The Prediction: Utah Utes

Andrew Berg

How you view this game probably has a lot to do with how much stock you put into the two games you’ve seen so far this year. Jake Browning has a 1:1 TD:INT ratio and Myles Gaskin is averaging 4.0 YPC behind a shaky O-Line. If you think those numbers will hold, you should be very afraid of Utah’s #1 rated defense by S&P+. If you look through a wider lens, you might notice that Browning and Gaskin have performed much better over a longer stretch of time.

So far, the Husky offense has been buoyed by previously unheralded supporting players like Aaron Fuller, Ty Jones, Salvon Ahmed, and Sean McGrew. If those supporting players remain productive while the stars track back to their…