“With the way it works out his year we’re on the road when our students are still out. So it will give us an opportunity — with our nine league home games — to not have any excuses as far as maybe having some of our students still being on their winter break.”
STANFORD, Calif. — Utah’s fifth Pac-12 season begins with three consecutive road games, starting with a New Year’s Day visit to Stanford. The 21st-ranked Utes then face California on Sunday and Colorado on Friday.
Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak considers it somewhat random, noting that they opened last season’s conference campaign with three straight games at home.