IMO it is coach speak for "We don't have a chance in hell of winning without him in the game". CW has some warts (body language is a big one for me), but if he doesn't get hurt, does Yute win that game? Everyone on the SC sideline knew they were fucked when he pulled up lame. You can blame Riley for a lot of things (hiring Alex Grinch would be a start), but he knew that CW was their only shot, as opposed to bringing in a backup with few snaps to shit himself on national TV. If Deboer did that with B. Penix (very similar circumstances, in that we have no shot without him), would "We" have been clamoring for DMo?
If you take the position that Ute can’t win if CW doesn’t get hurt (which injury seemed to get worse as the game slipped further and further away), then you have to surmise Oregon beats UW if Cook doesn’t take out Nix. Both QBs rely on their ability to run and the Duck-DWAG game was closer. I don’t think you wanna go there.
And CW doesn’t play defense. That was the worst tackling performance I’ve seen all year, and I watch A LOT of Husky and Duck football, so that’s saying something.
I think he got hurt. But I also think he got phased by Utah showing up and throwing punches, and the limp seemed to get worse as Ute continued to pump. Like all of us, he thought it was going to be easy. He thought we already crowned his ass.
You don’t pop a hammy and do anything. I think he tweaked it and that’s that.
