Why is Utah going for 2 early in games?
Utah · Utah StatePlus, Scalley visited injured Utah State LB Harrison Taggart in the hospital. After the second touchdown scored by the Utes in each of Utah's past two games, Morgan Scalley has elected to go for two.
Against Arkansas , after quarterback Devon Dampier found pay dirt to put the Utes up 13-3 with 9:23 remaining in the second quarter, Utah didn't kick an extra point. Instead, long snapper Logan Castor lined up a few steps away from where the five linemen and backfield were lined up in a "swinging gate" formation.
The snap was shoveled by Castor from the right side to Mana Carvalho , who ran it in for 2 points to give Utah a 15-3 lead. It was another unique formation with Castor again the snapper.
This time, everyone was lined up to the right of Castor, who had kicker Dillon Curtis in the backfield behind him. Curtis clapped his hands as if he was going to take the snap, but Castor snapped the ball diagonally to Carvalho, who ran toward the right side of the end zone but was stopped short of the goal line by Brevin Hamblin.
KEY POINTS
- Why is Utah going for 2 early in games?
- Last Saturday versus Utah State , the Utes went for two again after their second touchdown, this one a 9-yard rushing score by quarterback Byrd Ficklin that put Utah up 13-0 with 5:30 left in the first quarter.
- Scalley's decision to go for 2 early in the game in a situation where Utah doesn't "need" 2 points is pretty unconventional.
- "The thought of going for 2 is, first of all, we want to make people pay that aren't necessarily disciplined in how to align to these different formations that we show," Scalley said.