The Utes gave up 556 yards to USC and quarterback Caleb Williams, but only 192 of them after halftime.
“Figuring out why we’re deficient on defense and simplifying things, getting our players in the right frame of mind,” Whittingham said when asked what needs to be fixed during the bye week. “As coaches, that’s our job. If we’re not playing well, that’s on us. We’re getting great effort from our defenders, but we have to put them in better position to succeed, and that is job No. 1.”
At least some of that credit should go to defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley, who Whittingham said “changed up the calls a little bit and simplified things a little,” while also calling some timely blitzes. One of the aforementioned timely blitzes that Scalley called, or in one particular case involving Phillips, didn’t call, made for a lighthearted moment on Monday afternoon.
“I was at nickel, and that was a call, I wasn’t supposed to be blitzing, but I didn’t know that,” Phillips said with a smile. “I thought I was supposed to be blitzing. I was supposed to be in man coverage. Luckily, R.J. Hubert had my back, I ended up blitzing, I ended up getting to the quarterback, just so happened to be a sack.
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