The Utah offense started rolling in the second quarter last week against UCLA, and it really hit its stride after halftime with 31 points. The Utes hadn’t even scored more than 30 points in an entire game against a Pac-12 Conference opponent this season.
After several weeks of grumbling about the Utes abandoning the running game too early and not putting the ball in the hands of featured running back Zack Moss enough, they rushed for 272 yards, with Moss gaining 153 of that. Just like that, all was well with Utah (5-4, 2-4) and Ute coach Kyle Whittingham awarded first-year offensive coordinator Troy Taylor the game ball.