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Season Opener: Utah at UCLA 8-30-25 · Utah Football Gameday Archive

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Speaker 1: Utah fans.
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Speaker 2: Good evening and welcome to Pasadena, California and the Rose Bowl,
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where tonight Utah will open up the twenty twenty five
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college football season against an old friend for the Pac twelve,
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the Ucla Brewins. So good to be with you to
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kick off the twenty twenty five season. I'm Bill Riley,
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joined by my partner Stevenson Sylvester on the field and
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Utah legend Scott Mitchell upstairs.
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Speaker 1: Here of the booth.
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Speaker 2: A disappointing year a year ago, Scott, but Utah hoping
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to change all of that tonight with a new look
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offense in Devon dam Pierre.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's really exciting. We're going to see
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Devin first here. And this is what we all want
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to know is does Utah have a quarterback? And if
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Utah has a quarterback, a lot of good things are
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going to happen. This defense looks like it's going to
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be really good for Utah this year. Just excited to
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see this. I don't think you could ask for a
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better opening non conference than to play the Rose Bowl
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here in Pasadena against a team like UCLA. So it
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should be a great game and I'm just excited. We
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get to see it first. We don't have to wait
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for this offense to come out on the field.
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Speaker 2: I won the toss. They deferred to the second half.
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Utah says, we'll take the football.
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Speaker 1: To begin things.
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Speaker 2: Utah and their red pants, red helmets and white jerseys.
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Ucla and the classic Powder Blues with gold helmets and
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gold pants. Utah will send Smith Snowton deep to receive
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the kick.
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Speaker 3: He's gonna return kicks this year, and UCLA.
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Speaker 2: Will kick things off matteen Burgani, we'll kick it off
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for UCLA. He'll tee it up at his own thirty
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five yard line, and we're ready to go here tonight.
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UCLA will kick it right to left as you listen
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to it here at the Rose Bowl, and we are
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underway with the twenty twenty five college football season with
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the University of Utah a bounce back here in the offing.
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We will find out very very soon. Snowton stands at
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his goal line, BERGANI will approach, put his right foot
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into it and drive it high and end over end.
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That will be a touchback, and Devin damp here the
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Utah offense will begin things first and ten at their
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own twenty five yard line. Scott, what are realistic expectations
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for this young man, Devin damp Pierre in his first
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start as at you, Well, I think.
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Speaker 1: They're really high. I mean, this is a very good
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football team that he's a part of. He's got his
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offensive coordinator. He had a lot of success in Arizona
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or New Mexico, and you know, he's played a lot
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of good competition and played well. So he's very confident.
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It's gonna be fascinating to see how he does, but
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we should expect a lot.
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Speaker 2: He's got an NFL line in front of him, way
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Sean Parker with him in the backfield. First and ten
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for Devon and the Utah offense from their own twenty
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five yard line. They motioned Parker out of the backfield,
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Damn Pierre looks to throw to the outside.
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Speaker 3: It's complete there.
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Speaker 2: Simmons has it out across the thirty five to the
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thirty six yard.
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Speaker 3: Line for a gain of eleven.
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Speaker 2: Check that with Smith Snowden out of the backfield who
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made the catch in the game of eleven yards and
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that's a Utah first own and they're gonna go with
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tempo here.
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Speaker 1: Scott, Yeah, and that's gonna be something you're gonna see
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a lot of. But what a great block there by
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Waishan to make that play happen.
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Speaker 2: First and ten at the thirty six yard line, four
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wide receiver sets damp Pierre again in the shotgun, this
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time of first down hand off to Wayshan Parker breaks
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a tackle at the forty out across the forty five
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to the forty seven for a twelve yard game and
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a first down. So good, too good plays to begin
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things for Utah. A gaggle led by John John Vaughns,
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the UCLA linebacker, makes the tackle out to the forty
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seven forty eight yard line first in ten Utah.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a huge hole by that offensive line.
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Talk about NFL offensive line as an NFL offensive hole.
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Speaker 2: Out of the shotgun, damn pier two receivers left, two
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receivers right. Devin Will hand off again to Parker, who
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picks his way forward and picks up three to the
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UCLA forty nine yard line. So wy Shawan park of
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the transfer from Washington State who had over seven hundred
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yards rushing as a true freshman last year, picks up three.
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Gary Smith the third, the best defensive lineman for UCLA.
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Makes the tackle at second down at seven.
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Speaker 1: And the UCLA's in a two deep zone, which is
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great to run against. And they should know you Tah
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are going to try to run it, but they're they're
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letting them have it.
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Speaker 2: Smith Snowden comes in motion, Damn Pierre and now flags
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fly and we have somebody got going a little early
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that time for Utah. We'll have a procedure call against
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the Utes. It's a five yard penalty against Utah. Precedure
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penalty and that'll back him up to about the forty four,
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forty five maybe forty six yard line. It'll be first down,
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make it second down at about fifteen to go. Parker
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stays in the ball game as the tail back damp
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Pier lines up and now motions him out of the backfield.
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Speaker 3: Devin looking to throw down the field. It's caught.
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Speaker 1: Wow.
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Speaker 2: Nice game on the play by Dallan Bentley. The tight
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end picks up yardings to the UCLA forty six.
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Speaker 3: That was a tight window throwd like Devin Dan fitted
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third down.
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Speaker 1: Coming up, no question he finished that tight window. But
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he really stared him down to and got to look
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him off a little.
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Speaker 3: Third down and we'll call it four.
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Speaker 2: Gotta get to the UCLA forty two yard line, Damn
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Pier to pass looks one way, throws the other back
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out of the backfield. Smith's Stode. He's got the forty
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his feet, thirty five and down for a first down.
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Smith Stode, who's an outstanding defensive back, is gonna play
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two ways this year for Utah Scott.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Smith Stone is just a tremendous talent and you
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really want to try to figure out ways to get
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him the ball. But I think that was way Shawn
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Parker actually out of the backfield, but may be mistaken.
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Speaker 2: Empty backfield. Now five wide receiver. Look, damn Peer pumps
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once rolls out to his right. He's got room to
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run and he's going to thirty still on his feet,
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down to the twenty six yard line. Goes Devin dam
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Pierre for a game of nine. And that's the other
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aspect you get with Devin dam Pier. He's a fantastic runner.
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Speaker 1: Well, and you mentioned in the pregame about him looking
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to throw the ball, and he still was, but talk
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about time. I mean, he's got all day to throw
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and he can go outside. Being able to run the
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ball allows for plays like.
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Speaker 2: This second down in one from the UCLA twenty six
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yard line. As Utah goes with tempa, tight end comes
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in motion.
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Speaker 3: That's buchanic.
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Speaker 2: Plenty of time for damp Peer to throw, plenty of
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room on the far side to throw. He's got a
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man open in the end zone, up and off his
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hands incomplete. Oh man, he could have run for days
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with that yardage out in front of him. Tried to
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get that to his old New Mexico teammates Ryan Davison
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completed third down in one coming up.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you got to get a better feel for that.
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I mean, the whole defense just slid to the right.
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He had plenty of room there, probably would have scored
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a touchdown. Ifyde you run the ball and he tried
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to fit it in a tight window. Then that's just
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part of the game and the nerves here. He'll see
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that in the future and he'll take off running.
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Speaker 2: Third down in one from the UCLA twenty six Utah
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one for one on third down on this drive, jumbo
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package looks like a quarterback sneak up. They're gonna give
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it to the tailback Rogers to carry Rodgers inside the
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twenty down to the nineteen for a gate of seven
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and another Utah first down and another conversion for Utah
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on third down.
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Speaker 1: And this is what Jason Beck is great at, is
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he he look, if we're gonna run the ball, we're
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gonna put everyone over there and we're gonna run the ball.
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And that's a great thing. That's why he's been so
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effective in this red zone at Mexico. And it's a
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good thing to see that here in Utah.
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Speaker 2: Jumbo backfield again, this time offset eye formation, dam Pierre
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center cat an offensive lineman Keith Olsen in the backfield,
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first and ten for the nineteen yard line, handed again
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to Rogers, running room the carry. Rodgers pushes the pile
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to about the sixteen yard line for a gain of three.
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How about lining up a big old hog in that backfield, Scott, Now.
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Speaker 1: It's great, And you know, it's one of those things
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that I'm sure you're gonna see a lot of it,
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and there'll be a lot of mixed rava, but you know,
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it's a four yard run in that look, and it's
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like he just says, we're gonna run it, We're gonna
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put more people here, and you try to stop it,
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and it's really hard to do.
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Speaker 2: Second down in seven for Utah, damp Pierre backs up
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into the gun way. Sean Parker there with him again.
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Two receivers left on the two receivers right, one to
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the left hand side from the UCLA sixteen yard line.
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Man comes in motion. That's State Johnson. Damn Pierre's gonna
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keep it himself. Devin stays on his feet inside the
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fifteen down to about the thirteen yard line for a
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gain of three yards. A Johnson, back with Utah after
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a year away at Vanderbilt, uses decoy at that time.
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Devin Approo makes the tackle up for UCLA third down,
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coming up third down at about five.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's exciting to see because you got Nate
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Johnson coming on a fly sweep. You run a counter
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to your quarterback. A lot of different options and things
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you can do with this offense.
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Speaker 2: Merriweather, if you canon to the left, Parker the ball
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game next to his quarterback, Devin damp Here on third
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down at four, Devin takes the snap hands to Parker
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right side to the ten to the five. He's into
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the end zone and that's a touchdown way. Sean Parker
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from thirteen yards out makes it six nothing, Utah.
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Speaker 1: What's great about this play and really this drive is
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everyone's going downhill the whole drive. You know, you just
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see this defense, this offense, they're just attacking a lot
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of like no huddle, which allows the defense to kind
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of not call it a bunch of different things. UCLA
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sold out on the blitz and they lost. You talk,
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got enough of everyone coming in there and got around
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the corner for the touchdown.
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Speaker 2: What a great drive capped off by the touchdown run
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by Parker. The pat is up, but the pat is
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good or no good? They'll say no good. Dylan Curtis
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his first ever pat goes wide, so at six nothing,
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the Pepsi touchdown. Brought to you by Pepsi, the official
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soft drink of Utah football. Eleven plays, seventy five yards,
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four minutes and eleven seconds off the clock. Damp Pier
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ran for twelve through for thirty and Utah leads at
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Speaker 3: Gonna be great. I'll tell you what was great.
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Speaker 2: The opening drive of the Jason Beck and Devin Dampier
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era eleven plays seven runs, four passes, fifty yards on
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the ground, thirty yards through the air, three for three
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on third down, four chunk plays, two runs and two passes.
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I don't know that you could have scripted any better, Scott.
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Speaker 1: No, and that's what you want. You want that balance. Clearly,
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Utah wants to come out and establish the running game
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and h that offensive line that first series as advertised,
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Devin dam here as advertised, and really the support guys,
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I mean, just a great effort across the board, running
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backs running hard. It just yeah, I mean, it's as
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perfect as you'd want it.
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Speaker 2: Building Curtis approaches, puts his right foot into it, high
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and end over end, but short, returnable for Marshall for
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the five yard line. Jad Marshall out across the ten
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to the fifteen. Jared Marshall trying to get to the
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edge and he'll be taking down a nice open field
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tackle for Utah and about the twenty three yard line.
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Speaker 1: Not so special on the special team so far. I
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mean to miss extra point. True freshman and that ball
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very returnable. Not a good sign here. Clearly a little
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bit of nerves from that young young kicker. But he's
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got some things he's got to figure out.
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Speaker 2: Matt Clark made the tackle of the special team. We'll
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get a first look now at nico Ia Maliaba, the
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talented transfer quarterback for the University of Tennessee six foot
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six and two hundred and fifteen pounds, operates by himself
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out of the shotgun. Five wide receivers at his disposal
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on first down. Now they'll shift personnel all over the place,
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bring him back into the backfield.
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Speaker 3: That's jalen Berger.
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Speaker 2: Now he brings a tight end in motion, hands the
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ball now play action pass fired over the middle, nearly intercepted,
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tipped to the line of scrimmage and incomplete. May have
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been Logan Fano who got his hand up to deflect
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that ball at the line of scrimmage.
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Speaker 3: Either way it goes incomplete, there's a looking fight up.
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Speaker 2: It was Logan Fano on a twist inside Scott that
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got his handle that ball.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's something Utah just really practices a lot at
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and they're probably one of the best teams in the
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country in tipping those balls at the line of scrimmage.
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Speaker 2: Second down in ten Utah pressing up in the line
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of scrimmage, tight ended motion again, I am ali Yama
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stands in the shotgun. Wide receiver motions out. They'll play
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action again. Throw over the middle. That fall's caught beyond
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the thirty five to the forty and that'll be a
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first down. Mikey Matthews, the former Utah wide receiver transfer
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from cal makes the catch and picks up seventeen yards,
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making eighteen.
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Speaker 3: Yards to the forty one for a first down.
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Speaker 1: I like this look by Utah, you know, making you know,
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give him a tight look at the line of scrimmage.
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Make their throws tough, but that was an outstanding throw
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and catch.
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Speaker 2: Matthews played for a year at Utah, then transferred to
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cow First and ten UCLA. At their own forty one,
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they handed to the tailback Burger and he's stacked up
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in the line of scrimmage. Lander Barton, playing his senior
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year for Utah, comes in from his linebacker spot to
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make the tackle for no games.
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Speaker 3: Second down in ten.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's something that real emphasis by Utah, but a great,
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great initial surge and penetration really stopped to run before
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it ever got started there. And then of course Lander
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cleans it up at the end.
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Speaker 2: Second and ten tailbacks to the backfield. Woods and Thomas.
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They flank i Amaliava left and right now they motioned
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a man out of the backfield. They amaliaba play action
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pressure coming up the middle, throws one down the middle, has.
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Speaker 1: A man open and complete.
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Speaker 2: Oh my, he had my key Matthews all by himself
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at the Utah twenty five a better pass and he
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walks into the end zone instead incomplete.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's just a you know, the backside slot getting
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open on the opposite side there in his zone just
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gets lost in you know that slot receiver. You just
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got to know where he is so often and sometimes
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they get lost.
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Speaker 2: Third down and ten for UCLA, Anthony Woods, the tailback
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and also a former use, stays in the ball game.
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Three receivers in a tight end Utah with fourth the
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line of scrimmage. Iamaliyappa. Now the blitz comes. They're coming
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after himpros into the flat. It's complete, into the flat.
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He's got a tight end shorts. Oh goodness, he had
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a man opening the flat and he'll be about a
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yard shy of the first down. It was Hudson Habermill.
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And now we'll see if UCLA goes for it.
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Speaker 1: They will.
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Speaker 2: They leave the offense on the field fourth and one,
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coming up with the fifty yard line. Good open field
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tackle on the playout there. Jalen Berger the tailback.
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Speaker 1: Utah had kind of that race card NASCAR package and
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and really came after Nico and just you know, he's
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able to get the ball off quickly. A good open
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field tackle would have stopped that.
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Speaker 3: Short, big gamble here.
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Speaker 2: Im Aliava will probably keep it himself as he empties
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the backfield on fourth down and one, now he shifts
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personnel around Burger, the backfield tail back. Im Aliavo hands
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Burger first down. He needed one. He got about one
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and a half, almost two, and the UCLA drive stays
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alive on a good surge by that rebuilt UCLA offensive line, and.
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Speaker 1: A lot of the throws and everything are happening in
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this drive. Kind of short quick. They're just trying to
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get him comfortable with the ball, and you know, you
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times are uc really run the ball very effectively. But
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those play action quick throws have been the plays that
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have worked well.
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Speaker 2: Right now, tight end right with a wide receiver, tight
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end left with another receiver to the left, Thomas or.
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Speaker 3: The backfield Jet Thomas.
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Speaker 2: The cow transfer pushes his way forward and picks up
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telling about three to the forty five yard line on Thomas,
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tackled by the backup linebacker Trey Reynolds.
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Speaker 3: They'll be second down in seven and it's.
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Speaker 1: Gonna be interesting to see how this rotation happens for
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Utah with that defensive line, and I really try to
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get a lot of guys in there, and they've been
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on the field here for a minute, and there's that
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game shape and then there's practice shape, and you know,
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keeping guys fresh and active through this game will be
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key for Utah.
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Speaker 2: Two receivers to the right, one to the left hand side,
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tailback Javi and Thomas. I am Aliava changing the play
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at the line of scrimmage, Utah showing pressure on second
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down and seven tight ended motion. I am Aliava drops
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the pass. He go looking pressure in his face, fires
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down the middle incomplete looking for Attamalala Titus. He goes
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off his fingers in complete third down coming up.
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Speaker 1: Look, Utah didn't get get to the quarterback, but they
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they kind of squosed the pocket, and that's what you
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want to do right there. John Henry Daily was just
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really nice and just getting a really good push surge
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up to field. The same thing with on the other side,
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which is why that throw was high.
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Speaker 3: Over one on third down.
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Speaker 2: They converted on fourth last time around third down in
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seven here for Iamaliava takes the snap back pedals, steps,
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fires over the middle.
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Speaker 3: Complete.
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Speaker 2: That's gonna be shy of the first down by about
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two yards. Mikey Matthews made the catch again. They'll mark
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him just inside the forty he needed to thirty eight,
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fourth in at about a yard and a half. They're gona
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keep the offense out there again and again.
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Speaker 1: Just these kind of short, high percentage throws, a lot
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of confidence throws, and Niko Iamaliava is doing a really
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good job of locating the ball in the right place
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and getting rid of it because this pass rush seems
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pretty pretty like stout right now for Utah.
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Speaker 2: What Utah has to be aware of here is him
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keeping the ball, sticking it in the belly of the
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tailback and keeping it he's going to pass here on
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third down and fourth down and short over the middle.
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Incomplete coverage on the play right there. It was Blake
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caught new Habits and that will turn it over on
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down to the University of Utah.
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Speaker 3: Great coverage by Cotton.
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Speaker 2: It goes in complete and the Utah defense makes a
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stand here with six thirty seven to play in the
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first quarter, leading six to nothing, we'll have a time
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out here on the field, Yes we will, and when
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Let's go downstairs for a Kengarth sideline up dated slide.
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So I would you see how that defensive stand for Utah.
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Speaker 4: I saw the defensive first game of the year.
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Speaker 5: There was a lot of nerve that's going on, but
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there was great technique of course, that first play knocking
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that down on the harpo by Logan Fino. I saw
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a lot of plays made by the captains right Logan
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final Landerbarden taking charge of communication.
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Speaker 4: It was great.
