I did not know they were that big, and our defensive tackles are undersized to start with?

 

A Physical Utah Offense Will Try to Bully the Ducks Down the Field by Don Smalley of Ducks Wire

 

Thanks Charles. Isn't 'this' what the UCLA OL that mauled LSU tried to do to Oregon?

 

This Utah OL was not able to bully BYU, a team with a loss to Boise and a loss at Baylor. It didn't bully San Diego State.  It certainly did not road grade the AZ D last week.  It played well in Corvallis but not well enough to beat the Beavs.

 

Many the 'expert' does not wat to see a team that lost at Stanford in the PO. They want lovable little Cincy instead. Utah is getting goosed up by folks who want the Ducks to suffer the 2nd L and be out of the PO. 

 

Ducks win in SLC by 1 score? These 'folks' will call it an unimpressive win even though the Ducks come in +3. Oregon has covered the last 2 games and both wins have not been 'impressive' in the eyes of folks back east, folks who don't keep their eyes open to watch Oregon play.

 

Utah has not seen a D as good as the Ducks this season. Have not seen a KT or a Sewell. The Ducks have 1 bad loss. Utah has 3 bad losses.

Edited November 18, 20213 yr by Steven A
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Bigger isn't always better. Yes, you need size on the offensive line but you also need that size to be able to beat out their opposition. To date Utah hasn't been able to bully all their opposition even though they have one of the physically biggest lines in the Pac-12. Will Utah's linemen be fast enough to stop KT, or Sewell, or Swinson, or any of the other stars in the making? Will they be able to it for four quarters? 

Certainly size does matter in the trenches but so does technique and mobility.  Their left and right tackles are huge but I surmise very slow, that makes it open season on the QB when KT lines up opposite either one of them.