No one said it would be easy. The Utah Utes were coming to the Rose Bowl as the 19th-ranked team in the country. Yet, the UCLA Football team was favored to win. This made sense when you consider Utah had several key injuries in essentially every position.
Utah’s injuries were particularly more concerning at running back. Just two weeks ago, the Utes had so many injured players they were likely going to start their sixth-string running back against Oregon State. Instead, Utah called a player out of retirement.
Yes, you read that correctly.