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Speaker 5: I know they got a couple first downs, but they
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settled in. That first drive is always hard for the defense.
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Right now that they got a four and out on
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that drive, it's gonna get even better for this defense.
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They're gonna get more confident. So that's good. I love
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the way the defense is said. I think we're good
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to go. This is gonna be a great.
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Speaker 1: Game for us.
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Speaker 2: First in ten Utah for their own forty yard line.
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Devin dam Pierre hands the way Sean Parker way Sean
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across the forty out to about.
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Speaker 3: The forty three for a three yard game. He's running
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well so far.
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Speaker 2: The sophomore out of the Sacramento area and a nice
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freshman year up at Washington State. Seven hundred yards plus
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and four touchdowns.
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Speaker 1: Second down and seventh and that run is there. I mean,
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the offensive line just getting a great surge right now.
18:51
Speaker 2: New personnel on the field for Utah. Two tights, two
18:54
wides for Utah. Parker stage of the ball game. Now
18:57
it's Rogers, Rogers Damn p throws down the field. Pat,
19:02
that's Jackson Benny, the safety made wide receiver inside the
19:07
forty five to the UCLA forty yard line for Jackson Benny,
19:11
who is a phenomenal athlete. You can see him play
19:13
a lot of wide receiver and what a.
19:14
Speaker 1: Well designed play. I mean, Jackson Benny comes in motion
19:17
like he's gonna block. They do an option to the
19:20
right here with an option to throw. Great read by
19:23
Devin dan Pierre. Really love that. Jackson Benny just peels
19:26
to the outside. He's wide open.
19:29
Speaker 2: Hunter Andrews in motion, hand off the Kerrie Rodgers behind
19:32
a big offensive line surge ahead, picks up six to
19:36
the UCLA.
19:36
Speaker 3: Thirty four yard line.
19:38
Speaker 2: Outfielder turned linebacker John John Bonds made the tackle for UCLA.
19:42
Speaker 1: Well, he's still in the outfield and so is this defense.
19:44
I'm telling you, this offensive line is just coming off
19:47
the ball. I know it's early, I know it's only
19:49
the second drive of the season, but they look seasoned
19:53
right now.
19:57
Speaker 2: Rogers motions out an empty backfield. Damn Pierre in the
20:00
shotgun by himself, plenty of time. Devin's gonna scramble. Look,
20:04
make a man miss thirty five, thirty, twenty five and
20:07
slides at the twenty four yard line. Is that gonna
20:09
be a flag? Not a flag? But he picks up
20:12
first down yard each on a game of ten. Martin
20:14
or Cole Martin, the nickelback and safety made the tackle
20:17
for UCLA.
20:18
Speaker 1: This is the nightmare that you know Coach Whittingham talked about.
20:21
I mean, everybody's covered. He's got all day long to
20:24
throw because you're doing such a great job of running.
20:26
Does a nifty move in the backfield and misses a
20:28
guy gets a twelve yard game. I mean, how do
20:30
you stop that?
20:31
Speaker 3: He can't empty backfield again.
20:33
Speaker 2: Damn Pierre Parker split wide to the left, Pree receivers
20:36
to the right hand side, flanker screen caught by Smith's note.
20:40
Smith to the outside and tripped up after about a
20:42
three yard game down to the twenty two yard line.
20:45
Well done by UCLA to break that I've been looked
20:47
well blocked initially tallow to play by.
20:49
Speaker 1: Stratford is amazingly blocked. I mean, these wide receivers just
20:52
create a scene there and they're in that too deep. Look.
20:55
Smith's got to just hit it up the field. He can't,
20:57
he can't dance around.
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Speaker 2: You can in flank wide to the right, stacked receivers
21:02
to the left hand side Parker of the backfield. With
21:04
Dan Pierre on second down and seven, you Canon comes
21:07
in motion option play for Dan Pierre. Devin makes a
21:10
man miss, dances in the hole, pushes forward, and he'll
21:13
pick up three yards to about the nineteen yard line.
21:16
Gary Smith, the third the outstanding defense you've tackled for
21:19
UCLA stood him up and dragged him down third down
21:21
coming up.
21:22
Speaker 1: Yeah, it looked like Dan Pierre was gonna pull a
21:24
Marcus Allen in the Super Bowl and wheel all the
21:27
way back around. Uh, And he thought better of that
21:29
at the end of the day. There just keep following you, guys,
21:31
Devin Man, They're gonna lead you to the promised Land.
21:35
Speaker 2: Second trip into the can you view credit Union red zone,
21:37
third down and four handoff.
21:39
Speaker 3: Snowed cuts up field on.
21:41
Speaker 2: His feet, dives to the fifteen and he's got first down.
21:45
Yard it's needed four, picked up almost five and it's
21:48
a first down inside the Canyon View Credit Union red zone.
21:50
Jalen Woods, the will linebacker, made the tackle for the Bruins.
21:53
But Utah continues to hammer away here at UCLA.
21:57
Speaker 1: Well, and they're doing it all over the field. I mean,
21:58
this is this is a fly to dismiss known. He
22:01
learned from that other play and really just tucked it
22:03
up in there and made a great effort to get
22:05
the first down. Just very great awareness, but just playing
22:09
fast as it's such a key.
22:11
Speaker 2: Four wide receivers on the field this time for Utah.
22:14
Hunter Andrew's in the backfield on person in ten for
22:17
the UCLA fifteen. Damp Pier to throw nothing there, he's
22:20
gonna tuck it and go. Devin cuts inside and we'll
22:23
get down to about the ten yard line on a
22:26
five yard dame. Jalen Woods makes the tackle after five.
22:30
That's just what he can do. Scott, nothing's there, everybody's covered.
22:32
I'll go pick up five and.
22:33
Speaker 1: Then that's why they were so effective in the red
22:35
zone a year ago. Extremely efficient in the red zone.
22:38
I mean, you get five yards on first down from
22:40
a broken play with your quarterback in the red zone,
22:43
it's like getting a twenty yard game. You know. Back
22:46
on the.
22:46
Speaker 2: Thirty yard line, Hunter Andrews stays in the game of
22:49
the backfield. Damp Pier to pass again, Devin looking, looking, looking, surveying,
22:54
rolling to the left, pointing, directing traffic. Now he's gonna
22:57
go back the other way, avoid traffic again. He's got
23:00
running room and he's gonna be ripped down inside the
23:03
ten to the eight. He should have just kept going
23:05
to the outside to the left. Scot he had all
23:07
day to run. Well, I think those are like camp
23:10
lakes right there. I think he's he runs to his
23:13
left and he's like and then he runs back to
23:15
his right. He's like, I'm kind of tired right now. Well,
23:19
the guy kind of had the angle on it. But still,
23:21
you know, another positive play. I mean third down in
23:23
three and a half of the eight yard line. They're
23:25
four for four on third down tonight.
23:29
Speaker 3: Damp Pier in the.
23:29
Speaker 2: Backfield with the Cary Rodgers two receivers left, one to
23:34
the right hand side. Damp Pierre moves a man across
23:38
the formation that Smith Stode and Smith got it bouncing
23:40
to the outside. Now back to the inside to the five,
23:43
to the four, to the three, to the two to
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the one.
23:45
Speaker 1: That's a touchdown.
23:47
Speaker 6: Smith snow and eight three men missing the five cut
23:50
it back inside and found pay dirt in the UCLA
23:54
N zone.
23:55
Speaker 1: It's a Utah touchdown. Well, I think we've learned how
23:58
they're gonna use Smith's note. I mean, it's just about touches, right,
24:02
Just get touches to a guy who's athletic and let
24:04
him make plays. I mean that's what they did. And
24:06
he's that guy on the edge that can get around
24:09
the edge. He's you know, throw the flanker screen to him.
24:12
Well used right now. You can see the package. You
24:14
can see how they're taking advantage of his his abilities.
24:18
Speaker 2: Billy Curtish out for the pat. Here kick is up
24:23
and this time it's good freshman from Murray. Utah drives
24:27
it through that touchdown at PEPSI touchdown. That point after
24:31
touchdown makes it thirteen to nothing. Utah with a minute
24:34
twenty five to play here the first quarter at the
24:36
Rose Bowl.
24:37
Speaker 3: We've got a time out on the field.
24:38
Speaker 2: We'll come back with the full recap, Scott's thoughts slides
24:40
thoughts on the touchdown drive. As we remind you, game
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Sports Radio Network Now Utah scoring drive. Ten plays sixty yards,
25:02
took five to ten off the play clock. Smith stooked
25:05
with his first offensive touchdown as a UNI at a
25:07
picked sixty a year ago. About Devin dan Pierre in
25:11
the ball game five of six sixty one yards through
25:13
the air, six rushes thirty yards on that drive, two
25:16
for two for twenty one and ran for eighteen. It's
25:19
got I know it's early, it's only two drives, but
25:21
you're smiling pretty big across the booth over there.
25:24
Speaker 1: Well, it's the offensive line, really, I mean, you know,
25:27
everyone talked about how good they were, but the search
25:30
is that they're getting on the run game and then
25:32
he just sits back there in the pocket. I mean,
25:34
there's no pass rushers no nothing, and you give a
25:37
guy like that that kind of time when he's throwing it,
25:39
you get open those holes like pretty impressive. And this
25:43
this isn't like you know, South Dakota, Eastern State or something.
25:47
This is this is ucl This is this is a
25:49
big ten opponent.
25:51
Speaker 2: Man at twenty five to play, here's Dylan Curtis has
25:53
a teed up at his own thirty five thirteen to
25:55
nothing Utah. Late in the first quarter. This kicked a
25:58
little bit better high in end over in. Marshall's gonna
26:00
let this one go and eight yards deep into the
26:03
end zone.
26:03
Speaker 1: It goes.
26:04
Speaker 2: UCLA will get it first and ten at their own
26:06
twenty five yard line. Our first half today being brought
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This is great for tonight. Utah's got as many first
26:54
downs in the first quarter tonight as they did in
26:57
the entire game last year against Iowa States.
27:00
Speaker 3: Two things at work.
27:01
Speaker 2: Oh boy, the offense wasn't great against Iowa State, but
27:04
it's been great.
27:04
Speaker 3: They've got nine first downs right now here in the
27:06
first quarter.
27:07
Speaker 1: You have to wonder how much it means to have
27:09
your offensive coordinator and your quarterback come to the school
27:11
at the same time. I think you're seeing a little
27:13
bit of that, the aspect of that right now.
27:15
Speaker 2: UCLA's got it first intended their own twenty five trailing
27:18
here thirteen nothing. They didn't look bad at times on
27:20
their first drive, stopped on fourth down, on their second
27:23
fourth down, a tep and iam Aliav and shotgut at
27:25
his own twenty jalen Berger next to him. Utahs got
27:28
eight near the line of scrimmage. Right now, Nico wants
27:33
the ball, claps twice, play action pass, scrambling to his
27:37
right Eamalaiyava and he's going to be hammered and taking
27:40
down right at the line of scrimmage. Good coverage on
27:42
the outside by Utah. They were there and ready for
27:45
him second down in ten coming up, and I think.
27:46
Speaker 1: That was the adjustment. You know, they realized they were
27:48
just kind of playing off, so they really plastered these
27:50
wide receivers tight man demand coverage, and it's really stopping
27:54
the only thing that UCLA's been able to do, which is,
27:57
you know, if it's the run pass option where they're
28:00
team to throw the ball, or if it's just play action,
28:02
it's it's kind of covered right now by Utah.
28:04
Speaker 2: Channel Hall made the last tackle second down in ten.
28:07
Jackson Benny on the field now as a safety slash slot.
28:11
We're gonna hand the ball off and the running back's
28:13
gonna be taken down behind the line of scrimmage. That's
28:15
jalen Berger show Logan Fano there to make the tackle
28:18
at a two yard lost third down and long coming up.
28:21
Logan Fano appears to be a man on a mission
28:23
this year.
28:24
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you can see this. This defense is just
28:26
playing with energy, and they're playing downhill and they're playing
28:28
tied to the line of scrimmage. I mean, they're really
28:30
challenging UCLA to throw the ball and they're just saying,
28:33
you're not gonna run it against us.
28:35
Speaker 2: Ucla zero for two on third down so far to night,
28:38
have twelve to get from their own twenty three. Iamliava
28:42
out of the shotgun, Anthony.
28:43
Speaker 3: Woods next to him.
28:44
Speaker 2: Two receivers left, one comes in motion from right to left.
28:48
Now three on the left hand signed for the Bruins.
28:50
You're talking to rush just four on Iamliava. Lots of
28:53
time for Nico. He's gonna be wrapped.
28:55
Speaker 6: Up and taken down all the way back at the
28:58
ten yard line. Loagan Fino got him and fourth down
29:03
coming up.
29:05
Speaker 1: What a great effort. And you've been seeing it all night,
29:08
and you know Nico is just holding them ball a
29:10
little bit longer. But it's quarter.
29:13
Speaker 3: That brings us to the end of the first quarter
29:15
here at the.
29:15
Speaker 2: Rose Bull Utah dominating and leading thirteen to nothing. They'll
29:19
be getting the ball back when we get back. We
29:22
let Scott finish his thoughts when we get back. We're
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also gonna remind you see our England committed to fighting
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For every load they deliver in every yard, the utes
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Speaker 3: Text feed Utah kids.
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Speaker 2: To forty one four to four to four today to
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here at the Rose Bull This is Utah football from
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ESPN seven hundred Youth Sports Radio Network. Back of the
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Rose Bowl second quarter action about ready to go thirteen
29:50
to nothing?
29:51
Speaker 1: Utah.
29:51
Speaker 2: They dominated the first quarter. We'll get you numbers in
29:53
a minute, but fourth down was forced by a Logan
29:56
Fano sacks.
29:57
Speaker 3: Sly, what did you see on that? On our Ken
29:59
Guarth sideline up.
30:00
Speaker 5: I saw Logan Fano as an evolution in the game.
30:02
He's just a great understanding. He starts with a bull rush,
30:05
sets the offensive lineman up on the inside, takes an
30:08
inside step, spins back outside.
30:10
Speaker 4: So nico Io Maliaalba.
30:12
Speaker 5: Thinks the inside's all taken up, goes outside right into
30:15
Logan Fino's lap. That was all set up by Logan Fano.
30:19
He is taking that evolution and as I said, I
30:21
think this is gonna be his year. All American type
30:23
year for Logan Fino. He is determined, focus and you
30:27
can see it tonight.
30:28
Speaker 2: He he certainly looks like he did prior to the knee injury.
30:30
First quarter number Scott one hundred and forty total yards
30:33
for Utah, eighty nine on the ground, fifty one through
30:36
the air, nine first downs, five for five on third down,
30:39
and they recorded a shack UCLA just twenty three yards
30:42
minus eight on the ground, thirty one through the air,
30:44
zero for three on third down.
30:46
Speaker 1: Yeah, clearly a total dominant effort there by Utah. You
30:51
talk about Logan Fano and this offensive line, defensive line
30:54
just it's one of those things where it's like steel
30:57
sharp and steel. You know, this defensive line practice. It's
31:00
his offensive line every single day and he just can't
31:03
help but get better. So it just you know, you see,
31:05
you see the benefit of care, of having good, good
31:08
practice partners.
31:09
Speaker 2: Ray Shawn Glover back to receive the Will Carroll punt.
31:12
Carrol get a punt from his own end zone. Glover
31:14
stands at midfield. No pressure, high hanging punt. Glover's gonna
31:20
come up and fair catch it at about the fifty
31:22
yard line that he got hit, How is that not
31:25
catch interference the UCLA player, even though he tried to
31:28
pull up bold right into him.
31:30
Speaker 1: No flag.
31:31
Speaker 3: Utah will have it. First and ten at the bruin
31:33
forty nine.
31:35
Speaker 1: I guess if there was no blood, then it's not
31:37
a not a fout. It just certainly seemed like it was.
31:39
Speaker 2: And it doesn't matter if you're trying to pull up
31:41
around if you make contact with the return.
31:43
Speaker 1: Man and it's called, you know, first game of the season,
31:45
and maybe the officials missed that one.
31:47
Speaker 3: First and ten.
31:48
Speaker 2: Utah starting this drive from inside of UCLA territory. Two
31:54
receivers left, two t two receivers right, two tight ends
31:58
left way. Shawn Parker the ball game here for Utah.
32:01
He's on the right. Devin Dampier's gonna keep it out
32:05
on the edge himself. Damp Pire to the forty five,
32:07
stays on his feet and goes down to about the
32:10
forty one yard line for a gain of eight on
32:11
first down, choos him the safety made the tackle for UCLA.
32:15
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's an RPO play and he just does it
32:17
so well. And I mean he just strings the defense
32:19
out for eight yards. But you're seeing Devin Damp here
32:21
and why he sets a good runner, you know, just
32:25
people don't get a great shot on him even though
32:27
they tackle him.
32:29
Speaker 2: Two tight ends to the right hand side to receivers
32:32
to left. His Parker motions out now comes back in
32:35
play action passed from damp Pierre. Lots of time for
32:37
Devin scanning the field, looking down the field, directing traffic.
32:40
Now now he's gonna run forty thirty five and out
32:43
of bounds at the UCLA thirty one yard line. It's
32:46
a good gain on second down for Devin, a pickup
32:49
of ten yards and a first down.
32:51
Speaker 1: Yeah. And if he's just hung on just a little
32:53
bit longer right here and he takes off. He had
32:54
Lander Barton running right wide open down the field. So
32:58
there's one of those examples of Lander and game, which
33:00
I believe Lander is still in the game.
33:01
Speaker 2: Has left hand side lined up and tight end next
33:04
to Dallan Bentley. He's got a package of plays as
33:07
Lander Barton first and ten for the Bruin thirty one
33:09
yard line hand off Parker Wai Shan picking his way
33:12
forward inside outside back inside, follows loose as a fumble
33:18
and Utah comes away with it. Michael Mochafisi fell on it.
33:21
Parker coughed it up at about the twenty four yard line.
33:24
Speaker 1: Scooter Jackson made the tackle and that's not something that
33:27
coach Witt is excited about, but boy, it just still
33:30
a great surge there. You just see things going forward,
33:33
a lot of bodies in there. Lander Barton actually blocking
33:35
on that play, doing a nice job.
33:37
Speaker 2: Stays in a tight end to the left hand side.
33:39
Second down called along two for the Bruin twenty four,
33:44
Rodgers in the backfield as a tail bat. He'll take
33:46
the hand off to carry Rodgers twenty to the fifteen
33:49
dives forward to about the thirteen yard line and that's
33:52
going to be a first down for Utah. Chisholm made
33:54
the tackle again, may have saved a touchdown, and Utah's
33:58
into the red zone for a third time.
