[Goose]

Much of the passing yardage seemed to happen as Utah deployed a prevent style defense to protect their large lead.

I disagree.  For most of the game, Utah was playing in their base defense against our three wide receiver sets, with a safety covering the slot receiver (usually a tight end) and cover 1 up with a safety up top.  That safety rotated with the snap, so he wasn't playing "centerfield" to prevent the deep play, moving once the ball was thrown.  That they rarely switched into a nickel defense with two deep safeties suggests that they weren't really playing a true prevent.

BC

+1 They played base a lot. We still had singled up receivers, but often they were still well covered. Utah gave up lots of passing yards to WSU. Hard to say what that means against a "normal" offense. UW instead relied on the run against them. It is hard to say how good their pass defense actually is. For sure, they didn't stack the box as much as SDSU or USC. They played more base than even ND, I think.

[Goose]

Much of the passing yardage seemed to happen as Utah deployed a prevent style defense to protect their large lead.

I disagree.  For most of the game, Utah was playing in their base defense against our three wide receiver sets, with a safety covering the slot receiver (usually a tight end) and cover 1 up with a safety up top.  That safety rotated with the snap, so he wasn't playing "centerfield" to prevent the deep play, moving once the ball was thrown.  That they rarely switched into a nickel defense with two deep safeties suggests that they weren't really playing a true prevent.

BC

+1 They played base a lot. We still had singled up receivers, but often they were still well covered. Utah gave up lots of passing yards to WSU. Hard to say what that means against a "normal" offense. UW instead relied on the run against them. It is hard to say how good their pass defense actually is. For sure, they didn't stack the box as much as SDSU or USC. They played more base than even ND, I think.