Kyle Whittingham
Kyle Whittingham
Kyle David Whittinghamis the head football coach of the University of Utah Utes. Prior to becoming the head coach at Utah, Whittingham served as Utah's defensive coordinator for ten seasons. He was named head coach of Utah after Urban Meyer left for the Florida Gators in 2004. He won AFCA Coach of the Year and the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2008...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 November 1959
CitySan Luis Obispo, CA
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I expect him to be the best defensive tackle in the Mountain West Conference.
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Like everyone in America, we're a little thin particularly on the defensive side. So we'll have to limit things on Saturday. We still hope to have a game format with a running clock and so forth. If we hold up we should be able to get that done. If we get a little more banged up we may have to adjust.
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I think the defensive line is going to be the most depleted area. We lost two excellent players, and we've had a couple years of defensive line recruiting that we didn't have as many numbers as we would like to have had.
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The feeling hasn't been different, but the routine has. It's such a departure from what I was used to as defensive coordinator. It's definitely different. But as far as the anxiety and the stress level, it doesn't feel different to me at all.
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We have to constantly remind people that we have about 15 players that are still coming along,
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We're very aware that Arizona is coming in with an excellent football team. This is the second year under coach Stoops' system and they're coming off a big win at the end of the season against Arizona State. We'll have our hands full.
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Eric Weddle is stepping up. He's stepped up his work habits. Eric is so gifted and so talented. In the past he's had little lulls in practice where he zones out a little bit,
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Quarterback is a position where everybody's got to know who The Guy is.
Ratliff was unbelievable. What he's done in two ballgames is phenomenal.
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We had so many guys making plays today, it was unbelievable. (Georgia Tech) was a quality football team, and not only did we beat them, we dominated them.
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We had so many guys make plays today it was unbelievable.
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Brian Johnson has answered every bell. The only thing we can't construct is the game itself.
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At the beginning, we forced some things. But it didn't take us long to find ourselves and get it rolling,
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Did I expect us to play well? Yes, I did. Did I expect us to win 38-10? No, I didn't.