34:00
Speaker 3: The canyon of you Credit Union red.
34:01
Speaker 1: Zone well, and they're in that two deep zone and
34:03
you're just short of man there and Wayshaan does a
34:05
nice job of seeing it and or that the carry,
34:09
I guess Rot Garry Rodgers and but when those offensive
34:12
linemen give you that clean read, it's easy to do that.
34:14
Speaker 2: Damp Pire rolls to his right, He's gonna throw down.
34:17
The field has a man opening the end zone. Taught touchdown.
34:20
That's Lander Barton, the linebacker turned.
34:23
Speaker 3: Tight end in the end zone for a you taught touchdown.
34:30
Speaker 1: I think with with Travis Kelcey and kind of what's
34:33
happened to him. I think everyone wants to play tight
34:36
end in America now because you know that is the
34:38
end result a couple of Super Bowl champions and you
34:40
know a pretty famous wife.
34:42
Speaker 2: Lander Barton had nineteen touchdowns as a wide receiver at
34:46
Brighton High School. He's got his first receiving touchdown as
34:50
a ute Curtis on to attempt the pac The kick is.
34:54
Speaker 3: Up, yes, and the kick is good.
34:56
Speaker 2: And with twelve forty four to play here the first
34:59
half it's all Utah.
35:01
Speaker 3: It's Utah twenty and UCLA nothing.
35:04
Speaker 1: Yeah. Crazy first first quarter here by Utah. But you
35:09
established that run, and boy, you can do a lot
35:12
of things right there, and you've become very explosive. You're
35:14
seeing that happen. Really fun to see to see Lander
35:18
actually get involved here.
35:20
Speaker 2: At Lander Barton touchdown at Pepsi touchdown. It takes us
35:23
to a timeout. We'll grab a time out. We'll be
35:26
back to the Big O Tires broadcast booth here in
35:28
Pasadena with Utah leading at twenty to nothing over the
35:31
UCLA Bruins. And this is Utah football from ESPN seven
35:34
hundred Youth Sports Radio Network went over that last scoring
35:37
drive for Utah momentarily Jade Marshall back to receive the
35:41
Dylan Curtis kickoff twenty to nothing.
35:43
Speaker 3: Utah from here.
35:44
Speaker 2: At the Rose Bowl over UCLA twelve forty four to
35:46
play in the first half. Our first half being brought
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you might even get a south.
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Speaker 2: Some people get a South from time to time and
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slack Water as well. Curtis drives this one high and
36:02
end over end, not going to be returnable, so that
36:05
one actually split the upright.
36:07
Speaker 3: Don't you get points for that?
36:08
Speaker 1: In Canada?
36:09
Speaker 2: At one point not here, but a great kick by
36:12
Dylan Curtis. How about that last scoring drive five plays
36:14
forty nine yards and a touchdown. The lander bart and
36:17
the fourteen yard touchdown pass Devin dan Pier. The ball
36:19
game's got six of seven sixty five yards in a touchdown.
36:22
Speaker 3: Eight rushes forty seven yards.
36:23
Speaker 1: Yeah, this offense has been as sharp as the surgeon's knife.
36:26
I mean, they've just cut right through this UCLA defense,
36:29
and the defense is you know, I mean, as great
36:32
as the offense has played, the defense has played. Every
36:33
bit is good.
36:34
Speaker 2: Third drive for Nico Iamaliaba and Ucla. Anthony Woods, the
36:38
former ute and Idaho vandal in the backfield. Wide receiver
36:43
comes in motion across the formation. The iamali Aafa's gonna
36:46
pass Utah bringing pressure off the edge, completes it. That's
36:48
going to be a tight end out across the thirty
36:50
five to the thirty six yard line. Hudson Habermill made
36:55
the catch and that'll be a first down.
36:58
Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, you talk kind of winning as right there,
37:00
but it's everything is underneath. You know, there's not really
37:04
a lot going down the field here. It looks like
37:06
UCLA has kind of maybe abandoned the run at this point,
37:09
and they got to score some points.
37:11
Speaker 2: Two tights and two wides. Wood stays at the ball game.
37:15
They bring the tight ended motion across the formation. On
37:17
first and ten from the thirty six, Yamaliava, directing traffic,
37:21
takes the snaff hands it to Woods. Woods has running
37:24
room out across the forty and ripped down at about
37:26
the forty two yard line. Came of about six on
37:29
first down for Anthony Woods. Never played a down last
37:32
year for Utah. He was a one double a All
37:33
American two years ago at Idaho, but he came to
37:36
Utah with a knee injury nobody knew about and.
37:38
Speaker 3: Missed all of last year.
37:40
Speaker 1: Yeah, and he was a good player. I mean, it's
37:42
just kind of the the opportunity sometimes just wasn't there.
37:45
It wasn't like Utah didn't like him or anything, just
37:47
didn't worse hurt.
37:48
Speaker 2: Yeah, two tights on the left hand side, one wide
37:52
receiver out there, pistol formation this time for Iamaliaba. Now
37:56
he shifts the tight ends to the right hand side.
37:58
Utah with four down linemen, second down and about five
38:02
to go here, Iyamaliava turns and gives it again the Woods.
38:05
Speaker 3: He's got running room and.
38:06
Speaker 2: He's driven backwards. Oh goodness, a violent hit in the hole.
38:11
That was Levanni de Mooney, who's healthy again this year.
38:15
Levanni missed last year with a knee injury. He's back
38:18
and mad old man. He announced his presence on that play.
38:21
Speaker 1: Yeah, Lemanni de Moony late da Boomy. I mean he
38:25
just wow. Uh that's if you're wondering if Lamani is back,
38:29
he is. He's definitely back, and he's he's one of
38:31
those leader type of players. It's good to see that
38:33
play right there.
38:34
Speaker 2: Third down and two for the forty four. UCLA has
38:37
yet to convert a third down. Tonight, they're oh for three.
38:40
They've got the jumbo package in back of the backfield.
38:42
Wide receiver comes in motion to Amaliaba, keeps it. He's
38:45
got first down yardage and carries out to about the
38:49
forty eight yard line. He picked up almost five yards
38:52
on that play. He's a tough guy to bring down
38:54
at six foot six. Tao Johnson finally stopped him after
38:57
a five yard game.
38:58
Speaker 1: Well, and it's it's a you bring the tight end
39:00
in motion, you have a guard pull, and you have
39:04
a running back leading to play. I mean it's it's
39:06
more than student body, right, It's like half your team right.
39:10
Speaker 2: Jalen Berger jecks In is the tailback. Two of them
39:14
in the ball game right now. Mikey Matthews in the backfield.
39:17
Now he motions out I Amaliaba operating out of the shotgun.
39:22
Speaker 3: Utah with a four man down front.
39:23
Speaker 2: Now they'll bring pressure on Iamliava, pressure in his face.
39:26
He's gonna try and step up and scramble. He trips
39:28
and keeps his feet. He's at the forty I am
39:30
Aliaba to the thirty five up the sideline. It out
39:33
of bounds and about the Utah thirty one yard line.
39:36
Logan Fano finally forced the amount of bounds and we
39:39
finally see the legs of Amlaiava.
39:41
Speaker 3: He's dangerous, yeah, and there's no question he's dangerous.
39:43
Speaker 1: And you know, Utah has done such a nice job
39:45
of being very disciplined in their pass. Russ lanes. Just
39:48
give him a little of a you know, an angle there,
39:52
but great job in the secondary. Just couldn't get off
39:54
some blocks to get him and he escapes and makes
39:57
a big play.
39:57
Speaker 2: They call it about a twenty almost twenty one yard
39:59
game for Amaliava, best drive of the day so far
40:02
for UCLA nine and a half to play here in
40:04
the second quarter, twenty to h in Utah from.
40:07
Speaker 3: The Utah thirty.
40:08
Speaker 2: Out of the shotgun again, jb on Thomas the back
40:11
of the backfield. I am Maliava, hands to Thomas, he's
40:13
going nowhere, but he stays on his feet. He will
40:16
just dropped to the backfield. It was Logan Fano back there.
40:20
He got away from him and ended up picking up
40:22
about three almost four yards down to the twenty seven.
40:25
Speaker 1: Yeah, and they called the run blits with the lander
40:27
Barton right there. And of course he's, you know, still
40:30
on offense trying to to score touchdowns. You wonder what
40:33
kind of impact that has on players playing both direction.
40:35
Should have had that stopped in the in the backfield
40:37
for two or three yard loss.
40:39
Speaker 2: Here's what's interesting, Smith Notton has been very active on
40:42
offense tonight. He hasn't been on the field for a
40:44
defensive step yet.
40:45
Speaker 1: Yeah, they got to manage that. I think it's hard.
40:50
Speaker 2: Iamaliava out of the shotgun again, hands to his tailback again,
40:53
running room for Berger inside the twenty five and down
40:57
the close to the twenty three yard line. A gain
41:00
of another three to four yards on the play third
41:02
down and about three and a half coming up here
41:04
for Ucla. Eight and a half to play before halftime.
41:08
All Utah so far, but the Bruins threatening now at
41:11
the Utah twenty three.
41:13
Speaker 1: Well with you know, the Utah is doing such a
41:15
good job of getting off blocks and stopping the run.
41:17
They've just kind of gotten a little soft here on
41:19
this drive.
41:19
Speaker 2: Four pass catchers in the pattern, tailback Burger. On third
41:23
down and three and a half, they motioned Berger out
41:26
of the backfield. The Amaliava is gonna keep it himself.
41:28
Nick go won't quite get there. They'll stack him up
41:32
the twenty one yard line about a half yard shy
41:34
of first down yardage. Boy, it looked like they get
41:37
him a little further back, but that big long body
41:39
of his Aliki Bimahi made the taggle to be fourth
41:42
down and about the link of a football right now
41:44
for Ucla.
41:45
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a stout. He's a skinny guy, but he's
41:47
a stout guy. You know, he's got some lean to
41:50
him when he gets in there to run.
41:52
Speaker 2: I bet they call a quarterback sneak here. Scott, with
41:54
his length, he doesn't have to get it but about
41:57
a half a yard here it's just inside the twenty one.
41:59
They've got to get to the twenty for a first down,
42:02
but he operates out of the shotgun, makes it a
42:03
little bit tougher to sneak.
42:05
Speaker 3: Fourth down and half a yard.
42:07
Speaker 2: Yamaliava checks with the sideline, delayser's hand off, gives it
42:11
straight ahead.
42:11
Speaker 3: That'll be first downyard.
42:12
Speaker 2: It's just inside the twenty for jalen Berger and close
42:16
to the nineteen and a half yard line, and UCLA's
42:19
threatening now for the first time of the red zone.
42:20
Did I cash Dylan made the tackle? Yeah, you talk
42:22
about that quarterback snak.
42:24
Speaker 1: I mean, some of these guys wouldn't even know how
42:25
to take a snap underneath the center and they probably
42:27
fumble it. They're so used to being in that shotgun.
42:30
Speaker 2: So the Bruins keep this drive alive. It's been a
42:32
good one so far. They began at their own twenty
42:36
five yard line. Now at the Utah nineteen two receiver
42:39
stack left. One of the right hand side tail back
42:43
is Anthony Woods. Mikey Matthews comes in motion, then goes
42:46
back out again. Gamaliyavata pass pressure in his face, throws
42:50
down the Field's got a man open caught.
42:52
Speaker 1: Into the end zone.
42:53
Speaker 2: Touchdown, Anthony Woods out of the backfield on a wheel
42:57
route all by himself, goes nineteen yards and the Bruins
43:02
or finally on the board.
43:04
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's kind of one of those wrinkle plays you're
43:06
seeing now, where you do this the zone read and
43:08
the back slips out in the backside, the quarterback looks
43:12
it off and and and everyone just flies to the
43:14
other side of the field. Saw that a lot today
43:17
in some of the games. It's actually very well designed
43:20
play here and well executed.
43:22
Speaker 2: Madem Magani on to attempt the pac. A well executed
43:28
drive by the UCLA Bruins. You knew what I Amaliava.
43:31
It was only gonna be a matter of time. He's
43:33
too talented, and you can see all of his talents
43:35
on display on that drive.
43:37
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you got to just limit those plays. They're
43:39
gonna he's gonna make big. But he's he's a really
43:41
good player. I mean he really is. People, he's very good.
43:44
But you just have to limit it. So this is
43:47
your limit right here. You know, you got to answer back.
43:49
One of the things Utah hasn't done is has got turnovers,
43:51
and that's been a big emphasis I'd like to see
43:54
a little bit of that, you know, moving forward.
43:56
Speaker 2: They had ten balls that hit defensive backs or linebackers
43:59
in the hands a year ago that were dropped, like
44:02
to make some of those interceptions this year.
44:05
Speaker 3: Pat coming up here from BEGONI.
44:10
Speaker 2: Had attack on another point here with six forty six
44:12
to play in the first half, kick is up and
44:15
the kick is good. Ten plays seventy five yards. They
44:18
took five fifty eight off the play clock, and to
44:21
be very fair, UCLA needed that the worst way and
44:23
they got it.
44:24
Speaker 3: Time out on the field.
44:25
Speaker 2: Here was six forty six to play before halftime. Our
44:28
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Speaker 1: You taught football brought to you by.
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Speaker 2: Smith and Pepsificial Grocer and Soft Drink sponsored You thought football,
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Bill Riley, Scott, Mitchell upstairs, Stevenson Sylvester downstairs. That was
44:54
a good answer, Scott by UCLA, Yeah it was, and
44:57
that's what part of football. You know, there's momentum shifts
44:59
all the time.
45:00
Speaker 1: Utah's up and it looks like a blowout, and you
45:03
got to learn how to handle success as much as
45:05
you have handle failure. And you know that you're playing
45:08
a good player and a good team when they they
45:10
look down, but they have a huge answer. And that
45:13
was a big drive by UCLA and now Utah has
45:15
to answer that back and that that's what football is.
45:19
You just don't stop fighting, you don't stop playing, You
45:22
don't make any assumptions, and you just you play the
45:25
game out until it's completely over.
45:27
Speaker 2: But Ghani backed kick off for UCLA. Smith Snowton stands
45:30
at his own goal line.
45:31
Speaker 1: We've seen Smith on a very.
45:33
Speaker 2: Limited defensive basis this year, but very much an offensive weapon.
45:38
Gn He puts his right foot into it, kicks it
45:40
high and end over end. If Smith wants to return it,
45:42
he can oh and it hits him on the face.
45:44
He's gonna have to pick that thing up. And he's
45:46
dropped at the five yard line, make of the four
45:49
yard line, and it ball looked like it hit him
45:51
in the face.
45:51
Speaker 3: Bass maybe got the lights in his eyes.
45:55
Speaker 2: The lights are bright here at Rose Bowl, But Utah
45:58
is going to start with a ninety six yard field
46:00
first and ten at their own four yard lock.
46:02
Speaker 1: Yeah, those are those things where it's new to you.
46:04
You know, as good as you are, it's just a
46:06
little different in a game, and you just got to
46:08
get used to it again. It's momentum changes. How does
46:12
Utah answer here? After a drive by UCLA and a
46:15
kind of.
46:15
Speaker 2: A poor return, Larry Simmons split why to the right
46:19
hand side, damp Pier goes under center option pitch to
46:24
the outside Rogers picking his way forward out beyond the
46:27
five to the six yard line forget of about two yards.
46:31
Quick little option pitch to the right two yards for
46:33
Rogers on the play second down at eight coming up.
46:35
Speaker 1: Very interesting. You know they're in the short side of
46:37
the field and they have an unbalanced, unbalanced line. I mean,
46:41
the rose Bawl almost tipped over. There were so many
46:44
guys over there, and then they just pitched it out
46:45
and said, go make something happen.
46:49
Speaker 2: You Cannon and Davis Wine to the left hand side,
46:52
Nate Johnson comes in motion, Devin Dan Pierre drops it
46:55
off to Rogers in the flat to the ten to
46:57
the thirteen. Very close to first down yardage be about
47:01
a yard shot out of bounds of the thirteen yard
47:02
line for a gain of seven yards. John John Bonds
47:06
pushed him at a bounds. Bonds was a four year
47:08
starter in the outfield for UCLA. Hit about two oh six.
47:11
Wanted to Ford focus on football, so he's playing linebacker.
47:15
Speaker 1: He hit the guy out of bounds two. Two really
47:17
good plays though coming out you know, backed up here.
47:20
I like the design.
47:22
Speaker 3: Damp Pierre brings a man in motion. That's Rogers.
47:26
Speaker 2: He keeps it himself does Devin picks his way forward
47:29
first down yardage to the sixteen needed one, picked up
47:32
three and Utah's drive stays alive as we come up
47:35
on five thirty five to play here the first half
47:38
Utah twenty and UCLA seven.
47:40
Speaker 1: So you're on the four yard line. You have three
47:42
plays you get out to the sixteen seventeen yard line.
47:45
Because you have this dynamic quarterback and that RPO and
47:48
that ability to run is just such a valuable weapon
47:52
on all aspects of the field.
47:53
Speaker 3: Parker checks in damp Pier in the shotgun.
47:56
Speaker 2: He's going to backpedal to pass Pumps once looks out
47:59
to the right throws down the field and overshoots his
48:04
man and a flag comes out looking for Tobias Merriweather.
48:08
He was covered tightly in a flag out. That's going
48:10
to be pass interference on UCLA. Let's hear it from
48:15
the referee.
48:17
Speaker 4: Passer FNS defense number two.
48:20
Speaker 1: Fifteen yard penalty automatical.
48:22
Speaker 2: Christown Andre Jordan Junior. Never a bad penalty in college
48:26
because it's only fifteen yards and instead of a forty
48:28
yard game.
48:29
Speaker 1: And he had a guy early just didn't quite get
48:31
enough on the ball there, and yeah, I mean he's
48:33
wide open until the very end, but I like that.
48:36
Devin does look down the field to throw.
48:38
Speaker 2: Four receivers in the pattern. This time on first and
48:40
ten from the thirty one Parker changed in parkner of
48:44
the backfield. Damn Beer changing the play. At the line
48:46
of scrimmage, Devon keeps it himself out on the edge.
48:50
He's got running room thirty five forty forty five, meets
48:54
a defender and falls forward to about the forty seven
48:57
yard line. Somebody's helmet came off, and I think it
48:59
was m Pierre's helmet that game off, Yep, it was.
49:02
He's gonna have to come out for a play here. Yeah,
49:05
nice plant before though he picks up sixteen yards in
49:07
a first down.
