BYU Football: 3 reasons why and why not BYU will beat Utah

By Adam Gibby | Sep 8, 2021

PROVO, UT - AUGUST 29 : Jaylen Dixon #25 of the Utah Utes is face masked as he is taken out of bounds by Mitchell Price #26, Jackson Kaufusi #38 and Dayan Ghanwoloku #5 of the BYU Cougars during their game at LaVell Edwards Stadium on August 29, in Provo, Utah. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images) /

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Sep 2, 2021; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Utes running back Tavion Thomas (9) runs the ball in the second quarter past Weber State Wildcats linebacker Sherwin Lavaka (13) at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Swinger-USA TODAY Sports /

Utah always finds a way to win

Although it appears that Utah has won in just about every way possible, the bottom line is that they always find a way to win. It doesn’t matter whether they are down three scores in essentially the fourth quarter or if they have to depend on blocking a field goal, they always find a way to win.

While there have been some years that Utah was the clear better team overall before and after this matchup, for the most part, the game has been somewhat between two teams who are both decent but not great. This year Utah appears to be a solid Top 25 team while BYU is still a big mystery. Regardless, Utah isn’t a much worse team than BYU meaning that if history serves right, they will win this game.

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