Utah took to the field against the Rams of Colorado State who have had some turnover with the head coaching position, so the maybe motivation may not have been there for them. However, that is not an excuse for anybody. From what I saw, the Utes simply came to play and the Rams didn't. Travis Wilson played really well in this game and may have put himself into front runners job for the 2015 season with this performance. He finished 17-26 for 158 yards, which in total yards doesn't seem like a great game, but for Wilson it was a game of management going 5-6 for 71 yards and leading Utah to 21 points in the first quarter. Wilson nearly got half of his passing yards in the first quarter.
From there, the Utah defense shut down the Ram offense. The Rams did score ten points early, but were shut out from there for the rest of the game.
The Utes all stud running back Devontae Booker had one touchdown and 162 yards rushing in a game that was but over in the third quarter. This was Booker's 7th one hundred game in the last 10 games for Utah. He has been the model of consistency throughout this surprise season for the Utes and he certainly didn't let Utah fans down on Saturday.
Here is another stat that blew my mind. The difference in rushing yards was 347 yards. Then when you consider that Colorado State averaged 172 yards on the ground and was held to 12 yards for the entire game that is a feat in itself. Nobody wins a game when they let the other team run for 335 yards.
To get the victory in the fashion that Utah did lets every college football fan that may be a casual fan of the Pac-12 that there is some real quality football being played out here in the West. The quality of the teams playing from the conference just gets better as we get further into the bowl season. Lets hope the quality lives up to more wins for the Pac-12.
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