things to practice on,
- 1:20:42Speaker 4: and you have game time opportunities you want to take
- 1:20:45Speaker 4: advantage of. That's one thing that I really appreciated about
- 1:20:47Speaker 4: Coach Witt is his time management and wanting to take
- 1:20:51Speaker 4: advantage of that, especially at the end of halves, which
- 1:20:53Speaker 4: there is an opportunity here.
- 1:20:54Speaker 3: Well, there's situations that you just can't.
- 1:20:57Speaker 9: Game clock operator, please restore the game clock to 21 seconds.
- 1:21:01Speaker 3: That you just can't get in practice and in camp.
- 1:21:04Speaker 3: These are game situations, and that's what Utah's going through
- 1:21:07Speaker 3: right now. So third down and nine. Vandals are one
- 1:21:10Speaker 3: out of six on third down. Bias stays in the
- 1:21:12Speaker 3: game as the tailback. Utah will rush four again here
- 1:21:16Speaker 3: and play coverage behind it. Three receivers to the right-hand side,
- 1:21:19Speaker 3: one tight end in the left slot here for the Vandals.
- 1:21:23Speaker 3: Joshua Wood tonight, 6 of 17, 51 yards and a pick.
- 1:21:29Speaker 3: Utah shifted around up front on third down and nine.
- 1:21:32Speaker 3: Bias comes out of the backfield. Pressure coming. That's Jonu
- 1:21:35Speaker 3: Hall chasing Wood, who completes it to the wide receiver,
- 1:21:39Speaker 3: Zach Card. He'll be stopped short of the first down,
- 1:21:41Speaker 3: and Morgan Scali will take the timeout with 12 seconds remaining.
- 1:21:45Speaker 3: Hall came unblocked on a blitz, and Wood actually did
- 1:21:49Speaker 3: a good job getting rid of that football to his outlet.
- 1:21:51Speaker 8: Second charge timeout, Utah.
- 1:21:55Speaker 3: And Card took it upfield for a nice game, but
- 1:21:57Speaker 3: it's fourth down and four.
- 1:21:58Speaker 8: Game clock operator, please restore the game clock to 13 seconds.
- 1:22:02Speaker 4: Yeah, the thing is this punter's got a leg, so
- 1:22:04Speaker 4: he's going to boom this ball here.
- 1:22:06Speaker 3: Well, what you're going to get here, I mean, the
- 1:22:08Speaker 3: last return from Carvalho was 24 yards. You get that
- 1:22:12Speaker 3: ball just across midfield and have enough time for maybe
- 1:22:15Speaker 3: one more play, either a field goal or a shot
- 1:22:17Speaker 3: to the end zone.
- 1:22:18Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah.
- 1:22:20Speaker 4: Every second matters, and that's what Mana has to understand.
- 1:22:23Speaker 4: There's no BSing around back there. You catch the ball,
- 1:22:26Speaker 4: you get straight upfield or go down. Give your offense
- 1:22:29Speaker 4: an opportunity to kick a field goal here to end
- 1:22:32Speaker 4: the half.
- 1:22:33Speaker 3: Cameron Pope on the punt here. Carvalho will stand at
- 1:22:35Speaker 3: his own 25-yard line. Had one go over his head tonight,
- 1:22:39Speaker 3: almost touched it. The other one he took for 24 yards.
- 1:22:43Speaker 3: The snap is high. The punter gathers it in. And
- 1:22:45Speaker 3: Carvalho will have a chance to return this. He'll take
- 1:22:47Speaker 3: it at about the 24-yard line. Manna up the field,
- 1:22:50Speaker 3: makes a couple of guys missed, and he gets tackled
- 1:22:52Speaker 3: at about the 31-yard line. Eight-yard return for Carvalho, and
- 1:22:57Speaker 3: about three seconds remain before halftime, and what you're going
- 1:23:00Speaker 3: to see here is Devin Dampier take a knee, and
- 1:23:03Speaker 3: he'll go into the locker room with a 31-7 lead,
- 1:23:05Speaker 3: especially because they've got the ball coming out the second half.
- 1:23:07Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you don't mess around here.
- 1:23:09Speaker 4: You either hand the ball off, or you take a
- 1:23:12Speaker 4: knee here and go into halftime, but Definitely wanting to
- 1:23:15Speaker 4: give Carvalho another opportunity to break, because.
- 1:23:18Speaker 5: He breaks that tackle. They have the sideline right there. So,
- 1:23:21Speaker 5: missed opportunity right there for the youths.
- 1:23:26Speaker 3: Zach Moss will get a word from Morgan Scali coming
- 1:23:28Speaker 3: off the field. And this is going to be a
- 1:23:32Speaker 3: knee right here. Wayshon Parker playing the deep safety right now,
- 1:23:35Speaker 3: just in case anything happens. Devin takes a knee, and
- 1:23:37Speaker 3: that will take us to halftime here in a good
- 1:23:39Speaker 3: first half for Utah. as they put 31 up on
- 1:23:42Speaker 3: the board, and they lead it 31-7.
- 1:23:44Speaker 8: That is the end of the first half.
- 1:23:50Speaker 3: Zach downstairs will get a word with Morgan Scali momentarily,
- 1:23:54Speaker 3: and then we'll have the America First Credit Union halftime
- 1:23:57Speaker 3: show coming up, where we'll go over numbers, stats, and
- 1:24:01Speaker 3: get some of Sly's thoughts on the first half. And
- 1:24:06Speaker 3: here's Zach Moss with Morgan Scali. Go ahead, Zach.
- 1:24:10Speaker 7: Coach, great first half. What have you liked so far
- 1:24:12Speaker 7: from your defense?
- 1:24:13Speaker 10: Well, I like the fourth three and outs, that last
- 1:24:16Speaker 10: stop right there, five three and outs. It's the 13-play
- 1:24:19Speaker 10: drive that was a little bit concerning. So, you know,
- 1:24:23Speaker 10: stuff happens first game. I love the energy and the
- 1:24:26Speaker 10: effort from the guys, but we can't be on the
- 1:24:30Speaker 10: field that long.
- 1:24:31Speaker 6: Way Sean has found the end zone a lot tonight.
- 1:24:34Speaker 6: How important is the offense in everything they do? In
- 1:24:37Speaker 6: everything we do.
- 1:24:37Speaker 10: His ability to hit the hole, his ability to run downhill,
- 1:24:40Speaker 10: get yardage, and catch the ball in the backfield really
- 1:24:43Speaker 10: forces a defense to stack the box, and then you
- 1:24:47Speaker 10: see we're able to go deep. So it all starts
- 1:24:50Speaker 10: with being physical up front and owning the line of scrimmage.
- 1:24:52Speaker 5: Proud of the offensive line and Weishan.
- 1:24:56Speaker 7: Appreciate it, coach.
- 1:24:56Speaker 3: Thank you, Zach. Thank you, Morgan. That sideline update brought
- 1:24:59Speaker 3: to you by Ken Garf. We hear you. It's halftime here.
- 1:25:02Speaker 3: 30 minutes into the 2026 season here at Salt Lake City.
- 1:25:07Speaker 3: And Utah leads 31-7 over the Idaho Vandal. This is
- 1:25:10Speaker 3: Utah football from ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Radio Network.
- 1:25:16Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football brought to you by Bamboo
- 1:25:19Speaker 2: HR on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 1:25:28Speaker 3: Back inside of Rice-Eccles Stadium, 30 minutes down and 30
- 1:25:31Speaker 3: minutes to go here on a Thursday night. 2026 regular
- 1:25:35Speaker 3: season opener, Bill Riley, Stevenson, Sylvester upstairs, Zach Moss downstairs.
- 1:25:41Speaker 3: As we get you ready for second half action, you've
- 1:25:43Speaker 3: been listening to the American First Credit Union Halftime Show.
- 1:25:45Speaker 3: Find them online at AmericanFirst.com. All right, it's live. They've
- 1:25:49Speaker 3: got 31 on the board. How long do you think
- 1:25:52Speaker 3: we see Devin Dampier and some of the key starters
- 1:25:55Speaker 3: in this game tonight? Do you play him for another
- 1:25:56Speaker 3: series or two in the second half? What do you
- 1:25:59Speaker 3: think Morgan Scali and Kevin McGiven are looking at right now?
- 1:26:02Speaker 5: You play him all the way through the third quarter. Okay.
- 1:26:04Speaker 4: And the things that you're looking for is how do
- 1:26:07Speaker 4: we come out of the third quarter, right? It's not
- 1:26:10Speaker 4: just the points. situation here it's warming up it's making
- 1:26:13Speaker 4: sure that you're in game mode because next week you're
- 1:26:17Speaker 4: going to play an SEC opponent even if you win
- 1:26:19Speaker 4: or or stretch that out you've got to get in
- 1:26:21Speaker 4: the rhythm of game mode so there's a lot of
- 1:26:23Speaker 4: things that they're working on but you're playing for this
- 1:26:25Speaker 4: entire third quarter yeah.
- 1:26:26Speaker 3: We'll see how things come out here for the University
- 1:26:28Speaker 3: of Utah Zach Moss is the third member of our
- 1:26:30Speaker 3: broadcast team he's sitting downstairs on the Utah sideline Zach
- 1:26:35Speaker 3: your thoughts on the first half but what do you
- 1:26:36Speaker 3: want to see here in the second half from Utah Really.
- 1:26:39Speaker 7: Good first half from the boys.
- 1:26:40Speaker 6: I think the main thing we talked about in the
- 1:26:42Speaker 6: pregame was the run defense. That 13-play drive, which Coach
- 1:26:46Speaker 6: Scali highlighted at the halftime, was something that we didn't
- 1:26:49Speaker 6: want to see tonight. And my other thing is the
- 1:26:52Speaker 6: run game on the offensive side of the ball. We
- 1:26:54Speaker 6: haven't seen a lot of explosive plays through the 2A gap,
- 1:26:56Speaker 6: so our guards got to do a little bit better job.
- 1:26:59Speaker 6: Offensive line overall got to do a little bit better
- 1:27:00Speaker 6: job of making some more room for these running backs
- 1:27:02Speaker 6: to get some space and not getting contacted at 2,
- 1:27:04Speaker 6: 3 yards and trying to have to break.
- 1:27:06Speaker 7: Every other tackle.
- 1:27:07Speaker 3: Hey, Utah in the first half, Zach, thank you. Utah
- 1:27:09Speaker 3: in the first half got 121 yards on the ground.
- 1:27:11Speaker 3: They averaged about 5.5 yards a carry. Those numbers are good,
- 1:27:16Speaker 3: but to Zach's point, you'd probably like to see a
- 1:27:17Speaker 3: few more explosive plays, right?
- 1:27:19Speaker 5: Yeah, and that's what you do here in this third quarter.
- 1:27:21Speaker 4: You've tested a lot of things out from short yardage,
- 1:27:23Speaker 4: red zone, a couple plays here and there.
- 1:27:26Speaker 5: Let's air it out. Let's see Ricky Johnson. Let's see
- 1:27:29Speaker 5: Kyrie Scholes. Let's see Brandon Pagan in the open field
- 1:27:32Speaker 5: stretch out this defense.
- 1:27:33Speaker 4: You know, they went empty formation a lot. What other
- 1:27:37Speaker 4: things can you run.
- 1:27:39Speaker 5: Off of that? Can you run the QB draw? What
- 1:27:41Speaker 5: is that defense respecting?
- 1:27:42Speaker 4: So, yeah, I think that this third quarter is going
- 1:27:44Speaker 4: to be about the chunk plays and taking them downfield.
- 1:27:47Speaker 4: We focused a lot on the short yards plays within
- 1:27:49Speaker 4: 10 yards, a lot.
- 1:27:51Speaker 5: Of the shifts and motions of things. Now this is
- 1:27:54Speaker 5: going to be about athleticism here and off to the start.
- 1:27:57Speaker 5: So expect a lot of chunk plays here in the
- 1:27:58Speaker 5: third quarter.
- 1:27:59Speaker 3: Second half of Utah football tonight being brought to you
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- 1:28:08Speaker 3: It's 31-7 Utah. Utah will get the ball to begin
- 1:28:11Speaker 3: the second half. They'll move from north to south here
- 1:28:14Speaker 3: at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Don't forget, night game next week as well.
- 1:28:18Speaker 3: A little bit later night game with the Arkansas Razorbacks
- 1:28:20Speaker 3: out of the SEC coming to Rice-Eccles Stadium. Just the
- 1:28:24Speaker 3: second SEC team to come in here. Florida, of course,
- 1:28:27Speaker 3: was in here a few years ago as well. That'll
- 1:28:29Speaker 3: be an 8-15 mountain time start time next week. And
- 1:28:33Speaker 3: then the final nine conference game against Utah State a
- 1:28:35Speaker 3: couple of Saturdays from now. will be a mid-afternoon game
- 1:28:38Speaker 3: at about 1.30. mountain time. So that's what's coming up.
- 1:28:41Speaker 3: We've got 30 minutes of football still to be played
- 1:28:43Speaker 3: here tonight. You've got Larry Simmons back deep to receive
- 1:28:46Speaker 3: this kickoff from Idaho. And the big man, Tyler Kinsman,
- 1:28:50Speaker 3: will kick it off here for the Vandals. 30 minutes
- 1:28:53Speaker 3: down and 30 minutes to go. So glad you're with
- 1:28:55Speaker 3: us wherever you're listening in tonight, around the city, around
- 1:28:58Speaker 3: the state, or around the country, maybe even around the world.
- 1:29:01Speaker 3: Listening in online tonight, that's going to be a touchback
- 1:29:04Speaker 3: through the back of the end zone. It goes over
- 1:29:06Speaker 3: the head of Larry Simmons. And it'll be first and
- 1:29:08Speaker 3: 10 for Devin Dampier, the Utah offense, at their own
- 1:29:11Speaker 3: 25-yard line.
- 1:29:11Speaker 5: Yeah, interesting to see exactly what personnels they want to use.
- 1:29:19Speaker 5: You know, we saw a little bit of Hunter Andrews
- 1:29:21Speaker 5: in that second quarter there. I think that's going to
- 1:29:23Speaker 5: be a big personnel that they utilize a lot, and
- 1:29:25Speaker 5: they're going to start with him here in this draft.
- 1:29:28Speaker 3: So Utah comes out first in ten. It'll be Bird
- 1:29:30Speaker 3: Ficklin and Devin Dampier lining up at the 25-yard line.
- 1:29:34Speaker 3: Two receivers to the left-hand side, a tight end in
- 1:29:36Speaker 3: the right slot. And Devin moves Hunter Andrews from right
- 1:29:40Speaker 3: to left, and he throws a little pitch out to
- 1:29:42Speaker 3: Bird Ficklin. He's going to look downfield to throw it.
- 1:29:44Speaker 3: He's got a couple of wide receivers out there, and
- 1:29:46Speaker 3: he overshoots his man. Ricky Johnson. That's a little bit
- 1:29:50Speaker 3: of the razzle-dazzle we'll end up seeing with the two-quarterback
- 1:29:53Speaker 3: system for Utah. He probably would have been better served
- 1:29:56Speaker 3: getting Braden Pagan, who broke underneath.
- 1:29:58Speaker 5: Well, I mean, the issue was there's two guys in
- 1:30:01Speaker 5: the same area.
- 1:30:02Speaker 3: That was not clean.
- 1:30:03Speaker 4: Routes right there, so there was a bit of confusion.
- 1:30:05Speaker 4: There was probably confusion for Bird, too. He was like,
- 1:30:08Speaker 4: where are you guys at?
- 1:30:09Speaker 5: And so somebody got the wrong route in the huddle.
- 1:30:12Speaker 3: Wayshawn Parker checks into the ball game now with Devin Dampier.