49:09
Speaker 1: Yeah, just man, it's just such a such a great weapon.
49:12
Have a quarterback back game for one play.
49:14
Speaker 2: So Dan Pierre comes out for a play. Who are
49:17
they going to bring in a quarterback for a play.
49:18
It'll be Isaac Wilson. Oh boy Essex, seeing his first
49:22
action in twenty twenty five, will check in for this play.
49:26
Speaker 3: They'll shift personnel.
49:27
Speaker 1: In and out.
49:29
Speaker 2: Larry Simmons left, Tobias Merriweather right, and Hunter Andrews was
49:36
lined up as the Wildcat quarterback Utah and Utah had
49:41
to call the time out because not everybody was quite
49:43
sure what they were doing. So Utah takes its first
49:46
time out with four thirty nine to play. Here the
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Utah starts so far offensively.
50:02
Speaker 1: It's kind of tough when you're Isaac Wilson and you
50:04
come in the game like that and they go, yeah,
50:06
you're gonna be a tcoy. You're gonna want to go
50:08
on a s wide receiver over here, and we're gonna
50:11
let the Hunter Andrews take care of things right now.
50:14
But isn't it. It's not a bad thing because you're
50:16
in a good rhythm here, and you know, it's tough
50:18
to go in a game like that as a quarterback,
50:20
and you know, just just kind of probably run the
50:24
football here. And but now I guess with the time out,
50:26
the damn Pire can actually come back in the game.
50:30
Speaker 2: I believe got a good spat stand before tonight the
50:32
last defensive player to score an offensive touchdown for Utah
50:35
with sie ony Vaki. Tonight, two defensive players have scored
50:38
offensive touchdown smith Snowden and Lander Barton.
50:42
Speaker 1: Maybe the coaches knew something when they said these guys
50:44
are gonna play on offense. I think they did.
50:49
Speaker 2: Damp Pire gets to come back in after the time out.
50:53
He's got Rogers with him. He rolls to the right
50:55
hand side, Devin looking down the field, throwing down the
50:57
Field's got.
50:58
Speaker 1: A man out there Fleet.
51:02
Speaker 3: He was trying to get that ball to Jackson Benny.
51:05
Speaker 2: The coverage was excellent down the field that time by
51:08
Roderick Pleasant and just a little more air under it
51:12
might have been a touchdown for Utah.
51:14
Speaker 1: Well he had had tight end wanted right across the
51:16
field wide open there, and you know there was no
51:19
separation in the secondary. That's that's hard to play because
51:22
the defender has so much time with the ball in
51:24
the air that long to go back to the ball.
51:27
Speaker 2: Four receivers in the pattern, including Lander, Barton hanned off Rogers.
51:32
Nigary picks his way forward across the fifty and down
51:36
to the UCLA forty seven for a six yard game.
51:39
That'll being up third down and four clock running at
51:41
four twenty to play before halftime.
51:44
Speaker 1: These backs have done a great job of just getting
51:46
up in the hole and just running north and south
51:48
if you want to see that so often, but both
51:51
of them are just just really excellent at north south,
51:54
hard running.
51:55
Speaker 2: Utah Stax receivers to the right, motions Rogers out of
51:59
the backfield, Dallan Bentley in the backfield with Devin dan Pierre.
52:03
Speaker 3: On third down and four, Dallan.
52:05
Speaker 2: Moves to the right hand side of Dan Pierre UCLA
52:08
showing pressure. Devon's gonna follow hi Man to the outside,
52:11
breaks the tackle stays on his feet. Now he's cut
52:13
down behind the line of scrimmage back in the forty
52:15
eight yard line. Excellent open field tackle by Cole Martin.
52:18
He's gonna bring up fourth down at about five. We'll
52:21
see if Kyle Whittingham gambles here with three forty to
52:23
play before halftime, he will not. He's gonna bring out
52:25
his cutter for the first time tonight.
52:27
Speaker 1: Yeah, Devon's got to stay up in the hole there.
52:29
That's the counter there, and he really had some room
52:32
and the inside just kind of gotta trust it, believe it.
52:35
Because he bounce outside. They just get a chance to
52:39
recover and you know, just kind of hit it hard.
52:41
Speaker 2: You got to look into Ryan Phillips, the offseed punter
52:44
for the first time this year, transfer from Missouri by
52:47
way of Murray States. Phillips kick away Mikey Matthews back
52:51
to receive it. Mike's gonna look up and take it
52:56
at the five yard line. They'll give him the six
52:58
yard line. Not a big kick by Phillips, but effective.
53:01
UCLA will have a ninety four yard field and three
53:04
oh nine before halftime to go, and we've got a
53:06
time out on the field. We'll come back with Nico
53:09
Iamalaiaba and the Bruin offense coming to the field. Our
53:12
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53:17
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53:28
for a Ken Garth sideline update. Sly Utah's defense gave
53:32
up a touchdown last time through. What would you like
53:34
to see this time around?
53:35
Speaker 5: Well, are you gonna see Nico try to get a
53:37
little bit more experimental here? And you got a lot
53:39
of confidence on that last drive, especially that big run.
53:42
Speaker 4: We're gonna see him try to do that again.
53:43
Speaker 5: What I'd like to see is Morgan Sklly Deviy some
53:46
game plans didn't cut down that QB run.
53:48
Speaker 4: Watch Nico try to get out of the.
53:49
Speaker 5: Pocket, use his legs more on this drive to score
53:52
before halftime.
53:53
Speaker 4: We gotta take that away.
53:55
Speaker 2: Trey Reynolds a late sub here for Utah first and
53:58
ten Ucla from their own six yard line trailing twenty
54:01
to seven with three Toho nine to play here in
54:03
the first half, Yamalaiava breaks the huddle. Javon Thomas the tailback,
54:10
as he operates almost exclusively out.
54:12
Speaker 3: Of the shotgun tight end in motion.
54:16
Speaker 2: Iamalaiava hands it to Thomas, not much running room for Javion.
54:20
Thomas picks up one maybe two out to about the
54:23
eight yard line. Good surge on the left side of
54:25
that defensive line led by Nate Richie.
54:28
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's where in the past you saw that
54:31
that cutback run. You know, if you think it's Camps
54:34
Kataboo and Iowa State making those big gash runs late,
54:38
that's where Utah lost it a year ago. Great great
54:41
defense right there.
54:42
Speaker 2: Three receivers in the pattern. Thomas stays at the ball game.
54:44
On second and seven, I am Alaiava to pass up
54:47
the middle, looking long down the field incomplete. UCLA fans
54:52
wanted a flag. They were trying to get that ball
54:54
to Mikey Matthews. Excellent coverage out there by Utah brings
54:57
up third down.
54:59
Speaker 1: And you gotta fill pretty good about it. I mean,
55:00
he's the secondary is just doing a great job man
55:03
to man coverage here, a great nice coverage Benny by
55:07
by Jackson there, because you you kind of get lost
55:10
sometimes in there, and he just he was just very
55:12
disciplined in how he contacted the receiver and knock out
55:16
the penalty. Some guys get lazy and they just kind
55:19
of grab and hold U c l A.
55:21
Speaker 2: One for five on third down, they've got to make
55:23
the sixteen for a first down. It's third down and seven.
55:29
Three receivers left for UCLA. One to the right hand side.
55:32
Now one comes in motion. That's Mikey Matthews flags fly. Actually,
55:35
a time out's going to be called here by UCLA.
55:39
Play clock was running.
55:42
Speaker 1: U c l A. I think they were anticipating Utah
55:44
being in a manned coverage and Utah went to his own
55:47
there and didn't like the plays a big play. I mean,
55:49
give Utah the ball back that you don't don't convert
55:51
the first down, good good field position here, win a
55:55
possession back here for Utah. You stop them right here.
55:58
Speaker 2: Two thirty six to play before halftime, third down and
56:01
seven coming up here for the Bruins. Coming up at
56:03
halftime on the American First Credit Union halftime show will
56:06
run over first half numbers. Get some thoughts from Scott.
56:10
We'll hear from Kyle Whittingham. Going to the locker room,
56:12
down on the field with Sly and then sitting back
56:15
to the studio network control on a crazy day for
56:17
college football. Week one has been wild Utah and Ucla
56:20
winding down Week one at least on Saturday here. There'll
56:23
be games on Sunday and Monday this week as well.
56:27
Third down in seven, one out of five on third
56:29
down of the Bruins, Iamaliaba always a thread to run
56:33
if you let him get outside Anthony Woods will be
56:35
the tailback. He caught the touchdown pass on the wheel rounds.
56:38
He'll split two receivers left, one to the right hand side,
56:41
tight end to the tailback here for Ucla. On third
56:44
down and seven Utah showing just four minute the line
56:47
of scrimmage right now, Iamaliaba backpedals to pass four man
56:52
rush coming over the middle of dumps it. He's got
56:54
his back out of the backfield. That's gonna be good
56:56
for first down yardage. He's beyond the twenty and out
56:58
to about the twenty four yard line on Anthony Woods,
57:02
showing Utah fans a little bit of what they might
57:04
have had have been injured a year ago. Good patience,
57:07
good offensive production. Two for you Amaliaba. Now they're gonna
57:11
go quick here with two fifteen to play. Nico back pedals,
57:14
you've tased showing pressure over the middle, caught dropped Hannah
57:19
receiver in about the thirty five yard line. It was
57:22
Mikey Matthews. Excellent coverage out there by Utah and a
57:24
flag in the backfield. This is usually where you'll see
57:27
you holding against the offense. Let's see what the referee says.
57:30
Mike McCabe our referee holding.
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Speaker 1: Offense number seventy seven, ten yard penalty. We played first down.
57:37
Speaker 2: Courtland Ford, the red shirt senior and transfer from Kentucky,
57:41
began his career across town at USC gets called for
57:44
the penalty. It's been a relatively clean night tonight and
57:46
that's a big penalty against the Bruins.
57:47
Speaker 1: Well, he got beat big time and had he not
57:49
held h Nico wou would have been sad sacked easily.
57:54
Speaker 2: U Tah getting good pressure with four most of the
57:56
night tonight. Lance Holtzka on the right side, Logan on
58:00
the left side, back him up. Now second down in
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twenty all the way back in the fourteen yard line.
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Iam Aliava out of the gun brings a man in motion.
58:10
Mikey Matthews goes right, then left and back again. I
58:13
am Aliava to pass pressure coming, He's gonna step up
58:16
away from it. I am Aliava on his feet, stays
58:18
on his feet, fives forward beyond the twenty five out
58:22
to about the twenty eight, twenty eight or twenty seven
58:25
yard line. It will be about eight yards shy of
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the first down. UCLA takes their second time out, time out.
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Check it two minute time out here at the Rose Bowl.
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We'll take the time out with him. I am Aliava
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facing third down. When we get back. It's Utah twenty
58:40
and UCLA seven. This is Utah football from ESPN seven
58:44
hundred Youth Sports Radio Network. Tonight's first half, also being
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drawn for you by butt Life. Welcoming the utes back
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in twenty twenty five. Easy to drink him, easy to enjoy.
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But lights got exactly two minutes to play before halftime.
58:57
Here is the light show is on here at the
59:00
Rose Bull.
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Speaker 3: This is new.
59:02
Speaker 2: I don't remember this in the past, but it's Utah
59:04
twenty and UCLA seven. I incorrectly said third down coming
59:08
up in second down, second down in seven Here for
59:11
UCLA from their own twenty seven yard line, trailing twenty
59:16
to seven, and in the two minute offense, just one
59:19
time out remains here for UCLA. So we'll see what
59:22
Nico does. He ran a lot of up tempo stuff
59:25
in Tennessee, so running the up tempo's not an issue.
59:28
Speaker 3: The question is is everybody together right, Scott?
59:30
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, but in him running, you know, that's when
59:33
when you're kind of new and you know you're still
59:35
trying to figure it out a little bit. He's still
59:36
making some big plays running the ball.
59:39
Speaker 2: They stacked three receivers to the left hand side on
59:41
second down and seven Iamliava out of the shotgun, Utah
59:45
rushing four now five pressure up the middle, Eamliava escapes
59:50
and now he goes down and he goes down hard?
59:53
Speaker 1: Is that?
59:54
Speaker 2: John Henry Daily it is gets his first sack as
59:57
a ute and that'll bring up third down and long
1:00:01
here for UCLA.
1:00:02
Speaker 1: Well, and it's just that discipline pass rush. You know,
1:00:05
I just got a push up the middle of the pocket.
1:00:07
There's just nowhere for Nico Maliaba to go, and so
1:00:13
that just it's a discipline pass rush. Got that one done.
1:00:15
Speaker 2: Third down and nine loss of two on the sack,
1:00:18
got to get to the thirty four.
1:00:22
Speaker 3: For the twenty five yard line.
1:00:23
Speaker 2: Out of the shotgun, Eamalaiaba minute twenty to play, clock runner,
1:00:27
he gonna pass four man rush again by Utah pocket
1:00:30
collapsing again. Scrambling to the outside, Eamalaiaba cut down Shorts
1:00:35
about two yards shy of the first down at his
1:00:38
own thirty two yard line. Got an injured ute on
1:00:40
the play. Jackson Benny slow to get up. Now he
1:00:43
pops up okay Utah. Kyle Whittingham takes the time I
1:00:47
have to stop. The clock would have been at eight
1:00:49
to play. I would be very surprised if UCLA went
1:00:55
for it here on their own thirty two yard line.
1:00:57
But stranger things have happened.
1:01:00
Speaker 1: Conference game. What do you have to lose?
1:01:01
Speaker 2: It means it's still a long still a game, though
1:01:05
you're you're gonna get the ball coming out of the
1:01:07
locker room.
1:01:08
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell at Detroit, he didn't know how to punt.
1:01:11
Speaker 2: It's like, let's go, well, the punt team has not
1:01:14
come out here for UCLA. Well, you would give Utah
1:01:17
the ball evenfield goal range already.
1:01:20
Speaker 1: And it could be a pooch punt too. They've done
1:01:22
those before.
1:01:23
Speaker 2: Hey, you, Maliava may be able. He's six foot six
1:01:25
and long and lengthy. He might be able to do that.
1:01:27
Let's see if the offense comes out.
1:01:30
Speaker 1: I don't think they are.
1:01:31
Speaker 3: They are not.
1:01:32
Speaker 1: I am Aliava walking to the sideline.
1:01:34
Speaker 2: He wears the Captain's c on his chest too, which
1:01:38
is pretty interesting for a guy that's only been here
1:01:40
for about three months.
1:01:41
Speaker 1: And I think people see that. You know, he's got
1:01:44
a lot of talent. He's from this area. You know,
1:01:47
it's just it's a good fit for him. And he's
1:01:50
looked good. I mean, he's made some plays there, but
1:01:52
Utah much better job of just handling the big plays
1:01:57
with him and just kind of keeping him more in
1:01:59
the pocket. And on this last drive here, this is good, good,
1:02:04
good answer for you.
1:02:05
Speaker 2: Good time, a chance here for Devin's damp here to
1:02:07
run that two minute drill too. Rayshawn Glover at his
1:02:12
own thirty will Carol the punts. First one was a
1:02:17
fair catch. Utah ready for a fake. If it comes
1:02:27
snap back to Carol, you'll kick it straight away, high
1:02:31
hanging kick. Glover is gonna fair catch it at his
1:02:34
own thirty yard line with a minute one to play
1:02:37
and so Utah will.
1:02:38
Speaker 3: Get one time out.
1:02:39
Speaker 2: Make it two timeouts, no one time out left at
1:02:42
about seventy yards. They probably need about thirty to feel
1:02:47
good about a field goal with den. We saw Dylan
1:02:48
Curtis in a scrimmage this year hit from sixty and
1:02:53
missed just wide from sixty five.
1:02:54
Speaker 3: So he's got the leg for sure.
1:02:56
Speaker 1: Well, these are good things, you know, to give your
1:02:58
offense a chance for the two minute drill, but also
1:03:00
to have your kicker take a shot in a game situation.
1:03:04
You want to get him experienced and confident.
1:03:07
Speaker 2: Damp Pierre lines up in the gun, Rogers next to it,
1:03:11
tight end, three receivers in the pattern. UCLA is gonna
1:03:13
rush for damp Pire throws to the outside, caught on
1:03:15
the outside, out of bounds, goes down in Bentley, not
1:03:19
Harrison Handley, but down Bentley out of bounds.
1:03:21
Speaker 3: After about an eight yard game Yeah, good.
1:03:24
Speaker 1: Play on first down there you get yardists, but you
1:03:26
also maintain clock, you know, just get this thing move.
1:03:30
Speaker 2: Say that's a gain of about six. As he stepped
1:03:32
out of bounds at the thirty six yard line, clock
1:03:35
stopped fifty seven seconds to play Devin out of the
1:03:37
shotgun again. Second down and four three receivers now four
1:03:45
in the pattern. Damp Pier to the outside. It's an
1:03:47
option play, goes beyond the forty, stays on his feet
1:03:50
and rolled down about the forty five yard line after
1:03:53
a gain of nine. Clock will stop momentarily while they
1:03:56
set the chains and they'll roll it again. First in
1:03:58
ten Utah on their own forty five yards for damp Pierre.
1:04:02
Speaker 1: Yeah, good play. That's just an speed option to the
1:04:04
right and good read.
1:04:06
Speaker 2: Clock rolling in forty nine seconds to play before halftime.
1:04:09
Damp Peer to pass pocket good looking down the field
1:04:12
up the sideline. Five Simmons who runs over the photographer
1:04:17
for Utah and a footer again is okay, Larry was
1:04:20
out of bounds. It goes incomplete, but a good one
1:04:22
headed catch.
1:04:25
Speaker 1: Yeah, really nice catch there. You know one thing, you know,
1:04:28
I'm having mixed feelings about this, but I like the
1:04:30
aggressiveness of Damn Pierre taking some shots down the field
1:04:34
with these receivers.
1:04:35
Speaker 2: Second down in ten for the forty five for Devin
1:04:37
Dan Pierre. Four man rush. Now they bring a fifth
1:04:41
late complete over the middle.
1:04:42
Speaker 1: That's JG.
1:04:43
Speaker 2: Buchanan inside the fifty down to the UCLA forty seven
1:04:46
clock continues to run thirty three thirty two thirty one seconds.
1:04:49
It only has one time out remaining third down in
1:04:53
short here for the use, Devon keeps it himself inside
1:04:57
the forty five to the forty four to forty three.
1:05:01
And I think Utah is gonna take its final time out?
