Utah football

After a bye week following a big victory over USC, the No. 14 Utah Utes are back in action with a road contest against Washington State.

Washington State does not opt to run the ball much in their air raid system but when they do, their guy is Nakia Watson who has 64 attempts for 325 yards and two touchdowns on the season. So far, Dickert has a 7-6 record with the Cougars as a whole, while this season they are sitting at 4-3 (1-3 in conference). The Cougars opened their 2022 slated on a hot streak, winning their first three contests, including a road win over the Wisconsin Badgers. Glover takes the hand-off and is in. [#GoUtes] [pic.twitter.com/mpvVePIBVe] Barnes connected with Money Parks on 3rd and 4 for 31 yards. [#Utes]were able to finish the job. Barnes did a good job getting Utah to the 20, but the drive stalled. Instead backup [@bryson_barnes10]is taking the lead. [@crising7]tonight for the [#Utes]. Cam Rising and the Utah offense is up first. PULLMAN, Washington – The No.

It was a rough night for Utah football in terms of injuries keeping key players out and in one case happening during the game.

Micah Bernard was announced to be out for the game but did end up playing very limited snaps, mostly in a pass blocking type role. Once again, not much is known about what happened to Kincaid and if he will be out for any extended period of time. It happened to quite literally be the last thing he did that night. Tight end Dalton Kincaid got into the end zone like it was the last thing he would ever do for Utah’s final touchdown of the night. PULLMAN- It was a rough night for Utah football in terms of injuries keeping key players out and in one case happening during the game. First of all, before we start listing the things we do know, it seems astute to mention that Utah will have another extra couple days to try and get some of these guys right since they played on Thursday after a BYE.

Utah football's curious decision to sit quarterback Cameron Rising was explained by Kyle Whittingham after the win over Washington State.

According to Whittingham, it was Cameron Rising’s decision to sit out the win over Washington State. Whittingham spoke about the decision to sit Rising, per Nicholas K. Unfortunately, they never got to see Rising on the field, besides the pregame warmups.

Analysis off the University of Utah's 21-17 win over Washington State on Thursday night.

Utah bypassed a 35-yard field goal attempt in favor of Barnes hitting Glover for six yards and a first down out of the backfield. The result was, instead of a field goal try on fourth-and-4, the Utes were set up with first-and-goal at the 1 with 30 seconds left. Utah appeared ready to go on fourth-and-4 from the 6 in the closing seconds of the first half. • A quick reminder that Barnes does not have a ton of experience: Early fourth quarter, third-and-1 at the Utah 34, Utes up 21-14. Kincaid went right to the injury tent after that and was done for the night (more on that below). It did not have the same type of trouble with Ward, who could use better weapons out on the perimeter to match his talent level. That pass, for what it’s worth, appeared to be underthrown and looked destined to be broken up or intercepted, but Clark Phillips III tripped and fell as he tried to rotate his hips to make the play, allowing Stribling to be open. Next play, Barnes to Dalton Kincaid, who was clearly nursing a sore shoulder, on a tunnel screen for a touchdown and a 21-7 lead. I remember thinking in August that if Barnes had to start a game because Rising was unavailable, it was going to be a problem. Then, Whittingham went to Barnes and told him his first career start would be on the road in near-freezing temperatures when Utah’s offense was already missing key pieces. But it could bode well the Utes now have an extra couple of days to get themselves together after playing on a Thursday. I don’t recall if he had the sleeve on the left knee then, but he practiced.