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Have Utes found a Wynn-er?
Jordan Wynn is no longer the guy on the sidelines wondering if he is ever going to play. It looks like we have a quarterback battle opening up again after the freshman came in and helped the Utes beat Wyoming 22-10 Saturday.
Actually, maybe we don't. Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said following the win that he isn't interested in a two-quarterback system and will decide by Monday who will start against New Mexico. He also mentioned he may not announce publicly who that guy is.
"I don't want to have a two quarterback system," he said. "Never say never. But I'm not a fan of that. I prefer one guy to be the guy. That is my hope we go in that direction."
Feelings here are that Terrance Cain has had his chances. His stats are good, but Whittingham said he felt the need to make a change because drives weren't finishing in points. Wynn had his issues with that too, but now that his redshirt year is gone I hope they give him as fair of a chance to guide the Utes as they did Cain.
"It's too early to determine," Whittingham said of the starter. "We'll look at the film and analyze the film and break down both guys and name a starter on Monday. I'm very pleased with what he did," he said of Wynn.
As for his first experience at the collegiate level, Wynn was all smiles but wisely credited the defense. Make no mistake, the Utes still have issues on offense, but with Wynn it seems as if the Utes have some fresh possibilities ahead of them. With Cain, I think the general consensus was we'd all seen the limits of his abilities.
You can read all the game coverage here as well as more on Wynn and the other switch, moving offensive coordinator Dave Schramm down to the field and sending Aaron Roderick upstairs to make the calls.
Couple of other thoughts on the game. False starts helped kill two Utah drives in the second half. Offensive lineman Zane Beadles said Wyoming made some calls that helped draw the Utes offsides. "That is something we have to clean up."
Beadles also said he took the other offensive linemen aside before the second half started. "I told them we had a young guy coming in and we had to keep guys off him and build his confidence," he said. "We were able to do that in the second half."
Funny moment in the post-game press conference when Whittingham mentioned the Utes were "7-2." He didn't notice his mistake until it was pointed out to him. "I apologize for that," he said.