Legit reasons

[ALUF]

I honestly can’t think of a reason Utah doesn’t get blown out other than 1) we are at home 2) it’s a rivalry

Gonna be rough :/

Does anyone have any sort of reason as to why we win?

[RedUte14]

I don’t think being at home means anything this year.

[Anfernee]

“Any given Saturday.” It’s true. I’ve seen teams with much less than talent than this Utah beat teams with much better talent than this BYU team. That’s not disrespect to them . Just truth about football. This Utah team STILL has a lot of talent. Two dips**ts are no longer on the team. The morale is much higher the last 2 weeks. We will roll a QB they have no film on. We aren’t playing 2019 LSU for god’s sake. I’m usually too optimistic and have to talk myself back into reality but I have a really good feeling about Saturday night.
🎶So fill your lungs and sing it out and shout it to the sky. We’ll fight for dear old Crimson, for a Utah man am I!🎶

[tgi56slc]

Who was kicked off? Why?

[Anfernee]

Pittman and Lyons are not on the team anymore. “Kicked off” or shown the door. Either way it sounds like a much needed tumor was removed.

[Utegator]

Seems like the portal hasn’t giveth to the Utes as much as we had expected.

[Crow]

Look at all the teams that beat byu during independence UMass, NIU, Toledo to name a few. Anything is possible who thought Utah would win the 34-31 game then the same score the following year? Scott Mitchell leading Utah to a win anything is possible.

[AZUTE]

Utah can still play D and BYU is not the offensive juggernaut people seem to think they are.

24-17 BYU unfortunately

[Central Coast Ute]

Agreed. I don’t think Utah gets blown out, but BYU wins this game since Utah can’t score. I don’t have enough faith in Becker to say the Utes get to 17 though.

[BleedsRedUte]

I think the Defense is still solid, if they get a little help from the Offense in at least possessing the ball for a time and scoring a little more than recently.

The only chance for this is going to be dependent on Rose being better with more reps now, and possibly knowing he is the starter and getting practiced up for it. The receivers have to help him out by giving extra effort, catching balls that are slightly off target and for sure grabbing every well thrown balls, no drops. No turnovers allowed.

Then the xfactor of Bernard. TDS may have no answer for Bernard if the O line can open up some creases.
Go Utes!

[UteManX]

Just blast Starships “nothings gonna stop us now” and you’ll feel it. Utes are winning this.

[HeyyyUguyyys]

I think Vegas has a way of telling the truth when fans are emotional. BYU thinks they are going to crush us. Many Utah fans seem to think the same. They are only favored by 4 as the #9 team in the country for a reason though. And don’t say it’s because it’s a “road” game either, because it hardly has a road game feel for either of these teams when they play each other. Utah is a wounded animal right now but those are often the most dangerous.

[Rick Walker]

Never fight a man who has nothing to lose

[Anfernee]

We comin’ in tomorrow like a feral Mike Tyson.

[2008 National Champ]

Is that the motto for the Department of Redundancy Department?

[Jim McMahon]

“BYU thinks they are going to crush us”

No BYU fan I know thinks that. We are all super nervous for this game. We haven’t beaten Utah convincingly since 1996, and we haven’t won in RES since 2006. I’ll be happy if we win by one point. Utah’s defense will be the best D we play this year. And our D line has been pushed around a few times this season, most recently by OK state. It’s gonna be a nail-biter.

[Jim Vanderhoof]

BYU is undefeated playing for a conference championship and possible 4 seed in the CFP. They are solid on defense and create turnovers. Offense is balanced with the run and pass. QB is playing his best football. They are favored by 4-5 pts.

With that said give me the Utes. I’m putting my money on the Utes. We have nothing to lose and I can’t wait to see the cougar faithful walking out with their cougar tails between their legs. Go Utes

[utefansince79]

I think Utah has been playing below our abilities (even with injuries) and BYU a bit above theirs. But momentum and confidence are sky high for the Cougars and rather low for Utah.

My heart is with Utah, and will be there tomorrow night to cheer for my team, but will be quite pleasantly surprised if we can pull this one off.

[BD]

There is a comment above about no BYU fan thinks they are going to blow Utah out. Except that I have seen many on X that think that. But I imagine most BYU fans realize that most likely the game will be a dog fight – probably down to the last few minutes of the game to determine the winner.

I am having a hard time figuring out this game. But here goes:

1) Utah should have some players back on D. Look for an improved defense – especially against the run. Byu hasn’t seen a defense as good as Utah’s, but they know that and will prepare for it. Utah’s D absolutely has to get a few turnovers – mainly to compensate for Utah’s offense that will probably turn the ball over one or two times.

2) Utah’s offense. Eliminate turnovers. That’s it. Honestly, I still think if Utah gets even in turnover margin (depending on the type of turnovers given or taken), or is +1 above Byu, they give themselves a good chance to win. If they can get a few good mid to long passes, that might, just might, give Byu some hesitation to consistently stack the box. This is key – get somewhat of a serviceable passing game, if possible.

However, those are tall tasks with a third-string QB, in his first start. I am really having a hard time believing Utah’s offense will be anything better than what they have been recently – and it isn’t enough. Even if they are improved, if that is possible (with a bye it is), that is countered by the fact that Byu has a much better defense than the teams Utah has played recently.

3) Motivation factor. Utah is SICK and TIRED of losing. I do think this plays a factor in Utah’s favor. Byu will be extra motivated by it being a rivalry game too, but call me biased, but I think the motivation factor is in Utah’s favor.

4) Byu’s status in the conference/polls. Byu wants to win to maintain their undefeated season, gain respect in the polls, and gain a more favorable playoff position, etc. They will vehemently deny this. And I say, baloney. It’s human nature to think ahead when you are in Byu’s position. While that might motivate them more (feeling disrespected in the polls), I think it can hurt also, as they are reading their own headlines, and hearing it. Yes, their coaches will get them to focus on the game, and they have good coaches, but I can’t help but think that human nature wins a bit in this one.

5) Other – will the “F BYU” comment give extra motivation to Byu? I have seen a LOT of Byu fans saying things on X that are disrespectful to Utah (rivalry banter, but this time it’s more.) The players have got to be motivated by this, and I honestly think it is in Utah’s favor. In fact, my theory is that is the root of Glover’s “F Byu” comments – just a hunch that he read some disrespect on X and exploded from it.

I still think Byu wins. I said last week Byu wins 24-13. But now I am changing it to a closer score. Say 17-14 in favor of Byu. Utah’s defense will play lights out, but the offense once again will struggle. It’s just logical, but in this game logic is often thrown out the window. Hope I’m wrong on the final score and Utah finds a way to win.

[2008 National Champ]

People keep referring to some advantage Utah has because of the bye week. Do they not understand that the parochial school also had last week off?

[Rick Walker]

BYU didn’t have to reevaluate their entire team on the bye, its two totally different bye week vibes for each team. Utah just happens to be the team that was at rock bottom and can only get better from change, not worse.

[2008 National Champ]

or one could argue that both teams had the same amount of time to work on shoring up their weaknesses for the stretch run of the season.

Anything else sounds like the buildup to the Arizona game where 80% of the posts on here were about how Utah would fix everything that ailed them over that bye week and finally start playing like the conference favourites they were anointed. I really wonder how many times this team has to prove that it is nowhere near as good as people had decided, without evidence, before those same people will start believing it?

Not including season openers, Utah is 4-4 since 2021 with more than a week to prepare for a game. Even recent history doesn’t support Whitt having some secret sauce that he can unleash with extra time.

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