Kyle Whittingham's Rocky Year & Utah's Future Strategies

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00:00Let's do Kyle Whittingham. Of course, we already know he's named a successor at Utah.

00:06He's been there forever, but last year was an awful year for him, 5-7 as they entered the Big 12 Conference.

00:13Well, of course, Whittingham, he was not going to leave on a note like that.

00:17I couldn't stop it going out with that season as frustrating as it was and as discouraging as it was.

00:26I just didn't sit well with anybody, but most of all me.

00:30And so I thought, hey, you know, that's not going to be the final act of my deal.

00:36I've got to come back and try to get the ship right and get back on track.

00:41Okay, other than that sounded like it was in a toilet bowl, I have to say he reminds me of our boy Gundy.

00:49Like, end of the road. He's been there forever.

00:52It started crumbling. The castle is going down.

00:58And yet they bring him back for more.

01:00Like, I'm not buying it.

01:02I think his run in Salt Lake is over.

01:06But, you know, obviously the intimidation of a guy that's been around that long in Gundy and in this guy,

01:13if you look at their cases, they're very similar.

01:16It's been going on forever, right?

01:18And it's time for a change.

01:20I think in Stillwater and in Salt Lake.

01:22I've got to be honest with you.

01:23And believe me, if they lose again, they're going to get rid of him.

01:28They absolutely will if they lose again.

01:31That's for sure.

01:32On the other side, let's go to West Virginia now,

01:35where, as you know,

01:38some of their greatest heights were when Rich Rodriguez was the head coach.

01:41Remember, he took all that money to go to Michigan way back in the day.

01:45It's been a long road for Rich Rod since then as well.

01:48But you can always come back home, Scotty.

01:50And Rich Rod is glad that he has.

01:52I guess the challenge is ours.

01:54Everything is different now.

01:56But at the same time, it's not.

01:57Like, West Virginia, in West Virginia, football is important.

02:01Athletics is important.

02:02W is important.

02:03Because we're a smaller state and there's no other Power 14,

02:06there's no pro organization.

02:08So it's a big deal to a lot of people.

02:10And I take a lot of responsibility for that or have responsibility for that

02:15because I know that.

02:16I played there.

02:17I coached there.

02:17I grew up there.

02:18So, you know, I think our players are going to hear that quite a bit.

02:22They already are.

02:23But I'm blessed.

02:26I'm fortunate.

02:26It doesn't happen very often that you get a chance to, I guess,

02:30come full circle and come back.

02:33There's so many things that have to take place for that to happen.

02:36And thankfully for myself, I'm blessed for the opportunity that happened.

02:41Listen, the guy can coach.

02:44There's no doubt about it.

02:45And he's won there.

02:47He's won everywhere.

02:48He doesn't look like Rich Rodriguez anymore, though.

02:51Man, does he look different and old to me.

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