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I haven't believed Utah is a Top 25 quality team at any time since the 2017 NFL Draft.  Losing 4/5 OL to the draft is going to hurt a team like Utah.  And as mentioned in another post, Troy Williams is not good enough at QB. 

Look at Utah's resume:

- Beat FCS North Dakota unimpressively
- Barely beat a terrible 1-5 BYU
- Beat a terrible (possibly worst in FBS) 1-6 San Jose State
- Barely beat Arizona (game they were outplayed in and should have lost but for 5 UA turnovers)
- Lost to a one dimensional Stanford team with a weak defense at home

Utah may have been quality in other seasons, but the facts about this season demonstrate Utah is not a quality team in 2017.  Not a big believer in FPI necessarily but there is a reason they are #46 by that measure.  The victory over #31 UCLA is Stanford's best win, and I don't see anyone calling that a quality win.  FWIW, SDSU is #40 and ASU is #49.

I know you guys don't like this kind of honestly, but this is the truth.  Utah is not what you thought they were.  Believing they are is going to cloud your judgment on Stanford.

I think there is no doubt that Utah isn't a great team. I think they have an adequate to pretty good run defense. I think their pass defense is still pretty much untested, but it didn't look great last night. Their running game is not impressive, although they did pretty well against us. I also think that their offense just didn't play very well against us, particularly the QB. He has played better in the past, but he was on a better team. I also think that Stanford's defense played pretty well against Utah last night. Except for the targeting calls, everybody did what they were supposed to do. I still think we don't really know how good Utah is or is not, but they are at best a "B" team this year. Beating them at home is nice, but in no way predictive about WSU or UW.

[Goose]

I haven't believed Utah is a Top 25 quality team at any time since the 2017 NFL Draft.  Losing 4/5 OL to the draft is going to hurt a team like Utah.  And as mentioned in another post, Troy Williams is not good enough at QB. 

Look at Utah's resume:

- Beat FCS North Dakota unimpressively
- Barely beat a terrible 1-5 BYU
- Beat a terrible (possibly worst in FBS) 1-6 San Jose State
- Barely beat Arizona (game they were outplayed in and should have lost but for 5 UA turnovers)
- Lost to a one dimensional Stanford team with a weak defense at home

Utah may have been quality in other seasons, but the facts about this season demonstrate Utah is not a quality team in 2017.  Not a big believer in FPI necessarily but there is a reason they are #46 by that measure.  The victory over #31 UCLA is Stanford's best win, and I don't see anyone calling that a quality win.  FWIW, SDSU is #40 and ASU is #49.

I know you guys don't like this kind of honestly, but this is the truth.  Utah is not what you thought they were.  Believing they are is going to cloud your judgment on Stanford.

I think there is no doubt that Utah isn't a great team. I think they have an adequate to pretty good run defense. I think their pass defense is still pretty much untested, but it didn't look great last night. Their running game is not impressive, although they did pretty well against us. I also think that their offense just didn't play very well against us, particularly the QB. He has played better in the past, but he was on a better team. I also think that Stanford's defense played pretty well against Utah last night. Except for the targeting calls, everybody did what they were supposed to do. I still think we don't really know how good Utah is or is not, but they are at best a "B" team this year. Beating them at home is nice, but in no way predictive about WSU or UW.