SALT LAKE CITY — After two seasons as the team’s receiver coach, Taylor Stubblefield was let go from Kyle Whittingham’s staff. It was a decision many saw as necessary to help Utah move forward in the Pac-12.
Simply, the receiving corps underperformed and was a black mark to Utah’s pursuit at winning the south division and remaining at the top of the Associated Press and College Football Playoff polls. Whittingham even said it “kept us from winning a championship last year.”
“I don’t feel like Stubblefield brought the structure,” receiver Tim Patrick said. “We were kinda able to do our own thing, so having young guys like that they get relaxed, they get too comfortable.