The Most Underrated Thing Was …
Utah keeps on rolling right along.
Play this out. Cameron Rising doesn’t make that awful throw in Gainesville, the Utes kick the field goal to get into overtime, and they eventually win the game.
Right now they would be in everyone’s College Football Playoff projections and ranked no worse than fourth in the country.
Since that loss to Florida they ripped through Southern Utah, San Diego State, and Arizona State before hosting Oregon State.
Yeah, whatever, but the Beavers are solid – they came this close to knocking off USC – but Utah bent and rarely broke in the 42-16 win.
Now they’re on to bigger and better things. At UCLA, USC, at Washington State. That’s what’s up for the defending Pac-12 champs.
The Florida loss was a killer because it took away the buffer. Utah might just be the best team in the Pac-12, but lose once more and it’s effectively out of the College Football Playoff chase. On the plus side, win against what’s coming next, and look out.
Considering the Trojans don’t have to face Washington or Oregon, and the unbeaten Bruins have this week’s game and then a date at Oregon before enjoying smooth sailing until the USC showdown, Utah needs to stay hot.
If it can win the next three games and stay at one loss before the November 19th trip to Oregon, it might really be back in the hunt.
That won’t be a problem if it forces takeaways and runs like it did on Saturday.
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