- 1:30:15Speaker 3: Good first half for Wayshawn. He takes the handoff, breaks
- 1:30:18Speaker 3: around the right side. He's got the 30, 35, back
- 1:30:21Speaker 3: inside 40, and taken down at about the 42-yard line.
- 1:30:24Speaker 3: Wayshawn Parker picks up 17 on second down, and that's
- 1:30:28Speaker 3: an Ivory Holmes first down for Utah, out to the 42.
- 1:30:31Speaker 5: Yeah, I think he's wanting to make sure that he
- 1:30:34Speaker 5: gets his 100-yard gain here, and that was a good
- 1:30:37Speaker 5: 17-yard gain. Heading to that mark, which is about... 52,
- 1:30:41Speaker 5: 53 yards on the day.
- 1:30:43Speaker 3: Well, now he's hit 71 on 12 carries, so he's
- 1:30:45Speaker 3: 29 yards shy of 100 yards, which would be a
- 1:30:49Speaker 3: great way to start the season for Wayshon Parker. Play
- 1:30:52Speaker 3: action pass for Dampier on first down. Looking long, he's
- 1:30:55Speaker 3: got a man out there. That's Ricky Johnson. The ball
- 1:30:57Speaker 3: hits the defender in the back of the head and
- 1:30:59Speaker 3: goes incomplete. Ricky was open. That ball was underthrown again
- 1:31:03Speaker 3: by Devin Dampier. Dalton had the coverage. It'll be second down.
- 1:31:07Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, yeah, we've seen about three plays now.
- 1:31:10Speaker 4: They're taking some chunk shots here, and I think that's
- 1:31:12Speaker 4: exactly what we're going to see. We're going to stretch
- 1:31:13Speaker 4: this defense out and test our long game here in
- 1:31:15Speaker 4: this third quarter, which will be great. You know, the
- 1:31:18Speaker 4: multiple sets, the two QB sets they got there.
- 1:31:22Speaker 5: See exactly what we have in the deep game.
- 1:31:24Speaker 3: Larry Simmons out wide to the left. Three receivers set
- 1:31:26Speaker 3: on the left-hand side on second down and 10. Wayshawn Parker,
- 1:31:29Speaker 3: the tailback. Devin Dampier claps his hands. Play action pass again.
- 1:31:35Speaker 3: Looking to the outside again. He's got a man out there. Caught! Dropped.
- 1:31:39Speaker 3: Whittemore had it off his hands. It goes incomplete. Coverage
- 1:31:42Speaker 3: was pretty good on the outside again. That time, the
- 1:31:45Speaker 3: coverage was being applied by the safety, Khalid Rawls. That'll
- 1:31:48Speaker 3: bring up third down and long.
- 1:31:49Speaker 5: Yeah. Hey, this is a huge opportunity. As we said,
- 1:31:52Speaker 5: they're taking their shots deep.
- 1:31:54Speaker 4: He's just got to lead it to the end zone
- 1:31:55Speaker 4: and let his receiver run under him. Creed Whittemore definitely
- 1:31:57Speaker 4: had a step on the defender right there. You let
- 1:31:59Speaker 4: him run under that ball.
- 1:32:00Speaker 5: That's a touchdown.
- 1:32:01Speaker 3: So third down and ten now. Utah three out of
- 1:32:03Speaker 3: five on third down. From their own 42-43 yard line here,
- 1:32:07Speaker 3: early third quarter. Devin Dampier drops the pass again, fires
- 1:32:11Speaker 3: over the middle. It's caught. That's first down yardage on
- 1:32:14Speaker 3: the Idaho side of midfield. And that's Larry Simmons who
- 1:32:17Speaker 3: makes his first grab of the season. All the way
- 1:32:19Speaker 3: down to the Vandal 42-yard line for an Ivory Holmes
- 1:32:22Speaker 3: first down. Utah's going to go with tempo here on
- 1:32:25Speaker 3: first down, an empty backfield. This one might be a
- 1:32:27Speaker 3: quarterback keeper. We'll see if Devin keeps. Nope, he's going
- 1:32:30Speaker 3: to drop the pass. Fires it long again, looking for
- 1:32:32Speaker 3: Pagan again.
- 1:32:33Speaker 5: Caught again!
- 1:32:35Speaker 3: Inside the 15, and down to the Idaho 13-yard line
- 1:32:39Speaker 3: goes Braden Pagan. That's a 29-yard pitch and catch. Roberson
- 1:32:44Speaker 3: had the coverage. Braden Pagan with another big catch, and
- 1:32:48Speaker 3: into the red zone they go one more time.
- 1:32:52Speaker 4: This team is absolutely dangerous when they go up-tempo. They
- 1:32:55Speaker 4: create so many one-on-one matchups. Everybody was one-on-one.
- 1:32:58Speaker 5: On that play. Just great decision-making there by Devin Dempsey.
- 1:33:01Speaker 3: Timeout taken on the field for an injured player for
- 1:33:04Speaker 3: the Idaho Vandals down at about the five-yard line. This
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- 1:33:17Speaker 3: Will we have a timeout here? We have a timeout.
- 1:33:20Speaker 3: Will we have a TV timeout? Doesn't appear that we've
- 1:33:24Speaker 3: got a TV timeout yet. The Red Hats on the field,
- 1:33:26Speaker 3: we don't see the signboard yet. And he's waiting to
- 1:33:29Speaker 3: get the call for the referee. This player's going to
- 1:33:31Speaker 3: hop off the field right now. And they're just going
- 1:33:33Speaker 3: to keep it right here. So a short timeout, an
- 1:33:36Speaker 3: injury timeout. Utah's got it for the fifth time now, Sly,
- 1:33:40Speaker 3: in the Canyon View Credit Union Red Zone. Another good
- 1:33:42Speaker 3: pitch and catch between Dampier and Pagan.
- 1:33:44Speaker 4: Yeah, man, and it's a connection that we're going to
- 1:33:46Speaker 4: see all year. We're going to absolutely love.
- 1:33:48Speaker 5: We talked about Brandon Pagan a lot in the offseason.
- 1:33:51Speaker 4: Now all of our fans are being able to understand
- 1:33:54Speaker 4: exactly why we said that that connection and that chemistry
- 1:33:57Speaker 4: is going to be absolutely electric for this football team.
- 1:33:59Speaker 3: Pagan, four catches, 81 yards on five targets, 30, 31, 13,
- 1:34:01Speaker 3: and seven are his catches here tonight. Parker the tailback.
- 1:34:08Speaker 3: Rhino backs on the right-hand side. Devin Dampier under center.
- 1:34:11Speaker 3: Brings a man in motion. Hands that ball on the
- 1:34:14Speaker 3: end around to Braden Pagan. He's got the five. He's
- 1:34:17Speaker 3: got the end zone. It's a touchdown. Braden Pagan for
- 1:34:22Speaker 3: the second time tonight finds the Utah end zone, and
- 1:34:26Speaker 3: it's a touchdown for Utah.
- 1:34:29Speaker 5: Absolutely love that.
- 1:34:30Speaker 1: How do you know a big 6'4 receiver is going
- 1:34:32Speaker 1: to come in motion, be able to take the jet
- 1:34:35Speaker 1: sweep handoff, make a move to the end zone, and
- 1:34:37Speaker 1: his length allowed him to stretch over that goal line
- 1:34:41Speaker 1: right there.
- 1:34:41Speaker 5: Great job by Braden Pagan.
- 1:34:43Speaker 3: Braden Pagan has shown us what he can do in
- 1:34:44Speaker 3: the pass game. He shows us what he can do
- 1:34:46Speaker 3: right there in the run game as well. He is
- 1:34:48Speaker 3: the fastest of the Utah wide receivers and shows it
- 1:34:51Speaker 3: right there. That's a touchdown, a Pepsi touchdown for Utah.
- 1:34:55Speaker 3: The PAT by Dylan Curtis is up, and the PAT
- 1:34:58Speaker 3: is good. That scoring drive took a minute and 45 seconds.
- 1:35:03Speaker 3: Seven plays, 75 yards. And with 13-15 to play here
- 1:35:07Speaker 3: in the third, it's Utah 38 and Idaho 7. This
- 1:35:11Speaker 3: is Utah football from ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports
- 1:35:14Speaker 3: Radio Network.
- 1:35:16Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football brought to you by Pepsi
- 1:35:19Speaker 2: on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 1:35:22Speaker 3: 13-15 to play here in the third quarter. Utah 38
- 1:35:27Speaker 3: and Idaho 7. Smith's a proud sponsor of University of
- 1:35:32Speaker 3: Utah Athletics. Smith's fresh for everyone. Our second half brought
- 1:35:35Speaker 3: to you by University of Utah Health. 38-7, good start
- 1:35:38Speaker 3: to the second half. Brayden Pagan flexing just a little
- 1:35:41Speaker 3: bit there with the big catch on the drive and
- 1:35:43Speaker 3: then the end around for touchdown.
- 1:35:44Speaker 5: Absolutely love it.
- 1:35:45Speaker 4: A lot of things you saw at Utah State and
- 1:35:47Speaker 4: why he was such a premier receiver. We talked about
- 1:35:50Speaker 4: in the pregame, Coach McGiven's got to be... extremely ecstatic
- 1:35:55Speaker 4: at the weapons that he has at his disposal, especially
- 1:35:57Speaker 4: a quarterback like Devin Dampier and Bert Finkland to back
- 1:36:01Speaker 4: him up. It's an embarrassment of riches here for the
- 1:36:04Speaker 4: Utah offense, and you're seeing it in the passing games.
- 1:36:07Speaker 4: With Ricky Johnson, he had an amazing catch in the
- 1:36:09Speaker 4: first half, and he can explode here. Larry Simmons came
- 1:36:12Speaker 4: through with a big third down completion on that drive,
- 1:36:14Speaker 4: but Brandon Pagan is an outstanding receiver, outstanding big body, 6'4,
- 1:36:19Speaker 4: and can catch all the balls and do absolutely everything
- 1:36:22Speaker 4: you need on the offensive side of the ball.
- 1:36:23Speaker 3: Six different Utah players have run the football tonight. Six
- 1:36:26Speaker 3: different Utah players have caught the football tonight. And Devin
- 1:36:30Speaker 3: Dampier has been terrific. 13 of 18, 176 yards and
- 1:36:31Speaker 3: three touchdowns. And now Dylan Curtis will kick it off
- 1:36:37Speaker 3: north to south here with just a little bit of
- 1:36:39Speaker 3: a breeze out of the southeast. We had gusty winds
- 1:36:41Speaker 3: up around 25, 30 miles an hour early today. And
- 1:36:44Speaker 3: Bias will take it for the goal line. DeMonte Bias
- 1:36:47Speaker 3: out across the 15. And he's blown up at about
- 1:36:50Speaker 3: the 17-yard line. He opted to make a business decision
- 1:36:54Speaker 3: to bring it out.
- 1:36:55Speaker 5: Get him some.
- 1:36:56Speaker 3: And he ended up paying the price for it on
- 1:36:59Speaker 3: that play. University of Utah backup safety Josh Sovereign made
- 1:37:04Speaker 3: that tackle on special teams.
- 1:37:05Speaker 5: Great special teams coverage.
- 1:37:07Speaker 4: The first guy down there is what you want to
- 1:37:08Speaker 4: do is you want to cut off his north and
- 1:37:10Speaker 4: south attack and slow him up, and then the cavalry
- 1:37:12Speaker 4: will come in and finish it off.
- 1:37:14Speaker 5: That's what they did on that kickoff right there. Great job.
- 1:37:17Speaker 3: Injured player on the field right now for the Idaho Vandals,
- 1:37:20Speaker 3: Jerry Allen III. He's down after that kick return that
- 1:37:24Speaker 3: came out to about the 17-yard line. It's a timeout
- 1:37:27Speaker 3: for injury on the field. We haven't been given a
- 1:37:29Speaker 3: TV timeout just yet. Idaho will have an 83-yard field,
- 1:37:33Speaker 3: trailing 38-7. They've had one good drive, and it was
- 1:37:36Speaker 3: a good drive. One good drive here tonight. Otherwise, the
- 1:37:39Speaker 3: Utah defense has been terrific.
- 1:37:40Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a good drive here, and that's what
- 1:37:42Speaker 4: I'm expecting to see from Colton Swann is doubling down
- 1:37:45Speaker 4: on that. You understand exactly what Idaho is trying to
- 1:37:48Speaker 4: attack you with and what they have to do. They're
- 1:37:51Speaker 4: down by 31 points here in that first half. So
- 1:37:53Speaker 4: I see Colton Swann pinning his ears back here and
- 1:37:56Speaker 4: bringing a little heat here in the third quarter.
- 1:37:58Speaker 3: Our third quarter being brought to you by Bamboo HR.
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- 1:38:07Speaker 3: Carter will be the quarterback here to begin things in
- 1:38:09Speaker 3: the third quarter for Idaho. He'll come out with the fullback.
- 1:38:14Speaker 3: He did some damage on that one scoring drive. Hayden,
- 1:38:17Speaker 3: get your look. And they'll have it first and ten
- 1:38:19Speaker 3: from their own 17-yard line. Utah with four men down
- 1:38:22Speaker 3: front here, and everybody else spread across the formation. Kincheloe
- 1:38:25Speaker 3: comes to the right side of Israel Carter, who operates
- 1:38:28Speaker 3: out of the shotgun. Three receivers to the right. left-hand side.
- 1:38:31Speaker 3: Carter is going to keep it himself. He's the running quarterback,
- 1:38:34Speaker 3: and he'll be stacked up after about a two-yard gain
- 1:38:36Speaker 3: to the 19-yard line. Tackle on the play by Cash Dillon,
- 1:38:40Speaker 3: the defensive end. Hoping to have a big year this year,
- 1:38:43Speaker 3: Cash Dillon. Two-yard gain.
- 1:38:45Speaker 4: That was a great job by that defense right there,
- 1:38:47Speaker 4: getting off blocks and making that happen, right? Trey Reynolds
- 1:38:51Speaker 4: not being denied by.
- 1:38:52Speaker 5: The fullback who's blocking right there and closing that gap
- 1:38:55Speaker 5: so he had nowhere to run.
- 1:38:59Speaker 3: Carter stays in at running quarterback. Kincheloe stays in at tailback,
- 1:39:05Speaker 3: and he's down on a knee right now. He's going
- 1:39:06Speaker 3: to have to walk off the field. So the big
- 1:39:08Speaker 3: guy who's been a bruiser delivering some shots took one
- 1:39:11Speaker 3: himself on that play.
- 1:39:12Speaker 5: Trey Reynolds. I will tell you right now who that was.
- 1:39:15Speaker 5: Trey Reynolds was like, all right, you want to block me?
- 1:39:17Speaker 2: Bow.
- 1:39:18Speaker 4: Feeding some of that gunpowder right there, and Kitchell is
- 1:39:22Speaker 4: walking a little slow off the field.
- 1:39:23Speaker 3: He's been the most effective weapon for Idaho tonight, 37
- 1:39:26Speaker 3: yards on the ground so far. Ferrari Miller checks in
- 1:39:29Speaker 3: instead at tailback now on second down and calling about
- 1:39:32Speaker 3: nine yards to go. They motion Miller out of the backfield.
- 1:39:35Speaker 3: Four wide receivers in the pattern. Carter Lunds lines up
- 1:39:39Speaker 3: with a shotgun by himself. Utah crowding the line of scrimmage.
- 1:39:42Speaker 5: Bringing pressure.
- 1:39:44Speaker 3: Carter is going to keep it himself, and he's going
- 1:39:47Speaker 3: to be stacked up and dropped behind the line of scrimmage.
- 1:39:50Speaker 3: Carson Cafusi again. He had a big sack early in
- 1:39:52Speaker 3: the game. That time he dropped him behind the line
- 1:39:54Speaker 3: of scrimmage. That'll be a loss in third down coming up.
- 1:39:57Speaker 5: Absolutely love that blitz right there.
