Today’s LockedOn Utes Podcast

[MDUte]

This podcast went through the schedule and expected win totals for Utah. The only 2 games that present potential losses are Okie St and UCF, both on the road.

My question. If/when Utah goes into Stoolwater and comes away with a W, does Utah then go on to finish the regular season 12-0? Or will the Utes stumble 1 time (annual WTF game) such as at UCF or some other road game?

[Anfernee]

Ollie is obviously amazing but he can’t singlehandedly overcome what’s coming. Cam on a final “**** you” tour. Wide receivers and TEs up the Ying Yang. A very mid defense versus our offense. A lot will have to go wrong for us to lose that game in Okie.

[AlohaUte]

The game in Stillwater is really the only game that I think we have a good chance of losing.

The other games where I think we could have a slip up are:
TCU – Good coach, a season out from the NCG. I think they’ll be much better than last season.
Arizona – They still have Fifita. This is the 2nd most likely loss behind Ok St
Iowa State – Campbell is a solid coach and they have some good talent returning
@UCF – Just cause they’re a solid program and it’s far away from SLC. But I really don’t see this being a big deal.

But 3 of those games are all at home and we should handle them pretty well.

[ProudUte]

Aloha, good analysis. I agree. UCF will be tough considering it is a cross-country game on a short week.

As of today – I think Utah would be favored in all 12 games. Do I expect them to win all 12? No. I don’t think we are so good, that we won’t stumble along the way, especially if we experience key injuries.

[mfaulk80]

I remember reading a study about the record of away teams traveling more than 2 time zones, and it wasn’t good. Add in the short week, and that UCF game is the 2nd most concerning game by far IMO.

[2008 National Champ]

I’ve been tracking based on the 247 Talent Composite since 2015. The higher rated team – which Utah should be against UCF – on the road historically wins only 58.8% of P5 v P5 matchups.

For reference, Utah has won 70.6% of the time as the more talented P5 team on the road (12 out of 17), but only 1 of 3 in 2023. 1 of 4 if you consider the bowl against Northwestern as a road game since they were technically listed as the road team.

[Dallas]

This has been discussed before, but when did we last have a season where our starting QB didn’t miss a game due to injury?

[2008 National Champ]

2016? Actually, I don’t think Huntley missed a game in 2019, even though he was banged up from the SC game on.

And in 2023 technically a starter (Johnson or Barnes) was physically available every week.

[W16Ute]

I would love 12-0 but we almost always have that head scratcher loss to a team we should beat. And as others have mentioned injuries are always possible. I assume we will be 11-1 or 10-2 but that should be good enough to get into the conference championship game and then you just have to win that one.

Stay healthy Cam!🙏🤞

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