Football notes: Offense learning from mistakes after first scrimmage

Friday’s Utah football practice was used to work on issues that came up during the team’s first scrimmage on Thursday, and head coach Kyle Whittingham saw improvement all around the field.“No live work this morning, but it was physical, there was pads, it was what we call thud tempo,” he said. “They responded, and had a better day. We’ll do some live work tomorrow…we’ll have a good dose of live work and find out where we’re at.”

Chase Hansen took the majority of the reps at quarterback during the session open to the media, and looked sharp working with the receivers and moving the offense down the field. The receivers got open and made plays, and Whittingham was quick to mention the visible…