- 1:39:58Speaker 4: You bring the nickel and the backer off of the
- 1:40:00Speaker 4: edge right there, but Carson Cafusi does a great job
- 1:40:05Speaker 4: of stemming down and slashing into the gaps and getting
- 1:40:07Speaker 4: up field, making sure Carter had nowhere to go.
- 1:40:12Speaker 3: Idaho one for seven on third down. Wood back in
- 1:40:15Speaker 3: the ballgame on third down and 12. Operating out of
- 1:40:18Speaker 3: the shotgun. Utah showing pressure with four right now. Will
- 1:40:22Speaker 3: they bring more? Yes, they will. Wood to pass. Going
- 1:40:25Speaker 3: to scramble up away from it. Throw to the outside.
- 1:40:27Speaker 3: Nearly intercepted by Jackson Benny. Instead, it goes incomplete. He
- 1:40:31Speaker 3: was trying to get that ball to Zach Carr. Dangerous
- 1:40:34Speaker 3: pass by Wood. Good coverage by Benny. Brings up fourth down.
- 1:40:38Speaker 4: Yeah, as we said, Utah was bringing heat on every
- 1:40:41Speaker 4: down right there. A fifth and sixth defender there. making
- 1:40:44Speaker 4: it hard for the quarterback to do anything. You want
- 1:40:46Speaker 4: to run the ball.
- 1:40:47Speaker 5: You want to throw the ball. It is not working
- 1:40:49Speaker 5: against this Utah defense.
- 1:40:50Speaker 4: Great job by Colton Swan to call him to play.
- 1:40:52Speaker 3: Then he had his sights set on a pick six,
- 1:40:54Speaker 3: which would have been 23 straight years for Utah, with
- 1:40:58Speaker 3: an interception return for touchdown. Monte Carvalho stands at his
- 1:41:02Speaker 3: own 38-yard line. He's got a big return of 24
- 1:41:05Speaker 3: yards already tonight. This kick is away. It's short. It's
- 1:41:08Speaker 3: end over end. Carvalho's going to come up, fair catch it,
- 1:41:11Speaker 3: at about the 42-yard line. And that's where the Utah
- 1:41:14Speaker 3: offense will take over first and 10 with 1141 to
- 1:41:17Speaker 3: play here in the third quarter. A 42-yard punt and
- 1:41:20Speaker 3: no return.
- 1:41:22Speaker 5: Great job catching that by Carvalho right there. Secure the catch,
- 1:41:28Speaker 5: get your offense the ball back.
- 1:41:29Speaker 4: Again, I do think you'll see Devin Enberg here this
- 1:41:32Speaker 4: entire third quarter.
- 1:41:34Speaker 5: But great job by that defense.
- 1:41:36Speaker 3: Timeout on the field. We'll take it with them here
- 1:41:39Speaker 3: at Rice-Eccles Stadium. This timeout brought to you by... Our
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- 1:41:45Speaker 3: for the Big O Tires broadcast booth here at Rice-Eckel Stadium.
- 1:41:48Speaker 3: It's Utah football from ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports
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- 1:42:02Speaker 3: 11-41 to play here in the third quarter. It's Utah football,
- 1:42:05Speaker 3: first and 10 for their own 41-yard line, leading 38-7.
- 1:42:08Speaker 3: Got a spat stat for you. Dave Spadafore back with
- 1:42:12Speaker 3: us on stats this year. Idaho's got eight possessions so
- 1:42:14Speaker 3: far tonight, four with minus yards, two with turnovers. Bert
- 1:42:19Speaker 3: Ficklin's your quarterback here on this drive, and Steven Chavez-Soto
- 1:42:23Speaker 3: is your tailback. Bert's going to keep it along that
- 1:42:25Speaker 3: left side, and he's got it out across the 50
- 1:42:27Speaker 3: and out of bounds. Let's see where they mark him.
- 1:42:29Speaker 3: They mark him out of bounds at the 49-yard line
- 1:42:32Speaker 3: of Idaho. That's going to be nine yards. Will they
- 1:42:34Speaker 3: give him 10? that's going to be 10 yards. That's
- 1:42:37Speaker 3: going to give them a first down, a 10-yard gain
- 1:42:39Speaker 3: for Burt Ficklin on first down and an Ivory Holmes
- 1:42:41Speaker 3: first down for Utah into Idaho territory. He's probably seen
- 1:42:46Speaker 3: the last of Devin Dampier tonight. I'll give you his
- 1:42:49Speaker 3: numbers coming up in a few minutes. Chavez Soto's got
- 1:42:51Speaker 3: it out along the edge. Steven Chavez Soto tightropes that
- 1:42:54Speaker 3: sideline right in front of the Utah bench and he'll
- 1:42:56Speaker 3: step out of bounds at about the 43-yard line for
- 1:42:59Speaker 3: a gain of six.
- 1:43:00Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a great handoff right there. Turn that
- 1:43:05Speaker 5: corner just a little harder right there. Turn it up,
- 1:43:07Speaker 5: and he'll get about 15.
- 1:43:09Speaker 3: Chavez Soto is a true freshman. A year ago at
- 1:43:11Speaker 3: San Jose State, ran for about 500 yards and six touchdowns.
- 1:43:15Speaker 3: Nice addition to this Utah running back room. Second down
- 1:43:18Speaker 3: and six, or make it second down and four. Chavez
- 1:43:20Speaker 3: Soto again into the open field, 35. Breaks to the outside, 30,
- 1:43:24Speaker 3: and finally rolled down at the Idaho 27-yard line. Steven
- 1:43:29Speaker 3: Chavez Soto with another nice run.
- 1:43:32Speaker 5: Yeah, as I said, this is a very, very elite
- 1:43:35Speaker 5: running back with Wayshawn Parker, Chavez Soto, Daniel Bray, and.
- 1:43:40Speaker 4: Even Matiaki Halo, an outstanding running back, too. You're going
- 1:43:43Speaker 4: to see some good guys tonight.
- 1:43:44Speaker 3: We'll see Halo probably in a bit as well. That's
- 1:43:46Speaker 3: an ivory home first down. That's Bird Ficklin. He's going
- 1:43:49Speaker 3: to roll to his right, look downfield to pass. Across
- 1:43:51Speaker 3: his body, he goes. Caught! Inside the 10 and out
- 1:43:54Speaker 3: of bounds. What a grab by Mana Carvalho. The zip
- 1:43:59Speaker 3: on the ball was terrific. So was Carvalho's route. And
- 1:44:03Speaker 3: for a sixth time tonight now, they're in the Canyonview
- 1:44:06Speaker 3: Credit Union red zone. That's a first and goal down
- 1:44:08Speaker 3: at the six-yard line.
- 1:44:11Speaker 5: Oh, I love it. I love it. I love the
- 1:44:13Speaker 5: zip-on ball.
- 1:44:14Speaker 4: He was rolling to his right, left-handed quarterback, throwing that
- 1:44:17Speaker 4: out route with that accuracy.
- 1:44:19Speaker 3: First and goal now at the six-yard line. Chavez Soto
- 1:44:23Speaker 3: in the backfield with Bird Ficklin. Two receivers to the
- 1:44:25Speaker 3: left side, one to the right-hand side now for Utah
- 1:44:28Speaker 3: on first down and goal.
- 1:44:29Speaker 7: RPO.
- 1:44:30Speaker 3: Looking to add to the lead here. Ficklin, he's going
- 1:44:33Speaker 3: to look to throw. In cut, end zone, incomplete. In
- 1:44:37Speaker 3: and out of the hands of his wide receiver. That's Carvalho.
- 1:44:41Speaker 3: inside the end zone. Coverage was pretty good. A lot
- 1:44:43Speaker 3: of zip on that ball, too. Incomplete second down and goal.
- 1:44:46Speaker 4: Yeah, the defense actually gave up a lot of room
- 1:44:49Speaker 4: right there. You need a little harder stint by Carvalho
- 1:44:51Speaker 4: right there.
- 1:44:52Speaker 5: He would have came a little open, but that was
- 1:44:54Speaker 5: a John Elway rifle right there. That ball, a lot
- 1:44:57Speaker 5: of heat coming out of there from Bird Finkel.
- 1:45:00Speaker 3: Larry Simmons has checked in the ball game. He's split
- 1:45:02Speaker 3: out wide to the left side along with Creed Whittemore.
- 1:45:06Speaker 3: And Kyrie Scholes, second down and goal. Ficklin's going to
- 1:45:09Speaker 3: keep it himself to the five, to the three, pushing
- 1:45:12Speaker 3: the pile to the two. And that's where he stopped.
- 1:45:15Speaker 3: It'll be third down and goal coming up.
- 1:45:19Speaker 5: Good job. I mean, they had the option of throwing
- 1:45:22Speaker 5: the swing right there. But what we traditionally saw last
- 1:45:26Speaker 5: year from Bird Ficklin in the red zone is he's
- 1:45:28Speaker 5: getting into the end zone. He's a dynamic runner. So
- 1:45:31Speaker 5: kicking the ball in his hands is definitely the right play.
- 1:45:33Speaker 3: Third down and goal for Utah at the three-yard line.
- 1:45:38Speaker 3: 9-13 and the clock running to play here in the third.
- 1:45:40Speaker 3: Utah up 38-7. Sprint option. Chavez Soto stays in the
- 1:45:44Speaker 3: ball game. Two tight ends on the right-hand side for Utah.
- 1:45:47Speaker 3: They're rhino bags. Ficklin's going to keep it. Now hand
- 1:45:49Speaker 3: it to Soto. He's stacked up and driven backwards right
- 1:45:53Speaker 3: at the line of scrimmage for no gain. And that's
- 1:45:55Speaker 3: going to bring up fourth down.
- 1:45:56Speaker 5: Yeah, go for it. Go for it here just because...
- 1:45:59Speaker 5: I'm just saying I'm trying to work on stuff. That's
- 1:46:01Speaker 5: what I'm doing.
- 1:46:02Speaker 4: But I'd go for it here. But, I mean, they're
- 1:46:04Speaker 4: going ISO man-to-man over there. I would just literally run
- 1:46:07Speaker 4: sprint option right off the left-hand side, have a guy
- 1:46:11Speaker 4: leak out if he's open, throw it. But Burr Finkler
- 1:46:14Speaker 4: has enough speed to get to the edge right there
- 1:46:16Speaker 4: and stretch it to.
- 1:46:17Speaker 5: The end zone.
- 1:46:17Speaker 3: Dylan Curtis will not kick a field goal. Utah will
- 1:46:20Speaker 3: go for it here with a clock running at eight
- 1:46:22Speaker 3: and a half minutes to play here with the third.
- 1:46:24Speaker 3: Fourth down and goal from the three-yard line.
- 1:46:26Speaker 4: Yeah, if they don't convert it, your defense has... them
- 1:46:29Speaker 4: all backed up against their end zone great.
- 1:46:31Speaker 3: Job Chavez Soto and Ficklin in the shotgun Larry Simmons
- 1:46:35Speaker 3: comes in motion Ficklin rolls to his left looking to
- 1:46:38Speaker 3: the end zone Bird throws back corner in and out
- 1:46:41Speaker 3: of the hands too hard as he tried to find
- 1:46:44Speaker 3: Kyrie Scholes on that route incomplete it goes actually Carvalho
- 1:46:47Speaker 3: he and Scholes were both over there and that ball
- 1:46:50Speaker 3: had a lot of zip on it but a little
- 1:46:51Speaker 3: too high for Carvalho And that will bring out the
- 1:46:54Speaker 3: offense for Idaho as Utah stopped on fourth down at
- 1:46:57Speaker 3: the three-yard line.
- 1:46:57Speaker 5: Yeah, he was open. Carvalho's just not that tall. He's
- 1:47:00Speaker 5: not Brandon Pangan. So, one, it was just a hair late,
- 1:47:05Speaker 5: and it was a little high right there. But that
- 1:47:08Speaker 5: could have been a completion, but it's something they can.
- 1:47:09Speaker 4: Work on, something in the film room where it's just like, hey,
- 1:47:12Speaker 4: now I know exactly what I'm looking for.
- 1:47:14Speaker 5: I can hit you earlier.
- 1:47:16Speaker 4: And make that happen. But, yeah, sprint out that way.
- 1:47:18Speaker 4: They were just in zone that time. I think even
- 1:47:21Speaker 4: if Bird Finkler wanted to keep that, he probably could
- 1:47:23Speaker 4: have cut that right up and made some tough yardage.
- 1:47:26Speaker 5: Into the end zone.
- 1:47:26Speaker 3: So first and goal, or first and ten here for
- 1:47:28Speaker 3: Idaho on the shadow of their own goal line for
- 1:47:31Speaker 3: the three-yard line. Joshua Wood operating out of the shotgun
- 1:47:34Speaker 3: from his own end zone right here. He's got Ferrari Miller,
- 1:47:37Speaker 3: the tailback, with him on first down and ten. Utah
- 1:47:40Speaker 3: showing pressure. Now they'll back out of it. Wood to throw,
- 1:47:42Speaker 3: looking over the middle and way behind his wide receivers.
- 1:47:46Speaker 3: He had two guys in the area. He was well
- 1:47:48Speaker 3: behind both of them, including the tight end, Noah West-Baronco.
- 1:47:52Speaker 3: It goes incomplete. Second down coming up.
- 1:47:55Speaker 4: It's a great job. Great call right here to bring
- 1:47:56Speaker 4: in the pressure. Joshua Woods definitely felt that pre-snap. He's like,
- 1:48:00Speaker 4: I got to get this ball out quick because his
- 1:48:02Speaker 4: option should have been the running back out of the
- 1:48:03Speaker 4: backfield right there. He was wide open, but he did
- 1:48:06Speaker 4: not see it because he was trying to get that
- 1:48:07Speaker 4: ball out quick.
- 1:48:08Speaker 3: So second down and 10 now. Pistol formation. Ferrari Miller
- 1:48:11Speaker 3: lines up behind Joshua Woods.
- 1:48:13Speaker 2: Oh, my.
- 1:48:17Speaker 3: Handoff, Miller, right side. Gets to the line of scrimmage,
- 1:48:21Speaker 3: maybe one more, and then driven backwards by the Utah
- 1:48:24Speaker 3: defense that strung that ball out well. Taupioli in on
- 1:48:31Speaker 3: the tackle for Utah. as they kind of just strung
- 1:48:34Speaker 3: this ball out, never really gave Miller a chance to
- 1:48:36Speaker 3: cut back up inside.
- 1:48:37Speaker 4: That's just a great job, and what we didn't see
- 1:48:39Speaker 4: on that very long drive they had in the first.
- 1:48:41Speaker 5: Half, guys were popping out of their gaps and getting
- 1:48:43Speaker 5: the offensive line.
- 1:48:44Speaker 4: We were able to reestablish the line of scrimmage, but
- 1:48:46Speaker 4: great job by the defensive line right there, staying tough
- 1:48:49Speaker 4: in their gaps.
- 1:48:50Speaker 3: Vandals are one for eight on third down tonight. They
- 1:48:52Speaker 3: face a third down and nine from their own four-yard line.
- 1:48:55Speaker 3: Wood operates out of the gun, two yards deep in
- 1:48:58Speaker 3: his own end zone. He's going to backpedal to pass.
- 1:49:00Speaker 3: Here comes the pressure. Joshua Wood looking long. His wide
- 1:49:03Speaker 3: receiver falls down, and the ball goes incomplete. And that'll
- 1:49:07Speaker 3: bring up fourth down. He was trying to get that
- 1:49:08Speaker 3: ball to Tony Harstie, but Harstie fell down at about
- 1:49:11Speaker 3: the 15-yard line. It went incomplete. And the Utah defense
- 1:49:15Speaker 3: makes a stop. The punt team comes out here for
- 1:49:17Speaker 3: the Vandals.
