Another Utah opt out
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So, right now both teams have lost their best Corner and a top receiving threat due to opt outs.
Except Penn State has been playing half a season without them, while this is Utah's only game without them.
and... so it seems relatively even losses for each team to date
How can this be? Why...just last week our fan base was declaring the entire Utah team all in, and poor Penn State doesn't have a chance without jpj and parker(of course discounting those 4 blow out wins without either of them)
I recall the same nonsense up to the point that Franklin promotes players leaving early.
I don't have any idea what Coach says to these guys but I'm certain that lately they aren't getting good advice. Ask Ellis Brooks.
If you aren't highly draftable after 5 years of college, you aren't improving those odds by returning for year 6.
I guess you can say Washington was an opt out but I'm not sure he'd be effective given his injury status.
That's fair, but it doesn't really explain Brooks opting out of the bowl game. The main reason used to justify that is to avoid injury that could impact your draft status, but that really didn't apply to him (unless he was getting some very skewed advice about his NFL draft potential).
I have no idea what advice he was given, but it seemed that once the opt outs began that we ended up losing every player who potentially could have. Exception being Luketa I believe.
Why play the game with the second string defense? What benefit did Brooks have to gain that he didn't already put on film?
Some of these players bounce around the CFL or whatever leagues exist just for the payday. They may very well be tired of being a college student. Getting a Masters or whatnot isn't highly desirable to everyone even if it makes sense to take advantage of.
You realize genius that our wins without them were all against lousy teams no where close to the caliber of Utah.
It’s not just to avoid injury, it’s also to get an extra month of training specifically with the draft in mind in an effort to improve measurables instead of focusing on prepping for Arkansas.
The pivot from complaining about Franklin’s losses to less talented squads to complaining that he only beat every team on the schedule he should have has been an interesting one.
And how many games did Utah win without all the players they have opting out? Oh yeah, none.
Hopefully, another ten of their top guys opt out so The Pigeon can give us a shot at winning!
The win counts just we beat a lot of lousy teams this year. Oh yeah, so did Joe, can you say Temple, BC, WVU, MD, Syracuse when they got the leftovers PSU did not want.
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Losing Phillips is a big deal, he is a consensus all american...
As far as I've heard, he's playing. Losing to tOSU left a lot of them with the bad taste of unfinished business.
Losing Phillips is a big deal, he is a consensus all american...
Yep, like Porter who projects as a first round NFL draft choice. Seems like a wash between the teams.
Worked out pretty good for Kenny Pickett
