Utah football fans will wish their team could start over and replay the late-September schedule, if the Utes lose Saturday night's homecoming game in the rain at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Washington State already made one opponents’ star players decide to redo their senior seasons. Houston’s quarterback and a top receiver will exploit an NCAA redshirt rule, stop playing after four games and try again next year after going 1-3 to begin 2018, including a 31-24 loss to WSU.
No. 19 Utah’s response to another 0-2 start in conference play would be less extreme (although the redshirt option remains available to any player, prior to Saturday’s game).