Both Washington and Utah have significant questions on offense heading into Saturday's showdown in Salt Lake City.
There was an uneasy feeling around Husky Stadium on Saturday afternoon as the Huskies clung to a 17-3 third-quarter lead against their lower-division visitors from North Dakota.
The uneasiness didn’t last long. Washington closed the game with four touchdowns in a 16-minute stretch and rolled to a convincing 45-3 victory.
Some 2,000 miles away at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Ill., the Utah Utes looked quite uncomfortable too.
Playing on the road in front of a tiny crowd (16,762), Utah was clinging to a four-point fourth-quarter lead until linebacker Chase Hansen returned an interception for a touchdown, giving the Utes a 17-6 victory over pesky Northern Illinois.