I’m still nonplussed about the Pac-12 imploding, and resulting in our migration to the Big 12 (I would have preferred the ACC), but as far as we’re here…
…I like the flow of this schedule. Here are the reasons why…
1. There are no back-to-back roadies.
It goes without saying that the probability of a “win” decreases the further away from SLC the team has to travel.
And especially where time zones are crossed. Win probabilities in back-to-back roadies decreases exponentially.
2. We open the season vs. a P5 opponent.
I’ve long complained about opening the season vs some overmatched, weak SOS, FCS opponent. They are NOT a good
warm up opponent. They’ll only get blown out, NOT show us any weaknesses we’ll need to improve on before
conference play starts, and leave our team feeling overconfident in our next game.
3. We play 5 games to open the season, get a bye, then 4 games, then another bye, then close the season with 3.
This looks advantageous for us, as we’ll have fewer injuries early in the season, than we’ll have by late season.
As the season wanes on, durability will take its toll, and the bye weeks appear to be timed perfectly.
4. We get Ariz St, Colo, and Kan St at Home.
And it doesn’t hurt any that we’ll also be getting Tx Tech at RES either. ybu-p on the road is less of an issue
as it isn’t as though our athletes will be needing to adjust to a different time zone, or deal with any long
plane rides. It looks as though the toughest portions of our schedule will be at Home. The only real glaring
drawback that I see, is that we’ll have to play Ariz St, ybu-p, and Colo in back-to-back-to-back weeks. Plus,
both Ariz St and Colo get bye weeks in the weeks leading up to the Utah game. Yormark’s gotta get his digs in on
Utah somehow. I’m surprised he didn’t give the zoobs that seem privilege.
As far as “Utah scheduling” is concerned, I’ve seen much worse.
GO UTES!!!
Utah @ 
UCF 
