Today’s Hypothetical

[tanute3]

Which of the following would you prefer?
1) Play an 11-1 USC team in the conference championship with an opportunity to crush their playoff chances
2) Play Oregon in the conference championship while the 2 CA schools are left out and relegated to a mid-tier bowl with no chance to win the conference

(I know I’m getting ahead of myself with thinking about this, just having some fun)

[D T]

#2

[EagleMountainUte]

Beating USC again would lower them to a lower bowl. I think Utah beating a ranked opponent is what you want to do. 

[RedUte14]

Beating USC who is 11-1 in the CCG would probably give them a New Years six bowl still.

[dystopiamembrane]

W and no injuries

[BoiseUTE]

For sure #1 beating USC again with a higher ranking!! Anyway to shutup Riley is a good thing in my mine as well, overrated.

[Tony (admin)]

Two great choices. 

[The Miami Ute]

I’d really prefer to play UCLA if at all possible. I don’t like our chances versus USC on a neutral field.

[Tony (admin)]

Funny. I think we match up better against USC than UCLA. 

[SalUteopia]

Same, I think we match up the best with USC, then UCLA, and UO after that.

[The Miami Ute]

That might be true but I think that UCLA has regressed a bit since we played them earlier in the season. Just seeing how Zona torched them time and again last weekend, the motivation of playing a team that already beat us plus late season improvement from the Utes makes me think that we’d have a great chance against them. Personally, I just get a sense of foreboding regarding USC. Seeing how they lost against us, they’d have the moral high ground, so to speak, and the motivation to beat us.

[Calgradutedad]

2. Eff the traitors.

[fosternano]

I just want Utah to win the next two games and see what happens from there 😅

[Central Coast Ute]

#2. If I can’t have UO, I want UW. Don’t want LA in it at all.

[cj13]

Can’t play Washington sadly. They can get in but it would be against USC.

[D T]

It’s remarkable how weak USC’s P12 schedule is, missing both UO/UW.

I suspect they get a game from UCLA, but ultimately beat them & reach Vegas to face us.