- 1:49:17Speaker 4: Now, this is very important because if Utah decides, I
- 1:49:21Speaker 4: want to come after this and I want to block this,
- 1:49:24Speaker 4: you've got to be careful because if you don't and
- 1:49:25Speaker 4: you run into the punter, you're going to give them
- 1:49:27Speaker 4: a first down. So you can either max block this
- 1:49:31Speaker 4: up and give Carvalho an opportunity to return this, or
- 1:49:35Speaker 4: you can go after this and try to block it.
- 1:49:38Speaker 3: We'll see what Utah decides to do. Monta stands at
- 1:49:40Speaker 3: the Idaho 49-yard line. The punts have been pretty good
- 1:49:43Speaker 3: tonight by both Kinsman and by Cameron Pope. Utah not
- 1:49:51Speaker 3: showing block right now. Let's see if they decide to
- 1:49:54Speaker 3: come after him. They do not. They set up the return.
- 1:49:58Speaker 3: It's a good punt again, but returnable for Carvalho. He
- 1:50:00Speaker 3: lets it hit at about the 45, and it hops
- 1:50:02Speaker 3: out of bounds right there. So out of bounds it goes.
- 1:50:07Speaker 3: A 41-yard return, or a 41-yard punt, no return, and
- 1:50:12Speaker 3: Utah's got great starting field position when we get back here.
- 1:50:16Speaker 3: Only midway through the third quarter in all Utah. 38-7
- 1:50:19Speaker 3: Utes with 7.08 to play here in the third. This
- 1:50:21Speaker 3: is Utah football from ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports
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- 1:50:39Speaker 3: Campus Store today or shop them online at store.utah.edu. Devin
- 1:50:44Speaker 3: DePierre's night is done. He ended up being 13 of
- 1:50:47Speaker 3: 18 for 176 yards and three touchdowns. He ran it
- 1:50:50Speaker 3: six times for 31 yards. Pretty efficient night tonight for Devin.
- 1:50:53Speaker 3: Bird Ficklin now in at quarterback for Utah. And they've
- 1:50:56Speaker 3: got it first and 10 at the 44-yard line of
- 1:50:59Speaker 3: the Idaho Vandals to begin this drive. It'll be Matiaki
- 1:51:03Speaker 3: Helu and Steven Chavez Soto as your tailbacks. Actually just
- 1:51:11Speaker 3: Hale in there right now with Big Sammy on the
- 1:51:13Speaker 3: right-hand side in front of him as a lead blocker.
- 1:51:17Speaker 3: Hale out of the backfield. Thick one's going to keep
- 1:51:19Speaker 3: it himself. Bird straight ahead. Picks up about four yards
- 1:51:23Speaker 3: to the 40-yard line.
- 1:51:25Speaker 5: Yeah, great job right there. You see the rhino bag
- 1:51:28Speaker 5: Sammy with his foot back. You know they're going straight
- 1:51:31Speaker 5: downhill right there. That's a tall tell.
- 1:51:33Speaker 3: Is that a tell?
- 1:51:34Speaker 5: It is a tell, but you still got to stop it.
- 1:51:37Speaker 4: You know, you get a big 330-pound fullback in there
- 1:51:39Speaker 4: moving the way that he does.
- 1:51:41Speaker 3: He ain't stopping that. Semmy's 5'11, 3'17, and he moves
- 1:51:45Speaker 3: well for a big guy.
- 1:51:46Speaker 5: That's on paper.
- 1:51:48Speaker 3: Haleu stays in at tailback on second down and six.
- 1:51:51Speaker 3: Four wide receivers spread the formation here for Ficklin. Four-man
- 1:51:55Speaker 3: down front here for the Idaho Vandals. Bird going to
- 1:52:01Speaker 3: hand that ball to Haleu. He's going to cut back
- 1:52:03Speaker 3: the other way and have some running room. He's got
- 1:52:04Speaker 3: the 40. Cuts it back inside, and he'll get down
- 1:52:07Speaker 3: to about the 36-yard line. Four more yards for Matiaki.
- 1:52:10Speaker 3: He didn't have much initially, but made a nice cut
- 1:52:13Speaker 3: back and picked up four tough yards. Ryder Bordner made
- 1:52:16Speaker 3: the tackle. Third down and short coming up.
- 1:52:17Speaker 5: Yeah, good job of making it third down and manageable.
- 1:52:19Speaker 5: I know the running back coach is not going to
- 1:52:21Speaker 5: like that, but, you know, hey, he made something out
- 1:52:23Speaker 5: of nothing. Got positive yards.
- 1:52:25Speaker 3: So third down and two here for Utah as the
- 1:52:27Speaker 3: clock continues to run under six minutes now to play
- 1:52:30Speaker 3: here in the third quarter. Empty backfield this time for
- 1:52:32Speaker 3: Bird Ficklund. He spreads five receivers across the formation. Now
- 1:52:38Speaker 3: he's going to change the play at the line of scrimmage.
- 1:52:39Speaker 3: Plenty of time on the play clock for Byrd.
- 1:52:41Speaker 5: As it's at 12.
- 1:52:41Speaker 3: He's going to keep it himself. Quarterback sneak it. Kind
- 1:52:44Speaker 3: of a, call that a. Push-push type thing. He's very
- 1:52:49Speaker 3: close to first down yardage. The official on the far
- 1:52:52Speaker 3: side's got him marked just about the 34, and that's
- 1:52:54Speaker 3: what he needed for the first down.
- 1:52:56Speaker 5: Yeah, the defense actually didn't really adjust to the empty
- 1:52:59Speaker 5: the way that you were assuming. I think they were
- 1:53:01Speaker 5: going to do quarterback sneak the entire time.
- 1:53:03Speaker 4: So you go empty to stretch the defense out, but
- 1:53:06Speaker 4: the defense didn't stretch out with them and made that
- 1:53:09Speaker 4: a real tough fourth down.
- 1:53:11Speaker 3: Yeah, it's fourth down and inches now. About the nose
- 1:53:14Speaker 3: of the football is what they need to get to
- 1:53:16Speaker 3: the 34-yard line. They bring the jumbo package in again.
- 1:53:20Speaker 3: Three tight ends in now for Utah and an extra
- 1:53:22Speaker 3: offensive lineman on fourth down and short. Alou stays in.
- 1:53:26Speaker 3: Ficklin goes under center. Idaho crowds the line of scrimmage.
- 1:53:29Speaker 3: Fourth and inches here for Utah. Bird Ficklin keeps it.
- 1:53:33Speaker 3: He turns, and he's going to look to pass. He's
- 1:53:36Speaker 3: got a man wide open downfield. That ball is caught,
- 1:53:40Speaker 3: and Noah Benny is into the end zone, untouched for
- 1:53:43Speaker 3: a touchdown. The former Weber State Wildcat found himself so
- 1:53:50Speaker 3: wide open behind the defense. Bird Ficklin got it to him,
- 1:53:54Speaker 3: and Benny walked it in for a touchdown, and Utah's
- 1:53:58Speaker 3: put another six on the board.
- 1:53:59Speaker 5: Just an absolute excellent call right there.
- 1:54:02Speaker 4: I love that. You're the defense barreling down. You bring
- 1:54:05Speaker 4: your rhino package in. You think you're going to run, run, run.
- 1:54:08Speaker 4: Even Bird Ficklin runs out to his offhand side. Everything
- 1:54:11Speaker 4: is pointing out runs. It's not going to happen. And
- 1:54:14Speaker 4: then Noah Benny sneaks out right behind the defense, scores
- 1:54:17Speaker 4: a touchdown.
- 1:54:18Speaker 3: 34-yard touchdown for Noah Benny, his first catch since joining
- 1:54:22Speaker 3: Utah football, and it's a big one. Dylan Curtis on
- 1:54:25Speaker 3: to kick that PAT through. And with 4.45 to play
- 1:54:30Speaker 3: here in the third, Utah's done it again. A 34-yard
- 1:54:33Speaker 3: touchdown pass from Ficklin to Benny. Four plays, 44 yards,
- 1:54:37Speaker 3: 223 off the clock, and a Pepsi touchdown for the Utes.
- 1:54:41Speaker 3: They lead it now 45-7. Let's head downstairs. Zach Moss. Zach,
- 1:54:45Speaker 3: you've seen a couple of plays down at your end.
- 1:54:47Speaker 3: What do you make of it?
- 1:54:49Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm loving it, Zach. I mean, touchdowns I can
- 1:54:51Speaker 7: see in this end zone.
- 1:54:53Speaker 6: Great, great, great play by Bird getting that ball out there,
- 1:54:57Speaker 6: giving us a wide-open target, which you can miss sometimes,
- 1:55:00Speaker 6: a wide-open target, a chance to get that ball in
- 1:55:03Speaker 6: the end zone. I love how McGivens called those plays, right,
- 1:55:06Speaker 6: to set up that third and short, go on the
- 1:55:08Speaker 6: center and come right back. and throw a sneak play
- 1:55:11Speaker 6: right behind the whole defense after you get them all
- 1:55:13Speaker 6: something down there.
- 1:55:14Speaker 3: Zach, thanks. That sideline update brought to you by Kent Garf.
- 1:55:17Speaker 3: We hear you. Somebody once said the tight end's always open. Well,
- 1:55:21Speaker 3: Noah Benny was more than open on that play. He
- 1:55:23Speaker 3: just had to catch it and find the end zone,
- 1:55:26Speaker 3: and he did just that for a touchdown. 45-7 Utah. 4.45
- 1:55:30Speaker 3: to play here in the third quarter.
- 1:55:32Speaker 5: Well, I absolutely love it.
- 1:55:33Speaker 4: For football nerds like me and you, Bill, The chess
- 1:55:37Speaker 4: match that's going on now that it's football season, you
- 1:55:40Speaker 4: get to see it again. You can definitely see why
- 1:55:42Speaker 4: McKibben called that call right there, but it was the
- 1:55:45Speaker 4: perfect call to get us.
- 1:55:46Speaker 5: In the end zone.
- 1:55:48Speaker 3: Curtis to kick it off for Utah, kicks it high
- 1:55:50Speaker 3: and end over end. Bias has a chance to return
- 1:55:53Speaker 3: it if he wants to, but he'll let it go
- 1:55:54Speaker 3: through five yards deep in the end zone and bring
- 1:55:57Speaker 3: it out to about the 25-yard line. Second half being
- 1:56:00Speaker 3: brought to you by University of Utah, a health-trusted health
- 1:56:02Speaker 3: care partner for the Utes and you and your family.
- 1:56:05Speaker 3: Find them online at uofuhelp.org slash Utes. So Idaho got
- 1:56:11Speaker 3: the one touchdown drive, but outside of that, the Utah
- 1:56:13Speaker 3: defense has been pretty stout. They forced a couple of
- 1:56:16Speaker 3: early turnovers. Now they've got Idaho pinned with a 75-yard
- 1:56:21Speaker 3: field in front of them. Joshua Wood back at it, quarterback.
- 1:56:23Speaker 3: Utah's done a nice job. He was dynamic a week
- 1:56:25Speaker 3: ago against Cal Poly. and Utah's done a really good
- 1:56:28Speaker 3: job hemming him in here tonight. First down from his
- 1:56:32Speaker 3: own 25-yard line for Wood. He's got Bias behind him.
- 1:56:35Speaker 3: He's going to hand that ball to Bias, and Bias
- 1:56:37Speaker 3: is going to be stacked up at the line of scrimmage,
- 1:56:39Speaker 3: maybe a yard after the 26. Ethan Day, the transfer.
- 1:56:44Speaker 3: He began his career, Ethan Day, did at Wyoming. Last
- 1:56:47Speaker 3: year at North Texas, he had great success, did the
- 1:56:49Speaker 3: mean green. While most of his team went to Oklahoma State,
- 1:56:52Speaker 3: Ethan said, I want to come to Utah.
- 1:56:54Speaker 4: Yeah, he's seen the success of Utah, seen the two
- 1:56:57Speaker 4: DNs leaving here.
- 1:56:58Speaker 5: Saw an opportunity here.
- 1:56:59Speaker 7: Great job.
- 1:57:00Speaker 4: But that play was all him right there. Understanding the
- 1:57:02Speaker 4: puller was coming his way. He spilled it, got off
- 1:57:05Speaker 4: the block, and made the tackle.
- 1:57:07Speaker 5: All in one play. Great job by Ethan Day.
- 1:57:09Speaker 3: So second down, we'll call it about eight yards to
- 1:57:11Speaker 3: go here for Idaho State for the 27-yard line. Bias
- 1:57:15Speaker 3: stays in the game at tailback. Wood the quarterback. Three
- 1:57:17Speaker 3: receivers to the right-hand side. Utah showing pressure in a
- 1:57:24Speaker 3: five-man rush. Bias again finds a hold this time in
- 1:57:27Speaker 3: a little bit of a crease after about the 33-yard
- 1:57:29Speaker 3: line for a gain of seven. It'll be third down
- 1:57:32Speaker 3: and two coming up. One of the better runs today
- 1:57:34Speaker 3: for DeMonte Bias. He was a good running back a
- 1:57:38Speaker 3: year ago at El Camino Junior College. In fact, he
- 1:57:41Speaker 3: had one game sly a year ago where he went
- 1:57:44Speaker 3: for 266 yards.
- 1:57:45Speaker 5: That's good production, man. So you know he's capable now.
- 1:57:50Speaker 4: This offense is kind of running to a juggernaut Utah
- 1:57:52Speaker 4: defense tonight, so.
- 1:57:54Speaker 5: Maybe another one.
- 1:57:56Speaker 3: Third down and two here. They're one for nine on
- 1:57:59Speaker 3: third down are the Vandals. Joshua Wood in the shotgun.
- 1:58:05Speaker 3: Going to hand it to Bias. Nope, he's going to
- 1:58:07Speaker 3: keep it himself, and he will get first down yard. Oh,
- 1:58:10Speaker 3: they had him around the ankles, and they just couldn't
- 1:58:14Speaker 3: quite bring him down. That was Cyrus Polu, the linebacker.
- 1:58:19Speaker 3: You had him by the ankles, but Wood was strong
- 1:58:22Speaker 3: enough just to step out of it a little bit
- 1:58:23Speaker 3: and get the yardage he needed.
- 1:58:25Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a great read by Cyrus right there.
- 1:58:28Speaker 4: He did a chase down, so make the D-end chase
- 1:58:30Speaker 4: him running back, and he's got to come down.
- 1:58:32Speaker 5: He just didn't come tight enough. He's got to come
- 1:58:34Speaker 5: right off of that D-end's butt.
- 1:58:35Speaker 3: Second, third down conversion tonight for Idaho. They keep their
- 1:58:38Speaker 3: drive alive out to their own 36-yard line with 2.40
- 1:58:41Speaker 3: to play at the clock running here in the third quarter.
- 1:58:47Speaker 3: Wood out of the gun, brings a wide receiver in motion.
- 1:58:51Speaker 3: Hands it to the tailback. That tailback is biased, and
- 1:58:54Speaker 3: that tailback is dropped for a two-yard loss all the
- 1:58:56Speaker 3: way back to the 34-yard line.
- 1:58:58Speaker 5: Cyrus made up for it on that play right there.
- 1:59:01Speaker 5: Shooting the gap right here, getting the penetration in the backfield,
- 1:59:04Speaker 5: making running back stop and retracing the steps and making
- 1:59:07Speaker 5: the TFL. Look at him.
- 1:59:09Speaker 3: Yep, Elijah Ellis was in on that tackle as well
- 1:59:12Speaker 3: for Utah, a guy that you think could have a
- 1:59:14Speaker 3: really big year this year.
- 1:59:15Speaker 7: Oh, yeah, man.
- 1:59:16Speaker 4: Both of these guys, Cyrus Polu at great depth at linebacker,
- 1:59:19Speaker 4: exactly what you need.
