[Austroturf]

I'm going with Stanford 24, Utah 23.  Miracles happen.
I just wish for once we might try some deception, like a fake field goal or anything to liven up the fan experience.
Remember McCaffrey and Hogan doing the fake fumble in the Rose Bowl vs. Iowa?  Pure entertainment.  Of course, I think we were winning by a goodly margin at the time we ran that play...

We were up 28-0 at the time.  Hogan's toss to Rector put us up 35-0 at the half.  Hawkeye fans were in meltdown mode.

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I don't believe this game is going to end well for the Cardinal.  

Even with good teams, Shaw has had a Utah problem.  He lost his first game to the Utes in 2013 in Salt Lake City, when he decided to pass twice at the goal line instead of running Gaffney off tackle (as he did against Oregon repeatedly three games later).  I will never understand that decision.  

His second loss to Whittingham was the 2OT belly-flop in 2014 at home.  The game ended 7-7 in regulation, was knotted at 14-14 after the 1st OT and finished at 20-17 after a FG for the Cardinal and a TD for the Utes.  

In 2017, Shaw booked a 23-20 win in Salt Lake City on 152 yards rushing from Bryce Love.

Then came a thrashing (40-21) by the Utes in 2018 at home, with Zach Moss rushing for 160 yards.

Over the years, Whittingham has been one of the few Pac-12 coaches with a positive record vs. Shaw, even when his teams have not been objectively better.  I predict a thrashing akin to what we experienced in 2018.  Why should the result be any better in 2021, especially with McKee potentially out?

[Austroturf]

I'm going with Stanford 24, Utah 23.  Miracles happen.
I just wish for once we might try some deception, like a fake field goal or anything to liven up the fan experience.
Remember McCaffrey and Hogan doing the fake fumble in the Rose Bowl vs. Iowa?  Pure entertainment.  Of course, I think we were winning by a goodly margin at the time we ran that play...

We were up 28-0 at the time.  Hogan's toss to Rector put us up 35-0 at the half.  Hawkeye fans were in meltdown mode.

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I don't believe this game is going to end well for the Cardinal.  

Even with good teams, Shaw has had a Utah problem.  He lost his first game to the Utes in 2013 in Salt Lake City, when he decided to pass twice at the goal line instead of running Gaffney off tackle (as he did against Oregon repeatedly three games later).  I will never understand that decision.  

His second loss to Whittingham was the 2OT belly-flop in 2014 at home.  The game ended 7-7 in regulation, was knotted at 14-14 after the 1st OT and finished at 20-17 after a FG for the Cardinal and a TD for the Utes.  

In 2017, Shaw booked a 23-20 win in Salt Lake City on 152 yards rushing from Bryce Love.

Then came a thrashing (40-21) by the Utes in 2018 at home, with Zach Moss rushing for 160 yards.

Over the years, Whittingham has been one of the few Pac-12 coaches with a positive record vs. Shaw, even when his teams have not been objectively better.  I predict a thrashing akin to what we experienced in 2018.  Why should the result be any better in 2021, especially with McKee potentially out?