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Utah had everything in its favor last week..............coming off a bye, after crushing in-state rival BYU, to host its 1st ever game as a P12 team in front of a raucous sell-out crowd vs a squad that has a rep of playing poorly on the road...........& they were hammered by Washington. Sure they had 5 TO's (they were gifted 7 TO's by BYU) but even so they were held to 17 yds on 23 rushes. In fact they only had 250 yds of total offense for the game before the late drive vs the prevent. They lost Jordan Wynn to injury & will rely on Jon Hays, a D-II transfer, to run the offense. After watching the game again, he may not be a huge step down.......but he's still pretty green & will be making his 1st ever D-I start.
ASU hasn't been all that impressive either. Other than being 4-1 with good wins vs Mizzou & USC, they are still only 1-4 ATS...........& their lone loss was OTR vs Illinois. But the 1-4 ATS, combined with the perception that Utah is a good team (even though they're 1-3 ATS) gives us good line value.
Before the season started, someone in this forum posted that they believed Utah would win the P12 south this year (behind USC who is ineligible). I predicted they'd be 5-4 at best & it looks like they may struggle to even get to that record. They just aren't that good this year. They don't have the quality depth that other P12 teams do & are trying to implement a Norm Chow offense to boot.
I got ASU -3 but would take them up to -7..........
GLTA this weekend
ASU hasn't been all that impressive either. Other than being 4-1 with good wins vs Mizzou & USC, they are still only 1-4 ATS...........& their lone loss was OTR vs Illinois. But the 1-4 ATS, combined with the perception that Utah is a good team (even though they're 1-3 ATS) gives us good line value.
Before the season started, someone in this forum posted that they believed Utah would win the P12 south this year (behind USC who is ineligible). I predicted they'd be 5-4 at best & it looks like they may struggle to even get to that record. They just aren't that good this year. They don't have the quality depth that other P12 teams do & are trying to implement a Norm Chow offense to boot.
I got ASU -3 but would take them up to -7..........
GLTA this weekend
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