- 1:59:20Speaker 3: Second down and 11. Back at the 34-yard line. Williams,
- 1:59:26Speaker 3: or Megan Wood, rolls to his right, looks to pass,
- 1:59:28Speaker 3: and he's going to step out of it and find
- 1:59:31Speaker 3: a man wide open at the 40. That's the 45-50.
- 1:59:34Speaker 3: 45-40 up the sideline he goes, and out of bounds
- 1:59:37Speaker 3: at the Utah 22 goes the tight end, Noah West-Baronco.
- 1:59:41Speaker 3: I don't know how Utah didn't get him to the ground.
- 1:59:44Speaker 3: The quarterback, Wood, was backpedaled. He was a dead man,
- 1:59:47Speaker 3: somehow got out of it, found his tight end up
- 1:59:50Speaker 3: the sidelines for a huge play. 54 yards.
- 1:59:53Speaker 4: Yeah, Tillman just missed, but that is the exact reason
- 1:59:56Speaker 4: why you can't miss. Because if you miss, things like
- 1:59:58Speaker 4: that are going to be open. When you bring pressure,
- 2:00:01Speaker 4: there are holes in the defense.
- 2:00:02Speaker 3: So first and 10 at the Utah 22-yard line for
- 2:00:05Speaker 3: Idaho after the big pitch and catch. Here's Wood again,
- 2:00:08Speaker 3: this time stepping, looking, throwing toward the end zone. Had
- 2:00:11Speaker 3: a man open, but missed him. That was his wide
- 2:00:15Speaker 3: receiver that was breaking open. And about the goal line,
- 2:00:18Speaker 3: that was Alexander, who just... Didn't have the ball in
- 2:00:23Speaker 3: his area code. That ball was overshot, but he was
- 2:00:25Speaker 3: open in the end zone.
- 2:00:26Speaker 5: Yeah, Marcus Kelly's not happy about that. He had a
- 2:00:29Speaker 5: big 13, 14-yard loss.
- 2:00:31Speaker 4: It turns into a big, what, 40, 50-yard gain right
- 2:00:34Speaker 4: there by Idaho.
- 2:00:38Speaker 3: So second down and 10 now from the Utah 22.
- 2:00:41Speaker 3: Second best field position to the night. The last time
- 2:00:44Speaker 3: they got this kind of field position, Idaho punched it in. Bias,
- 2:00:47Speaker 3: the tailback, lines up behind the quarterback, Joshua Woods. Three
- 2:00:52Speaker 3: receivers and a tight end in the left slot here
- 2:00:54Speaker 3: for the Vandals. Wood's going to backpedal to pass. Utah
- 2:01:01Speaker 3: bringing pressure. He sprints out to his right. He's got
- 2:01:04Speaker 3: running room 20, 15, 10, 5, touchdown. Joshua Wood beat
- 2:01:09Speaker 3: the coverage to the edge and then just sprinted to
- 2:01:11Speaker 3: the end zone untouched, 22 yards and an Idaho touchdown.
- 2:01:18Speaker 3: That is not going to make coordinator Colton Swan very happy,
- 2:01:21Speaker 3: is it?
- 2:01:21Speaker 4: Well, that whole drive is not. You got missed opportunities
- 2:01:24Speaker 4: and mistakes, just easy mistakes. Good thing is it's correctable, right?
- 2:01:29Speaker 5: One on the touchdown, of course, that's just containment being
- 2:01:32Speaker 5: broken right there, not understanding the quarterback's athleticism. That's a
- 2:01:36Speaker 5: great blitz by Nate Ritchie on the other side, forcing
- 2:01:38Speaker 5: him out.
- 2:01:39Speaker 4: If you're the contain on that side, you've got to
- 2:01:40Speaker 4: understand the blitz is making the quarterback flush your way.
- 2:01:43Speaker 5: You've got to be ready for that.
- 2:01:44Speaker 3: 0-4 has been on for the PAT. Second touchdown of
- 2:01:47Speaker 3: the night for the Idaho Vandals. That PAT is up
- 2:01:50Speaker 3: and good with a minute 21 to play here. In
- 2:01:53Speaker 3: the third quarter, the Vandals find the end zone for
- 2:01:55Speaker 3: a second time tonight. And our score now 45-14. Seven plays,
- 2:01:57Speaker 3: 75 yards. 324 off the game clock. Woods went in.
- 2:02:05Speaker 3: from about 22 yards out, but the big play was
- 2:02:08Speaker 3: the 44-yard pass to the tight end who was wide open,
- 2:02:11Speaker 3: and as you mentioned, looked like Nate Tillman had him
- 2:02:13Speaker 3: dead to rights but couldn't wrap him up.
- 2:02:15Speaker 4: He did, but again, first game mistakes, right? You're in
- 2:02:19Speaker 4: practice all the time.
- 2:02:20Speaker 5: You get next to the quarterback. You're not allowed to tackle.
- 2:02:22Speaker 4: That's what happens normally in the first game of the
- 2:02:25Speaker 4: year is because.
- 2:02:26Speaker 5: You're not able to tackle the quarterback so much in practice.
- 2:02:29Speaker 5: You kind of ease off a little bit, You can't
- 2:02:33Speaker 5: in this game, and that's why this is good practice.
- 2:02:35Speaker 4: If things like that happen, you're happy it happens in
- 2:02:38Speaker 4: a game like this. But, yes, Tillman had him dead
- 2:02:41Speaker 4: to rights, should have had him down. Woods should not
- 2:02:45Speaker 4: have had an opportunity to throw that ball right there
- 2:02:48Speaker 4: and find that open receiver.
- 2:02:50Speaker 3: Utah doesn't settle for average, and neither does KSL. Visit KSL.com
- 2:02:53Speaker 3: or download their app for better news, better weather, better classifieds,
- 2:02:57Speaker 3: all built right here in Utah. Go Utes! So Larry
- 2:03:03Speaker 3: Simmons back deep to receive. We haven't seen a kick
- 2:03:05Speaker 3: return yet today by Utah. Tyler Kinsman will kick it
- 2:03:09Speaker 3: off here for the Vandals. Minute 21 to play in
- 2:03:12Speaker 3: the third, 45-14 Utah. Line drive kick spinning away from
- 2:03:24Speaker 3: Simmons and out of the back of the end zone
- 2:03:26Speaker 3: it goes. And so Bird Ficklin and the Utah offense
- 2:03:28Speaker 3: will begin first and ten at their own 25-yard line
- 2:03:31Speaker 3: with a minute 21 to play here in the third quarter.
- 2:03:33Speaker 3: As the offense comes to the field, we're brought to
- 2:03:36Speaker 3: you by Bud Light. Easy to drink and easy to enjoy.
- 2:03:39Speaker 3: I'm Bill Riley. That's Stevenson Sylvester. He's upstairs this year.
- 2:03:43Speaker 3: He got bumped upstairs. He's out of the climate now.
- 2:03:46Speaker 3: Downstairs is Zach Moss. Matt Robles spotting Dave Spadafore playing
- 2:03:52Speaker 3: injured and doing stats. And glad that we could be
- 2:03:54Speaker 3: with you guys tonight from here at Rice Eccles Stadium
- 2:03:57Speaker 3: to open up the 2026 season. Ficklin brings the offense
- 2:04:00Speaker 3: back out first and tenth. That's LaMarcus Bell, the running
- 2:04:07Speaker 3: back and freshman from Oregon, who's in the backfield right now.
- 2:04:10Speaker 3: I mentioned Utah's got an embarrassment of riches there. Vicklin
- 2:04:13Speaker 3: to throw. He's got Larry Simmons on the end cut.
- 2:04:15Speaker 3: Simmons breaks it back outside. Larry's got the 40, 45, 50,
- 2:04:20Speaker 3: and steps out of bounds at the Idaho 49-yard line. Wow.
- 2:04:23Speaker 3: Nice move by Larry Sims. Yeah, it was. It looked
- 2:04:25Speaker 3: like it was going to be about an 8 or
- 2:04:26Speaker 3: 9-yard gain. He whipped it back outside and turned it
- 2:04:29Speaker 3: into a big play. That's a play of 26 yards.
- 2:04:32Speaker 5: Yeah, this is a slant. Even a slant, you've got
- 2:04:34Speaker 5: to keep going. But he reverses outfields and picks up
- 2:04:37Speaker 5: 15 more yards.
- 2:04:38Speaker 3: That's an Ivory Holmes first down for Utah into Idaho
- 2:04:41Speaker 3: territory at the Vandal 49. First and ten, Ficklin's going
- 2:04:45Speaker 3: to look to throw again. He's got Guy going deep.
- 2:04:47Speaker 3: He's got a man open down the field. It's caught
- 2:04:50Speaker 3: and dropped.
- 2:04:51Speaker 5: Oh, goodness.
- 2:04:52Speaker 3: Hunter Andrews nearly came up with a circus catch just
- 2:04:56Speaker 3: off his fingertips, incomplete. And if that ball's just a
- 2:04:59Speaker 3: little closer to him, that's a touchdown.
- 2:05:02Speaker 4: How about the arm strength on Bird? I don't think
- 2:05:04Speaker 4: Bird understands how strong his arm is, right? That's a
- 2:05:07Speaker 4: touch pass right there. Hunter Andrews is wide open. Nobody's
- 2:05:10Speaker 4: around him. You've got to touch the button.
- 2:05:12Speaker 5: Bert Ficklin has such a strong arm, it's kind of
- 2:05:14Speaker 5: hard to make touch passes.
- 2:05:16Speaker 3: Hunter Andrews would probably like to have that one back again.
- 2:05:20Speaker 3: Second down and 10 from the Idaho 49-yard line. Ficklin
- 2:05:25Speaker 3: motions a tight end out, hands it to the tailback,
- 2:05:28Speaker 3: who cuts through a hole and up across the 45,
- 2:05:31Speaker 3: and finally down to about the 41-yard line goes Bell.
- 2:05:35Speaker 3: Marcus Bell was a heck of a player in Oregon.
- 2:05:38Speaker 3: He was the number two recruit in the state. Ran
- 2:05:42Speaker 3: for a bunch of yardage and a bunch of touchdowns
- 2:05:44Speaker 3: his junior year. What a state championship. Third down and
- 2:05:48Speaker 3: three coming up.
- 2:05:49Speaker 4: He's done a great job in training camp of getting
- 2:05:51Speaker 4: the eye of the coaches.
- 2:05:52Speaker 5: They've mentioned him a few times.
- 2:05:54Speaker 4: This kid's going to be a good running back here
- 2:05:56Speaker 4: in Utah in our great running back history here at Utah.
- 2:06:03Speaker 3: Utah four for eight on third down tonight. They're going
- 2:06:06Speaker 3: to let this one trickle all the way down to
- 2:06:08Speaker 3: the end of the third quarter. Here at Rice Eccles Stadium.
- 2:06:11Speaker 3: So when we get back, it'll be third and two
- 2:06:12Speaker 3: Utah for the 41 of Idaho. At the end of
- 2:06:15Speaker 3: three quarters.
- 2:06:16Speaker 8: That was the end of the third quarter.
- 2:06:19Speaker 3: The Utes lead at 45 to 14. Moment of loudness coming.
- 2:06:23Speaker 3: And we'll be back with the fourth quarter next. This
- 2:06:25Speaker 3: is Utah football from ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports
- 2:06:28Speaker 3: Radio Network.
- 2:06:29Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football brought to you by Bamboo
- 2:06:33Speaker 2: HR on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 2:06:39Speaker 3: Back at Rice-Eccles Stadium, heading to the fourth quarter. Our
- 2:06:43Speaker 3: fourth quarter being brought to you by University of Utah
- 2:06:45Speaker 3: Health and Sports Medicine. Because you belong back to the
- 2:06:47Speaker 3: game as much as anyone. Visit sportsmed.uofuhealth.org. Third quarter numbers
- 2:06:52Speaker 3: from Dave Spadafore. 209 for Utah, 75 for Idaho. 129
- 2:06:57Speaker 3: through the air, 80 on the ground for the Utes.
- 2:07:00Speaker 3: 44 through the air, 31 on the ground for the Vandals.
- 2:07:02Speaker 3: Nine first downs to three. And both teams one out
- 2:07:06Speaker 3: of three on third down. Utah was good. They did
- 2:07:10Speaker 3: get stopped near the goal line. Otherwise, they'd have another
- 2:07:12Speaker 3: seven on the board. But got a chance here to
- 2:07:14Speaker 3: punch another one in and extend this one out just
- 2:07:17Speaker 3: a little bit more with Bird Ficklin in this Utah offense.
- 2:07:19Speaker 3: Third down and two for the 41.
- 2:07:20Speaker 5: Yeah, they can do it.
- 2:07:27Speaker 4: This is really showing the depth that we have on
- 2:07:30Speaker 4: this team, right? Put any of these guys in and.
- 2:07:32Speaker 5: Get some explosion no matter what. you're getting at. So
- 2:07:36Speaker 5: this is a valuable time for the run of the
- 2:07:38Speaker 5: second unit and the depth of this team. Because we've
- 2:07:42Speaker 5: seen the explosion of that first team, man. It's going
- 2:07:45Speaker 5: to be absolutely electric this year. But this is a
- 2:07:47Speaker 5: valuable time for guys like Bert Finklin to work on
- 2:07:50Speaker 5: his passing mechanics and every down quarterback play. And guys
- 2:07:54Speaker 5: like LaMarcus Bell and Chavez Soto get an important crunch
- 2:07:58Speaker 5: time here.
- 2:08:00Speaker 3: Third down and two. Utah four out of eight on
- 2:08:02Speaker 3: third down. Ficklin out of the shotgun. Bell to his right.
- 2:08:05Speaker 3: Four wide receivers in the pattern here for Utah. Ficklin
- 2:08:08Speaker 3: will hand. Bell will run. He will pick up yards.
- 2:08:11Speaker 3: That's Ficklin keeping it. Bird's got it, 20, 15, and
- 2:08:15Speaker 3: out of bounds at the Idaho 10. He fooled me
- 2:08:18Speaker 3: on the beautiful quarterback keeper and the pickup on the
- 2:08:21Speaker 3: play of 32 yards and a first down presented by
- 2:08:26Speaker 3: Ivory Holmes. What a run by Bird Ficklin.
- 2:08:29Speaker 4: That's how you know it's good if you can fool
- 2:08:30Speaker 4: the guys up top because we should be able to
- 2:08:32Speaker 4: see everything. But he pulled that really cleanly right there.
- 2:08:35Speaker 4: He's able to keep his feet. He's definitely getting it.
- 2:08:37Speaker 3: So first down and goal for Utah. We'll call it
- 2:08:40Speaker 3: the 10-yard line of Idaho. And awesome, just an awesome
- 2:08:44Speaker 3: hide of the ball that time by Bird Ficklin. Two tights,
- 2:08:47Speaker 3: two wides, and a tailback of the ball game. That's
- 2:08:49Speaker 3: LaMarcus Bell. Idaho crowds the line of scrimmage. Ficklin lines
- 2:08:53Speaker 3: up with a shotgun, and the whistles fly and blow.
- 2:08:56Speaker 3: And we've got a timeout taken here by the Idaho Vandals.
- 2:08:59Speaker 9: First charge timeout, Idaho Vandals.
- 2:09:01Speaker 8: 30 seconds.
- 2:09:04Speaker 3: That timeout brought to you by Bamboo HR. Every team
- 2:09:07Speaker 3: has MVPs, most valuable people. Unlock peak performance and win
- 2:09:12Speaker 3: with Bamboo HR. First and goal, Utah. Inside the Canyonview
- 2:09:16Speaker 3: Credit Union red zone yet again. But again, great trickery
- 2:09:20Speaker 3: and sorcery at the quarterback spot that time by Bird
- 2:09:22Speaker 3: Ficklin hiding that football and getting all the way to
- 2:09:25Speaker 3: the Idaho 10.
