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Utah vs Stanford game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 11 game on Saturday, November 12

Utah vs Stanford prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 11, Saturday, November 12


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Date: Saturday, November 12
Game Time: 10:00 ET
Venue: Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Utah (7-2), Stanford (3-6)
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Utah vs Stanford Game Preview

Why Stanford Will Win

Which Stanford will show up?

Will it be the version that threw well and held firm in the road win over Notre Dame, or will it be the one that didn’t let the defense get off the bus in the 52-14 loss at home to Washington State?

For all of the problems and issues, Stanford’s defense is still the best in the Pac-12 at stopping teams on third downs, the pass defense has held its own and is No. 1 in the conference, and …

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Why Utah Will Win

Utah is the wrong team for Stanford to deal with right now.

Turnover margin is a massive issue for the Cardinal – -12 on the year – and Utah has taken the ball away multiple times in six of the last eight games. The bigger problem is a non-existent run defense that got ripped apart for 630 yards and eight scores against UCLA and Washington State over the last two games.

Utah continues to be a powerhouse on the ground. It ran for over 300 yards and five scores in the win over Arizona last week and should pound away at will on a Stanford defensive front that isn’t disruptive enough.

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What’s Going To Happen

Stanford has to keep this low scoring. Its two wins over FBS teams were by a total of three points – 16-14 over Notre Dame and 15-14 over Arizona State.

Utah might have 14 points after two drives.

The Cardinal will move the offense a little bit, but it won’t be nearly enough to keep up with a Utah attack that will be too balanced and too effective up front.

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Utah vs Stanford Prediction, Line

Utah 41, Stanford 20
Line: Utah -24.5, o/u: 53.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
Utah vs Stanford Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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Utah vs Stanford prediction, game preview, how to watch: Friday, November 5


Utah vs Stanford How To Watch

Date: Friday, November 5
Game Time: 10:30 ET
Venue: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
How To Watch: FS1
Record: Utah (5-3), Stanford (3-5)
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Why Utah Will Win

Can Stanford run the ball? No?

Then what are we doing here?

Utah is simple. Run the ball for 200 yards or more on Utah, beat Utah.

San Diego State did it. Oregon State did it, and so did BYU – the Utes lost all three games. Who else ran for 200 yards on the Ute D?

No one, and Utah won all five of those games.

Stanford ran for over 200 yards on Vanderbilt and that’s the only time the ground game worked all season. It ran for 156 yards total in the last three games.

Yeah that’s just a stat, but it goes to what takes Utah out of its style and rhythm. When the defensive front is holding up, everything else on this team works.

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Why Stanford Will Win

Okay, so Stanford won’t do much on the ground against the Utah D. However, it’s got enough of a passing attack to make things interesting, and it’s getting Utah on the road.

For whatever reason – beyond the inability to stop the run – all of Utah’s losses came on the road, and the one time it came up with a road victory was against a USC program in turmoil.

Stanford has the type of team that will keep pressing with the passing game, will hang around for a full four quarters, and it’ll take advantage of that one opportunity to make something happen.

It went four straight games without a turnover, and then it melted down with eight in the last three games – all losses. Utah will apply the pressure, but it doesn’t take the ball away enough.

However …

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What’s Going To Happen

Tanner McKee is banged up.

The Stanford quarterback has been questionable all week – at best – and no matter what his status is, there’s just no running game to pick up the slack.

Utah isn’t going to get too funky here. Rely on the defense, get a few early scores, rely on the defense some more, and don’t take any big chances …

And rely on the defense.

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Utah vs Stanford Prediction, Lines

Utah 34, Stanford 19
Line: Utah -9, o/u: 54
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5

Must See Rating: 3

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