Thanks to the NCAA’s elimination of two-a-day practices, preseason football camp has been extended to five weeks from from four, which Utah coach Kyle Whittingham described as “bordering on ridiculous” during Pac-12 Media Days.
The Utes took an extra day off to go swimming last Wednesday, and they limited Saturday’s intrasquad scrimmage to players third or lower on the depth chart. The Utes will have a full scrimmage this weekend at Rice-Eccles Stadium, though it will not be open to media or fans.
While not a fan of the longer preseason, Whittingham said the camp structure hasn’t significantly changed the coaching staff’s evaluation process.