The most notable change on the Utes' depth chart this week is sophomore Sealver Siliga sliding into Lei Talamaivao's starting spot at tackle. Talamaivao is expected to be out three to four weeks with the cracked fibula he suffered against Louisville.
He broke the same bone last year and missed 11 games.
Freshman Dave Kruger and junior Junior Tui'one will also get more playing time.
Talamaivao had five tackles against Louisville before suffering the injury. Siliga had three tackles and a pass breakup.
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham hadn't heard the news that Brian Johnson was cut from the New York team in the UFL until yesterday at practice.
He said he would talk to him about possibly joining the Utes as an administrative assistant since the Utes already have their limit of coaches.
"He'll be successful at whatever he pursues," he said.
Co-worker Steve Luhm took care of the practice notes that were in today's paper, you can find them here.
In case you didn't see this story, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach has banned his players from using Twitter after a couple posted some critical comments.
Utah doesn't have such a ban. Utah sports information director Liz Abel said players are reminded such venues are public and to be sensible about what they put on sites such as Twitter and Facebook, but so far no bans have been needed.
4 Comments:
"He'll be successful at whatever he pursues,"...except playing in the UFL.
so apparently scott is a zoobie d-bag. That's ok, we're used to dealing with those. As for Sealver, he was a stud against Louisville, very active. Hope Lei can get back soon, but I love that we have the depth to be effective.
easy bro. I was just trying to point out that Coach W's response was a little ironic. Lya tells him Brian got released and then he says that he'll be successful at anything. With that being said, the NFL (or UFL or whatever) doesn't like spread QBs from any school. Alex Smith riding pine doesn't help his case either. Brian came into his own down the stretch last year for Utah and did great things and I think he would be a great addition to the U's coaching staff. And I hope Utah doesn't disappear like they did after their last trip to the BCS.
Hey at least Scott recognizes that we have made 2 trips to the BCS that's 2 times more than the TDS. I will take failing one year and going to the BCS every 4 years if that be necessary. Its much better than going 10-2 every year!
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