No. 9 BYU at Utah: How to watch, listen to or stream the game

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

No. 9 BYU (8-0, 4-0) at Utah (4-4, 1-4)

Kickoff: Saturday, 8:15 p.m. MDT

Venue: Rice-Eccles Stadium

TV: ESPN

Livestream: espn.com/watch

Radio: ESPN 700 AM/92.1 FM , KSL 1160 AM/102.7 FM

Series: Utah leads 62-35-4

Weather: Mostly clear with temperatures in the high 30s at kickoff, dropping to mid 30s by end of game.

The trends

For Utah: The Utes have lost four consecutive games, with their latest defeat coming at Houston, where Utah’s offense, once again, couldn’t get going. The Utes tried to spark it by making a quarterback change to Brandon Rose in the third quarter, but only mustered 14 points in a 17-14 defeat.

For BYU: The Cougars notched their eighth win of the season, and kept their perfect Big 12 record alive, with a 37-24 defeat of UCF. Jake Retzlaff threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns and added another on the ground, while LJ Martin broke the century mark and BYU picked off UCF twice.

What to watch for

Turnovers have haunted the Cougars more than anything in their losses to the Utes.

In Utah’s last win in the series, 2019, Francis Bernard and Julian Blackmon both picked off Cougar quarterback Zach Wilson for touchdowns. In 2017, Tanner Magnum threw three interceptions and in 2015, BYU turned the ball over five times, including two pick-sixes, in a seven-point loss.

You get the point.

If BYU takes care of the ball — no turnovers — and forces a Utah turnover or two, it’s hard to see the Cougars losing. That formula worked to success in 2021. In a 26-17 win that broke Utah’s nine-game win streak, BYU never gave the ball away and forced two Utah turnovers — a Charlie Brewer interception and a Tavion Thomas fumble.

Conversely, for Utah to have a chance in this game, it needs to force quarterback Jake Retzlaff into a couple of interceptions, or force a few fumbles. Oklahoma…

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Publish date : 2024-11-08 23:30:00

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