Looking at some stats of Arizona paint a favorable picture for Utah. They have some defects where you don’t want to be weak against the Utes strengths.
On offense, the Wildcats give up a lot of sacks. Of P5 teams, they are in the bottom six at protecting their QB. To compound this issue, they supposedly have three starting O lineman injured and their back up left tackle also got injured. So third string LT against one of the PAC 12’s leader in sacks? Could be ugly.
Their offense is efficient at moving the ball, averaging 470 ypg, but that doesn’t translate into points. They are a top 20 team in total offense, but 65th in scoring offense.
Their net punting is one of the two worst P5 teams in the country too, so Utah could see some shorter fields.
On defense, the two stats that jump out are a horrible 3rd down defensive conversion rate. If Utah can stay ahead of the chains, they can simply sustain long drives that eat up the clock and gas the defense.
The other noticable stat is a bad passing efficiency defense. Utah should be able to run the ball and that will open passing lanes, when they drop guys into the box. Look for explosive plays in the passing game again.
Overall, if Utah plays the way they have been playing, this should be another multiple TD victory. Some keys are not allowing Tate to run wild on QB scrambles to sustain drives or worse, for explosive plays. Keep JJ Taylor in check. Make them one dimensional to bring pressure against a porous offensive line and get some turnovers. On offense, get into 3rd and shorts and sustain long drives that suck the life from the defense. Then hit them over thr top with explosive passing plays.
I think Utah covers the huge point spread.
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