1:05:03
Or are they clock stops for a moment here while
1:05:06
they said it, they will not take the time out
1:05:07
twenty one seconds now for Utah. Devon's gonna get up
1:05:10
and spike it. Two seconds come off the clock. Nineteen
1:05:13
remain for the forty three yard line.
1:05:17
Speaker 1: Yeah. With that clock stopping just for a minute, you know,
1:05:19
it really gives you a chance to preserve the time
1:05:21
wise play there killing the clock now you got plenty
1:05:25
you know time is your enemy here, it's not downs.
1:05:29
Speaker 2: Damp here to pass plenty of time again, he throws
1:05:31
to the outside. Caught on the outside, that abounds quickly
1:05:35
Dallan Bentley again, Utah, tight end.
1:05:40
Speaker 1: Do we have flags?
1:05:41
Speaker 3: Lots of whistles?
1:05:43
Speaker 1: Yeah, this a couple flags is secondary.
1:05:45
Speaker 2: And the secondary it might be a holding call on UCLA.
1:05:47
We'll see Utah picked up about eight on the play.
1:05:51
Wait for a referee Mike McCabe. Mike was an old
1:05:55
PAC twelve referee for years. And what's interesting, there's no
1:05:59
pass rush from UCA. It's almost like they're in this
1:06:02
like practice mode. It's just it's it's so strange.
1:06:05
Speaker 3: It's against UCLA.
1:06:06
Speaker 2: They're looking to the Utah sideline to see if Kyle
1:06:08
Winningham wants the penalty or not. How many yards are
1:06:11
you gonna give me on the penalty if we take it,
1:06:13
is what Kyle's saying.
1:06:15
Speaker 3: They're at about the thirty six yard line.
1:06:17
Speaker 2: They're on the edge of field goal range here for
1:06:19
Dylan Curtis, I say, the edge of where you would
1:06:23
feel good about it. He can hit from further than this,
1:06:25
but you don't want to have to go that deep
1:06:27
if you don't have to. So here's the call from
1:06:31
Mike McCabe.
1:06:32
Speaker 7: Love you a substitution defends Soul players on the field
1:06:36
that Pelty has declined.
1:06:38
Speaker 3: Second down out of bounds.
1:06:41
Speaker 2: He went, we've got fourteen seconds to play here before halftime.
1:06:45
Speaker 1: Crushing third down.
1:06:47
Speaker 2: Third down and three is what they're gonna say. Devin
1:06:51
damp Pier out of the shot gun, Rogers next to him,
1:06:53
four wide receivers in the pattern for Utah, Devin back
1:06:57
pedals pressure on a four man rush, looking looking running
1:07:00
out of time. Now now he's gonna scramble to the
1:07:02
outside throwing down the field. Has a man caught out
1:07:05
of bounds. That's Larry Simmons inside the twenty five and
1:07:08
out of bounds at about the twenty two. But I
1:07:10
think Simmons may have come out of bound with out
1:07:12
of bounds come back in the hat, came off to
1:07:17
the official along with the flag.
1:07:19
Speaker 1: Here's our referee.
1:07:20
Speaker 4: Well we don't touch him.
1:07:22
Speaker 1: Offense number twelve.
1:07:23
Speaker 7: Yeah, just curved out of bounds, came about them, was
1:07:26
the first to touch the pass loss of alpha previous.
1:07:29
Speaker 1: Spot on quick. That's a tough one because you know
1:07:33
Devin spends so much time scrambling around him. Well, this
1:07:37
is good. This is good that your kicker gets a
1:07:39
chance to kick a field goal here and get a
1:07:42
good field for things.
1:07:43
Speaker 3: So this field goal attempt for Dylan Curtis.
1:07:45
Speaker 2: Is going to be about a fifty four yard attempt
1:07:47
for the right hash mark. He's got plenty of leg
1:07:50
The question is accuracy. Now for Dylan, he missed a
1:07:53
pat early in the game.
1:07:55
Speaker 1: That's a bit confidence. Boosey makes this one.
1:07:58
Speaker 2: We'll hear from Kyle Whittingham coming up, all will go
1:08:04
down out of the hold of his punter O'Ryan Phillips.
1:08:10
Speaker 3: UCLA is gonna come after it.
1:08:11
Speaker 2: Final play of the first half, coming here, good staff,
1:08:18
good hold, The.
1:08:19
Speaker 3: Kick is away, it's high, it's end over.
1:08:21
Speaker 2: And and it's good. Fifty four yards for the freshman
1:08:27
Dylan Curtis on the final play of the first half,
1:08:31
and Utah goes to the locker room leading twenty three
1:08:34
to seven.
1:08:36
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a big answer right there, A big confidence boost,
1:08:40
big field goal right there.
1:08:42
Speaker 2: So Utah, who dominated offensively in the first half, takes
1:08:46
a twenty three to seven lead to the locker room
1:08:49
and we'll head downstairs to sly Right now, who's with
1:08:51
Kyle Winighan Slye, Go ahead, coach.
1:08:54
Speaker 4: Two hundred and fifty yard two.
1:08:55
Speaker 5: Defensive guys got touchdowns in that first half.
1:08:58
Speaker 4: What do you say about this offense?
1:08:59
Speaker 7: Yeah, a lot of good stuff and we scored on
1:09:01
four of five possessions, three touchdowns in the field role,
1:09:06
so obviously very positive. Go turnovers, defense rock solid as well.
1:09:11
Speaker 4: A few miscues on special teams.
1:09:13
Speaker 7: We got to get that ironed out, but hold wrong
1:09:17
very solid first half.
1:09:18
Speaker 4: How do we stop them or we finish this game?
1:09:20
Speaker 7: Well, we gotta tackle better. We're missing some open field tackles.
1:09:23
Speaker 1: We just got to keep things in front of us.
1:09:25
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Speaker 3: We hear you.
1:09:35
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1:09:38
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1:10:00
Bill Riley has Gott Mitchell with you. Back here at
1:10:03
the Rose Bowl halftime twenty three to seven Utah.
1:10:05
Speaker 3: A couple of notes.
1:10:07
Speaker 2: Utah got more first down Scott in that first half
1:10:10
than they've gotten seven of their games a year ago seventeen.
1:10:13
The offense is definitely rolling right now. Also, the defense
1:10:19
Lander Martin six tackles in the first half. How about
1:10:22
Logan Fana, he had a sack, he had two tackles
1:10:25
for loss in a pass breakup, five tackles, Date Ritchie
1:10:27
at five tackles as well.
1:10:28
Speaker 3: And that field goal that we.
1:10:31
Speaker 2: Got at the end of the first half on the
1:10:32
freshman Dylan Curtis longest field goal by a freshman in
1:10:35
Utah football history. The previous long, at least according to
1:10:40
research done by Matt Roblez, was forty two yards by
1:10:43
Jaydon Reddings. So a lot of good stuff in that
1:10:46
first half for Utah. Now how do they finish this
1:10:48
sing of the second half?
1:10:49
Speaker 1: Well, it's the way you started. It's upfront, offensive, defensive line.
1:10:53
I mean, that's set the tempo for this whole entire game.
1:10:57
Utah's played fast, they've played aggressive, and just you keep
1:11:01
at it, you know, you know, the football's not a half.
1:11:03
And see how mentally tough you are to to maintain
1:11:07
that that energy and that that effort even when things
1:11:11
are going well, and you'll get a good idea of
1:11:14
who this football team is. But boy, I just really
1:11:16
have liked the energy and the and the efficiency with
1:11:20
how Utah is playing on both sides of all very clean,
1:11:23
very well disciplined and well oil teams right now are
1:11:28
for Utah on offense and defense.
1:11:30
Speaker 2: I hope a lot of you have taken your power
1:11:32
naps today because the second half is gonna be late.
1:11:36
Whether you're in Salt Lake City, perhaps listening in West Jordan,
1:11:39
or maybe you're in a lath of Kansas listening and
1:11:41
it's a late night tonight. But I'm glad that you
1:11:43
guys are with us listening around the city of Salt
1:11:46
Lake City, around the state of Utah, around the country,
1:11:49
or even around the world tonight. It's great to have
1:11:52
you in for Utah football. I'm Bill Riley. That's Scott
1:11:54
Mitchell check in with sl Momentarily. Utah's gonna kick it
1:11:58
off to begin the second half. Dylan Curtis has it
1:12:03
teed up in his own thirty five and Jaydon Marshall
1:12:06
back to receive this kick for UCLA.
1:12:08
Speaker 1: And we're underway in the second half here at the
1:12:10
Rose Bowl high and end over end.
1:12:12
Speaker 2: And Marshall's going to take a knee about five yards
1:12:16
deep and he go, Iamaliaba. The UCLA offense will come
1:12:20
out first and ten from their own twenty five yard line.
1:12:23
I'll say this Iamaliaba doesn't have a complete offense around
1:12:27
him right now, Scott, but he's been impressive in the
1:12:29
first half.
1:12:30
Speaker 1: He has he's been smart with the ball, he's extended plays.
1:12:33
I mean, him running the football, I think has been
1:12:34
the probably the most impressive thing I've seen. Very accurate
1:12:38
throwing the ball at the ball, and he's still still
1:12:40
a relatively young player.
1:12:42
Speaker 2: Heco brings the offense at first and ten from their
1:12:44
own twenty five yard line, trailing twenty three seven. Anthony
1:12:48
Woods will be the tailback here, the former ute and
1:12:51
Idaho vandal who's got UCLA's low touchdown. He'll light up
1:12:54
three pass catchers on the left hand side, one to
1:12:56
the right hand.
1:12:56
Speaker 3: Side, and Woods in the backfield.
1:12:59
Speaker 2: Utah with five now seven, thear the line of scrimmage
1:13:01
here on first down, tight bunch set on the right
1:13:04
hand side for Iamaliava. He's gonna play action pass, look
1:13:08
down the field, fire down the field, caught down the field.
1:13:11
Gilmer with the catch out beyond the thirty to about
1:13:14
the thirty four yard line, make a thirty nine yard line.
1:13:17
That's gonna be a gain of fourteen yards in a first.
1:13:19
Speaker 1: Down, and Jonah Hall was inches from getting that or
1:13:24
at least tipping that getting a lot of playing action.
1:13:27
That's kind of where he's kind of had a success.
1:13:29
And he go throwing the football.
1:13:33
Speaker 2: First and ten Ucla on the move, first play of
1:13:35
the half yields fourteen yards. He goes shifting personnel around
1:13:41
tight end to the left slot. He's gonna keep it
1:13:44
out on the edge. He's got the forty and forty
1:13:46
five still on his feet, fifty in a Utah territory,
1:13:49
finally out of bounds. He's tall, he's athletic, and he
1:13:52
is slippery. He go Iamalaiava and that's gonna be a
1:13:57
game of sixteen yards in another first down for you.
1:13:59
Speaker 1: See, well, Coach Whittingham talked so much about the tackling,
1:14:03
and you just you can't simulate this at all in practice,
1:14:07
and it's one of the things you kind of got
1:14:08
to work your way into during the season. But that
1:14:11
was an open field tackle that Nate Richie could have
1:14:13
made a big play on.
1:14:14
Speaker 2: Forty five seconds into the second half, Ucla already in
1:14:17
Utah territory, now a full house backfield with Iamalaiaba, no
1:14:21
motion to back out of the backfield.
1:14:23
Speaker 3: He goo's gonna.
1:14:24
Speaker 2: Throw fires over the middle, caught inside the thirty five
1:14:27
and down of the thirty four yard line. I think
1:14:28
that's Gilmer again. Quasi Gilmer makes his second catch of
1:14:32
the half, and the Bruins have come out on fire offensively.
1:14:35
Speaker 1: Well, and they pretty much said, look, we're gonna have
1:14:37
to throw the football here. I mean that was a bullet.
1:14:40
I mean that was he fired a bullet out of
1:14:42
that gun and it was right on the numbers.
1:14:45
Speaker 3: You can see what all the hype was about with
1:14:47
this young man.
1:14:49
Speaker 2: He was terrific leading Tennessee a year ago to the
1:14:51
college football playoff. Thomas in the backfield, Eamaliava claps his hands,
1:14:59
takes this half play action again. Pressure off the edge,
1:15:02
throwing down the field, didn't complete. Try to get that
1:15:05
ball to Mikey Matthews. Pressure off the edge from John
1:15:08
Henry Daily forced that throw wide, didn't complete.
1:15:11
Speaker 1: Second down, Yeah, that plays all John Henry Daily, I mean,
1:15:14
just gets a tremendous push in the pocket and of
1:15:16
course it disrupts to throw half second more, he might
1:15:19
get a sack or make that ball go up in
1:15:22
the air and get an interception. Turnover would be really
1:15:24
nice right here, Bill oh wouldn't it.
1:15:26
Speaker 3: Utah doesn't have one yet this year. That was an
1:15:29
emphasis of the offseason.
1:15:31
Speaker 2: Two backs to the backfield on second down and ten
1:15:33
from the Utah thirty four. Mikey Matthews motions out Wood
1:15:37
stays in iam Alaiava in the shotgut He's gonna pass
1:15:40
again looking to his right, firing to his right, Cott
1:15:42
to his right. Good open field tackle on the outside
1:15:46
by Blake Cotton as he got Gilmourt again. Gilmert's got
1:15:49
three catches on this drive. Third down at about five
1:15:51
coming up.
1:15:52
Speaker 1: Yeah, you have to fill this probably four downs. But
1:15:54
a really nice play by Blake Cotton there. I mean,
1:15:57
you know, it's about the best you can do. Open
1:16:00
field tackling is really hard in general, and it's super
1:16:03
hard that first game with the season as we're seeing here.
1:16:06
But that was excell tackle.
1:16:08
Speaker 2: Ruins two out of seven on third down. It's third
1:16:10
down in four here. They spread the field with three
1:16:13
receivers left and one to the right hand side of
1:16:15
back of the backfield.
1:16:18
Speaker 3: It's Woods i.
1:16:19
Speaker 2: Imali avida pass pressure coming, dumps it over the middle,
1:16:22
caught and dropped. He had Gilmer again right near first
1:16:26
down yardage. But pressure for the backside. That time forced
1:16:30
it out and that's gonna bring up fourth down coverage
1:16:34
on the play by Scooby Davis. And now UCLA will
1:16:37
send their kicker out to attempt the field goal. Here
1:16:42
field goal of about we'll call it forty six yards
1:16:46
from the right. Hash Bgani who had along of fifty
1:16:50
seven a year ago. He's got a big leg. Let's
1:16:54
see if Utah comes after it. The teamani ready snap back.
1:17:02
It's high, the hold is good, the kick is high,
1:17:04
it's away, and it's good big leg by Begani. It's
1:17:10
not a touchdown, but they pay it off with points.
1:17:13
If you see La out of the locker room, tax
1:17:14
three on board. They're down twenty three to ten. Time
1:17:17
out on the field, twelve thirty eight to play. Here
1:17:19
in the third Devin damp Pier in the Utah offense.
1:17:22
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quick thought, how's the tackling been for your liking here
1:17:39
in this ball game, first game at.
1:17:40
Speaker 4: All, first game of of the year. I actually like
1:17:43
if it's something.
1:17:43
Speaker 1: To grow on you.
1:17:44
Speaker 5: Of course you're not perfect, but you can get at it.
1:17:46
They're keeping guys in front of him. They just got
1:17:48
to finish this game.
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Speaker 2: That sideline update brought to you by Ken Garth Bighani
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has a teed up in his own thirty five. Smith's Stowe,
1:17:55
who had what bounce off his face mask last time?
1:17:58
This is returnable. If Smith wants to from the five,
1:18:01
he'll take it to the ten. Try to break it
1:18:02
outside twenty stays on his feet and.
1:18:04
Speaker 3: He'll be dropped right there.
1:18:06
Speaker 2: It's easier to cut back on a play from scrimmage
1:18:09
than it is on a kickoff in traffic, and Smith
1:18:12
picks up about fifteen on the return, it'll be an
1:18:14
eighty yard field here for Utah and Devin Damp here.
1:18:17
Speaker 1: Have big improvement from the first one, so you know,
1:18:20
getting a live rep at it. It's a real thing,
1:18:22
and he did a much better job of it. Right there.
1:18:24
Speaker 2: Offense comes to the field. Brought to you by bud Light.
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Easy to drink it, easy to enjoy. Devin damp period
1:18:29
a good clean first half throwing and running brings the
1:18:33
offense out way Shaan Parker with him, two receivers left,
1:18:36
two receivers right. Utah faces a four man rush hand
1:18:40
off Parker. He's gonna bust to the outside Wayshan on
1:18:43
his feet thirty. He's shy of the thirty. They'll see
1:18:46
he steps out of bounds at about the twenty nine
1:18:48
yard line. Be a game of nine on first down,
1:18:50
but a flag behind the play, and this one's coming
1:18:52
back on Utah.
1:18:54
Speaker 3: It's gonna be a hole.
1:18:57
Speaker 2: Offen Summer seventy one ten the replay, first out the
1:19:02
talented left tackle who's getting a lot of NFL looks.
1:19:06
Caleb Lomu called for that infraction, and that's going to
1:19:09
back them up ten yards. It'll be first and twenty
1:19:11
back of the ten yard.
1:19:12
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a that's a questionable call there, and you
1:19:15
know the back dips to the inside, so he sat
1:19:17
where he's supposed to be and then then just right.
1:19:20
And that's a real ticky call if you asked me.
1:19:23
Speaker 2: Snowed in the backfield with Parker on second first down
1:19:26
and twenty now they motioned Stode out handed away Sean
1:19:29
Parker again, he picks his way forward, he picks up seven,
1:19:32
go about the seventeen yard line. That nine yard game
1:19:35
was a race, but a nice seven yard game. I'll
1:19:37
tell you what. I've been impressed with both Parker and
1:19:39
Rogers tonight, haven't you.
1:19:40
Speaker 1: Yeah. It's at north south running and they're they're but
1:19:43
they're also patient and they're just really good at hitting
1:19:45
the whole little counter right there on that last play,
1:19:48
and they got a little shake in their in their
1:19:50
move to get outside and do some fun stuff.
1:19:52
Speaker 2: Second and thirteen, empty backfield for Devin Dan Pierre. He's
1:19:55
going to roll to his right, avoid traffic, come back
1:19:57
to his left, nearly fell down to the end zone.
1:20:00
Now Devon's looking down the field, he's gonna keep it
1:20:02
and duck out of bounds at about.
1:20:03
Speaker 3: The twenty one yard line.
1:20:05
Speaker 2: A lot of running that time to pick up all
1:20:07
of about four yards and he nearly went down on
1:20:10
the goal line.
