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The University of Utah Athletics
Camp Kyle '17: Day 10
8/8/2017 5:35 PM | Football
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah football program took on day 10 of fall camp today at the Utah baseball practice field, putting a heavy focus on special teams during the media observation period.
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With no live work during practice today, the Utes got to hone in on certain skills or improvements that needed to be made across the board. Prior to practice beginning, the Pac-12 Networks sat down with some of the members of the offense, previewing the 2017 season.Â
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Coaches Corner: Quick thoughts with defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley…
Q: How did practice go today in one word?
A: Productive.
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Q: Two names that are standing out on the defense?
A: There are so many guys doing good things.
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Q: What are the strengths right now on defense?
A: Defensive tackles and linebackers.
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Q: Where do improvements need to be made?
A: Depth at the defensive end and continuing to work with the young guys on the secondary.
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Q: What is one word to describe the attitude of the team through camp so far?
A: Awesome.
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Media Observation Highlights…
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• No live drills were run.
• Special teams took the focus with kickoff drills, kick return drills and kick blocking drills taking center stage.
• The offensive line and defensive line got in key minutes on drills on their own.
• Each kicker took equal reps at kickoffs.
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Post-Practice Thoughts…
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Head coach Kyle Whittingham
On what all they focused on today during practice…
"Everything. It was a pretty long, physical practice. Nothing live, but we will do some live work tomorrow. We will have a scrimmage on Saturday, which will be our first live work. But it was a good practice. It was a full-blown practice where we had pass skill, one-on-ones, run drills. It was a lot of work today. Special teams is always a point of emphasis, but we just happened to put a few of the drills at the end today."
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On if any of the position battles have been settled…
"We are still days away from that. It is tough to settle something on a daily basis. You have to get a good body of work, which we are starting to accumulate, but nothing has been decided. They are still just competing and generating that body of work to be evaluated in the next week, 10 days, five days, whatever we feel is the time we need to have enough of that work accumulated."
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On if Saturday's scrimmage will be too soon to close some of the position battles…
"I would think so. Unless something is really obvious, but so far nothing has been obvious. It has been give and take, particularly at quarterback. Troy will have a good day one day and then Tyler will have one the next day, so that has been back and forth. It is an important decision. We are going to make sure that we give it as long as we can until we are sure."
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Offensive coordinator Troy Taylor
On how practice went today for the offense…
"We did some good things. I wish we would have executed in the red zone a little bit better, but with guys going in and out, some things are really good and some things we have to improve."
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On what the offense needs to improve on…
"Just overall execution. It isn't one specific position. Just consistent execution is what you have to be able to do."
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Quarterback Tyler Huntley
On how he feels entering his second year with the team…
"I see things more clearly now. The game has slowed down a lot for me. It has felt good being out there and knowing what I am doing."
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Offensive lineman Paul Toala
On if he knew head coach Kyle Whittingham was going to announce him getting a scholarship…
"I was hoping for sure. I was dreaming and hoping that it would come, but no it was a surprise."
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On what kind of a difference it has made going from being a walk-on to a scholarship athlete…
"It was a lot of hard work and a lot of extra hours, but it makes a whole lot of difference when you know people are seeing that hard work pays off."
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With no live work during practice today, the Utes got to hone in on certain skills or improvements that needed to be made across the board. Prior to practice beginning, the Pac-12 Networks sat down with some of the members of the offense, previewing the 2017 season.Â
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Always great to be back in SLC. @Pac12Network Training Camp Tour continues today w @Utah_Football. New OC Troy Taylor & his QBs joining us ?? pic.twitter.com/1p0NAAzy9W
— Ashley Adamson (@AdamsonAshley) August 8, 2017
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Welcome to town, @Pac12Network! @AdamsonAshley sits down with our QBs for the Utah edition of the Training Camp show #goutes pic.twitter.com/AYjb9MiCRl
— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) August 8, 2017
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Coaches Corner: Quick thoughts with defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley…
Q: How did practice go today in one word?
A: Productive.
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Q: Two names that are standing out on the defense?
A: There are so many guys doing good things.
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Q: What are the strengths right now on defense?
A: Defensive tackles and linebackers.
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Q: Where do improvements need to be made?
A: Depth at the defensive end and continuing to work with the young guys on the secondary.
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Q: What is one word to describe the attitude of the team through camp so far?
A: Awesome.
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TFW you realize football season kicks off exactly 23 days from right now#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/rg2ZosZP7c
— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) August 8, 2017
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Media Observation Highlights…
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• No live drills were run.
• Special teams took the focus with kickoff drills, kick return drills and kick blocking drills taking center stage.
• The offensive line and defensive line got in key minutes on drills on their own.
• Each kicker took equal reps at kickoffs.
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It's almost not fair @Utah_Football practice is so pretty!!! #mountains #sacklakecity Team looks good too!!! pic.twitter.com/QEgLoY9vJw
— Holly Rowe (@sportsiren) August 8, 2017
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Great to have @UUtah Holly Rowe at practice today! @sportsiren #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/rYsQjojFGm
— Utah Football (@Utah_Football) August 8, 2017
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Post-Practice Thoughts…
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Head coach Kyle Whittingham
On what all they focused on today during practice…
"Everything. It was a pretty long, physical practice. Nothing live, but we will do some live work tomorrow. We will have a scrimmage on Saturday, which will be our first live work. But it was a good practice. It was a full-blown practice where we had pass skill, one-on-ones, run drills. It was a lot of work today. Special teams is always a point of emphasis, but we just happened to put a few of the drills at the end today."
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On if any of the position battles have been settled…
"We are still days away from that. It is tough to settle something on a daily basis. You have to get a good body of work, which we are starting to accumulate, but nothing has been decided. They are still just competing and generating that body of work to be evaluated in the next week, 10 days, five days, whatever we feel is the time we need to have enough of that work accumulated."
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On if Saturday's scrimmage will be too soon to close some of the position battles…
"I would think so. Unless something is really obvious, but so far nothing has been obvious. It has been give and take, particularly at quarterback. Troy will have a good day one day and then Tyler will have one the next day, so that has been back and forth. It is an important decision. We are going to make sure that we give it as long as we can until we are sure."
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Offensive coordinator Troy Taylor
On how practice went today for the offense…
"We did some good things. I wish we would have executed in the red zone a little bit better, but with guys going in and out, some things are really good and some things we have to improve."
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On what the offense needs to improve on…
"Just overall execution. It isn't one specific position. Just consistent execution is what you have to be able to do."
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Quarterback Tyler Huntley
On how he feels entering his second year with the team…
"I see things more clearly now. The game has slowed down a lot for me. It has felt good being out there and knowing what I am doing."
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Offensive lineman Paul Toala
On if he knew head coach Kyle Whittingham was going to announce him getting a scholarship…
"I was hoping for sure. I was dreaming and hoping that it would come, but no it was a surprise."
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On what kind of a difference it has made going from being a walk-on to a scholarship athlete…
"It was a lot of hard work and a lot of extra hours, but it makes a whole lot of difference when you know people are seeing that hard work pays off."
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