Has Cam Rising done everything he can to stay healthy? 'Not everything,' Kyle Whittingham says.
The Utah football coach wants his captain to protect himself, but he also believes there was a penalty on the play.
If Rising is healthy, the Utes have a shot to beat anybody, and winning a Big 12 title would put Utah in the new 12-team College Football Playoff. With Rising’s status unclear after leaving Saturday’s win over Baylor in the first half, things could become more complicated. Over the weekend, Whittingham watched the replay of the tackle that knocked the Utes quarterback out of the game and said he believed it should have been a penalty.
Rising was avoiding pressure on the play, trying to throw the ball away before running out of bounds with just under two minutes remaining in the second quarter. “We don’t want to lose that position. But the other end of that spectrum would be that he gained a lot of confidence taking those hits and popping back up. But we’re going to try to minimize those. He wants to be here for the long haul. So, I anticipate seeing improvement with that in terms of protecting himself.”
There should be some concerns for Utah’s offense, specifically in the passing game, if Rising misses an extended amount of time.
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