Looked pretty convincing to me. Glad to see the offense wake up. Wow, how about Mr. Phillips. 3 Picks, and 1 of those a pick 6. Defense played very well, especially when needed.
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Love the composure of Cam.
Clark Phillips in aftergame onterview: what a class act! Articulate, humple and inspiring.
Thanks to the D for holding the line when it was decisive.
Fun game to watch.
Go UTES!!
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They donāt really count yards on interception returns. That would add about another 150.
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Defensive Game Ball - CP3, the four picks were pivotal, his 3 were huge: 2 easy TDs + stopping a TD.
Scalley dialed up a LOT of adjustments to deal with the Beavsā run-heavy attack that features really impressive blocking. A lot of snaps with a DT and FOUR DEs up front. It worked - we forced OS to the throw game, whichā¦ 4 picks. Really good containment of the horizontal game, even when they pulled both CBs to one side. Great to see Diabate back and making plays, 4 TFL, K Reid was solid, Barton didnāt have a pop-out game but was part of a lot of 4-3 sets we ran.
Utahās ability to adjust on defense canāt be over-emphasized - opposing OCs have no idea what Scalley is going to cook up, but they have a good idea itās going to give them fits.
Broughton got played in coverage a couple of times but it wasnāt fatal - just glad heās back. Vaughn was good and showed his wheels in saving 4 points running down their WR from the opposite side on the big screen pass. FS Sione Vaki #28 got some snaps when Hubert got dinged.
It was the prototypical bend-donāt-break defensive performance as even though we allowed a lot of yards from scrimmage, the D really stiffened in the red zone, kept the Beavs out of the EZ multiple times.
Offensive Game Ball - Tie: Jaylen Dixon and Cam Rising. Camās pass to Dixon on the short field (courtesy Phillips) was big, it wasnāt an easy catch and is another sign of the WRs really emerging. Risingās leadership and decision making were crucial, in a game vs a good defense (USC 17 points). Vele had another big game, including a this-is-why-we-do-weight-training one-vs-two push to the EZ.
The TEs looked fine, considering opposing DCs have been focusing on our TE game, with McClain joining the action & Yassmin joining Kincaid in keeping that part of our offense very credible.
It took some time for the offense to crack open the OS defense, but a 3-and-out is a helluva lot better than a pick or pick 6. Rising threw for 3 TDs and ran for 1, and didnāt turn the ball over. The run game was unimpressive, but a lot of credit has to go to Oregon Stateās D, which will send Harding & crew back to the drawing board, because other teams are going to try and mimic what the Beavs did up front.
Sequence of the Game - Hubertās EZ pick & 70 yard return, then 2 plays later Dixon scoring from 22 out. Oregon State under Jonathan Smith is not an easy punch out, but that sequence negated building OS momentum, and signaled this game was going to end with a Utah win.
The game was closer for 3 quarters than the final score suggests, but we took care of business, still have things to work on, and are positioned for a showdown in Pasadena.
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that does cover all the possibilities, captain Obvious 
Way to hedge your bets LOLOL
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checking in on some of the other top 25 teams and areas of interest:
GOod number of significant upset drubbings;
Great day for football in Kansasā¦ terrrible day for Texas.
Alabama qtrback goes outā¦ wil he be back?
Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose.
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Watching the Clemson/NC St game. During the halftime show, they did highlights from āaround the top 25ā.
There was no mention of Utah at all.
They showed highlights of literally every other top 25 team, but did not even flash the score of the Utah game. The P12 literally doesnāt even exist as far as ESPN/ABC was concerned. Just in case anyone wonders why the P12 continues to be largely forgotten at the national level.
But hey, at least I got to see the 18th commercial for āThe Rookie FBIā.
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Sometimes you winā¦
Sometimes you loseā¦
Sometimes it rains!!! 
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Oh, be quiet. It was my way of saying that this monthās outcomes are totally unpredictable. Wouldnāt you agree?
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Win or lose Iāll always booze!
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The stats are remarkably even. Except for one that screams out: four turnovers for Utah to zero for Oregon state. Thatās how we won, along with amazing red zone defense and offense. I havenāt seen the Utah team perform that well in the red zone on both sides of the ball for I donāt know how long. I actually canāt remember when.
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Thereās a little deception in the aggregate stats - we had just 56 snaps, they had 67. We had short fields to work with, they had the longest offensive play of the game, the screen that Zemaiah reeled in on the 5.
Not going to be +4 in TO every game, but that was the big difference, along with our red zone performances. (No FG attempts)
Oregon State world is kicking themselves this morning, because they were -4 vs USC last week, too. Theyāre a solid team, struggling with QB play right now.
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Whatās the latest assessment of the running game? The numbers look pretty poor. TT has been pretty important to our offense so his lack of production is concerning.
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I noticed TTās lack of āpopā too. Wonder if heās injured, or just in the dog house. Perhaps he needs more game reps just get the motor running so to speak.
But yeah, he seems off compared to last season. Itās nice to see Glover and JJ get some reps, but TT needs something, I just havenāt a clue as to what.
A good assessment would require watching the film and adjustments by somebody that knows the trenches really well.
(At practice they firm everything, including a vertical view to go along with the side view we all see. The video guys and GAs are digging into yesterdayās game as we speak. Football during the season is intense work, every day of the week. Unless youāre Bronco Mendenhall.)
Iāve seen our RBs getting met in the backfield a lot, but then there are adjustments and we typically see more success later. In Game 1 it was ugly early, then we had a lot of success. Some of that was because of Gator DL depth issues, some was from adjustments, play or protection package changes.
The same has generally been true over the course of a season. Later in the schedule our run game usually looks better. Thereās a LOT that goes into that process.
Itās a part of the game Iād like to know better. Yesterday post game Hans Olsen admitted he usually doesnāt spend a lot of time watching what the CBs do, but based on some pretty deep insights from Christian Cox he said he was going to watch more.
Football is amazingly complicated under the hood. The Xs and Os would bore the bejesus out of 95% of fans, but a lot of success or failure is wrapped up in scheme. Watching our D pre-snap, they make it look easy, but why some highly recruited player never makes the field often has to do with getting scheme down cold. (The other big components are talent and heart, which are easy to see, they jump off the TV screen.)
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Could anyone hear Kenneth Scott rap his song? I was on the east side and couldnāt hear a word. But I thought maybe the big speakers they rolled out were pointing only towards the west stands.
Nope. Couldnāt hear a thing in the NEZ either. Felt awful for him.
Wife was on the field for the Alumni Dance team thing, and she said they could hear it on the field from the big speakers and she was surprised no one in the crowd could.
West stands. Couldnāt hear a word.
Did they ever say why Solo Enis didnāt play Saturday?