and now in November has it all in front of them with a now clear path if they can avoid a bad loss. They are in national discussions as a small cfp chance and to win the p12...if Utah loses, it will change quickly with local and national media. Tyler Huntley has the offense playing at that "man, if Utah ever had an offense to go with that defense" level. And the defense is better than its been in some time. Thats saying something...and its all sort of "validated" to have substance given Utahs top 10ish standing in every single metric/model in the sport. Utah is good. Of course you can see why theres optimism given that situaion. There just isnt a lot of negatives and probably wont be until Utah loses.

also, byu is had some bad losses recently and is looking to scrape out 7 wins and just climbed out of a sub.500 hole

Of course thats a scenario that will be slanted. That isnt pandering. Thats situationally dictated. What negatives would you like to hear the media talking about relating to Utah as they stand today?