field due to health, and he was replaced with someone who some people (ridiculously) think should play ahead of him next year. The sheer quantity of Utah playmakers who have missed time is pretty significant. The point is that if Utah hadn't had all those injuries (or even avoided a few of those injuries) then Utah would be playing Stanford this week.

Of course, the point is that most teams suffer lots of injuries. It just sucks for both teams that this year's injuries were more impactful than most.