- 2:09:26Speaker 5: Well, it's the acceleration even after he pulls it, right?
- 2:09:29Speaker 5: He's not messing around. He gets straight downhill. right after
- 2:09:33Speaker 5: he pulls it. The defense crashes hard. He pulls it,
- 2:09:36Speaker 5: but he has a great acceleration after he pulls it,
- 2:09:39Speaker 5: and that allowed him to get so far downfield before
- 2:09:41Speaker 5: the defense even noticed.
- 2:09:46Speaker 3: So they break the timeout huddle and line back up again.
- 2:09:49Speaker 3: Three receivers in the pattern here for Utah. Actually, two
- 2:09:53Speaker 3: tights and two wides. The tailback, LaMarcus Bell, for the
- 2:09:57Speaker 3: 10-yard line. Bird Ficklin out of the shotgun for Utah.
- 2:10:00Speaker 3: Ficklin looks to pass, throws in the flat. That's Hunter Andrews.
- 2:10:03Speaker 3: He'll walk in untouched to the end zone. Touchdown. They
- 2:10:08Speaker 3: snuck him out. Hunter Andrews finds his way to pay dirt.
- 2:10:12Speaker 3: And Bird Ficklin's got himself a touchdown pass to make
- 2:10:15Speaker 3: it 51-14 Utah.
- 2:10:16Speaker 5: He's like, I ain't dropping this one. Great job. Great slip.
- 2:10:22Speaker 5: The misdirection, the motions, all the things that's moving. It's
- 2:10:26Speaker 5: very confusing for defenses, man. That's why I'm so excited.
- 2:10:29Speaker 5: about this offense this year, but that right there, Hunter
- 2:10:32Speaker 5: Andrews was wide open. That was like on air. It's
- 2:10:34Speaker 5: the warm-ups is what that looked like. He walked right
- 2:10:37Speaker 5: into the end zone.
- 2:10:38Speaker 3: Well, you just have so many things you have to
- 2:10:40Speaker 3: be concerned about, including the quarterback himself, that Hunter Andrews
- 2:10:44Speaker 3: just found himself wide open on a little drag route,
- 2:10:47Speaker 3: and he walked in untouched from 10 yards. At the
- 2:10:49Speaker 3: PAT up and good by Dylan Curtis, who's been perfect
- 2:10:52Speaker 3: tonight on both field goals and PATs. And with 14.36
- 2:10:56Speaker 3: to play in the ballgame and a timeout on the field,
- 2:10:58Speaker 3: it's Utah 52 and Idaho 14. We're back to Rice-Segnell
- 2:11:02Speaker 3: Stadium and the Big O' Tires broadcast booth next. This
- 2:11:05Speaker 3: is Utah football from ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports
- 2:11:08Speaker 3: Radio Network.
- 2:11:10Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football brought to you by Pepsi
- 2:11:13Speaker 2: on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 2:11:18Speaker 3: That last touchdown by Hunter Andrews. Good to see Hunter
- 2:11:21Speaker 3: seeing pay dirt after a Coming back from an injury
- 2:11:24Speaker 3: from last year, and Pepsi touched down. Pepsi, the official
- 2:11:26Speaker 3: soft drink of Utah athletics. 52-14 Utah up on Idaho.
- 2:11:32Speaker 3: How about the Colorado Buffaloes? Deion Sanders, guys, go on
- 2:11:35Speaker 3: the road tonight in Atlanta and beat Georgia Tech by
- 2:11:38Speaker 3: blocking a field goal late 14-13, the final score.
- 2:11:41Speaker 5: I'm definitely going to have to check the highlights out
- 2:11:43Speaker 5: of that to see how real Colorado is, but that
- 2:11:46Speaker 5: is a great win because it surprised me. I definitely
- 2:11:48Speaker 5: had Georgia Tech in that game, but.
- 2:11:50Speaker 4: Tip your cap to Deion for preparing his team for
- 2:11:52Speaker 4: that game.
- 2:11:53Speaker 3: Tanner Cragen on the kick here for Utah now. Dylan
- 2:11:57Speaker 3: Curtis' night's done. Cragen kicks this one high, and that's
- 2:12:01Speaker 3: going to be a touchback. Utah's got two good kickers.
- 2:12:03Speaker 3: Cragen had a really good fall camp as well for
- 2:12:05Speaker 3: the Utes. Another big-leg guy. And kicks that one through
- 2:12:08Speaker 3: for a touchback. And Idaho will take it over first
- 2:12:11Speaker 3: and ten at their own 25-yard line. 52-14 Utah. And
- 2:12:14Speaker 3: our second half being brought to you by University of
- 2:12:16Speaker 3: Utah Health. Get that secret care the Utes trust by
- 2:12:19Speaker 3: visiting uofuhealth.org slash Utes. So now a lot of twos
- 2:12:24Speaker 3: and threes out there for Utah, but that won't matter
- 2:12:27Speaker 3: to Colton Swan and Morgan Scali. They still want that
- 2:12:29Speaker 3: same effort that the ones and the twos gave early.
- 2:12:31Speaker 5: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's no drop-off. Just because you're
- 2:12:36Speaker 5: second or third on the depth chart doesn't mean that
- 2:12:38Speaker 5: the execution or want drops off.
- 2:12:43Speaker 3: First and ten, Idaho. Wood's going to drop back to
- 2:12:45Speaker 3: pass from his own 25. Scramble out to the right-hand side,
- 2:12:48Speaker 3: look down the field, throw over the middle, and in
- 2:12:50Speaker 3: and out of the hands... what looked to be a
- 2:12:52Speaker 3: tight end. Then we got a Utah player down on
- 2:12:54Speaker 3: the play. Nate Ritchie collided. It looked like with Nate Tillman.
- 2:12:57Speaker 3: The Nates came together on that play. We got an
- 2:13:01Speaker 3: injured Nate Ritchie down there. You don't want to see that.
- 2:13:04Speaker 3: Nates had to battle a lot of injuries throughout his career.
- 2:13:06Speaker 3: They were trying to get that ball to Gus Donnerberg.
- 2:13:09Speaker 3: And Ritchie down on the field at about the 40-yard
- 2:13:11Speaker 3: line right now for Utah.
- 2:13:13Speaker 5: Yeah, that's unfortunate.
- 2:13:14Speaker 3: That was friendly fire is what that was.
- 2:13:17Speaker 5: He ended up.
- 2:13:18Speaker 4: Hitting in the The chest of Tillman, I was hoping
- 2:13:22Speaker 4: it was just the air got knocked out of him, but.
- 2:13:25Speaker 5: It definitely collided.
- 2:13:28Speaker 3: So Richie being checked out right now by the personnel,
- 2:13:31Speaker 3: the medical personnel, Margaret Scali coming out to take a
- 2:13:34Speaker 3: look at it as well. We'll take a timeout. TV
- 2:13:35Speaker 3: will take a timeout as well. Timeout brought to you
- 2:13:37Speaker 3: by Bamboo HR. 14-29 to play in the ballgame. Nate's
- 2:13:41Speaker 3: up and ready to go. We'll still take that timeout, though.
- 2:13:44Speaker 3: Utah 52, Idaho 14. This is Utah football.
- 2:13:47Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football, brought to you by Big
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- 2:13:57Speaker 3: 14-29 to play. Out of the timeout, Nate Ritchie walked
- 2:14:00Speaker 3: off under his own power, which is good news for Utah.
- 2:14:03Speaker 3: Second down and 10 for the Idaho Vandals, trailing 52-14
- 2:14:06Speaker 3: here early in the fourth quarter. Joshua Wood lines up
- 2:14:10Speaker 3: in a pistol formation. He's got his running back, Ferrari Miller,
- 2:14:12Speaker 3: behind him. Three wide receivers on the right-hand side. Our
- 2:14:16Speaker 3: second half tonight being brought to you by Smith's proud
- 2:14:18Speaker 3: sponsor of University of Utah Athletics. Smith's fresh for everyone.
- 2:14:22Speaker 3: I hit Smith's today. Picked up a little lemonade to
- 2:14:25Speaker 3: go with the iced tea. Second down and 10. Wood
- 2:14:32Speaker 3: motions his back to his right. Utah crowd's line of scrimmage.
- 2:14:35Speaker 3: Now he brings his man in motion. He'll throw out
- 2:14:38Speaker 3: into the flat and miss his man who was open.
- 2:14:41Speaker 3: He threw that in front of him, and I would
- 2:14:42Speaker 3: say that Davion Superalis maybe saw a little traffic in
- 2:14:47Speaker 3: front of him, maybe heard a few footsteps because he
- 2:14:49Speaker 3: didn't make a great effort to get to that ball.
- 2:14:52Speaker 5: Which is crazy. I think that exact play on film,
- 2:14:55Speaker 5: I felt like Wood led him so much, but he
- 2:14:58Speaker 5: ended up making a catch last week. But there, as
- 2:15:01Speaker 5: you said, the footsteps may have forgotten the receiver to
- 2:15:04Speaker 5: have some Tyronis who was Rex arms.
- 2:15:07Speaker 3: The old T-Rex arms brings up third down and 10.
- 2:15:10Speaker 3: Vandals are just two for 10 on third down tonight.
- 2:15:13Speaker 3: See if Utah brings pressure here on Joshua Wood. He's
- 2:15:20Speaker 3: going to drop the pass. Look to the outside. He's
- 2:15:22Speaker 3: got a man wide open. It's caught at the 35-yard
- 2:15:25Speaker 3: line right at the sticks. Tony Harstie. They brought the
- 2:15:29Speaker 3: corner blitz that time, and Wood went right to the
- 2:15:32Speaker 3: spot he needed to go to, to the man that
- 2:15:34Speaker 3: corner was covering, and he found him for a 10-yard
- 2:15:36Speaker 3: completion and a first down. First down pass again. Wood's
- 2:15:43Speaker 3: going to run this one straight up the middle and
- 2:15:44Speaker 3: then slide down at about the 41-yard line. That's where
- 2:15:47Speaker 3: he began the slide. That's where they'll mark him down
- 2:15:50Speaker 3: after a gain of about six yards. Clock running now
- 2:15:52Speaker 3: with 13.55 to play here in the fourth quarter.
- 2:15:55Speaker 5: Yeah, the defense has got to get a hold on this.
- 2:15:58Speaker 4: If you're going to blitz and you've got a talented
- 2:16:00Speaker 4: guy out there on the outside.
- 2:16:02Speaker 5: You've got to get on them quick. You can't think
- 2:16:04Speaker 5: you can disguise too long. They're going to burn you.
- 2:16:06Speaker 3: Four wide receivers split wide to the right-hand side, one
- 2:16:09Speaker 3: to the left-hand side. Empty backfield here for Joshua Wood.
- 2:16:12Speaker 3: He'll backpedal to pass again. Pressure coming in his face.
- 2:16:15Speaker 3: He's going to scramble away from it. He's got a
- 2:16:17Speaker 3: wide open sideline in front of him. He's going to
- 2:16:19Speaker 3: take off and go and step out of bounds. A
- 2:16:21Speaker 3: couple of yards shy of the first down. They'll mark
- 2:16:23Speaker 3: him at about the 42 for a one-yard gain. And
- 2:16:26Speaker 3: that'll bring up fourth down and make it third down
- 2:16:28Speaker 3: and four.
- 2:16:30Speaker 5: Great scramble by Wood. Progressing downfield, making it third down
- 2:16:34Speaker 5: and short. Oh, they actually walked.
- 2:16:37Speaker 3: Him way back down. Third down and four. They're three
- 2:16:40Speaker 3: out of 11 tonight on third down. Hand off, tailback Miller.
- 2:16:44Speaker 3: He is going to be stacked up two yards shy
- 2:16:47Speaker 3: of first down yardage. Excellent work up front for the
- 2:16:50Speaker 3: defensive front for Utah. Brings up fourth down and about two.
- 2:16:56Speaker 5: Let's see if they go for it here.
- 2:16:57Speaker 3: Oh, they're going. They don't bring the punt team out
- 2:17:00Speaker 3: on this. It's fourth down and two. They're in the
- 2:17:02Speaker 3: fourth quarter and they're down by 38. They're going for it. Yeah.
- 2:17:06Speaker 5: If I was Colton Swann, I'd bring the heat, man.
- 2:17:08Speaker 5: Don't give him no time.
- 2:17:09Speaker 4: Bring it to the stronger side of the quarterback, which
- 2:17:12Speaker 4: it looks like he's going to do.
- 2:17:13Speaker 5: No mess around. Just make it happen. Defense got to
- 2:17:16Speaker 5: tighten up.
- 2:17:17Speaker 3: Fourth down and two out of the shotgun, Joshua Wood.
- 2:17:21Speaker 3: He's going to pass. Pressure coming off the edge. Wood
- 2:17:24Speaker 3: steps away, throws outside. Incomplete. He was hit as he
- 2:17:28Speaker 3: threw by Nate Tillman, who came on a safety blitz
- 2:17:32Speaker 3: that time, trying to get it to his slot receiver,
- 2:17:34Speaker 3: Cage Rapin. It goes incomplete, and do we have a
- 2:17:39Speaker 3: flag on the field? Nope, just a wristband on the field.
- 2:17:41Speaker 3: That'll bring the Utah offense out and a good stand
- 2:17:43Speaker 3: by the defense.
- 2:17:44Speaker 5: Great stand by the defense right there, understanding what's at
- 2:17:47Speaker 5: stake there. You know, Idaho had a little bit of momentum,
- 2:17:50Speaker 5: but way to buckle down and force the turnover on downs.
- 2:17:56Speaker 3: So Utah takes over first and 10 at the Idaho 44,
- 2:17:59Speaker 3: leading it here.
- 2:18:01Speaker 7: 52 to 14.
- 2:18:01Speaker 3: Bird Ficklin, the quarterback, Stephen Chavez Soto. the tailback. Three
- 2:18:08Speaker 3: receivers split to the left-hand side here for Utah on
- 2:18:10Speaker 3: first down. They hand it to Chavez Soto. He's got
- 2:18:13Speaker 3: the edge 40, breaks a tackle, and steps out of
- 2:18:15Speaker 3: bounds at about the 39-yard line. After a gain of five,
- 2:18:18Speaker 3: Steven Chavez Soto, the transfer from San Jose State.
- 2:18:21Speaker 4: Yeah, he's got a quick burst too, man. Look how
- 2:18:24Speaker 4: he hits the hole here. Bounces outside really quickly, but yeah,
- 2:18:27Speaker 4: able to get as many yards as he can out
- 2:18:29Speaker 4: of that. Good job by the whole line at It
- 2:18:32Speaker 4: reestablishes the line of scrimmage three, four yards downfield.
- 2:18:34Speaker 3: Clock continues to run as we come up on 12
- 2:18:37Speaker 3: minutes to play here. Second down and six, Utah from
- 2:18:40Speaker 3: the Idaho 40. Vic one stays in the game, so
- 2:18:42Speaker 3: does Chavez Soto. Two tights and two wides as they
- 2:18:45Speaker 3: bring Kyrie Scholes in motion. Hand off again, Chavez Soto
- 2:18:49Speaker 3: picks his way forward, dives down to about the 36-yard line.
- 2:18:53Speaker 3: Four more yards for Chavez Soto, brings up third down
- 2:18:55Speaker 3: and two.
- 2:18:56Speaker 4: Great job right there. Getting back north and south this time.
- 2:18:59Speaker 4: He doesn't bounce and he keeps it inside.
- 2:19:01Speaker 5: Makes it outside cut and it comes right back inside
- 2:19:04Speaker 5: and picks up two more yards by heading north and south.
- 2:19:07Speaker 5: Great job by Chavez Soto making the third down and
- 2:19:09Speaker 5: two here.
