beat the utes many times only to see us shoot ourselves in the foot repeatedly and barely lose the game. Your reasoning is sound but ... we need a win over the utes more IMO. Gotta stem the tide and turn this rivalry around. It means more than just a win/loss.
A loss to a highly ranked LSU team would not kill our chances of being ranked but a loss to a ute team that could finish 6-6 or 5-7 (according to Vegas and ESPN) would certainly kill our chances IMO.