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The Utah Utes will be playing 60 minutes on Saturday, but they're expected to have things wrapped up well before that. Utah and the Colorado Buffaloes will face off in a Pac-12 battle at 7:30 p.m. ET at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah is currently enjoying a seven-game winning streak and is looking to extend their dominance.
The Utes ran circles around the Arizona Wildcats last week, and the extra yardage (508 yards vs. 191 yards) paid off. The Utes took their game against Arizona by a conclusive 35-7 score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Utah had established a 28 to nothing advantage.
Meanwhile, Colorado was no stranger to outgunning their opponent yards-wise, either, with 429 yards compared to the Washington Huskies' 187. Colorado managed a 20-14 win over Washington. Colorado QB Steven Montez was slinging it as he picked up 56 yards on the ground on six carries and accumulated 223 passing yards.
Their wins bumped Utah to 10-1 and Colorado to 5-6. Two defensive stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: Utah enters the contest with only 55.9 rushing yards allowed per game on average, good for best in the nation. Less enviably, the Buffaloes are stumbling into the game with the sixth most passing yards allowed per game in the nation, having given up 299.5 on average. So the Colorado squad has its work cut out for it.
