Utes open as a 5 point favorite against UCLA

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- 10/30/2017 at 12:18 PM #46495
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  Larry B
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  So we’ll only lose by 17.
- 10/30/2017 at 12:26 PM #46496
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  ladyinred
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  I suspect this game will be a shoot out. Should be fun to watch, what with neither side playing defense right now. Very #pac12afterdark.
  - 10/30/2017 at 12:34 PM #46499
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    UteThunder
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    We don’t have the offensive fire power to get into a shoot out. We’re averaging 18.6 ppg against teams not named North Dakota or San Jose State.
    - 10/30/2017 at 12:38 PM #46501
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      Xanthis
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      Its all been part of the long con to get UCLA.
    - 10/30/2017 at 12:40 PM #46502
      
      ladyinred
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      I hear you, but we didn’t have a lot of offensive firepower last year either, yet a shootout with UCLA is exactly what happened.
      
      We don’t have Joe this year, but we do have a better group of WR’s and Huntley.
      
      Plus UCLA is not playing great defense right now. I’m not confident at all that we win, but I still think it has all the makings of a shoot out.
      - 10/30/2017 at 12:50 PM #46503
        
        UteThunder
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        Good point. Still though, I expect a game in the teens or low twenties for both teams.
      - 10/30/2017 at 1:57 PM #46509
        
        alharmon
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        UCLA held Oregon to 14 points….
        
        10/30/2017 at 2:14 PM #46512
        
        ladyinred
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        I would argue that Oregon game has been the exception rather than the rule for them.
        
        They were gashed by TAM, Memphis, Arizona, Washington, Stanford…
        
        Again, I’m not confident Utah wins this game at all. But it’s fair to say UCLA is not playing great defense this year.
        
        10/31/2017 at 12:51 PM #46554
        
        dleto
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        Oregon’s defense has been terrible all year. And yet we couldn’t score against them. I don’t see that suddenly changing against UCLA.
  - 10/30/2017 at 3:29 PM #46515
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    Staples
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    In keeping with the unpredictable nature of #Pac12AfterDark, it will probably be a 6-3 ballgame with the 6 coming courtesy of a missed extra point.
- 10/30/2017 at 1:02 PM #46505
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  THEeyepatch
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  Utah is becoming this seasons ‘slump buster’ for the rest of the Pac-12.
  - 10/30/2017 at 1:50 PM #46508
    
    EagleMountainUte
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    Yeah I think career game for Rosen.
- 10/30/2017 at 3:05 PM #46514
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  SteelUte
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  5 point favorites? Seriously Vegas? What do you know. I finally stopped picking the Utes to win in the Pick’em. Sorry. I hope they win. I just really can’t afford to not win those sweet red kicks. Until I see something, I’m going with the other side.
  
  Also, on the poll. I really think we should try keeping a staff together for two consecutive years, see what happens when all the players understand the system and their roles in it.
  - 10/30/2017 at 8:43 PM #46524
    
    UteThunder
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    What if the results in the first year of that system are worse than any of the first year’s in any of the other systems?
    
    I know it would be madness to hire another OC after this year, but sticking with arguably the worst OC we’ve had since Whit took over would be just as crazy, maybe more so.
    - 10/30/2017 at 9:43 PM #46535
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      noneyadb
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      An OC can’t do much if the o-line can’t block…
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