- 2:19:10Speaker 3: He stays in the ball game. Burt Ficklin does too.
- 2:19:13Speaker 3: Three receivers left. One to the right hand side on
- 2:19:15Speaker 3: third down and two from the Idaho 35-yard line. Ficklin
- 2:19:24Speaker 3: takes the snap, hands, nope, keeps out on the edge.
- 2:19:27Speaker 3: That's Bird at the 35, Bird at the 30, and
- 2:19:29Speaker 3: he'll step out of bounds at about the 26-yard line
- 2:19:31Speaker 3: of the Idaho Vandals. That's a nine-yard gain and Ivory
- 2:19:35Speaker 3: Holmes first down, and Utah keeps this drive alive with
- 2:19:38Speaker 3: the legs of Bird Ficklin.
- 2:19:40Speaker 5: Yeah, great job.
- 2:19:40Speaker 4: I want to make sure you ain't taking no unnecessary
- 2:19:43Speaker 4: hits right there. You picked up the first down. Way
- 2:19:45Speaker 4: to keep that going right there by Bird.
- 2:19:48Speaker 5: Great pull, great speed to the edge. First down, Utes.
- 2:19:52Speaker 3: HALU in the ball game. Chavez Soto stays in the
- 2:19:54Speaker 3: ball game as well. Three wide receivers for Utah as
- 2:19:58Speaker 3: Ficklin backs up into the shotgun here on first and
- 2:20:01Speaker 3: 10 from the Idaho 26. Utah leading at 52 to 14.
- 2:20:05Speaker 3: Chavez Soto motions out. Hand off to HALU. He's got
- 2:20:09Speaker 3: the 25. Breaks outside. Stays on his feet trying to
- 2:20:12Speaker 3: avoid a tackler. 20, 15, and finally out of bounds
- 2:20:17Speaker 3: at the 13-yard line of Idaho. What a run by Haley.
- 2:20:21Speaker 3: He picks up 13 yards, an Ivory Holmes first down,
- 2:20:25Speaker 3: and into the Canyonview Credit Union red zone one more
- 2:20:28Speaker 3: time for Utah.
- 2:20:28Speaker 4: Well, I'm glad he picked up 13 yards because I
- 2:20:31Speaker 4: know Coach Antawayo is going to be like, why are
- 2:20:33Speaker 4: you bouncing that run play right there? But he picks
- 2:20:36Speaker 4: up 13 yards, so I think Coach Antawayo is going
- 2:20:39Speaker 4: to be like, all right, all right, you know, you
- 2:20:41Speaker 4: made it happen.
- 2:20:41Speaker 5: Good first down.
- 2:20:42Speaker 3: Eighth trip into the red zone tonight for Utah. First
- 2:20:45Speaker 3: and 10 from the Idaho 13th. Two backs, that's Haleu
- 2:20:49Speaker 3: and Chavez Soto. Chavez Soto again motions out of the backfield.
- 2:20:53Speaker 3: Hand off, Haleu straight ahead. Matiaki down to the five-yard
- 2:20:57Speaker 3: line for a gain of eight yards. Utah running game
- 2:21:01Speaker 3: has been on point tonight. We haven't seen Daniel Bray
- 2:21:04Speaker 3: since early in the game, but everybody else has been
- 2:21:06Speaker 3: terrific tonight that's played for Utah. Even Bray was really
- 2:21:09Speaker 3: good while he was in.
- 2:21:10Speaker 4: Yeah, this is valuable time for a lot of guys
- 2:21:13Speaker 4: right here, man. It's good for the coaches to see
- 2:21:16Speaker 4: exactly who I can count on, make sure they got
- 2:21:18Speaker 4: the right techniques and ball security, but also for the
- 2:21:21Speaker 4: players and understanding, like, I can do this. I can
- 2:21:23Speaker 4: get this done if I'm in the football game.
- 2:21:25Speaker 3: Two backs, two tights, and a wide receiver here for Utah.
- 2:21:29Speaker 3: on second down and three from about the five yard line.
- 2:21:33Speaker 3: Hand off, straight ahead, Halu, end zone, touchdown! Steven Chavez Soto,
- 2:21:44Speaker 3: not Matiaki Halu, makes it into the end zone, and
- 2:21:47Speaker 3: another touchdown on the board for Utah. A Pepsi touchdown
- 2:21:54Speaker 3: for Steven Chavez Soto, his first as a Ute. And
- 2:21:59Speaker 3: a lot of firsts here tonight for Utah. Chavez Soto
- 2:22:02Speaker 3: on the board, and Utah in the end zone again.
- 2:22:05Speaker 4: Yeah, I absolutely love the personnel we have. I'm so
- 2:22:09Speaker 4: excited to see this in the season.
- 2:22:12Speaker 5: We're now on our two deep here, but the two
- 2:22:15Speaker 5: running back dynamic that we have, it just puts the
- 2:22:19Speaker 5: defenses in a bind, right? You don't know if it's
- 2:22:22Speaker 5: Matiati Gehalu or Chavez Soto or Birdfleet, they're going to
- 2:22:25Speaker 5: keep it here.
- 2:22:26Speaker 4: But that's a pistol with 20 back... in the backfield
- 2:22:29Speaker 4: with your rhino tight end in there. There's just so
- 2:22:32Speaker 4: many things that you can do, and the defense has
- 2:22:35Speaker 4: to respect every aspect of this offense, man.
- 2:22:38Speaker 5: It's absolutely terrific.
- 2:22:40Speaker 3: Sixth place, 44 yards. Steven Chavez-Soto finds Paydirt from five
- 2:22:44Speaker 3: yards out. Let's go down to our running back, who's
- 2:22:46Speaker 3: found the end zone once or twice here at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Zach,
- 2:22:50Speaker 3: we've seen a lot of running backs tonight for Utah.
- 2:22:52Speaker 3: What have you made of these guys?
- 2:22:54Speaker 6: I love how these guys have come in and made
- 2:22:56Speaker 6: it most of the opportunity. I'd love to see that,
- 2:22:58Speaker 6: you know, we just leaned on the run game right there.
- 2:23:00Speaker 6: Didn't get too fancy. Didn't get too cute.
- 2:23:02Speaker 7: Right. Got to doing what was working all game was
- 2:23:04Speaker 7: outside running.
- 2:23:05Speaker 6: And, you know, the big boys up front made those
- 2:23:07Speaker 6: moves up front and got some inside zone runs going.
- 2:23:10Speaker 6: And these boys got downfield and, you know, put the
- 2:23:12Speaker 6: ball in the end zone.
- 2:23:12Speaker 7: So good, good look for these running backs tonight.
- 2:23:15Speaker 3: Excellent look, and thanks for that inside, Zach, from downstairs.
- 2:23:19Speaker 3: That's a Ken Garf sideline update. Ken Garf, we hear you.
- 2:23:22Speaker 3: Tanner Cragen on the kick here for Utah. 9-13 to play,
- 2:23:26Speaker 3: all Utah. 59-14 is our score here at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
- 2:23:30Speaker 3: That kick is high and end-over-end. They're not going to
- 2:23:33Speaker 3: bring this one out either. Idaho will again begin at
- 2:23:35Speaker 3: their own 25-yard line, first down and 10. Many of
- 2:23:39Speaker 3: you have already made your way to the exits tonight
- 2:23:41Speaker 3: and are making your way home. Thank you for putting
- 2:23:44Speaker 3: us on the radio to keep you company on your
- 2:23:46Speaker 3: way home tonight. Please be safe if you're heading home
- 2:23:50Speaker 3: this evening on the highways and byways of Salt Lake City.
- 2:23:53Speaker 3: We want to see you back here at Rice-Eccles Stadium
- 2:23:55Speaker 3: next weekend when the Arkansas Razorbacks come into town. An
- 2:23:59Speaker 3: 8-15 kickoff for the Razorbacks. But again, thanks for coming
- 2:24:02Speaker 3: out tonight. Thanks for keeping us on the radio this
- 2:24:05Speaker 3: evening as you make your way home. Kenny Golston, the
- 2:24:07Speaker 3: new running back of the ballgame for Idaho. A true
- 2:24:09Speaker 3: freshman running back out of the state of Oklahoma. One
- 2:24:13Speaker 3: of the top ten signees in Utah, or I should
- 2:24:15Speaker 3: say Idaho football history. It's going to be a pass
- 2:24:19Speaker 3: play on first down. They throw the flanker screen to
- 2:24:21Speaker 3: the inside. That ball is caught beyond the 30 and
- 2:24:23Speaker 3: out to the 31, almost 32-yard line.
- 2:24:26Speaker 5: Great hustle by the D-line in getting back there and
- 2:24:29Speaker 5: making that play. Retracing the steps, that's the biggest thing.
- 2:24:33Speaker 5: The D-line is most likely.
- 2:24:35Speaker 4: to make the play on those type of screens from
- 2:24:38Speaker 4: being able to retrace their steps.
- 2:24:39Speaker 3: Marquand McCraney made the catches, first of the year for Idaho.
- 2:24:42Speaker 3: Picks up seven yards on the play. Israel Carter stays
- 2:24:45Speaker 3: in at quarterback. Israel Carter's going to keep it himself
- 2:24:48Speaker 3: and bounce it to the outside. Now back inside, and
- 2:24:50Speaker 3: he'll pick up first down yardage beyond the 35 to
- 2:24:53Speaker 3: the 36 yard line. To keep the drive alive here
- 2:24:55Speaker 3: for the Idaho Vandals, as the clock approaches eight and
- 2:24:58Speaker 3: a half to play and continues to run. Israel Carter
- 2:25:02Speaker 3: transferred from Norfolk State. Began his career at South Florida.
- 2:25:07Speaker 3: Played there for a couple of years. He's a West
- 2:25:09Speaker 3: Coast guy. Grew up in Corona, California. Headed east, and
- 2:25:13Speaker 3: now he's back west again. Backing up, Joshua Wood. First
- 2:25:18Speaker 3: and 10 from their own 36 go to the Idaho Vandals.
- 2:25:23Speaker 3: Hand off, Golston. Bounces in, now out, and he's stacked
- 2:25:27Speaker 3: up at the line of scrimmage for no gains.
- 2:25:29Speaker 5: Yeah, great job by that defense.
- 2:25:31Speaker 4: Of course, it always takes that first person to stack
- 2:25:33Speaker 4: up the running back right there, but it takes the
- 2:25:36Speaker 4: Calvary to finish it down. So great job with penetration,
- 2:25:39Speaker 4: making the running back go east and west, and then the.
- 2:25:41Speaker 5: Calvary coming to finish it off.
- 2:25:43Speaker 3: Manny Fuller made the tackle for Utah that time, right
- 2:25:45Speaker 3: at the line of scrimmage, brings up second down and 10.
- 2:25:48Speaker 3: As we dip under eight minutes to play, Golston stays
- 2:25:50Speaker 3: at the ballgame and tailback here for the Vandals. Two
- 2:25:53Speaker 3: tights and two wides for Idaho, trailing 59-14. Carter going
- 2:26:01Speaker 3: to keep it himself out on that left edge, and
- 2:26:03Speaker 3: he's not going to get anywhere. He didn't fool anybody.
- 2:26:06Speaker 3: He's a running quarterback. Fuller was there. Tillman were there.
- 2:26:09Speaker 3: A couple of safeties coming up to make the tackle
- 2:26:11Speaker 3: for Utah, and that will bring up third down.
- 2:26:14Speaker 5: Great job by Manning Fuller right there at filling that
- 2:26:18Speaker 5: gap right there. That quarterback wants the weight. Way to
- 2:26:21Speaker 5: chase that down. Great angles. Great tackling right there by Manning.
- 2:26:27Speaker 3: Vandals are three for 12 on third down tonight. They
- 2:26:29Speaker 3: have not been wildly efficient. They haven't even been close
- 2:26:32Speaker 3: to efficient tonight. And they've got third down at about
- 2:26:35Speaker 3: eight yards to go here. Ferrari Miller is the tailback.
- 2:26:40Speaker 3: Israel Carter is the quarterback. Three wide receivers in the
- 2:26:44Speaker 3: pattern here for Idaho. Third down and eight. Carter to pass.
- 2:26:49Speaker 3: Pressure coming. Fires to the outside. It's incomplete. Hit the
- 2:26:53Speaker 3: turf before he could find Alexander Jr., the wide receiver,
- 2:26:56Speaker 3: and that'll bring up fourth down.
- 2:26:59Speaker 4: Fourth down, yeah, definitely punt. This is fourth down and eight.
- 2:27:02Speaker 4: Utah's been scoring at will.
- 2:27:04Speaker 5: The last thing you want to do is give Utah
- 2:27:05Speaker 5: a short field.
- 2:27:06Speaker 3: Creed Whittemore is going to come in to take this
- 2:27:08Speaker 3: punt for Utah. Creed, the backup punt returner, Monte Carvalho.
- 2:27:11Speaker 3: He's not done returning punts. Cameron Pope's going to punt
- 2:27:15Speaker 3: it this time around for Idaho. 6.37 to play. Utah
- 2:27:20Speaker 3: will get the ball back again. It'll be interesting to
- 2:27:22Speaker 3: see if Bird Ficklin stays in or if Brandon Rose
- 2:27:25Speaker 3: comes in at quarterback for Utah. Pope gets his kick away.
- 2:27:28Speaker 3: It's a high booming kick. Whittemore is going to step
- 2:27:31Speaker 3: back and fair catch it at about his own 13-yard line.
- 2:27:35Speaker 3: And that's where Utah will take over first and 10
- 2:27:37Speaker 3: when we get back. 629 to play the ball game
- 2:27:40Speaker 3: all Utah on opening night here at Rice-Eccles Stadium. It's
- 2:27:44Speaker 3: Utah 59 and Idaho 14. This is Utah football.
- 2:27:49Speaker 2: You're listening to Utah football brought to you by Smith's
- 2:27:52Speaker 2: on ESPN 700 and the Ute Sports Network.
- 2:27:55Speaker 3: 6.29 to play for all Utah tonight on opening night.
- 2:28:01Speaker 3: Not unexpected. 59-14 our score. Second half being brought to
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- 2:28:11Speaker 3: slash Utes. I think Brandon Rose might be coming in
- 2:28:14Speaker 3: here for Utah. He was having a nice little catch
- 2:28:16Speaker 3: down there with Wayshon Parker. And he'll take over the
- 2:28:19Speaker 3: Utah offense. Brandon Rose was here, then Brandon Rose left,
- 2:28:22Speaker 3: and then Brandon Rose said, I liked it at Utah.
- 2:28:25Speaker 3: I don't care if I'm going to be the third
- 2:28:26Speaker 3: string quarterback. I'm going to come back, and that's exactly
- 2:28:28Speaker 3: what he's going to do. And to be very fair,
- 2:28:30Speaker 3: Brandon Rose is a guy who can sling it a
- 2:28:32Speaker 3: little bit, Sly.
- 2:28:33Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, he definitely can when given the opportunity. He
- 2:28:36Speaker 4: just wasn't given an opportunity until very late in the game.
- 2:28:39Speaker 4: experienced the injury and he wanted to try somewhere else.
- 2:28:42Speaker 4: So very happy that he's back and can't wait to
- 2:28:44Speaker 4: see what he can do.
- 2:28:45Speaker 3: He'll operate under center. LaMarcus Bell behind him to bring
- 2:28:47Speaker 3: a man in motion. And Brandon fumbles the football and
- 2:28:50Speaker 3: dives forward for a yard to about the 14-yard line.
- 2:28:54Speaker 3: He left just a little early. I think Brandon was
- 2:28:56Speaker 3: a little excited on that play and left before the
- 2:28:58Speaker 3: football got back to him.
- 2:29:00Speaker 5: Yeah, those are in-game jitters right there. Stuff happens, unfortunately.
- 2:29:05Speaker 5: But you've got to make sure you get the CQ exchange.
