with us going on a long road trip that week. Utah has 2 extra days and play FCS the first week. Maybe we will have an edge having played an actual game the week before (see: 2013 Texas game).
At least with Boise we play Friday not Saturday the prior week and it's not much of a long road trip up to USU to recover from. Still a disadvantage. I wonder if Boise and Miss St are annoyed and would rather get the bye before a big conference game.