One of the best feelings an offense can have is standing on the field on fourth down, and not seeing a punter or kicker trotting out.
Before suffering a season-ending injury last weekend, senior center J.J. Dielman explained going for fourth down against USC it thusly: "I knew that’s how the game was going. They’re going to call on us to get this yard. And yeah, when they don’t even look around and they just call the next play, it makes the O-line feel cool because they have confidence in what we’re doing. "
The past two games have gone that way for Utah, which has encountered nine 4th downs with less than two yards to go, and gone for it every time.