We'll see. Utah lost to Oreg. State, SDSU and BYU. All 3 on the road and snapped 5, 6 and 9 games win streaks
for Utah.
2 of them came back to RES the next year and got smoked. So now...they're like what, a combined 3-22 against Utah?
I don't think those are program defining games like you suggest. Just hungry teams that Utah has owned that came out to play for a huge game.