Why Utah Will Win The Rose Bowl
Here comes the power.
How did Michigan beat Ohio State? It got pounded on.
The Wolverines were able to run for close to 300 yards as the offensive front mashed away on the Buckeye front four, and the other side of the ball was able to stuff the run and get to QB CJ Stroud.
There’s nothing subtle about what Utah will want to do.
It can throw, and it can balance things out with a few big plays, but it’s going to want to crank up the running game behind its huge and nasty offensive line, and it’s going to want to stuff everything on the defensive front around its huge and nasty defensive line.
Utah doesn’t allow a slew of sacks or plays in the backfield, the running game was the best in the Pac-12, and the defense led the league allowing just 315 yards per game.
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Why Ohio State Will Win The Rose Bowl
Oh, poor, poor Ohio State. What’s the point of even showing up?
Utah is all fired up for this, the energy in the stands will be about the other side, there are a slew of opt-outs – more on that next – and this should be nothing more than a coronation for the Pac-12 champs …
Ohio State is still more talented than Utah.
Yup, it’s missing star receivers Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave, but Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the team’s most talented target – and there are more great prospects waiting in the wings to step up.
Yeah, it doesn’t help when going against the Utah lines to miss star OT Nicholas Petit-Free and DT Haskell Garrett, but again, it’s Ohio State. It has guys.
And it has CJ Stroud and TreyVeon Henderson.
Quick, name the high-powered offense Utah has faced this year?
Arizona State is close, and BYU had its moments, but Oregon is it. Of course, the Ducks beat Ohio State and Utah rolled the Ducks twice, but it’s not like the Buckeye offense was stopped in that early season defeat.
Stroud and the offense will get their yards. Now it’s up to Utah to keep up.
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