Scalley, Shah, and the rest of the defensive Utah coaching staff including KW given so much time to prepare will have a solid game plan whether Wilson or Olave play or not. tOSU is working really hard to try and get up for this game. Most of their fan base is checked out viewing this game as an “exhibition”, all for nothing. A small % of tOSU fans know Utah is the real deal and tOSU can’t just show up half heartedly and compete.
Looking more each day at least for Wilson and Olave to not play. Might see Olave play enough to get his 1,000 yards or not, but seems unlikely, why risk it. By the end of the week if these guys have not practiced all week like yesterday, I can’t imagine they’re going to play. Have to think the cats out of the bag by early next week when both teams show up for all the Rose Bowl pre-game pomp and circumstance.
Utah is not the kind of team anybody wants to play if their hearts not in the game. I forsee Utah sticking to the game plan, physically/mentally imposing their will on tOSU until they give up like UO did. Scalley will give Stroud a bunch of looks, tricky pressure, and make him uncomfortable in the pocket. I am guessing Utah will keep the passes in front of the coverage and clamp it down in the red zone like Scalley masterfully does. If Utah stops the run it makes so hard to score TDs inside the redzone with a short field against Utah. Stroud is not going to run the ball. He doesn’t like to and Day won’t let him, too risky. Keep tOSU offense off the field with Utah’s grinding running game is also key. Utes need to put it on tOSU early and break them down. Big Utah crowd is also a huge advantage. Utes got this one.
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