Let's Get LOUD! | A Utah Utes Dynasty (NCAA13)

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Matchup Preview *|* September 7, 2012
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Utah Utes (1-0, 0-0 Away)		Utah State Aggies (1-0, 1-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 45.0 (#23) Points Per Game 21.0 (#83) 453.0 (#43) Total Offensive Yards 343.0 (#78) 250.0 (#48) Passing Yards 166.0 (#87) 203.0 (#41) Rushing Yards 177.0 (#54) Defensive Stats Comparison 242.0 (#27) Total Yards Allowed 396.0 (#88) 176.0 (#58) Passing Yards Allowed 233.0 (#89) 66.0 (#16) Rushing Yards Allowed 163.0 (#84) Injury Report Charles Henderson, WR Strained Back / 10 weeks Tyler Larsen, C Broken fibula / 11 weeks Game Notes Utah will face the Aggies of Utah State in the Battle of the Brothers. This rivalry has dated back to 1892, with Utah leading the series, 77–28–4 all time. The last time these teams met was on september 3rd, 2009, with Utah coming out victorious, 35-17.

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GAME TWO, 2012
UTAH UTES (1-0) AT UTAH STATE AGGIES (1-0)





WINNING BIG
York and the Utes win in Logan against their hated rivals Utah State, 41-14



Backup running back Kelvin York had a great game, rushing for two touchdowns.

Utah Utes at Utah State Aggies
Sep 7, 2012 1 2 3 4 OT F UTAH (2-0) 7 21 7 6 -- 41 USU (1-1) 7 7 0 0 -- 14 Top Performers PASS: Jordan Wynn, QB (Utah) - 21/28, 285 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT RUSH: Kelvin York, HB (Utah) - 6 att, 54 yds, 2 TD REC: Devonte Christopher, WR (Utah) - 4 rec, 92 yds	Team Stats Comparison UTAH USU First Downs 21 15 3rd Down Efficiency 6-11 3-13 4th Down Efficiency 1-1 1-3 Total Yards 560 392 Passing Yards 285 223 Rushing Yards 177 59 Penalties-Penalty Yards 2-13 6-60 Turnovers 3 1 Time of Possession 17:47 21:03
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING UTAH USU 5:47 (UTAH) K. York, 1 yd run 7 0 2:46 (USU) K. Williams, 11 yd run 7 7 SECOND QUARTER SCORING UTAH USU 7:54 (UTAH) L. Matthews, 24 yd pass from J. Wynn 14 7 4:12 (USU) W. Davis, returned fumble 47 yds 14 14 2:34 (UTAH) K. York, 38 yd run 21 14 2:02 (UTAH) S. Lotulelei, returned fumble 12 yds 28 14 THIRD QUARTER SCORING UTAH USU 3:29 (UTAH) D. Anderson, 24 yd pass from J. Wynn 35 14 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING UTAH USU 2:53 (UTAH) D. Rogers, 3 yd run (xp blocked) 41 14

Lotulelei picks up the fumble, and scores a touchdown to give the Utah a 14 point lead, and momentum for the rest of the game.

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Top 25 Scoreboard (Week 2)

