As the clock approached midnight after his team’s 35-0 rout of California at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham offered a final thought Saturday to a media contingent that quickly ran out of questions and critiques about the Utes.
That won’t happen. Utah’s four-game winning streak either will be validated or made less meaningful by 9:30 p.m MDT start next Saturday, just before the clocks change for the season. The convergence of Utah’s visit to Washington and USC’s hosting Oregon may decide the Pac-12 South race.
With a Utah win and a USC loss, the Utes would take over first place with a clear path to the title: a bye week, then games vs.