Britain Covey knows that rationalizing losses works only to a certain point. Now that Utah is 0-2 in Pac-12 play, the sophomore receiver acknowledged, “There’s only so much longer you can keep saying it.”
Here’s what he’s saying, though: The outside world — including me, in my game-by-game projections last spring — figured the Utes would be 1-2 after three conference games, but remain contenders for the Pac-12 South title. So “if we beat Stanford,” Covey said, “our whole mindset toward winning the South is still in that same place.”
He’s not addressing what happens if Utah starts 0-3, of course, but his point is valid.