Low-key if Utah hadn't fukked up their QB situation at the beginning of the year they'd be in the playoffs, possibly even undefeated.
* First loss was a 26-17 defeat on the road at #12 BYU with Charlie Brewer going 15-26 for 147 and nothing on the ground.
* The next week they fell behind 24-10 to #19 SDSU before finally realizing Charlie Brewer wasn't shyt. (Utah's defense was fine, 14 of SDSU's points came off a punt return TD and an interception.) Charlie Rising was finally put in at QB and led Utah to three straight TDs in the 4th/overtime, only losing in triple-overtime because the field goal kicker missed the game-winning field goal and then a receiver barely bobbled the 2pt-conversion. Brewer's QBR for the game was 11.1, Rising's QBR was 81.0.
Ever since then Brewer has stayed on the bench and Rising has been on a tear, with the team averaging 40 points/game over their last 9 games.
If they had just started Charlie Rising from the beginning they definitely win both of those games, then they'd be 12-1 right now with 2 wins over Oregon and 1 win over BYU. Hell, if Rising had those 3 extra starts under his belt then maybe they don't lose that fluky game against OSU either (were up 14-0 and 17-7 but lost 42-34 after a punt block returned for a TD, a missed field goal, and two straight drives ending on failed fourth-and-goal from the 2 yard line).