They’re off and running.
The University of Utah began its fall camp Wednesday in preparation for its Aug. 30 opener in Los Angeles against UCLA, but thanks to an NCAA rule change a year ago, it was more of a continuation of player-led practices held this summer.
“In that regard, you expect to be further ahead and it’s a good thing they changed those rules because with the influx of new players that everybody has, it helps those guys make that transition. So I thought today was a really good start,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said.
One the first day of fall camp, the change most evident from the spring to fall for Whittingham was how clean the offense operated, thanks mostly in part to those player-ran summer sessions.
“As far as just subbing the groups in and out, getting plays underway, just the operation itself was much cleaner. Very evident, very obvious that these guys have worked a lot on their own this summer,” Whittingham said.
Utah’s head man, who opened his 21st fall camp Wednesday, was impressed with the lack of substitution penalties, false starts and delays of games on the first day of practices.
While new offensive coordinator Jason Beck’s offense has been digested by players in spring practices, for the approximately 30 players that were not in Salt Lake City in the spring, it was their first chance to run it.
Beck is bringing his offense, which ranked No. 4 nationally at New Mexico with 484.2 yards per game, to Salt Lake City — and a fanbase that is starved for production on that side of the ball.
Expect to see Beck’s offense be a spread scheme that utilizes the run-pass option and quarterback run often and creatively uses its personnel.
Whittingham noted on Wednesday that the Utes won’t huddle, and that the offense will be a little bit more uptempo from last season, but “not…
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