And it applies perfectly for the Utes’ opener on Thursday night against Weber State. Thereafter, it fits from start to finish in a Pac-12 schedule that includes lesser teams and better ones. It also applies to games against opponents such as Northern Illinois and BYU.
That one key is significant enough that it would be worth it for the entire team to scale Mount Olympus to obtain it, to retrieve it, to bring it back on a silk pillow and guard it, preserve it, observe it, at every turn, at every cost. And, yet, it is as common as the blades of grass growing on the Utes’ practice field.