I don't think the Utes will have a problem with ASU this year. Unless they starting getting full of themselves and overlook an opponent....
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I don't think the Utes will have a problem with ASU this year. Unless they starting getting full of themselves and overlook an opponent....
Whittingham's stock is up, Covey's mission plans & Booker's Heisman buzz
http://deseretnews.com/article/86563...sman-buzz.html
USC would be a tough job for anyone to pass up if offered. South Carolina is a sideways move at best and Maryland is a step down.
Whittingham and Covey are decent men. They'd be selling their souls. I doubt either diverts.
I do, ASU is currently playing great football and a win moves them into first place in the PAC 12 South. Add to that Utah has not beaten the Sun Devils in the past 11 meetings. The Devil's a habit of making the Ute's their personal bitch... I expect another dog fight Saturday Night. If I was betting this game I'd take ASU and the 6.5 points as I expect the finish to be close, also Utah has not covered the spread in their last 7 PAC 12 home games.
Red and blue recruits: Wayne Kirby decommits from BYU, gets offer from Utah
http://deseretnews.com/article/86563...from-Utah.html
Utah Utes football: The Arizona State Sun Devils in 6 numbers
No. 4 Utah will host the Arizona State Sun Devils (Saturday, 8 p.m. on ESPN) this weekend. Here are a few numbers to get you ready for a big game in the Pac-12.
6
The Sun Devils have six different receivers with over 200 receiving yards on the season. Quarterback Mike Bercovici spreads the ball around the field quite a bit, but his favorite target so far has been D.J. Foster. Foster has caught a team-high 29 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns.
4
Arizona State has never lost to Utah since the Utes joined the Pac-12. In four games against the Utes since 2011, Arizona State has won by an average score of 27.8-14, including a 19-16 overtime victory over the Utes in 2014.
138.8
The Sun Devils allow an average of 138.8 yards on the ground per game, making it very susceptible to the run. With a top-tier back like Devontae Booker (665 yards, six touchdowns) and a capable runner in quarterback Travis Wilson, Utah will need to be able to run the football and control the battle at the line of scrimmage as it has done for most of the year.
15
Arizona State began the 2015 season with very high expectations. The Sun Devils were ranked No. 15 in The AP Poll to begin the year and backed up after a 38-17 loss at the hands of Texas A&M in Week 1. Another big loss to USC dropped the Sun Devils out of the top 25. Since those pair of losses they knocked off then-unbeaten UCLA in the Rose Bowl and most recently beat Colorado 48-23.
15 (again)
Arizona State quarterback Mike Bercovici is the 15th-best passer in the country so far this season. The senior has tossed for 1,604 yards, 14 touchdowns and just four interceptions, including a five-score performance last week against Colorado. The Utes just faced a top-tier quarterback in Cal's Jared Goff, and it will interesting to see if Utah will be able to rattle Bercovici as much as it was able to bother Goff.
2
The Utes are tied for second in the country with 12 interceptions on the season, already totaling their output from last season. Safety Marcus Williams has reeled on five of those INTs and has come on as a key player on the Utah defense. His play will be essential to a Utah win this Saturday.
CJ Pronk is a Deseret Digital Media contributor and a Stansbury High School graduate. He will be attending the University of Alabama and majoring in communications. Follow CJ on Twitter @bigCeeJ3113.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865638993/Utah-Utes-football-The-Arizona-Sun-Devils-in-6-numbers.html
It looks like UCLA is going down as they are getting hammered by Stanford (it's halftime). Which means a win by Utah would give them a two game lead over everyone in the South, and a loss would create a tie with AZ State and the devil's would own the tie breaker.
Utah is going to lose at least one game and more likely two, but exactly which games they actually lose is going to be big.
UCLA got spanked! 56-35 and it wasn't even that close.
C. McCaffrey 25 RSH 243 YDS 9.7 AVG 70 LNG 4 TD
McCaffery is a stud and should be in the Heisman talks. He is leading the nation in all purpose yards and is a huge reason Standford is kicking a lot of ass. We're lucky Stanford is not on our schedule this year, buta Utah vs Stanford PAC 12 Championship game is looking like a possibility at the moment.
4 hours until kickoff!
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Good half for Wilson.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...c8d28b50fb.jpg
Letting them hang around and then that STUPID play on the kickoff?
BIG trouble in SLC...
What a relief...
On to USC.
Wilson ended up throwing to 9 different receivers. Impressive...
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...4eaf9d472d.jpg
I sure would like another blow out win. All of these close games are tough on my 34 year old heart.
Also, does anyone really know how good this team is??? I mean, our resume certainly qualifies us for the top 5. But for those of us who have watched every Utah snap the last few years, do we really think we could hang with the other teams in the top 10? We are just a few plays from losing the last 2 games, but at the same time we were an average special teams game away from basically blowing out ASU. I guess we will figure it out over the next 6 weeks. It's gonna be fun either way, and at least we ain't Independent!