Stanford @ Utah

[YB85]

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[YB85]

This is true.

Same could be said for byu btw

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[franklin]

 

[green]

The what if game sucks. I did that every game Riley Nelson played, not cool.

I say just be happy with the progress the team has made and hope others step up. It sucks when good players go down, but that's how this game is.
Utah is looking pretty good this year, Stanford was a great win. I'm not 100% sold that they have arrived and will win against the good teams every week, but at least you now know it's very possible. Definitely progress being made.

Utah has talent. They have tons of potential. After the KO return for TD, they dominated Stanford until Whittingham got hurt. Heck, if Dres could consistantly catch the ball, who knows how ugly that game could have gotten for Stanford.

Here is the question: They are a young team, can they be consistent? We will find out this Sat. If they win, they have a shot at 7-10 wins this year. If they lose, they might not make a bowl game. That is what is so crazy about young teams: consistency. This weekend is HUGE for Utah. I'd say bigger than last weekend.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

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[fishonjazz]

Both byu and utah have only lost very close games.

Both teams could be undefeated if a couple plays go thier way.

 

[Bronco70]

I'm not 100% sold that they have arrived...

I'm not either. But I feel like this is the progress we have been looking for. It was reassuring to see that the defensive game against UCLA wasn't just a fluke. To be perfectly honest, I had given up on the secondary after the first 3 games, but they have managed to get their **** together. If they keep it up, things look good for the future. Arizona on the road and ASU at RES are going to be fair gauges of how things are going. These should both be winnable games.

But I'm with you Spazz. The Utes haven't arrived anywhere yet.

 

[YB85]

No, they haven't arrived and a loss in Arizona wouldn't surprise me. I blowout loss would shock me, though.

 

[YB85]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hbCA3xTqHeI

 

[trigg3r]

Both byu and utah have only lost very close games.

Both teams could be undefeated if a couple plays go thier way.

Only one of them could have been undefeated because they played each other ;-)

 

[green]

Only one of them could have been undefeated because they played each other ;-)

And even when a couple plays go BYU's way (see 2012) Utah still wins.

 

[fishonjazz]

Of course utah barely beat usu, byu, and stanford.... so a few plays go wrong and they could be down to only 1 win (weber)

Byu won comfortably against usu, texas, georgia tech and middle tennesee