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Utes 2011 Football Discussion

Polk is a beast, Price is amazing, but Washington's defense is horrendous. Throw in that they just lost their best pass rusher and I think Utah's offense will do just fine this weekend.

My prediction is 31-21 Utah.
 
It's still early in the season but this is a big one, no a huge one and this is why we wanted in a conference like pac-12. Time to prove we belong.
 
some facts about tomorrow's game

-Utah and Washington have not played since 1979 and have never played in Salt Lake City. Washington is the only Pac-12 school that Utah has never beaten (0-6).

-Kyle Whittingham is 6-0 coming off regular-season byes, with victories over Wyoming (2005, 2007), Colorado State (2006, 2009), New Mexico (2008) and Iowa State (2010).

- Utah has won 10 games in a row following regular-season byes, last losing in 2002 at San Diego State. Utah's last home loss following a bye was in 1996 (to Brigham Young).

obviously that stuff means very little heading into tomorrow's game but interesting none the less
 
SaltyDawg said:
I think Utah wins in a blowout. Probably not a blowout of BYU proportions, but still a blowout.
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If Wynn gets the pass protection and they contain Polk then I have a good feeling they will win by 14. But if not it could be a frustrating game.
 
prodigy said:
some facts about tomorrow's game

-Utah and Washington have not played since 1979 and have never played in Salt Lake City. Washington is the only Pac-12 school that Utah has never beaten (0-6).

-Kyle Whittingham is 6-0 coming off regular-season byes, with victories over Wyoming (2005, 2007), Colorado State (2006, 2009), New Mexico (2008) and Iowa State (2010).

- Utah has won 10 games in a row following regular-season byes, last losing in 2002 at San Diego State. Utah's last home loss following a bye was in 1996 (to Brigham Young).

obviously that stuff means very little heading into tomorrow's game but interesting none the less
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I swear NC was in that list of teams beat after a bye week but I didn't look it up so I may be missremembering.

Also the old adage of the team that controls the line (in specific the U's O-line) will win the game.

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Yes it bugged me so I looked it up in 2004 they did beat UNC off of a bye week:
[TABLE="class: wikitable"]
[TR]
[TD]October 1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]at New Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]#14[/TD]
[TD]University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM[/TD]
[TD]ESPN2[/TD]
[TD]W 28–7 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]40,182[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]October 16*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]North Carolina[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]#10[/TD]
[TD]Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT[/TD]
[TD]KJZZ[/TD]
[TD]W 46–16 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]45,319[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
Washington always is an average team on the year that wins a few games it shouldn't. I think that might be the case here.
 
Anyone see the Bingham vs Lone Peak game last night?

Anyone else agree that LP's Hansen could easily outplay Wynn or Heaps right now? A 6 foot 3 physical QB (already has the body of someone like Tebow. Kid's huge!) with outstanding mobility, incredible arm strength, and leadership skills. Kid just dumped a team that had previously won something like 38 straight games in the state.

Utah recruited by far the best HS prospect in the state.
 
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