Taking a Closer Look at Utah

Agreed. I love watching him extend plays, especially when it results in a pass.

Good point about our depth SHOULD be enough to cover for the loss. I think we have the depth there, but they have to show it on the field.

If we can take care of the ball, we should be okay … I hope.

Try these on for size:

Utah has never one a single Pac-12 conference game; Washington has never lost one.

Washington is the only Pac-12 team who has never lost to Utah.

So UW probably wouldn’t have been his best choice either.

I’d judge Utah on how they played against USC…this is going to e a close game between two evenly matched teas.

was similar to the Sankey kick return against Nebraska

One was a bad snap that Heaps tried to recover and failed in epic fashion. Another was a botched kick-off return and the cover squad was fast enough to get downfield and recover it inside the 5.

The other five were knocked loose by the defense. Perhaps BYU was a little careless with ball security, but it remains that five turnovers were forced by the D players.

…can make Jordan Wynn look like a Heisman Trophy candidate.

Someone needs to ask Sark the padawan question.

Husky Stadium is on the west side of Lake Washington (which is the lake that you see in the scenic shots over the stadium with all the boats on it when they make the inevitable tailgating on the yacht crack). Lake Washington is connected by canal to Lake Union, and Union is connected by locks to Puget Sound. I didn’t mean for that to the long-winded yes it turned into: I meant more to explain that you can (and people do) sail from the Pacific Ocean right up to the gates of Husky Stadium.

I have no idea if elevation is ever a factor at BYU or Arizona for the Huskies. In addition to being a Husky, however, I am also one third Husker, and I can guarantee you that the Nebraska football team would have never used altitude as an excuse for failing to eviscerate the Buffalos, who look down upon us all.

Two thousand feet can make a lot of difference, but it depends on which two thousand feet we’re talking about. I don’t think that two thousand feet of elevation gain is an issue inasmuch as being over 6K is a big deal for the average person. Speaking as mountain climber from Seattle, it’s my experience that altitude doesn’t begin to affect the average fit person who lives at sea level until she or he reaches 7K (although these people aren’t playing football). Most climbers I know don’t feel altitude until they’re around 9K or so.

I’m not saying it’s a non-factor, and I don’t mean to make light of it, but I think Folsom will be a bigger challenge for the average player on our roster than RES will be.

If you’ll forgive the tangent, it’s been a few comments since I last mocked the Cougars, and, while I’m on the topic, I feel compelled to point out that I know people in Pullman who honestly believe that they live at altitude. I am in no way making that up.

Could be an issue. It always is. I live in Denver so we hear it here often. I am sure we will have oxygen. Where did you go to College? I went to Mesa State. I played HS soccer in Grand Junction at about 4600 feet and when we went to Aspen, Vail, Telluride, etc. It was brutal. Thankfully we had much more talent