EDITORIAL BY GRAYDON FOX

Overview:

On Friday, November 30^th, the (9-3) Washington Huskies will take on the (9-3) Utah Utes in the PAC-12 Championship Game.

The Crowd:

The Crowd projects a final score of Washington 29.7 – Utah 22.4 with an over/under of 52.1.

Lou Holtz and Mark May:

Lou is predicting a final score of Washington 28 – Utah 10.

Mark is predicting a final score of Washington 27 – Utah 21.

2018-19 Statistics (130 total teams):

Passing offense: Washington 236.3 YPG (64^th) > Utah 215.2 YPG (81^st)

Rushing offense: Utah 197.8 YPG (44^th) > Washington 185.0 (53^rd)

Scoring offense: Utah 30.8 PPG (53^rd) > Washington 28.0 PPG (76^th)

Scoring defense: Washington 16.5 PPG (8^th) > Utah 19.3 PPG (17^th)

Passing defense: Washington 189.4 YPG (25^th) > Utah 215.5 YPG (52^nd)

Rushing defense: Utah 100.3 YPG (5^th) > Washington 121.8 YPG (20^th)

Turnover Margin Per Game: Utah +0.5 (29^th) > Washington +0.6 (51^st)

Strength of Schedule:

Washington is (9-3) with victories over North Dakota, Utah, Arizona State, #20 BYU, UCLA, Colorado, Stanford, Oregon State, and #8 Washington State.  They were defeated by #9 Auburn, #17 Oregon, and California.

Utah is (9-3) with victories over Weber State, Northern Illinois, #14 Stanford, Arizona, USC, UCLA, Oregon, Colorado, and BYU.  They were defeated by #10 Washington, Washington State, and Arizona State.

Betting Trends: 

– Washington is 4-8 against the spread this season while Utah is 6-5-1.

– Washington is 3-9 against the over/under this season whereas Utah is 7-5.

Bottom Line

Washington traveled to Utah earlier this season and promptly defeated them 21-7.  Myles Gaskin rushed for 143 yards and the suffocating Huskies defense forced three Utah turnovers in the victory.  Obviously, I expect another low scoring game with two of the nation’s top 20 defenses facing off.  The senior experience of Jake Browning and the consistency of Myles Gaskin will be just enough for the Huskies to win the conference.

Washington wins 21-10

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