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based on stats from 2 prior games (not really enough to be super reliable)
vs ISU  45-10
at usc utes win 30-27
wsu utes lose 33-26
OSU utes win 24-15
cal utes win 25-17
wash utes win 28-21
ucla utes win 37-10
ua Utes win 43-31
colorado utes win 34-31
 
The pac 12 is ours for the taking.  We have all the pieces to make it great.  8-1…[Read more]

Before you get too worked up about USC winning the south they have a bad rush defense.  
Against Fresno they gave up 206 yards. For reference the following week minnesota held FSU to 57 yard.  Moss will tear them up.  
 
Utah rushes for 227/game and will likely do that or more against usc def.  Last year Moss had 140 on 25 carries for 5.6…[Read more]

It would have been nice for oregon to beat auburn.  
That was probably the only winnable OOC game that mattered for national perception.  
Good news is that we don’t play oregon until possibly the end of year when people will have mostly forgot the loss especially if they play well going forward.  
The only other games ooc are probably losses…[Read more]

The matchup for tomorrow is favorable for the Utes tbh.   From almost every angle this should be a close game with a few plays going to either team will determine the outcome.
 
Statistically speaking the teams are very closely matched.  
UW def holds teams to -11 compared to their opponents offensive season average
Utah def holds teams to…[Read more]

utes are officially #1 rush defense in the country.  
74 yds/game. 
Msu and Iowa are tied for second at 79/game. 
 
Good stuff. They are fun to watch. That series after the muffed punt was a great 4 downs of defense. 

First off, this is a very winnable game.  Utah is a good team right now and the mistakes that occurred in the Stanford/usc games are fixable.  The question is always what timeframe will it take to fix that.  Right now this team is living and dying on turnovers because of offensive issues.  We can’t seem to get over that redzone TD issue. Good news…[Read more]

Tough loss, mostly because it felt so winnable even with all the mistakes.   This team has definitely shown some promise but makes a lot of errors.  Stanford is a good team and has only lost to 2 top 15 teams (USC,SDSU).  We had every chance to get a win.  We held them to 13 points under their season avg.  Normally they run for 260, only 196…[Read more]

Think back to the end of 2012 when we were pleading for offensive stability so we could go to bowl game again.  A lot of people were preaching to stop the OC carousel to let TW1 have some stability so he could grow.  2013 comes around and we were a lot better but still finished 5-7, no bowl.   Again a change at OC.  Now 2014 comes and we…[Read more]

Oregon has a prolific offense still but the worst defense they have had in a long time.
Oregons worst offensive game was Usc and they scored 20 pts.  They average 37 a game but they haven’t beat a single team with a winning record.   ASU is their best win (54-35).  They have been able to keep some games close (3 pt losses to Nebraska, cal and…[Read more]

A little utes vs ASU analysis 

Scoring offense Utah 29.2/game vs 35.7  ASU win

Rush offense 214 /game vs 155/game utah wins

pass offense 212/game vs 239/game asu win

scoring defense 22/game vs 36 game Utah wins

rush defense 128/game vs 115/game asu wins

pass defense 237/game vs 397/game (last in the nation) utah wins

adj scoring offense,…[Read more]

A little utes vs ASU analysis 
Scoring offense Utah 29.2/game vs 35.7  ASU win
Rush offense 214 /game vs 155/game utah wins
pass offense 212/game vs 239/game asu win
scoring defense 22/game vs 36 game Utah wins
rush defense 128/game vs 115/game asu wins
pass defense 237/game vs 397/game (last in the nation) utah wins
adj scoring offense,…[Read more]