Los Angeles • Washington is the favorite to win this year’s Pac-12 football championship, overwhelmingly.
That description would not apply to the way the Huskies have performed against Utah in Chris Petersen's three seasons as the Huskies' coach.
The status of the Huskies and Trojans in the Pac-12 is a compliment to the Utes, who can claim to have played as well against those top-tier schools as any program in the conference lately. Whenever the subject of the Utes came up Wednesday during the Pac-12 Football Media Day, a theme emerged.
The Trojans remember how Ute quarterback Troy Williams beat the (31-27) in 2016 at Rice-Eccles Stadium with a late touchdown drive, then gave his team another chance to win by completing a TD pass last October in Los Angeles.