Taking stock of Utah at the bye week
There are plenty of issues to fix — and players to get back — if Utah football wants to contend for a third-straight Pac-12 title in a deep conference.
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There are plenty of issues to fix — and players to get back — if Utah football wants to contend for a third-straight Pac-12 title in a deep conference.
Mapping out the Seattle Seahawks schedule before the season began, sitting at 3-1 heading into the bye week appeared the optimal outcome. Seattle won its third straight game on Monday night with a 24-3 thumping of the New York Giants where the defense grabbed the spotlight, highlighting the different ways the Seahawks have reached their mark through four games. It was Seattle’s offense that carried it to a 37-31 overtime win over Detroit in Week 2.
It was Prime Time all the time the first two weeks of the season as Colorado and effervescent new coach Deion Sanders turned the college football world into believers. “We’re yet to have an identity,” Sanders said after a 48-41 loss to No. 9 Southern California last weekend. Now that the dust has started to settle a bit, Pac-12 teams have started falling into a pecking order.
Myles Garrett left the stadium wearing a protective boot, a fitting accessory for a Browns team limping into its bye week. Cleveland's first four games left a mark. The Browns lost star running back Nick Chubb and two-time All-Pro tackle Jack Conklin to season-ending knee injuries in the first two weeks.
Fannin County showed up and showed out on Friday night as the Rebels dismantled Gordon Central 42-0.