1:20:11
Speaker 1: Third down and nine coming up. Yeah, that guy, you know,
1:20:15
he's uh man, he's got some magic in him because
1:20:17
he should have been sacked right there. And he was
1:20:20
the best in the country at this year ago. And
1:20:22
you're you're seeing why tonight because that two or three
1:20:25
yard game was extremely impressive.
1:20:28
Speaker 2: Snowed in the backfield, four wide receivers in the formation
1:20:32
they appeared to pass, gumps it out of the backfield.
1:20:34
That snowed Smith to the outside first down yardage thirty.
1:20:38
It built it out of bounds and about the thirty
1:20:40
three yard line. That's a pickup of twelve in a
1:20:42
first down. Strafford forced him out of bounds on that
1:20:45
far side, but everybody ran downfield. Smith was by himself
1:20:49
with the flat picked up twelve.
1:20:50
Speaker 1: Yeah, huge right there, and he just outleveraged the defense
1:20:53
and then he just uses athleticism to have the awareness
1:20:56
to get the first down. But you know that a
1:20:59
couple of extra yard was enough so they could get
1:21:01
the first down from.
1:21:02
Speaker 2: Damp Pierre on to play before Snowden stays with the backfield.
1:21:04
On first and ten from the thirty two, Davis in
1:21:07
motion damp Pier to pass outside the Smith Snowden again,
1:21:10
he's got running room to the outside on his feet
1:21:13
forty and down after an eight yard gain. If he
1:21:15
steps out of that tackle, he's up the sidelining out
1:21:18
the gate.
1:21:18
Speaker 1: Strafford with the tackled again. What a fun play that
1:21:21
was like it looked like it was a pass, but
1:21:23
it was actually a screen. And he comes in motion
1:21:26
and then he looks like he's gonna run across the field.
1:21:28
Then he steps to the outside, and then he just
1:21:31
lets those offensive linemen lead up the field. And that's
1:21:34
creative playmaking right there. Calling by Jason Becker.
1:21:38
Speaker 2: Second down and two, damp Pierre takes the snap again,
1:21:41
pumps once, spires to the outside, caught, got his man.
1:21:44
Ryan Davis hauls it in at the forty six for
1:21:48
a gain of four the first down. Those two connected
1:21:50
fifty four times a year ago at New Mexico.
1:21:52
Speaker 3: That's their first connection here tonight.
1:21:55
Speaker 1: Yeah, just not one hundred percent clean on just those
1:21:58
pure dropback plays, there'd be a little bit easier than
1:22:01
it has been.
1:22:03
Speaker 2: First and ten from the forty six, Devin the pass again,
1:22:05
fires outside, caught again Ryan Davis again into UCLA territory
1:22:10
and down to the forty seven yard line for a
1:22:12
gain of six yards.
1:22:14
Speaker 3: Forty eight yard line gain of six.
1:22:16
Speaker 1: Nice balance here too. I mean Utahs run the ball
1:22:19
early in this drive and then they've had some high
1:22:21
percentage throws. They're like those candy candy store throws where
1:22:25
everyone's open. You just go and pick whatever you want.
1:22:27
Speaker 2: Three former Lobos on the field, Dan Pierre, Davis, and
1:22:30
Rogers back into the backfield. On second down and four
1:22:34
from the UCLA forty eight yard line, four receivers in
1:22:37
the pattern for Dan Pierre gonna hand it to Rogers
1:22:39
this time to carry inside the forty five, very close
1:22:42
to first down yardage, and they gonna give it to him.
1:22:44
They are got to the forty four for a gain
1:22:46
of four. To know the Utah first down.
1:22:48
Speaker 1: Man, it makes it so easy for you as as
1:22:50
a coordinator when that line just gets that search. He's
1:22:52
just your four yards before you're even touched. Are you looking?
1:22:55
You like what you're seeing up front tonight. I've liked
1:22:58
it from play one. I mean they just both both
1:23:00
in pass protection and running football. This offensive line is
1:23:04
is very very good.
1:23:05
Speaker 2: Keith Olsen's in the backfield, the big offensive line and
1:23:08
emotions out of bounds. Now on first and ten, Parker
1:23:12
back of the ball game grows the flankers screen to
1:23:14
the outside. It's caught there by Buchanan. The tight end
1:23:17
JJ stays on his feet down to the forty two
1:23:19
almost forty one yard line for.
1:23:21
Speaker 3: A gain of five.
1:23:22
Speaker 2: Oh well, actually we'll call that about a gain of
1:23:24
three JJ. Part of that Las Vegas connection. Dalton Kinkaid
1:23:29
a Vegas guy a couple of years ago. Coaching staff
1:23:32
likes this true freshman a lot too. He had a
1:23:33
really good faull.
1:23:34
Speaker 1: Yeah, they love him, and you heard a lot about him.
1:23:36
That played just a little too long to develop there,
1:23:39
And of course he didn't have any blockers wide receiver.
1:23:42
Kind of left him hanging.
1:23:43
Speaker 2: Kind of hard to make a game without any blocking
1:23:45
in front. Second down and seven for the bruin forty one,
1:23:49
the laid handoff, Parker picking his way forward forty thirty nine,
1:23:52
stays on his feet, bounces off a tackler and down
1:23:56
to the thirty five yard line. Goes way Sean Parker
1:24:00
down just shy of the thirty five and be third
1:24:01
down in about a yard and a half. But he
1:24:03
pinballed his way down for that game.
1:24:05
Speaker 1: Yeah, Rogers and Parker Man, they're just there. They are interchangeable,
1:24:09
and they're just it's just it's like one is just
1:24:12
gonna hitch you and then the next one's gonna hit you.
1:24:14
And you just see you start seeing these defensive line
1:24:16
with misstackles because they're just getting pounded into submission here
1:24:20
by this this offense.
1:24:21
Speaker 2: How about this guy utaw eight for nine on third down,
1:24:24
dam Pierre goes under center, turns and gives Rogers first
1:24:28
down yard has follows his blockers down to the thirty
1:24:31
yard line for a gate of six or now nine
1:24:33
out of ten on third down.
1:24:34
Speaker 1: Well, and I love the design of this because you know,
1:24:37
you get that lead blocker just helps you for any
1:24:40
kind of cleaning up, any kind of early penetration from
1:24:42
the defense.
1:24:43
Speaker 2: He's gonna do it again right here with Dan Pierre
1:24:45
turning and giving it to Rogers again, following his blockers
1:24:47
forward a shorter game that time only picked up about
1:24:50
a yard and a half down the other twenty seven
1:24:53
yard line.
1:24:54
Speaker 1: Well, I guarantee you there's a pass playoff of this
1:24:56
right here, because they if you see, LA could have
1:24:59
two twelve minute the line of scrimmage, they would have
1:25:01
and they had eleven very close.
1:25:05
Speaker 2: Hunter Andrews checks in. He's gonna line up next to
1:25:08
Devon dam Pire. Keith Olson also stays in the ballgame.
1:25:13
They line him up as a tight end to the
1:25:14
left slot. Three receivers in the pattern for Utah and
1:25:17
second down and eight, Devn throws it out flanker screen
1:25:21
caught by Smith's note. Down near the twenty one yard
1:25:24
line is where he goes. He'll pick up about seven yards.
1:25:28
Devin Opu makes the tackle for UCLA third down at
1:25:31
short coming up.
1:25:32
Speaker 1: You know this offense, it just looks like they're they
1:25:34
kind of hit you with something and you don't know
1:25:36
what it is, and then they moved on to the
1:25:38
next thing. I mean, it's heavy formation. Now it's flanker screen,
1:25:42
and it's it's run. It's just a really good mix
1:25:46
and balance of offense.
1:25:48
Speaker 2: Third down and two for Utah, empty backfield for dam Pierre.
1:25:51
Speaker 3: He brings smith S note in motion.
1:25:53
Speaker 2: Devon's gonna keep it himself, picks his way forward first
1:25:55
down yardage to the eighteen he needed too. He picked
1:25:58
up three on now ten for eleven on third down.
1:26:03
Speaker 1: Well, and when you have those shorter third downs and
1:26:06
there's so many different options you have, I mean, how
1:26:08
do you stop it? A lot of that run right
1:26:11
there was Devin Dampierre. I think if he handed off
1:26:13
to Smith's note and he might he might be running
1:26:15
up to the San Fernando Valley right now no one
1:26:18
was there.
1:26:19
Speaker 2: You saw four for four on third down. Now on
1:26:21
this drive inside the Canyon View Credit Union red zone
1:26:25
for a fourth time today, Rogers next to Dan Pierre
1:26:30
hand off Rogers that time stacked up after a short
1:26:34
gain of only about a yard down to the seventeen
1:26:36
yard line. That was about as well as UCLA's played
1:26:39
the run all that long, well.
1:26:40
Speaker 1: And they had everyone at the line, I mean clearly
1:26:42
at the line of screwage. It's just about time for
1:26:44
a nice play action past someone is going to be
1:26:46
running wide open.
1:26:47
Speaker 2: This was about the spot on the field where they
1:26:48
threw one to Landern Bartin for a touchdown in the
1:26:50
first half. Davis out wide right, you can into the left.
1:26:56
Second down and nine, here comes Davis in motion, pass
1:27:00
over the middle, cock tight ends, got it Dallan Bentley
1:27:03
inside the ten, very close to first down yardage of
1:27:06
the eight yard line.
1:27:07
Speaker 3: Third catch tonight for Dallan Bentley.
1:27:09
Speaker 1: Yeah, really nice throw too, and I like the rhythm
1:27:12
of it with Damn Pierre.
1:27:13
Speaker 3: You know, he's seven for seven now on this drives,
1:27:15
got and.
1:27:16
Speaker 1: Just feeling very comfortable here. But he sees it bo
1:27:19
he throws it. Great location and it's a tight throw
1:27:21
right there.
1:27:23
Speaker 2: Another third down, third down at about half a yard here,
1:27:28
damp Pierre under center.
1:27:29
Speaker 3: Let's see if they play something off it.
1:27:31
Speaker 2: Nope, they're going to turn and give it to Rogers
1:27:34
and Rogers gets down to about the five yard line.
1:27:36
That's gonna be a first down and goal at the
1:27:38
UCLA five. John John Vonds made the tackle. But how
1:27:41
about Keith Olsen playing the role of fullback tonight.
1:27:43
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the Bubba package right there. Man put Bubba
1:27:46
in there and Bubba Olsen. Man let him run. That's
1:27:48
that's it's hard to beat them. Just Temember the.
1:27:50
Speaker 3: Old refrigerator Parry lining up in the backfield.
1:27:52
Speaker 1: Too, and they didn't stop it. Then it just it just.
1:27:55
Speaker 3: Walking for Walter Payton.
1:27:56
Speaker 2: Yeah, first and goal from the five for Utah full
1:27:59
house backfield. Bentley motions out, Damn Pierre turns and gives
1:28:03
Rogers picking his way forward near the goal line, stopped
1:28:07
about a yard shorts. They'll mark him down at the
1:28:09
one and a half and it'll be second down.
1:28:11
Speaker 1: In gold. Rogers was in a four point stance. He's like,
1:28:16
everyone knows what's gonna happen, but it's it's so hard
1:28:18
to stop because you just have more guys than they have.
1:28:20
You know, it's like the touch push. It's it's just
1:28:23
a different version of a play leg.
1:28:24
Speaker 3: Would you run bootleg here?
1:28:27
Speaker 1: I mean they're gonna try to just run it down
1:28:30
their throat, is what they're damp.
1:28:31
Speaker 2: You're under center, full house, backfield again, turning to give
1:28:34
to Rogers again. This time he's stuffed at the two
1:28:37
yard line. Ucla just brought more people than Utah could
1:28:41
block that time. Jalen Woods was in on the tackle
1:28:45
for UCLA. It'll be third down in gold now from
1:28:47
about the two and a half.
1:28:48
Speaker 1: Would I have run bootleg? Sure? On that plague.
1:28:52
Speaker 2: Everybody was sold out to the middle. If Devin just
1:28:55
fakes it and goes around the edge, and I gotta
1:28:56
catch you and.
1:28:57
Speaker 1: And someone should have blocked that. And they just they
1:29:00
submarined under there and just stopped back in the backfield.
1:29:02
And that's why you have that.
1:29:04
Speaker 2: I think they're eleven or twelve now on third down
1:29:07
and five for five on this drive. Third down in
1:29:10
gold damp. Pierre turns and rolls to his right. Dam
1:29:13
Pierce throws toward the end zone. Is it caught incomplete?
1:29:18
Trying to get into Larry Simmons. Simmons slip ball was
1:29:21
a little low. And now we'll see if Utah goes
1:29:23
for it here.
1:29:24
Speaker 3: I think they might.
1:29:24
Speaker 2: They're gonna keep the offense out there. Well they bring
1:29:26
the field goal team out. Nope, they're gonna bring the
1:29:28
field goal team out. I think, nope, they're keeping the
1:29:33
offense out there. Scott third down making now fourth down
1:29:37
and goal from about the two.
1:29:38
Speaker 1: What do you run here? Well, I didn't really like.
1:29:41
I'll tell you what I run. I'd run like quarterback counter,
1:29:44
where you just you just let everyone leave, run counter
1:29:48
and run a quarterback right up to the middle.
1:29:49
Speaker 3: Damp Pier in to pass.
1:29:50
Speaker 2: He is running counter, follows his blockers into the end zone,
1:29:53
and that's a touchdown. Devin damp Pier from two yards
1:29:57
out followed his blockers off the right side and into
1:30:00
the end zone. He goes for a Utah touchdown, his
1:30:03
first rushing touchdown as a.
1:30:05
Speaker 1: Ute and untouched too. And that again could call their
1:30:10
coach run counter with the quarterback. You like it? And boy,
1:30:14
you can just see the efficiency of this team, you know,
1:30:16
in the red zone, because there's so many different looks
1:30:18
and so many different ways they attack you just very
1:30:21
well schemed here by Jason Beckett.
1:30:22
Speaker 2: This offense pat Dylan Curtis up and Dylan Curtis good.
1:30:28
Speaker 3: What a drive by Utah.
1:30:31
Speaker 2: What a drive by the Utes, paying off at a
1:30:35
pepsi touchdown, eating up the clock and tacking on more points.
1:30:40
Two point fifty to play here at the third Utah
1:30:42
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1:30:46
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1:31:03
UCLA first and ten for their own twenty two hand
1:31:06
off tailbacks got a little running room out to about
1:31:09
the thirty yard line for a game of eight. That
1:31:11
was Javi on Thomas, the man they called Jet from
1:31:13
the University of California.
1:31:15
Speaker 3: How about a stats spat stat.
1:31:17
Speaker 2: For you, bringing going back to the offense a minute ago,
1:31:20
UTA has twenty three first downs tonight. That's more than
1:31:23
eleven games a year ago. The only game they had
1:31:25
more than twenty three first downs was the SUU game. Ouch,
1:31:29
it's a different year. We're gonna say that a lot
1:31:31
this year. It's a different year offensively, clearly. Second down
1:31:35
in two, iam Aliaba brints a tight ended motion across
1:31:38
the formation. Nko stands in the shotgun and he's gonna
1:31:43
hand it to that tailback, and that tailback's gonna go nowhere.
1:31:46
Speaker 3: That was jb On Thomas.
1:31:48
Speaker 2: He got eight on the prior carry, not that time
1:31:49
stopped at the line of scrimmage.
1:31:50
Speaker 1: Third down and two coming up. Yeah, really nice play
1:31:53
by Lance Holtzklaw for no game. It's interesting. You know,
1:31:58
UCLA's like, now, I'm a lot, but they certainly seem
1:32:01
to have a lot of patience here. Run the ball
1:32:03
the last two times.
1:32:06
Speaker 2: Third down and two. Ucla two for eight on third down.
1:32:10
They've got to get to the thirty two, keep this
1:32:12
drive alive. Ninety seconds to play. Here in the third
1:32:15
Utah thirty Ucla town woods the back of the backfield,
1:32:21
diamaliavam Back's pass lots of time down the field. He
1:32:26
goes knocked away by Scoomy Davis as they tried to
1:32:29
squeeze that ball into Gilmur. Excellent read by Davis. He
1:32:33
gets there a second sooner, it might be a pick.
1:32:36
Speaker 1: Yeah, if it wasn't a high throw. Is this going
1:32:39
to be picked off? For sure?
1:32:40
Speaker 2: No punt team coming out for UCLA. They're leaving the
1:32:42
offense out there down thirty to ten late here in
1:32:45
the third big chance for the Utah defense to get
1:32:48
in essence of turnover. Here Bruins at their own thirty
1:32:52
yard live fourth down and two. They're one out of
1:32:54
two on fourth down tonight. Eam Aliava in the gun
1:33:03
surveys the defense, takes the snap, pressure coming, he scrambles
1:33:09
to his right, looks down the field. He's got the
1:33:11
first down beyond the thirty five to the thirty seven BMI.
1:33:15
Speaker 3: He made the tackle. You thought it a good DUBH cover.
1:33:18
Speaker 2: Hes just didn't have contain on the outside and the
1:33:21
legs of yam Alaiava made a pay Yeah.
1:33:22
Speaker 1: And I think if they called a holding on Utah
1:33:25
in that last series, they certainly should have called it
1:33:26
right there in that one looks like Man's It's a
1:33:31
pretty good thing.
1:33:33
Speaker 3: Seven yard game, first down UCLA.
1:33:35
Speaker 2: As we come up on a minute to play here
1:33:36
in the third quarter from their own thirty seven yard line.
1:33:39
Four man down front here for Utah and now an
1:33:41
empty backfield. Burger motions outam Aliavada pass pressure up the middle,
1:33:47
steps away from it, looking down the field. He's gonna
1:33:49
scramble down and be knocked out of bounds at about
1:33:52
the forty one yard line. Good pursuit there by Utah.
1:33:57
That's Cash Dylan, sophomore out of barn Or Canyon High School,
1:34:01
who did a nice job tracking him down after a
1:34:03
game of about four.
1:34:04
Speaker 1: It almost looks like Iamaliava is just letting the pass
1:34:08
rush go by him and then just kind of scrambling.
1:34:10
It's almost like he's not really looking down the field
1:34:13
to throw per se. It just, I don't know, there's
1:34:15
just a weird vibe with this offense right now.
1:34:18
Speaker 3: A lot of guys opened down the field.
1:34:19
Speaker 2: Second down and six inside of thirty seconds to play.
1:34:23
Speaker 1: Here the third.
