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Aug 1, 2014
9:40:11am
Where are 5 wins for the Utes this year. let alone 6 to get a bowl game?
Aug. 28 (Thu.) Idaho State
Sept. 6 Fresno State
Sept. 20 at Michigan
Sept. 27 Washington State
Oct. 4 at UCLA
Oct. 16 (Thu.) at Oregon State
Oct. 25 USC
Nov. 1 at Arizona State
Nov. 8 Oregon
Nov. 15 at Stanford
Nov. 22 Arizona
Nov. 29 at Colorado

In order of probability:
Win 1 - Idaho State. Gimme.
Win 2 - Fresno State. I'll give them this but they will have to show up.
Win 3 - at Colorado. Although anything can happen in a storied rivalry... This is a road game after a brutal schedule where they will probably be pretty beat up. Not a gimme.
Win 4 - Washington St or Arizona - neither is guaranteed although at home.
Win 5 - Washington St or Arizona - neither is guaranteed although at home.
Win 6 - ????

It's easier for me to list their losses:
Loss 1: at UCLA
Loss 2: Oregon
Loss 3: USC
Loss 4: at Stanford
Loss 5: at Arizona State
Loss 6: at Oregon State
Loss 7: at Michigan

I guess win 6 might come at Michigan? Having 7 home games certainly helps. I just don't see them getting to 5 very easily, let alone 6. If that happens, Whitt will be gone and Utah will be doomed to struggle unless they hire a coach who focuses on Poly players. SLC just won't draw enough elite athletes unless they have LDS or Poly ties. I could see Utah trying to model themselves after other P12 schools and I think that will really hurt them. When Whitt and Sitake go they will be on a precipice that could see them spiraling down to nothing. Here's hoping for an entertaining season...
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