10-12-2015, 07:57 PM
(10-12-2015, 07:31 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Utah has beaten two teams who would otherwise be unbeaten, Low APR U and Michigan. That counts for a lot.
Well, of course there is an argument to be made for Utah, which is primarily just this. But, considering that they are now ranked #4 in th AP poll (with 16 first place votes, the second most), I didn't think that the pro-Utah arguments needed repeating.
The excercise for me was to try to figure out why when I watch Utah I don't feel they should be such a strong favorite to win the Pac 12. I think where they haven't impressed is mostly summed up in the yards/play numbers.
On the other hand, they seem to have a bit of 2012 Stanford in them, which I respect. (Though that 2012 team, while generally not awe-inspiring, did end up with +0.80 in yds/play differential.)