Ogden • Pac-12 football teams will launch the season this week, facing the likes of Auburn and Ohio State. Utah’s opponent? Just Weber State.
Make that #JustWeber, a formerly self-mocking phrase that has become a campus rallying point. The Wildcats, ranked No. 8 in FCS preseason polls, might be the best Big Sky Conference team the Utes have faced in this decade.
They've come a long way since 2013, when they last visited Rice-Eccles Stadium. That's when Utah scored a seventh touchdown just before halftime in an eventual 70-7 victory and a coach was furious about the Utes' running up the score.