Storylines: Utah must beat UCLA without Booker

SALT LAKE CITY — In a season that once wooed the nation, the Utah football team is aiming to get back on track. With just two games left in regular play, improving the record is mandatory.

Here is a look at a few storylines as the Utes prepare to face the Bruins.

Do or die

UCLA comes to town Saturday in a must-win competition at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Both the Bruins and Utes will walk on the field knowing if they lose, the road to the Pac-12 championship is a dead-end.

For Utah to appear in the championship, it needs to win its two remaining games against UCLA and Colorado and have USC fall to either Oregon or UCLA. If the Trojans win out, they're in the conference championship, thanks to a…