The University of Utah defeated the University of Florida Thursday night, 24-11, in the season opener.
Florida finished with 346 yards of total offense, roughly 10 more than Utah's top-30 defense gave up a year ago, but that number needs a lot of context.
Utah sacked Mertz five times, two of them coming from Jonah Elliss. Florida was 1-for-13 on third down, the one not coming until the fourth quarter. The more I think about this, the more this might be an underrated, intriguing storyline as September unfolds. You have a running back room that is perceived by some as loaded, running behind a mostly-veteran offensive line, but you also have a stable of quarterbacks with legs.
I admit I'm overthinking this off one game, but this is at least worth discussing. Takeaway Bernard and there wasn't much meat there for what is supposed to be a strength of the team on a night where Utah went to the run nearly 57% of the time.Whittingham said postgame that Rising has been given more latitude from medical personnel and that the plan is to practice fully next week with no limitations.
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