1:34:27
Speaker 2: Nika play action pass throws quickly over the middle, ball
1:34:31
deflected Tao Johnson who maybe got a piece of that. Yeah, Tao,
1:34:36
playing safety up near the line of scrimmage, got a
1:34:38
hand up. They were trying to squeeze that into Mikey Matthews.
1:34:41
It goes in complete third down and long.
1:34:43
Speaker 1: And that's that's been where UCLA's had any success. Is
1:34:48
kind of that quick play action pop pass right over
1:34:51
the middle of the field. Tail kind of sensed it
1:34:54
should have had to pick six.
1:34:57
Speaker 2: So third down here, we'll call it about and a
1:35:00
half almost seven yards two out of nine on third
1:35:04
down are the Bruins Imliavita pass Utah bringing pressure right
1:35:11
up in his face and he's gonna be sacked. They
1:35:13
get to his feet and bring him down. Cash dillan in.
1:35:17
Who else was there? Nate Ritchie was there, John Henry
1:35:21
Daily was there. It was a defensive party in the
1:35:24
backfield right at the feet of Eamalaiabam. And that will
1:35:27
take us to the end of the third quarter with
1:35:29
fourth down on the way. It's been a dominant three
1:35:32
quarters here at the opener for Utah as they leaded
1:35:35
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1:35:38
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1:35:50
Fourth quarter on the way here at you with UCLA.
1:35:53
It's Utah thirty a Ucla ten. This is Utah football
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Watching third quarter numbers. Utah ninety total yards forty eight
1:36:14
passing forty two on the ground, Ucla sixty yards thirty
1:36:17
one passing twenty nine on the ground. Utah converted four
1:36:19
or five third down to UCLA. Oh for three. By
1:36:22
the way, that last sack, Let's get credit where credit's due.
1:36:25
Speaker 3: Cash Dilon got half a sack.
1:36:26
Speaker 2: But the freshman Carson Kafusi, yet another Kaufusi coming through Utah.
1:36:31
He got half a sack too, and he's only a
1:36:33
true freshman scout. They have a bright future with he
1:36:36
and Pupo and others and that defensive tackle spot.
1:36:39
Speaker 1: I think the coaches gave a pretty honest evaluation of
1:36:42
these players. You know, a lot of talent, a lot
1:36:44
of depth. They're young, but they're gonna get in the
1:36:48
mix of things. And you know, clearly UCLA is one
1:36:52
dimensional right now, and so those guys can just pin
1:36:56
their airs back and let a rip, which is what
1:36:59
is which is what they're doing. But the exciting thing
1:37:02
is that they can actually let something rip, you know,
1:37:05
they can get to the quarterback. And that's that's a
1:37:07
good thing to feel.
1:37:08
Speaker 2: And looking forward to seeing everyone next week. Scott home
1:37:11
opener against cal Poly four o'clock Mountain time kickoff, so
1:37:14
you both need to stay up.
1:37:16
Speaker 1: All night long.
1:37:17
Speaker 2: And Ron McBride and Roy Jefferson going in the Ring
1:37:20
of Honor next week, which would be fantastic. All in fact,
1:37:24
be interviewing Coach Mack on my Crimson Corner podcast which
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1:37:38
Speaker 1: Well well deserved. I mean, you know, he really turned
1:37:41
the corner for Utah and was such a big part in.
1:37:46
Speaker 2: How they developed players. None of this happened. He built
1:37:50
the foundation.
1:37:51
Speaker 1: They just really understood where to find players and turned
1:37:53
two stars into four stars and three stars.
1:37:56
Speaker 2: Hunter there shot Oh man almost blocked called for by
1:38:01
Glover and taking it about the nineteen yard line just
1:38:04
about got that to Will Carroll instead.
1:38:09
Speaker 3: It's a time out on the field.
1:38:10
Speaker 2: Utah will take over with an eighty one yard field
1:38:12
in front of them and try to put a dagger
1:38:14
in the bruins here early in the fourth quarter, fourteen
1:38:17
fifty four to play here in the fourth time out
1:38:18
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That's Scott Mitchell slides downstairs thirty to ten Utah. They've
1:39:12
got a first and tent at their own nineteen yard line.
1:39:14
Devin dam Pierre going under center, turns and gives it
1:39:17
why Sean Parker. Parker picks his way forward. We're off
1:39:20
that left side, following Klobu with others and picks up
1:39:23
about three to the twenty two yard line.
1:39:27
Speaker 1: Yeah. So often, you know that edge where the tight
1:39:30
end is, they get that outside penetration and you just
1:39:33
can't get around that side. You tied in a nice job, got.
1:39:36
Speaker 2: A daep's spataforce spats dat. He's on fire tonight. The
1:39:39
last time you tied a twenty play drive like they
1:39:41
had on the last drive was twenty sixteen. You know
1:39:44
what's similar between this in twenty sixteen the offensive line.
1:39:48
Here's Parker again on a counterplay that time and picks
1:39:52
up about two yards after the twenty four yard line.
1:39:54
They were just grinding people with Garrett Bowles and Isen
1:39:57
Gaciada that year the way they did UCLA.
1:40:00
Speaker 3: That last drive.
1:40:01
Speaker 1: This is kind of a fun play. It's almost like
1:40:04
one of those running shoot sprint draws.
1:40:06
Speaker 2: This is third down seven coming up here. So we
1:40:08
haven't had many third launch that night, have with no but.
1:40:11
Speaker 1: That last play was interesting. And then they run drawback
1:40:14
away from the way they pulled.
1:40:16
Speaker 2: Utah eleven for thirteen. On third down, they've got to
1:40:18
get to the twenty nine yard line. Damp here by
1:40:21
himself in the gun Parker, the motion man they handed
1:40:24
away Sean. He's into the open field and very close
1:40:27
to first down yardage. He needed the twenty nine. They're
1:40:30
gonna give it to him and move the chains for
1:40:33
a first down. That's a gain of seven. Parker did
1:40:35
a great job of following the blocks around that right
1:40:38
end and picked up the yardage needed for a Utah
1:40:40
first down to keep the drive a lot.
1:40:41
Speaker 1: Yeah, and so so much that these guys have been
1:40:44
running straight ahead, you know, Wayshan and Rogers and that
1:40:49
one he kind of went out on the edge. I'm
1:40:51
kind of a fly sweep and showed some nifty footwork.
1:40:55
Speaker 2: Clock running at thirteen thirteen to play here in the
1:40:57
fourth quarter, Utah by twenty thirty to ten. Kind of
1:41:01
taking their time now, letting that plate clock evaporate down
1:41:05
a little bit. Five of the play clock hand off
1:41:09
around this near edge. Is that Smith's note it is?
1:41:12
And Smith picks up minimal yardage. It's about three out
1:41:15
of the thirty two yard line. He's been a really
1:41:18
effective weapon in the run game tonight.
1:41:20
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, he has. And he's such a talent on
1:41:22
the edge like that, and a pretty nifty runner, you know.
1:41:26
Unfortunately he gets out of bounds. This is the four
1:41:28
minute offense. You want to stay in bounds. Snapped the
1:41:31
clock a little bit later, kind of milk milk, some
1:41:33
time off the clock.
1:41:35
Speaker 2: Here three receivers to the left for Utah Rogers in
1:41:39
the backfield with Dan Pierro on second down in seventh
1:41:41
for the Utah thirty two. Devin's going to pass fires outside.
1:41:44
It's pot there to the forty forty two forty three.
1:41:48
He goes Ryan Davis enough for a first down. He
1:41:52
needed seven and he picked up almost ten and Utah
1:41:56
continues to.
1:41:57
Speaker 1: Move the chains.
1:41:58
Speaker 3: Those two have connected a few times down through the year.
1:42:00
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just like when he when Devin reads it
1:42:03
and throws it and doesn't hold it. You know, that's
1:42:05
something that will just help him down the road.
1:42:08
Speaker 2: Another throw on first down, this one over the middle
1:42:10
Colt again, that's JJ. Buchanan keeps his feet beyond the
1:42:13
fifty and down to the UCLA forty one yard line.
1:42:17
Goes JJ Buchanan. Nice pitch and catch that time. Great
1:42:21
hands by Buchanan. That ball was a little bit behind him.
1:42:23
Cole Mark made the tackle for UCLA and that's that
1:42:26
second window. You know Devin has enough savvy to not
1:42:29
throw it early. It would have been picked tempo now
1:42:31
for Utah. Damn Pierre checks with the sideline. They'll let
1:42:35
the play clock trickle down just a bit. It's at
1:42:37
twenty now. He goes to the line and changes the play.
1:42:40
Two receivers right to the left hand side, Rogers next
1:42:44
to him. On first and ten for the Bruin forty
1:42:46
yard line. Rogers follows his blocks inside the forty and
1:42:52
down to about the thirty eight yard line for a
1:42:54
game of almost three yards. Utah just grinding again on
1:42:57
this drive as Nikiri, Rodgers and Sean Parker just keeps swapping.
1:43:01
Speaker 1: In and out. It almost feels like Utah's at found
1:43:04
ready to just bust one. You know, they just have
1:43:07
pounded and pounded and pounded, and then a lot like
1:43:11
Zach mossh Us to Dude Jackson, Benny splits wide to
1:43:14
the right hand side.
1:43:15
Speaker 2: Keep an eye on him. He's a good deep thread here.
1:43:18
Second down in seven for the brewin thirty eight yard nine.
1:43:21
Now Benny comes in motion, cuts back to the inside.
1:43:23
Damn Pierre looking the pass, scrambling to the outside, looking
1:43:26
down the field. He's got Merry Weather at the ten.
1:43:29
Tobias Mary Weather rolls himself down to the two yard
1:43:32
line a gain of thirty six yards on a ball run,
1:43:37
A ball that was thrown on the run by Devin
1:43:39
damp Pierre to Tobias Mary whether his first catches.
1:43:42
Speaker 1: At you, Yeah, Devin can just lead him a little
1:43:45
bit on that throw. It's just an easy touchdown, a
1:43:48
little too much air as a result.
1:43:50
Speaker 2: It's first in goal at the UCLA two yard line
1:43:53
and back again inside the canyon. Do you credit Union
1:43:56
red zone for Utah? And Carrie Rodgers the tailback for Utah.
1:44:00
On first and goal, they line up in a power formation,
1:44:03
Hunter Andrews and Keith Olson on the left hand side.
1:44:07
Damp Pierre looks rolls throws end zone touchdown Dallon Bentley.
1:44:12
The tight ends always open and he was in the
1:44:15
back of the end zone and it's a Utah touchdown.
1:44:18
Second touchdown pass tonight for Devin damp Pierre, both of
1:44:22
them to his tight ends. Well, and they've run the ball.
1:44:24
Speaker 1: This is that Bubba packets there with Olsen and just
1:44:28
a great They set that up so nicely, but it
1:44:31
was because they've been running the ball. UCLA's just like, man,
1:44:34
can we just get out of this game already? He
1:44:36
love those throws as a quarterback when the guys is
1:44:38
wide open like that.
1:44:39
Speaker 2: Well, the Bruin fans are now headed to the exits
1:44:41
here in Pasadena as Utah extends it's leading out of
1:44:45
thirty six to ten on that Pepsi touchdown to Dallon Bentley,
1:44:49
Dallan's first career touchdown catch as a ute and now
1:44:52
Utah is going to go for two here. Damp Pierre
1:44:58
checks with the wristband lake lock at fourteen, calls the
1:45:03
play at the line of scrimmage. The Cary Rodgers with
1:45:06
it motion man s fists note option play outside Rogers
1:45:11
cuts back to the inside will be stopped short of
1:45:14
the end zone and denied on the two point conversion.
1:45:16
That one was a little messy for the get go Chisholm,
1:45:19
the safety made the tackle.
1:45:21
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just that ADS rusher is just not taken
1:45:23
care of and they can't get a clean pitch right there.
1:45:26
Devin would have been better just to hold it to
1:45:28
the inside, just followed his blockers at Conrad in the endzone.
1:45:31
Speaker 2: Time out on the field with ten oh five to play,
1:45:34
all Utah here tonight, Pasadena, It's Utah thirty six and
1:45:39
the UCLA Bruins ten for the Bigo Tires broadcast booth
1:45:41
at Utah Football from ESPN seven hundred, the Youth Sports
1:45:45
Radio Network. That last scoring drive nine plays eighty one yards,
1:45:49
almost five minutes off the clock. Devon day Appear was
1:45:52
four for four for sixty seven yards and through his
1:45:55
second touchdown pass. Kudos to Dallan Bentley. It's a guy
1:45:58
that's been in this program for a while while was
1:46:00
an All American at Stowe Junior College. Has bided his
1:46:03
time and it's had a nice night tonight, gets his
1:46:05
first Utah touchdown.
1:46:07
Speaker 1: Yeah, and what I like is they're not pulling off
1:46:09
the throttle here you know, it's just like they're still running.
1:46:14
Their offense is still attacking the defense and just finishing
1:46:18
the game nicely. But down Yeah, he's a talent. And
1:46:21
again I like what Jason Beck has done just getting
1:46:25
a lot of people involved in this offense. It's gonna
1:46:28
help down the road.
1:46:30
Speaker 2: Jade Marshall back deep to receive this kickoff from Dylan Curtis.
1:46:35
Dylan hasn't hit him all in the ends.
1:46:37
Speaker 1: He's got a.
1:46:37
Speaker 2: Couple of touchbacks. Coverage has been pretty good though tonight
1:46:40
for Utah. You know, Dylan's got that big leg. He
1:46:42
hit the fifty four yard field goal just before halftime.
1:46:46
Ten oh five to play, second half being brought to
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you by University of Utah Health Rank and Footage, drive
1:46:55
high and end over end. Marshall can bring it out
1:46:57
if he wants to, but he will not. He'll take
1:46:59
a knee five yard steep and Iamaliaba and that UCLA
1:47:03
offense will come out first intent from their own twenty
1:47:05
five yard line. I guess my question for you, Scott
1:47:08
is how long does Devin Dan Pierce stay in the
1:47:10
game in through Utah.
1:47:12
Speaker 3: You're up thirty six ten.
1:47:14
Speaker 2: These are probably if you get it back, there'll be
1:47:16
five or six minutes left. You led, Isaac Wilson, come out,
1:47:19
take a serious.
1:47:20
Speaker 1: It doesn't hurt you to do that. And again you
1:47:22
got you gotta learn about like preserving your team and
1:47:26
about maintaining your depth and being able to rest guys
1:47:29
early on in the season is a huge thing.
1:47:32
Speaker 2: Iamaliaba first intent from his own twenty five, Anthony Woods
1:47:35
next to him. He go's gonna pass lots of time
1:47:38
for man rush Rose in the flat, overshoots his man
1:47:40
in the flat.
1:47:41
Speaker 3: That's his tight end.
1:47:42
Speaker 2: Peterson, who's open coverage was coming pretty quick on the
1:47:45
outside there.
1:47:47
Speaker 1: And those are the ones we tell, like, you know,
1:47:49
because Nico's been really accurate throwing the football here and
1:47:52
it's just kind of like, eh, this game's kind of
1:47:55
out of hand.
1:47:55
Speaker 2: Jackson Benny, who's played both ways and night offense and defense,
1:47:59
had the coverage in the flat and when he complete
1:48:01
second down at ten, coming up.
1:48:04
Speaker 1: Yeah, Jackson Benny's done a nice job tonight.
1:48:06
Speaker 2: He's a really talented player, just a sophomore. Iamaliavaa pass
1:48:10
Oh takes a big old hit but completes that passed
1:48:13
down the field of the forty. Another tight end shot
1:48:16
that time he didn't miss. Jack Peterson, red shirt junior
1:48:20
tight end made the catch and had a nice run
1:48:22
after catch, and that picks up fifteen in the first down.
1:48:24
Speaker 1: As Jackson Benny who hit Nico.
1:48:27
Speaker 2: Niko's gonna go hurry up, a lot of movement, no flag,
1:48:30
he's hitting from behind, but dumps it off into the
1:48:32
flat out in the flat he's got Hoods breaks the
1:48:34
tackle fifty after the Woods up ended out of bounds
1:48:38
by John Nehu Hall. But in Utah territory and out
1:48:41
of bounds. I'm gonna mark keep it about the forty
1:48:43
seven yard line.
1:48:45
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's speaking of Jackson Benny. He's the one who
1:48:48
missed the open field tackle right there.
1:48:51
Speaker 2: After he put the big hit in the play before
1:48:53
on Iamalaiava. First and ten of the Utah forty seven
1:48:56
for Nico. Pressure again coming scrambling down, he go John
1:49:01
Henry Daily there, Lance Holtzklaw as well, and Utah gets
1:49:05
sacked number four.
1:49:06
Speaker 1: Tonight's on iam Aliaba. Yeah, and this is that fun
1:49:11
package that NASCAR where you know they don't have a
1:49:13
tackle in the game right now. They're all defensive ends, yeap,
1:49:16
and they just kind of and mix. You know they
1:49:18
can drop back and coverage, they can blitz. They blitzed
1:49:20
right there and got to the quarterback.
1:49:23
Speaker 2: He lost seven on that play. John Henry Daily's had
1:49:26
a really nice game tonight. All those Utah defensive ends.
1:49:29
Half second down in seventeen back in the UCLA forty six,
1:49:34
he gonna pass again, blitz coming over the middle.
1:49:37
Speaker 3: It's taught and intercept it.
1:49:40
Speaker 2: On the run inside the thirty five to the Utah
1:49:44
to the UCLA thirty yard line.
1:49:47
Speaker 1: That's Trey Reynolds.
1:49:49
Speaker 2: Reynolds the linebacker just standing there at iam Aliaba, threw
1:49:52
it right to it.
1:49:54
Speaker 3: Had a boy, Trey.
1:49:55
Speaker 2: There's the turnover Utah wanted him needed, and they've got it.
1:49:59
First in ten when we get back, Trey Reynolds with
1:50:03
his first career interception and the Utah defense comes up
1:50:07
with a big turnoff. Time out on the field. Eight
1:50:10
thirty seven to play. It's Utah thirty six and UCLA
1:50:14
ten for the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and the Big
1:50:17
O' Tires broadcast booth. It's Utah football from ESPN seven
1:50:20
hundred and the Youth Sports Radio Network.
1:50:23
Speaker 1: Trey Reynolds gets his.
1:50:24
Speaker 2: First career interception and returns it to the UCLA twenty
1:50:27
nine slide. They love this kid in that linebacker room,
1:50:30
don't they.
1:50:31
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, he brings to everything from special teams to
1:50:34
being a rotational player. He's doing it the right way,
1:50:37
did the dirty work. Now he's in the rotation. But
1:50:40
he was in the right place at the right time.