Results

#2 USC 44, Syracuse 3

UCF 20, #16 Ohio State 17

Western Kentucky 3, #1 Alabama 48

#6 Georgia 7, Missouri 38

Ball State 10, #12 Clemson 37

UL Monroe 28, #7 Arkansas 51

Purdue 28, #24 Notre Dame 39

#18 Nebraska 26, UCLA 28

Air Force 0, #13 Michigan 34

Miami 12, #11 Kansas State 38

Duke 34, #19 Stanford 24

FSC Southeast 0, #8 Florida State 44

FCS East 7, #22 Georgia Tech 42

FSC Southwest 6, #23 Virginia Tech 45

FSC West 14, #15 TCU 56

ECU 23, #10 South Carolina 29

#20 Michigan State 52, Central Michigan 0

FSC North 14, #5 Oklahoma 49

#25 Washington 31, #3 LSU 27

#21 Oklahoma State 23, Arizona 19

#14 Wisconsin 45, Oregon State 24

Fresno State 19, #4 Oregon 28

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 9, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama Crimson Tide (36)	2	0	1500
2	2	USC Trojans (21)	2	0	1457
3	4	Oregon Ducks (1)	2	0	1322
4	5	Oklahoma Sooners (2)	2	0	1265
5	7	Arkansas Razorbacks (1)	2	0	1152
6	8	Florida State Seminoles	2	0	1097
7	9	West Virginia Mountaineers	1	0	1043
8	10	South Carolina Gamecocks	2	0	990
9	11	Kansas State Wildcats	2	0	938
10	3	LSU Tigers	1	1	887
11	12	Clemson Tigers	2	0	887
12	14	Wisconsin Badgers	2	0	801
13	13	Michigan Wolverines	1	1	786
14	15	TCU Horned Frogs	1	0	737
15	6	Georgia Bulldogs	1	1	658
16	17	Boise State Broncos	1	0	642
17	21	Oklahoma State Cowboys	2	0	476
18	20	Michigan State Spartans	1	1	476
19	22	Georgia Tech Bulldogs	2	0	420
20	25	Washington Huskies	2	0	378
21	--	Missouri Tigers	2	0	378
22	23	Virginia Tech Hokies	1	1	337
23	24	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2	0	337
24	16	Ohio State Buckeyes	1	1	212
25	--	Baylor Bears	1	0	181

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 9, 2012
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
M. Barkley	QB	USC Trojans		40/67, 520 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT
M. Ball	HB	Wisconsin Badgers		28 att, 205 yds, 4 TD
T. Mathieu	CB	LSU Tigers		5 tkls (2 tfl), 1 defl, 1 fr
D. Whaley	HB	Oklahoma Sooners		21 att, 120 yds, 2 TD
R. Wingo	HB	Arkansas Razorbacks		44 att, 251 yds, 5 TD

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Matchup Preview *|* September 15, 2012
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Brigham Young Cougars (2-0, 0-0 Away)		Utah Utes (2-0, 1-0 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 46.5 (#10) Points Per Game 43.0 (#18) 416.5 (#57) Total Offensive Yards 457.5 (#31) 265.0 (#38) Passing Yards 267.5 (#33) 151.5 (#79) Rushing Yards 190.0 (#45) Defensive Stats Comparison 237.0 (#12) Total Yards Allowed 262.0 (#20) 156.0 (#42) Passing Yards Allowed 199.5 (#77) 81.0 (#8) Rushing Yards Allowed 62.5 (#2) Injury Report C. Hoffman, WR Broken Collarbone / 3 weeks C. Henderson, WR Strained back / 9 weeks Game Notes The Holy War. Utah leads the all-time series record, 55-34-4. The last time these two met, Utah crushed BYU, 54-10.

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GAME THREE, 2012
BYU COUGARS (2-0) AT UTAH UTES (2-0)





HOLY WAR
Salt Lake City is rocking following a 35-21 beating of rival BYU.



QB Jordan Wynn earned player of the game honors completing 21 of 24 pass attempts for 277 yards, and 3 touchdowns.

Brigham Young Cougars at Utah Utes
Sep 15, 2012 1 2 3 4 OT F BYU (2-1) 3 7 3 8 -- 21 UTAH (3-0) 7 7 14 7 -- 35 Top Performers PASS: J. Wynn, QB (Utah) - 21/24, 277 yds, 3 TD RUSH: J. White IV, HB (Utah) - 24 att, 123 yds, 2 TD REC: B. Thompson, WR (BYU) - 7 rec, 127 yds	Team Stats Comparison BYU UTAH First Downs 11 18 3rd Down Efficiency 6-12 5-10 4th Down Efficiency 1-1 0-0 Total Yards 511 467 Passing Yards 330 277 Rushing Yards 28 79 Penalties-Penalty Yards 4-35 2-20 Turnovers 4 0 Time of Possession 19:12 18:48
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING BYU UTAH 4:54 (BYU) J. Sorensen, 26 yd FG 3 0 3:41 (UTAH) J. White IV, 6 yd run 3 7 SECOND QUARTER SCORING BYU UTAH 7:37 (UTAH) D. Christopher, 2 yd pass from J. Wynn 3 14 1:36 (BYU) M. Alisa, 2 yd run 10 14 THIRD QUARTER SCORING BYU UTAH 6:33 (UTAH) D. Anderson, 13 yd pass from J. Wynn 10 21 4:24 (UTAH) J. White IV, 13 yd run 10 28 0:16 (BYU) J. Sorensen, 35 yd FG 13 28 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING BYU UTAH 3:29 (UTAH) D. Anderson, 14 yd pass from J. Wynn 13 35 0:52 (BYU) A. Holt, 25 yd pass from R. Nelson (2-pt good) 21 35

John White IV scores his second touchdown of the game, thanks to magnificent blocking.