- 2:29:08Speaker 5: That's very important.
- 2:29:10Speaker 3: That is center quarterback exchange for those of you that
- 2:29:13Speaker 3: aren't up on the football insider lingo. We'll educate you
- 2:29:18Speaker 3: a bit this year as well with Sly in the booth.
- 2:29:21Speaker 3: Back of the shotgun goes Rose on second down and nine.
- 2:29:24Speaker 3: He's going to hand that ball to LaMarcus Bell. And
- 2:29:26Speaker 3: LaMarcus Bell trying the right-hand side of that offensive line.
- 2:29:29Speaker 3: Picks up a yard, maybe two out to about the
- 2:29:31Speaker 3: 16-yard line. That'll bring up third down and long.
- 2:29:35Speaker 4: Yeah, again, this is a great and valuable time for
- 2:29:38Speaker 4: these guys. They're able to get some yardage even for
- 2:29:41Speaker 4: this old line, right?
- 2:29:42Speaker 5: This is off the time you're going to need guys
- 2:29:46Speaker 5: in there. This time is exactly what they need to
- 2:29:50Speaker 5: get that experience against another opponent instead of hitting your
- 2:29:53Speaker 5: own teammates.
- 2:29:54Speaker 3: Two tight ends and two wides here for Utah. Bryson Baker,
- 2:29:58Speaker 3: wide receiver, split wide to the right-hand side. Nate Johnson
- 2:30:01Speaker 3: split wide to the left-hand side here on third down
- 2:30:03Speaker 3: at about seven. Almost six yards for Utah. Rose going
- 2:30:10Speaker 3: to keep it out on the edge. Brandon Rose very
- 2:30:13Speaker 3: close to first down yardage. Will they give it to him?
- 2:30:15Speaker 3: He's right there. They do. They give him that. That's
- 2:30:18Speaker 3: an Ivory Holmes first down and a seven-yard scramble for
- 2:30:21Speaker 3: Brandon Rose.
- 2:30:22Speaker 5: He's like, I've seen Bird Finklin and Devin do all this.
- 2:30:25Speaker 5: I can do it too.
- 2:30:27Speaker 3: Well, he's got good athleticism. He may not quite run
- 2:30:30Speaker 3: like Devin and Bird do, but he can get the
- 2:30:32Speaker 3: job done as he does right there. And he picks
- 2:30:34Speaker 3: up the Utah first down as the clock continues to
- 2:30:37Speaker 3: run with 4.40 to play. I would be surprised if
- 2:30:40Speaker 3: the ball goes in the air here, but we'll see.
- 2:30:42Speaker 3: LaMarcus Bell stays in. A tailback here for Utah. Baker,
- 2:30:47Speaker 3: the wide receiver, split wide to the left. There's a
- 2:30:49Speaker 3: lot of tight ends on the field right now. A
- 2:30:50Speaker 3: lot of beef out there for Utah. Rose backs up
- 2:30:56Speaker 3: into the shotgun on first down and 10. And hands
- 2:31:03Speaker 3: it to Bell. He's got running room. LaMarcus stays on
- 2:31:05Speaker 3: his feet out across the 40 and banged down at
- 2:31:08Speaker 3: about the 42-yard line. That's an Ivory Holmes first down
- 2:31:11Speaker 3: and a nice pickup. It's a pickup of about 19 yards.
- 2:31:15Speaker 5: Look at Brendan Rose here getting out there trying to
- 2:31:17Speaker 5: get him some.
- 2:31:17Speaker 3: Trying to get out there and help out his tailback
- 2:31:21Speaker 3: with the blocking just a little bit.
- 2:31:22Speaker 5: How does he hand the ball off and try to
- 2:31:24Speaker 5: be the lead blocker at the same time? I like it.
- 2:31:28Speaker 3: Utah's had great balance tonight. They have now run for
- 2:31:31Speaker 3: over 300 yards and passed for just under 300 yards.
- 2:31:36Speaker 5: Yeah, man, I said it could be a 300-300 night.
- 2:31:39Speaker 5: A 600-yard night for this offense would be absolutely outstanding.
- 2:31:43Speaker 3: We'll get the numbers update after this next play from
- 2:31:45Speaker 3: Dave Spadafore. First and 10 Utah, three and a half
- 2:31:48Speaker 3: to play from their own 43-yard line. Handoff again. Bell,
- 2:31:55Speaker 3: he's going to cut it to the near side. He's
- 2:31:56Speaker 3: got running room again. 45, 40, 35, and down to
- 2:32:00Speaker 3: about the 31-yard line. LaMarcus Bell, the true freshman out
- 2:32:04Speaker 3: of Oregon, really showing some things here late in this ballgame.
- 2:32:08Speaker 3: Davion Donaldson made the tackle.
- 2:32:10Speaker 4: They had him dead to rights in the backfield right here,
- 2:32:12Speaker 4: but watch this cut and acceleration through the hole right there.
- 2:32:15Speaker 4: LaMarcus Bell has some speed, ladies and gentlemen. Absolutely outstanding. Bill,
- 2:32:19Speaker 4: you said he put up some amazing numbers in Oregon.
- 2:32:22Speaker 4: This kid is talented. Could be the future at running back.
- 2:32:25Speaker 3: That's a 25-yard run backed up after a 20-yard run.
- 2:32:28Speaker 3: 45 yards on back-to-back carries here for the freshman LaMarcus Bell.
- 2:32:33Speaker 3: And Utah's got it first and 10 at the Idaho 32.
- 2:32:36Speaker 3: Clock running at 240 to play. Utah's playing with their
- 2:32:43Speaker 3: threes and fours right now out there, but still moving
- 2:32:45Speaker 3: the ball on this Idaho football team. Bell's got it again,
- 2:32:48Speaker 3: and this time he's going to be stacked up in
- 2:32:50Speaker 3: the backfield and drop for a pretty big loss. Will
- 2:32:53Speaker 3: they give him progress? Not much. They're going to mark
- 2:32:56Speaker 3: him down at about the 34-yard line. We'll call it
- 2:32:59Speaker 3: a two-yard loss. That should take us to our final
- 2:33:02Speaker 3: timeout of the night, the two-minute timeout here at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
- 2:33:06Speaker 3: Second down and long coming up for Utah. Two minutes
- 2:33:09Speaker 3: to play in the ballgame, and Utah in control here,
- 2:33:12Speaker 3: 59-14 on opening night. This is Utah football.
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- 2:33:26Speaker 3: Two minutes to play. Utah in control, 59-14. Bill Riley, Stevenson, Sylvester,
- 2:33:32Speaker 3: Zach Moss with you here on opening night. Utah right
- 2:33:35Speaker 3: now with 599 yards. That yardage update brought to you
- 2:33:39Speaker 3: by CR England. It's the most yards on opening night
- 2:33:44Speaker 3: since at least 1995 when they had 589 against Idaho State.
- 2:33:51Speaker 3: They had over 600 yards before that last play. They
- 2:33:54Speaker 3: lost a couple of yards on that play, but they'll
- 2:33:56Speaker 3: have a couple more here. They should be able to
- 2:33:58Speaker 3: get over 600, and it's the third straight season they've
- 2:34:01Speaker 3: had 400-plus yards in a season opener. They did 513
- 2:34:05Speaker 3: against SUU and 492 last year against UCLA.
- 2:34:09Speaker 5: Well, that's something Morgan's going to be proud of.
- 2:34:13Speaker 4: We talk about how potent his offense is. He's putting
- 2:34:15Speaker 4: up 600. I don't care if it's Idaho or not.
- 2:34:17Speaker 4: That's very impressive.
- 2:34:18Speaker 3: Second down and 12. Rose turns and gives to LaMarcus Bell,
- 2:34:22Speaker 3: who spins out of a tackle and picks up two yards,
- 2:34:25Speaker 3: maybe a yard. He got back to the line of scrimmage.
- 2:34:28Speaker 3: I thought he maybe picked up another one. So we're
- 2:34:30Speaker 3: still at 599 with third down and about 12 to
- 2:34:33Speaker 3: go right here. Utah's going to have to pick up
- 2:34:37Speaker 3: at least a yard if they want that 600-yard total
- 2:34:39Speaker 3: yard night. They're going to have to pick up 12
- 2:34:41Speaker 3: to keep the drive alive with the clock running at
- 2:34:43Speaker 3: about 95 seconds to play. Utah in no hurry right here.
- 2:34:51Speaker 3: They're going to let that play clock trickle down. It's
- 2:34:53Speaker 3: at 15 right now. Now Brandon Rose ready. Moves LaMarcus
- 2:35:00Speaker 3: Bell to his left on third down and 12. Hands
- 2:35:08Speaker 3: it again to Bell. He's got running room into the secondary,
- 2:35:11Speaker 3: and he's going to go to the end zone. 10-5 touchdowns.
- 2:35:16Speaker 3: LaMarcus Bell with 35 yards right up the middle and
- 2:35:21Speaker 3: Utah adds another score and goes over 600 total yards
- 2:35:25Speaker 3: for the night and Utah really showing the running game
- 2:35:29Speaker 3: late here with the freshman LaMarcus Bell. He had runs
- 2:35:33Speaker 3: of 25, 20 and 35 yards on that drive. And
- 2:35:37Speaker 3: with a minute four to play, Utah stuck it in
- 2:35:39Speaker 3: the end zone with yet another Pepsi touchdown.
- 2:35:42Speaker 5: Folks, we tell you, this kid has some speed. Absolutely
- 2:35:45Speaker 5: terrific run right there, breaking the tackle. And once he's
- 2:35:49Speaker 5: in open field, good luck defense.
- 2:35:50Speaker 3: That PAT is up. That PAT is good by Tanner Craig.
- 2:35:56Speaker 3: And they win eight plays, 87 yards in five minutes
- 2:36:00Speaker 3: and 25 seconds. Capped by a 34-yard touchdown by LaMarcus Bell.
- 2:36:06Speaker 3: He has seven carries, 87 yards.
- 2:36:09Speaker 5: That's a good average.
- 2:36:10Speaker 3: That's a pretty good average right there. And like I said,
- 2:36:13Speaker 3: on that drive alone, 25, 20, and 34 yards for
- 2:36:17Speaker 3: LaMarcus Bell. And for the first time in his Utah career,
- 2:36:21Speaker 3: and I'm going to tell you right now, not going
- 2:36:22Speaker 3: to be the last time in his Utah career, he
- 2:36:25Speaker 3: scoots in for a Utah touchdown.
- 2:36:27Speaker 5: Absolutely outstanding. He runs well.
- 2:36:31Speaker 4: As he said, we've heard a lot from the coaching
- 2:36:33Speaker 4: staff about this young man during training camp. He's made
- 2:36:35Speaker 4: quite the impression on Coach Atawiyah and Coach McGiven. He
- 2:36:39Speaker 4: definitely deserves that. But what's that, 13, 13 and a
- 2:36:41Speaker 4: half yards per carry? That's absolutely terrific.
- 2:36:45Speaker 5: That's a special effort. Let's see if I'm moving close there.
- 2:36:48Speaker 5: But great job by Lamar.
- 2:36:50Speaker 3: Now that's 12.4 yards per carry. You weren't a math
- 2:36:55Speaker 3: major here.
- 2:36:56Speaker 5: I wasn't. I definitely wasn't. Math class was pretty tough.
- 2:36:58Speaker 3: Didn't think so. Minute four to play, 65-14 Utah. Tanner
- 2:37:06Speaker 3: Cragen will kick it off for the Utes, and those
- 2:37:10Speaker 3: that are left here are heading for the exits. They've
- 2:37:13Speaker 3: seen a W for their team, and next week the
- 2:37:15Speaker 3: Arkansas Razorbacks come to town. Higgins back deep to receive
- 2:37:19Speaker 3: this kick from Cragen, but he won't try to return it.
- 2:37:22Speaker 3: It goes out of the end zone, and first and
- 2:37:24Speaker 3: ten at the 25 is where the Idaho Vandals will go.
- 2:37:27Speaker 3: It'll be a step up in competition next week for sure.
- 2:37:29Speaker 3: That's an SEC team. They're not predicted to be way
- 2:37:32Speaker 3: up in the SEC this year, but it's still SEC
- 2:37:36Speaker 3: athletes and a good Arkansas program coming here next Saturday night.
- 2:37:39Speaker 5: Oh, yes, for sure. This is definitely a good win,
- 2:37:42Speaker 5: and it's on Thursday, right? So you have Friday, Saturday.
- 2:37:45Speaker 5: that you can rest and get ready. You can even
- 2:37:47Speaker 5: watch Arkansas on Saturday. This will be good. Get your
- 2:37:51Speaker 5: feet wet and get ready for the rest of the
- 2:37:54Speaker 5: regular season.
- 2:37:54Speaker 3: A couple of snaps, we should be done here. Kenny Golston,
- 2:37:57Speaker 3: the tailback, quarterback Israel Carter. And from their own 25-yard line,
- 2:38:01Speaker 3: first and 10, a couple of snaps, and that could
- 2:38:04Speaker 3: do it here if they don't decide to put the
- 2:38:05Speaker 3: ball in the air. Carter takes the high snap and
- 2:38:08Speaker 3: hands it off to Golston, that freshman running back out
- 2:38:11Speaker 3: of Oklahoma, out across the 30. And down to the
- 2:38:13Speaker 3: 32-yard line for a seven-yard gain on first down. Probably
- 2:38:17Speaker 3: one more play here for Idaho. Should do it here tonight.
- 2:38:20Speaker 5: Yeah, they definitely will not make any.
- 2:38:28Speaker 3: As the clock comes up on 40 seconds to play.
- 2:38:32Speaker 3: Second down and three here for the Vandals. Carter takes
- 2:38:40Speaker 3: the snap high again. Hands it off again. Golston again.
- 2:38:43Speaker 3: He's got the edge, 40. And down at about the
- 2:38:47Speaker 3: 48-yard line goes Kenny Golston. That will stop the clock
- 2:38:50Speaker 3: momentarily for the first down. Should be the game. Probably
- 2:38:54Speaker 3: one more snap here for Idaho. Now they'll roll the
- 2:38:57Speaker 3: clock with 22, 21, and 20 seconds to play.
- 2:39:01Speaker 5: This has been an absolutely terrific night.
- 2:39:04Speaker 4: I love the adjustments by the defense that they've made
- 2:39:07Speaker 4: from series to series.
- 2:39:09Speaker 5: Definitely stepping up. Things to work on, right? First game
- 2:39:12Speaker 5: of the year, things to work on. Terrific night all
- 2:39:15Speaker 5: in all by the Utah Utes.
- 2:39:17Speaker 3: They waved the white flag to the Vandals and said,
- 2:39:19Speaker 3: we'll head back home to Moscow, lick our wounds just
- 2:39:21Speaker 3: a little bit, and call it a night. Morgan Scali's
- 2:39:25Speaker 3: got his second career win as a head coach and
- 2:39:27Speaker 3: his first career win here at home. And the Utes
- 2:39:30Speaker 3: open up the 2026 regular season with a win. And
- 2:39:33Speaker 3: it's a great night to be a Ute here in
- 2:39:35Speaker 3: Salt Lake City. as Utah beats Idaho by a final
- 2:39:39Speaker 3: score of 66-14. Morgan Scali is now the fifth Utah coach,
- 2:39:47Speaker 3: making fourth Utah coach in the last five to win
- 2:39:50Speaker 3: their home opener. Kyle Whittingham beat Arizona in his home opener, 27-14.
- 2:39:55Speaker 3: Ron McBride, he knocked off Fresno, actually lost to Fresno 31-7.
- 2:40:01Speaker 3: Urban Meyer beat Utah State 40-20. And Jim Foss will
- 2:40:06Speaker 3: beat Boise State 20-17. Final score here tonight, Utah 66
- 2:40:12Speaker 3: and Idaho 14.