Utah Utes Articles
The pandemic-impacted 2020 season resulted in across-the-board cancellations of non-conference games for the Pac-12. While the peculiar circumstances of last fall deprived fans of such matchups as Oregon and a Trey Lance-led North Dakota State,...
Kyle Kensing
3 weeks ago
Utah is a team on the upswing entering spring football practices. The Utes wrapped up an abbreviated 2020 season with three straight victories. Twenty starters are expected to return from that team and, aside from quarterback and running back,...
John Coon
3 weeks ago
Spring practice for the 2021 college football season is just around the corner for most teams and that includes the 12 programs in the Pac-12. Arizona State and California have already kicked off offseason workouts, but the rest...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
The Pac-12 was the last of the Power 5 conferences to release its 2021 college football schedule, as the league dropped the entire slate for the upcoming fall on Tuesday. As expected and similar to every college football conference, the Pac-12 is...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, college football’s 2020 season was unusual in many ways. Conferences starting play at different times, canceled games, bowl matchups shifted to different locations, and more uncertainty as to who on the roster...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
The countdown to the 2021 college football season is already underway, as spring practices and position battles for spots on the depth chart for all 130 teams across the nation are already in progress in offseason workouts. As always, one of the...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
The Utah Utes aren't losing their Pac-12 South heavyweight status any time in the near future. The Utes added a mix of talented transfers and freshmen to a young roster already stocked with skilled, speedy, and athletic athletes. It will make...
John Coon
1 month ago
It’s never too early to think about next season, so with college football’s 2020 season complete after Alabama's win in the national championship, Athlon Sports is here with its way-too-early top 25 preseason rankings...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
College football’s 2020-21 coaching carousel featured 15 changes, including moves at Texas, Auburn, UCF, South Carolina and Illinois. With the carousel completed and all 15 jobs filled, it's time to rank and grade the new hires...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
The Utah Utes endured some growing pains in a 2020 season shortened by COVID-19-related circumstances. The Utes did not repeat as Pac-12 South champions after playing just five games and finishing 3-2 overall. And like many other Pac-12 teams, Utah...
John Coon
1 month ago
College football’s 2021 season officially kicks off on Saturday, Aug. 28 with a handful of matchups in Week 0. The schedule for that opening weekend could be tweaked, but Hawaii at UCLA and Nebraska at Illinois are the early highlights...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
Ranking the college football rosters for the 2021 season provides a unique window into the talent level for all teams and how that compares to win totals, conference championships, and success on a national level. Recruiting is the foundation for...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
Oregon claimed its second consecutive Pac-12 championship to cap the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Whether you choose to acknowledge the asterisk that comes with that title or not, the Ducks' return to the top of the conference in terms of...
Kyle Kensing
1 month ago
If there's one word that can be used to describe the college football quarterback landscape, it's something that coaches and fans alike don't want to see from their signal-caller — turnover. Yet for the fourth straight season,...
Mark Ross
1 month ago
College football’s 2021 National Signing Day is officially in the books. Alabama signed the best class in modern recruiting history, with Ohio State, Georgia, Clemson, Oregon, LSU, USC and Texas A&M rounding out the next tier of top...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The 2020 college football season featured 24 new coaches at FBS programs, and with the year completed, it's time to grade and rank the hires. UTSA's Jeff Traylor, Rutgers' Greg Schiano, Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz and Ole Miss'...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The Pac-12 started its season later than the rest of the Power 5 conferences, played fewer games, and arguably packed more excitement into its brief window than any other league.
To wit, Stanford's thrilling, come-from-behind win over...
Kyle Kensing
2 months ago
The start of college football's 2021 season is still months away, but it's never too early to flip the calendar to next fall and start thinking about the games on tap. Luckily for college football fans, the 2021 calendar is loaded with...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The early-entry deadline for the 2021 NFL Draft officially passed on Monday, Jan. 18. Counting seniors who passed on an extra year of eligibility and underclassmen entering early, more than 400 players declared for the next level. Ohio State...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The race to win the Pac-12 title in the 2021 college football season features a handful of teams atop the early power rankings, as Oregon and Washington lead the way in the North, while USC, Arizona State and Utah headline the contenders in the...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
Just one game remains in the 2020-21 college football season, as the bowl slate wrapped up on Saturday, Jan. 2. It’s hard to read too much into bowl games due to opt outs and the unusual nature of the 2020 season. However, several players had...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
The Heisman Trophy will be presented on Tuesday, Jan. 5 to one of four finalists for the 2020 college football season. Florida quarterback Kyle Trask, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith and Alabama quarterback...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
The 2021 NFL Draft is slated to take place in Cleveland, Ohio on April 29-May 1, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, college football players are already declaring their intent to jump early to the next level. As of Friday, Dec. 18, 136 underclassmen...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
Christmas may be a holiday, but the sports world doesn't take Dec. 25 off. This year's offerings include five NBA games, a bowl game, and a matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints.
Whether any of these games...
Aaron Tallent
3 months ago
College football’s 2020-21 bowl season features 28 matchups, and Athlon’s editors are here with picks against the spread (ATS) for every postseason contest. One game is slated for Dec. 21 to start the bowl season, the Peach and Citrus...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
