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Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn acknowledged Monday what anyone who has scrutinized his throwing motion this year already knows: It's different.
When asked about it Monday, Wynn, who was 23-for-46 for 238 yards against USC, didn't try to hide the fact that his motion is more sidearm this year.
"I've had surgery so, sure, my throwing motion is a little different," he said. "Anyone can attest that once you have surgery, you are different. You have been cut open in your shoulder. It's a little different but not a lot. There might be some little changes here and there but I go out and just throw it."
Wynn insisted the difference doesn't mean he is less effective in his mind and he isn't trying to change it.
"I don't get into looking at my motion or trying to change it back; that is kind of how you overanalyze things, so I am just going to go out and throw it," he said.
He acknowledge he doesn't have as much velocity on longer throws as he did in the past, although he believes he is improving in that area.
"Getting there. I am pretty close," he said. "Maybe my velocity on the intermediate stuff [is the same]. That dig to DeVonte [Christopher, for 10 yards] I threw for a touchdown was just as hard as my freshman year, so I feel good. I know that question keeps coming up, but I feel good."
Waiting on an explanation
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said Monday he was waiting to hear from Pac-12 officials why the score of Saturday's game was changed.
He said he doesn't care about the score itself, but wants to know in case anything similar happens in the future.
"We lost the game so it's a sidebar to the whole thing, but I'd like an explanation so moving forward we will know. What if we'd stripped the ball and we were impaired by their guys running on the field? Would that have changed the factor? There is a lot to it, so going forward you'd like more of an explanation."
Whittingham said he was scheduled to speak with Tony Corrente, the Pac-12 coordinator of football officiating, later in the day.
Meanwhile, sports bettors in Nevada are complaining to state gambling regulators over the scoring change, which happened after Saturday's game at USC. The Utes walked off the field thinking they lost 17-14, but two hours later, the score was changed to 23-14.
Enforcement chief Jerry Markling of the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Monday that regulators have been taking calls from gamblers and casinos and are trying to resolve disputes. He said it's not yet clear whether any of the queries will become full-fledged complaints that the board will investigate and rule on, deciding whether individual bettors or the house should have won.
Still the man
Whittingham said he was sticking with walk-on Coleman Petersen as the Utes' kicker even though his 41-yard field goal attempt was blocked Saturday.
"It was a little low in trajectory, but they got a push on the right side, too, so it was a combination of things," Whittingham said. "He struck it well, the snap was good, the hold was good and the kick was solid. It was a little low, but he handled the situation well. It just didn't work out for us."
Petersen made field goals of 37 and 44 yards against Montana State.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.