Worried: Pac12 After Dark on the road. The PTSD from past November collapses is real. Arizona has a track record of upsetting highly ranked teams at home over the last decade.
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Not Worried: This team is on a different level since the Friday night Moss-less stumble in Los Angeles. Utah has already smashed through the walls of several superstitious streaks and potential road blocks. Utah was previously 0-5 when going into a game with an 8-1 record, and then proceeded to completely smash a resurgent UCLA squad to get to 9-1. Chris Petersen was a menacing 14-0 coming off of bye weeks, but no worries! Utah took a few punches on the chin then choke slammed the Huskies (in Seattle – in big bad November). Washington State came into Salt Lake with the highest scoring O in country with a TD machine at QB; Utah allowed them to score 1 TD. Arizona State came in with great QB play, RB, Defense and big momentum; Utah broke them and they have yet to recover. Oregon State is a decent football team this season; Utah went to Corvallis made them look like a bad FCS squad. Cal has a very talented defense; Huntley and Moss embarrassed them. These seniors didn’t come back to lose to inferior opponents.
With the recent news about Arizona firing coaches and their O-Line being decimated with injuries, there’s no reason this game shouldn’t have a similar score the OSU and UCLA games. Outside of the one September outlier, any team unfortunate enough to be in Utah’s path has left in a heap of twisted metal and destruction. Arizona just happens to be the next poor bastards along that path.
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