Utah Football's Struggle and CU's Dominance This Season

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00:00I don't really think Utah has that great of a team this year.

00:09They were favored to win the Big 12.

00:11They've been anything but.

00:13I thought last week their athletic director made a fool of himself after that game at

00:19Rice-Eccles.

00:20I've never actually seen an AD have a meltdown like that before publicly at a presser and

00:26like embarrass the entire school and athletic program, to be honest with you.

00:31But they have owned Colorado.

00:34They have beaten Colorado so many times, 11 of 12, and they beat them three straight times

00:40at Folsom Field.

00:42Does any of that worry you with this game on Saturday?

00:47Not really.

00:48The only thing that worries me is I still have great respect for Utah, even though they

00:51don't have, they're not having the season that we thought.

00:55They're still tough.

00:57That defense is number one in the Big 12, so you have to respect that.

01:00They haven't allowed more than 27 points to anybody this year.

01:03They got one of the best pass defenses in the country, and that's to use strength on

01:07offense is throwing the football.

01:10So you have to respect that.

01:12But Utah can't score.

01:13I mean, they're averaging 14 points a game over the last five weeks, and Cam Rising we

01:18know is out.

01:19The kid they brought in last week for a spark against BYU, Brandon Rose, he's out for the

01:24year.

01:25They lost their star tight end, Brant Keithy, last week.

01:27So I just don't know how Utah is going to score.

01:29So I'm not worried about CU winning the game.

01:32I don't know if it's going to be pretty.

01:33I don't know if they're going to blow them out, but I'm not too worried about CU winning

01:37the game.

01:38I think they're a much better football team right now than Utah is.

01:41Yeah, I do too.

01:43And what they've been doing to teams in the third quarter has been unbelievable.

01:48They come out of the tunnel in the second half and they destroy teams.

01:52They've outscored them 76-24 in the third.

01:55They light it up.

01:56Why do you think they've been so effective then?

02:01They've been really good with in-game adjustments.

02:03If you look at a lot of their games, their opponents will come out and get some things

02:08going early offensively, but their defense has been locked down.

02:12I think they're giving up on average maybe seven points, 7.3 per game in the second half

02:18is all.

02:19Their adjustments under Robert Livingston, their defensive coordinator, have been really

02:23good.

02:24And that Texas Tech game, they fell behind 13-0 in the first quarter and then outscored

02:29them 41-14 the rest of the way.

02:31So they've just made really good adjustments and they kind of settle in, you know, offensively

02:36and defensively.

02:37We've heard different players talk about how they kind of get through that feeling out

02:40period, those first 15 scripted plays, figure out, okay, this is what the opponent's doing.

02:45And then they adjust and they go from there.

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