Utah +3.5 -108, 3 units
Everyone is talking about Oregon's ability to stop the run but I'm not too convinced as they were able to get big leads in their 1st few games and they played some very poor teams in Miss St., Nevada, and Arizona and Washington St. is not much of a running team although they did have over 125 rush yards against Oregon. Michigan got way behind in the 1st half so didn't get many opportunities to run. Utah is committed to the run and I think they will have some success. Meyer is a great offensive coach and he is planning on opening up the offense for this game so the Ducks may see some new things. Utah also does a much better job in turnovers as the Ducks QBs have 7 INTs compared to just 2 for the Utes. Smith has done a nice job replacing Elliott with a 73% completion rate and 0 INTs. Oregon doesn't run the ball real well at just 3.5 ypr considering some of the poor defenses they have faced and I think the Utes can force the Ducks' QBs into some turnovers. Oregon also has some injury problems with their leading WR questionable and their 2nd leading rusher doubtful. Like the Utes to win a high scoring game here.
Everyone is talking about Oregon's ability to stop the run but I'm not too convinced as they were able to get big leads in their 1st few games and they played some very poor teams in Miss St., Nevada, and Arizona and Washington St. is not much of a running team although they did have over 125 rush yards against Oregon. Michigan got way behind in the 1st half so didn't get many opportunities to run. Utah is committed to the run and I think they will have some success. Meyer is a great offensive coach and he is planning on opening up the offense for this game so the Ducks may see some new things. Utah also does a much better job in turnovers as the Ducks QBs have 7 INTs compared to just 2 for the Utes. Smith has done a nice job replacing Elliott with a 73% completion rate and 0 INTs. Oregon doesn't run the ball real well at just 3.5 ypr considering some of the poor defenses they have faced and I think the Utes can force the Ducks' QBs into some turnovers. Oregon also has some injury problems with their leading WR questionable and their 2nd leading rusher doubtful. Like the Utes to win a high scoring game here.