1:50:42
He read the screen just overthrown by I Maayava.
1:50:46
Speaker 1: And he got it.
1:50:47
Speaker 5: Alms Like you guys said, he almost had a pig
1:50:48
six if he can get out of the grafts of
1:50:50
one of those guys.
1:50:51
Speaker 2: Sideline update brought to you by Ken Garth. We hear
1:50:54
you first, intend Utah after the turnover at the UCLA
1:50:56
twenty nine Devin Dampier stays in the ball game and
1:51:02
he's got way shot Parker with him here Merriweather on
1:51:07
the outside, two receivers in the left slot, cutting Hunter
1:51:10
Andrews hand off. Parker got grabbed it looked like by
1:51:14
the face mask and wrapped up and taken down just
1:51:16
behind the line of scrimmage. No flag on the play,
1:51:19
that'll bring up second down in long You see La
1:51:21
just selling out to the run that time. Gary Smith
1:51:23
made the tackle and.
1:51:25
Speaker 1: It almost felt like Devin could have held onto that
1:51:28
ball and gone around the end. Sometimes they're just called
1:51:33
dives and sometimes it's a reed.
1:51:35
Speaker 2: You know, Devin taking his time. They call to play
1:51:38
at the line of scrimmage. No huddles this year for Utah.
1:51:41
Second down in ten, damp here in the gun brings
1:51:44
Hunter Andrews into the backfield.
1:51:45
Speaker 3: They hand it off the hunter. Hunter picks his way.
1:51:47
Speaker 2: Forward, still on his feet, twenty to the fifteen, inside
1:51:51
the ten, Hunter Andrews all the way to the five
1:51:53
yard line.
1:51:55
Speaker 1: Oh, the big fella from Katie, Texas rumbling.
1:51:58
Speaker 2: Inside the ten to the five and a game of
1:52:01
twenty five yards and into the Canyon View Credit Union
1:52:05
red zone once again for Utah.
1:52:07
Speaker 1: That guy gotta he's got to be on the field
1:52:09
more than he is. That that that was special right there.
1:52:12
That that was That was a great read, hard run there.
1:52:16
Speaker 2: But but he was a tremendous place back in high school.
1:52:19
They've got him playing h back and tight end now.
1:52:21
But you saw his skills with the ball. First in
1:52:23
goal Utah, just inside the five of the UCLA four
1:52:27
yard line, jumbo backfield. They motioned Dalli Bentley out Carnegh
1:52:32
Gibbon the Rogers. Nikerey picks his way forward, stays on
1:52:35
his feet, spins down to the one yard line. It'll
1:52:38
be second down in goal. That is an effective formation
1:52:41
in short yardage for Utah.
1:52:42
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's what I really like that one. Jason
1:52:45
did that at New Mexico, and I'm just so glad
1:52:47
to see it here because it's it's just so hard,
1:52:50
you know, you just most of the time don't get
1:52:52
that early surge from the defense and then you just
1:52:56
got just got a ton of blockers. He's like trying
1:52:58
to stop it.
1:53:00
Speaker 2: Second down in goal at about the one yard line
1:53:02
here for Utah, Rogers stays in the ball game. We'll
1:53:05
see if they go with that full house backfield again
1:53:07
to play clock down to ten. They are actually huddling
1:53:10
now they come to the ball. Dan Pierre goes under center.
1:53:13
He's got Bentley in motion, Keith Olsen blocking Rogers, pushing
1:53:17
end zone. Touchdown, touchdown to Carrie Rogers, and Utah's done
1:53:24
it again. They are just grinding the UCLA Bruins on
1:53:29
the ground and into the end zone for a PEPSI touchdown,
1:53:33
goes Rogers.
1:53:36
Speaker 1: Man It sure as a statement, is this what's happened
1:53:38
here on both sides of this football for Utah. They
1:53:42
just really kind of needed this game. I think all
1:53:45
of Utah Fians needed it. So unbelievable, so impressed memory.
1:53:49
I mean, I don't know what you can totally say about.
1:53:51
There's just a butt.
1:53:53
Speaker 3: Whooping hurt us on for the pac.
1:53:56
Speaker 2: He missed his first, but he hasn't missed since. Four plays,
1:54:00
twenty nine yards, two to eight. Everything on the ground
1:54:03
for Utah that time, and they punch it in the
1:54:06
end zone yet again. Here tonight, time out on the
1:54:08
field for the Big Old Tires broadcast booth here at
1:54:11
the Rose Bowl. It's been a while since Utah one
1:54:14
here at the Rose Buy. You have to go all
1:54:15
the way back to twenty eighteen. But they're gonna win tonight.
1:54:17
They're leading forty three to ten with six twenty nine
1:54:20
to play in the opener. It's Utah football from ESPN
1:54:23
seven hundred three back of the Rose Bowl, six twenty
1:54:26
nine to play, all Utah, forty three to ten. Utah,
1:54:29
here's some numbers. Four hundred and fifty six total yards.
1:54:32
You like balance, well you got balance tonight. Two hundred
1:54:34
and fifty on the ground, two six through year. Devin
1:54:37
dan Pier is twenty one to twenty five for two
1:54:39
hundred six yards, two touchdowns, both to tight ends. He's
1:54:42
also run it tonight for eighty seven yards in a touchdown.
1:54:46
Parker's got sixty two yards in a touchdown, Rogers has
1:54:49
sixty one yards in a touchdown, Snowden's got fifteen yards
1:54:54
in a touchdown, Utah's got four rushing touchdowns tonight, and
1:54:57
Hunter Andrews ran on that last drive for twenty five yards.
1:55:01
It's been an impressive night, and they've spread the ball around.
1:55:03
Eight different utes have caught passes tonight, Stowton with six grabs,
1:55:08
Bentley with five, you Canon with three, Davis with three.
1:55:12
So they have been very, very economical in the way
1:55:15
they've spread that ball around tonight. But twenty one to
1:55:17
twenty five for two h six for Devin dam Pier.
1:55:21
Speaker 1: Yeah. I've described it as a patchwork of production, and
1:55:25
you just get a lot of people that just add
1:55:27
a little bit to it. It gets a lot of
1:55:30
people involved. You know, people are excited, they're they're gonna
1:55:33
play better, they're gonna try harder, and you know it's
1:55:37
and it's hard to defend, but you can.
1:55:38
Speaker 2: Hear the Utah fans making noise. There's more red here
1:55:41
than there is blue down. But UCLA fans have all
1:55:44
headed home and Utah fans are staying to celebrate.
1:55:47
Speaker 1: Yeah, but Devin Dan Pierre, boy, it's just so elusive.
1:55:50
I mean, wow, better than I thought. Like I'd say
1:55:55
tenfold better than I thought.
1:55:56
Speaker 2: There will be better competition for sure this year. But
1:55:59
this is also first game for Utah and it's been
1:56:01
relatively clean. Eco stays in the ball game. First down, handoff,
1:56:07
flags fly, and we're gonna have procedure here against Ucla.
1:56:11
Speaker 3: A little movement on the right side fall.
1:56:14
Speaker 7: Star offense number twenty five round penalty remains first.
1:56:18
Speaker 2: Down, got the tight end, Jack Peterson for moving a
1:56:21
little early that time that penalty against UCLA backup five years.
1:56:24
Speaker 1: Jesson started the game for off the six twenty nine
1:56:28
and not been a lot of penalties. I mean, a
1:56:31
pretty clean game both sides of the ball.
1:56:35
Speaker 2: First and fifteen back in the twenty Now, as iam
1:56:38
Aliava operates out of the shotgun, tail back next to him,
1:56:42
takes the hand off, and Jamon Thomas going nowhere, he
1:56:47
is stacked up and taken down.
1:56:49
Speaker 1: That's poo poop, Hey love it.
1:56:51
Speaker 2: Sepa polonas in there for the tackle along with John
1:56:55
new Halt.
1:56:56
Speaker 1: Well, this is this is where you know, you get
1:56:58
guys getting getting opportunity to play, you know, and and
1:57:02
it just helps you. You have blowout games and they
1:57:05
help you in so many ways, developing players, keeping guys healthy,
1:57:10
just's a big deal.
1:57:12
Speaker 2: Second in fifteen, Now for Iamaliava gonna hand it again.
1:57:16
Thomas trying to pick his way forward again. John why
1:57:18
Hall wraps him up around his ankles and tax takes
1:57:21
him down. Helped out by Paul Fitzgerald that time. But
1:57:24
the Utah defense he is not backing off, much like
1:57:27
the Utah offense did not back off. Third down at
1:57:29
long coming up. Yeah, John Hall, you know a year ago.
1:57:32
I don't know that he reads this. He doesn't play
1:57:34
as downhill as he did. He's really, you know, his' guy.
1:57:38
Speaker 1: We don't talk a lot about, and we should because
1:57:39
he's a talent and he's really figured out how to
1:57:42
play linebacker.
1:57:43
Speaker 2: He checks at Trey Reynolds, who had the pick on
1:57:45
the last drive, checks in third down in fifteen. Imaliava
1:57:49
is just gonna hand it off again. In a short game,
1:57:52
after about the twenty five yard line. That time for
1:57:57
Anthony Woods. And that's almost like waving the white flag
1:58:00
right now for UCLA. You've got fourth down and ten
1:58:02
coming up. Wow, it's an interesting call on third down,
1:58:06
but I guess you're gonna go for it here on
1:58:07
fourth down. Doesn't matter if you lose forty three to
1:58:11
ten or what. Oh, now they're gonna bring the punt
1:58:13
team out.
1:58:13
Speaker 1: I almost felt like that was a drive that says,
1:58:15
this is we're playing for next week. Yeah, this is
1:58:18
like we have to run plays because we were required,
1:58:22
but we're really not trying.
1:58:25
Speaker 2: See if Rayshan Glover gets a chance in to return here,
1:58:28
they almost block Will Carrow's last punt. He stands at
1:58:30
his own ten. Glover stands at his own thirty yard line.
1:58:34
Straight away punt here from Carrol. It's pretty good when
1:58:36
high hanging kick Glover are gonna take it. He is
1:58:39
in a fair catch at about the twenty six yard line.
1:58:44
They'll ma'll get into twenty seven and that's where Utah
1:58:47
will begin first and ten. Will we see Devin dan
1:58:50
Pierre this driver or will we see Isaac Wilson this drive?
1:58:55
Speaker 1: I sure hope it's Isaac bird Ficklin coming out.
1:59:00
Speaker 2: Oh hey, third string quarterback bird Fickland getting a go.
1:59:04
Speaker 1: Here, all right? Interesting, that is interesting.
1:59:09
Speaker 2: He was definitively third string coming out of fall camp. Yeah,
1:59:14
he's on the field here before Isaac Wilson tonight for Utah,
1:59:18
and I shotgun.
1:59:20
Speaker 1: Because he's left handed, but I like a lot of
1:59:22
what he does.
1:59:23
Speaker 2: Hand off, Nate Johnson's got it. Nate's to the thirty
1:59:26
and spins out of that and down to about the
1:59:28
thirty two yard line for a gain of five on
1:59:30
first down.
1:59:31
Speaker 3: Good to see Nate Johnson involved tonight.
1:59:33
Speaker 1: Yeah, Nate such a burner, and you know that's kind
1:59:35
of his forte is getting out on the edge on
1:59:37
those fly sweeps.
1:59:40
Speaker 2: Stevenson in the ball game is a wide receiver. Nate
1:59:43
Johnson in atto tea and tight end.
1:59:48
Speaker 1: Attote is a guy that may help Utah down the road.
1:59:50
And he's just got transition from one one position to another.
1:59:54
Could be a guy that could could really provide some production.
1:59:57
And again, these these wraps, I'm telling you, Bill, they're
2:00:01
just so valuable to these younger guys and to gain
2:00:04
some experience.
2:00:06
Speaker 2: Second down in five for the thirty two yard line
2:00:09
hand off going straight ahead into the pile. They go
2:00:13
and out to about the calling about the thirty seven
2:00:16
yard line, very close to first down yardage?
2:00:18
Speaker 3: Did they give it to him? Now they're gonna say
2:00:20
third down in short coming up here?
2:00:23
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, there's not a lot of crowd here
2:00:25
left in the game. When you can hear the players
2:00:28
their shoulder pads smacking all the way up here from
2:00:30
the top of the stadium, you can hear all the noise,
2:00:35
you can hear all the game calls. Pretty quiet stadium,
2:00:38
which is just the best music you could hear, except for.
2:00:41
Speaker 2: All those Utah fans and that end zone on that
2:00:43
far side three ten to play third down in inches
2:00:47
here for Utah from the UCLA or from their own
2:00:50
I should say, thirty seven yard line. Bird Fickland brings
2:00:55
Nate Johnson in motion. Bird's gonna keep it himself. That's
2:00:58
first down yardage, straight ahead off the forty five still
2:01:01
on his feet, fifteenth into UCLA territory, goes Burd Ficklin
2:01:05
and down to the brewin forty eight yard line. That's
2:01:07
a fifteen yard gain on third and short for Bird Ficklin.
2:01:10
Speaker 1: Well, he almost busted it. And scored a touchdown right there.
2:01:13
It's pretty close, but tough run.
2:01:15
Speaker 3: And you know, Bird's a true freshman too. He came early.
2:01:18
Speaker 2: He came in January when he was seventeen years old
2:01:22
and came into this program.
2:01:23
Speaker 3: They like him a lot. His upside for the future.
2:01:26
Speaker 1: Oklahoma kid, Well, I'm sure when you you know, you go, okay,
2:01:30
who's the better runner because you're trying to run the
2:01:32
game out, you know. So that's for Bird in the
2:01:34
game because he's getta run. He's a better runner than Isaac.
2:01:37
You know, if we're gonna have to throw it do
2:01:39
something like that, then Isaac's probably more prepared for that. First.
2:01:43
Speaker 2: And then from the UCLA forty eight yard line, Bryce
2:01:46
Duke next to Bird, Fickland takes the handoff Bryce to
2:01:48
the outside.
2:01:49
Speaker 3: Know Burt's gonna keep it himself. Good fake that time.
2:01:51
Speaker 2: He gets to the forty five and just punished right
2:01:54
there at the forty five yard line. If he goes
2:01:56
out of bounds after about a three three and a
2:01:57
half yard gain. It was Robert Stafford third that hit
2:02:00
him and Fickland shakes that one off.
2:02:03
Speaker 1: Yeah, Bird probably should have handed that ball off, but
2:02:05
he got a little cocky there, got a little confidence
2:02:07
like give me the ball, gotta stay in, bounced win
2:02:10
out there we go.
2:02:11
Speaker 2: Well, we've hit the two minute time out. We'll probably
2:02:14
have some knees coming here soon. All Utah Tonight. Two
2:02:17
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Speaker 3: All Utah Here.
2:02:44
Speaker 2: Two minutes to play from the UCLA forty four yard line.
2:02:47
Second down, hand off Price Duke. Price stays on his feet,
2:02:52
pushes toward the thirty nine, picks up about six yards,
2:02:58
will be about a yard.
2:02:59
Speaker 3: Shy of it.
2:03:00
Speaker 2: They really liked their running back room a lot. We
2:03:02
didn't even call Daniel Bray's name tonight, but Bryce Duke's
2:03:05
a guy that had a really good fall camp and
2:03:08
practice too. That's why he's getting some carries here.
2:03:11
Speaker 1: Yeah, the running game just in general has been just amazing,
2:03:14
both the running backs, quarterback, the offensive line. Hunter Andrews
2:03:20
didn't showed me something there.
2:03:22
Speaker 3: Spread the wealth around tonight. For sure.
2:03:24
Speaker 2: They're gonna let the play clock trickle down ten seconds
2:03:26
on the play clock as they break the huddle here,
2:03:28
I'm minute twenty to play third down in the yard
2:03:30
from the UCLA thirty nine yard line. Birds trickling takes
2:03:33
the snap hands of the Brice Duke. He's got first
2:03:36
down yardage, and Utah is gonna be able to take
2:03:38
a knee and finish this one out here at the
2:03:41
Rose Bowl tonight. Clock will stop briefly for a moment,
2:03:45
then they'll roll it. Then Utah will let it trickle
2:03:47
to about forty take a knee, and get out.
2:03:49
Speaker 3: Of here with the first w of the year.
2:03:52
Speaker 1: Best formation in football right here's the victory formation.
2:03:55
Speaker 3: I thought it was five wives. I thought that's what
2:03:57
your quarterback five wids.
2:03:58
Speaker 1: No, you finished the game, boy, If you're in the
2:04:01
victory four formation at the end, that's what you want
2:04:03
to do.
2:04:04
Speaker 2: So clock running fifty three, fifty two, fifty one and
2:04:09
fifty seconds. Tom's gonna let it trickle down here. I'm
2:04:14
gonna break the huddle. Five of the play clock, four
2:04:16
of the play clock. Bert Ficklin's gonna go under center.
2:04:19
He's gonna backpedal, take a knee, and that's gonna do it.
2:04:22
Here tonight, the University of Utah, in a new offensive era,
2:04:27
here at Pasadena, at the Rose Bowl, make an emphatic
2:04:31
statement that their offense is better, it has improved, and
2:04:34
this is a good Utah football team. They win it
2:04:36
here tonight by a final score of forty three to ten,
2:04:39
and it is a great night to be a ute
2:04:42
here in southern California.
2:04:43
Speaker 1: It's unbelievable. And I mean, I'm trying to think of
2:04:45
something here that you could be disappointed in, and you'd
2:04:49
be really nitpicking at a lot of things. I know
2:04:51
games aren't perfect, but boy, this was a statement by Utah.
2:04:55
They have turned a corner and this could be a really,
2:04:58
really exciting year for this They're kind of deep on
2:05:02
both sides of the ball. I mean, there really are.
2:05:04
I mean, it's the very explosive offensively, it looks like
2:05:09
they've got some really nice depth at the defensive line.
2:05:13
Really got after the quarterback tonight, I got pressure and
2:05:17
just wow. Just an exceptional thing and kind of gonna
2:05:21
be fun to see how these defensive players play into
2:05:24
the offense as the season goes on, because that's going
2:05:27
to be a thing. And you know, how fresh can
2:05:29
they be, you know, how can they keep up kind
2:05:32
of effective on both sides of the ball. It's going
2:05:34
to be a good coaching job to do that, but
2:05:36
just wow, incredible.
2:05:38
Speaker 2: It would be tough for opponents this year, the Big Twelve,
2:05:40
for sure, but this is a great way to start
2:05:42
the season of your Utah. It resounding forty three to
2:05:46
ten win tonight over the UCLA Bruins