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Top 25 Scoreboard - Week 3, 2012

Results

FSC Southeast 6, #25 Baylor 38

Utah State 14, #12 Wisconsin 42

FCS East 0, #7 West Virginia 49

Idaho 7, #10 LSU 37

Florida Atlantic 17, #15 Georgia 31

FCS Northwest 3, #20 Washington 49

UMass 10, #13 Michigan 63

North Texas 21, #9 Kansas State 38

Miami University 17, #16 Boise State 24

#14 TCU 23, Kansas 16 OT

Virginia 24, #19 Georgia Tech 31

#23 Notre Dame 41, #18 Michigan State 13

FSC Southwest 0, #11 Clemson 70

#1 Alabama 13, #5 Arkansas 42

Wake Forest 14, #6 Florida State 31

UL Lafayette 20, #17 Oklahoma State 13

UAB 10, #8 South Carolina 40

California 0, #24 Ohio State 27

#22 Virginia Tech 37, Pittsburgh 24

Arizona State 21, #21 Missouri 28

#2 USC 34, Stanford 17

FCS West 7, #3 Oregon 44

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Sep 16, 2012
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	USC Trojans (37)	3	0	1501
2	5	Arkansas Razorbacks (22)	3	0	1440
3	3	Oregon Ducks (1)	3	0	1402
4	4	Oklahoma Sooners (1)	2	0	1329
5	6	Florida State Seminoles	3	0	1189
6	7	West Virginia Mountaineers	2	0	1121
7	8	South Carolina Gamecocks	3	0	1056
8	1	Alabama Crimson Tide	2	1	1003
9	9	Kansas State Wildcats	3	0	992
10	10	LSU Tigers	2	1	890
11	11	Clemson Tigers	3	0	870
12	12	Wisconsin Badgers	3	0	813
13	13	Michigan Wolverines	2	1	720
14	14	TCU Horned Frogs	2	0	719
15	15	Georgia Bulldogs	2	1	617
16	16	Boise State Broncos	2	0	600
17	19	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	3	0	461
18	20	Washington Huskies	3	0	418
19	23	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3	0	398
20	21	Missouri Tigers	3	0	378
21	22	Virginia Tech Hokies	2	1	325
22	24	Ohio State Buckeyes	2	1	245
23	25	Baylor Bears	2	0	234
24	--	Auburn Tigers	2	1	184
25	18	Michigan State Spartans	1	2	172

Heisman Watch - Updated: Sep 16, 2012
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
M. Barkley	QB	USC Trojans		62/96, 856 yds, 7 TD, 3 INT
M. Ball	HB	Wisconsin Badgers		42 att, 280 yds, 6 TD
J. Franklin	QB	Missouri Tigers		58/110, 834 yds, 6 TD, 1 INT
E. Manuel	QB	Florida State Seminoles		48/80, 684 yds, 7 TD, 1 INT
K. Barner	HB	Oregon Ducks		51 att, 269 yds, 6 TD

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Matchup Preview *|* September 22, 2012
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Utah Utes (3-0, 1-0 Away)		Arizona State Sun Devils (1-2, 1-1 Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison 40.3 (#14) Points Per Game 33.3 (#44) 423.6 (#47) Total Offensive Yards 434.0 (#40) 270.6 (#25) Passing Yards 210.3 (#78) 153.0 (#79) Rushing Yards 223.6 (#18) Defensive Stats Comparison 294.0 (#35) Total Yards Allowed 330.0 (#62) 243.0 (#100) Passing Yards Allowed 197.6 (#74) 51.0 (#1) Rushing Yards Allowed 132.3 (#45) Injury Report Charles Henderson, WR Strained Back / 8 weeks None Game Notes John White IV and the Utah Utes face their first challenge of their 2012 season, opening pac-12 play this weekend against Arizona State. Out of the 23 total meetings between these two teams, Arizona State has come out victorious 17 times. The most recent match went to the Sun Devils, 35-14.

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GAME FOUR, 2012
UTAH UTES (3-0) AT ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS (1-2)





EXTRA INNINGS
Arizona State outlasts Utah in overtime victory, 34-27




Jamal Miles (top) gets both feet down for the game winning touchdown in 2OT, ASU seals the game with an interception (bottom).



Tempe, AZ (AP) -- Arizona State ended their two game losing skid saturday, defeating the Utah Utes in overtime 34-27. With the score 13-10 in favor of the Sun Devils, Utah got the ball back, ready to take the lead. Jordan Wynn did a great job finding open receivers as the Utes drove down the field, and capped an impressive drive off with a 6 yard touchdown run by John White IV, giving them a 17-13 lead. But Arizona State answered right back, scoring on a 6 yard touchdown pass to take a three point lead with 5:21 left in the 4th. On the ensuing drive, Utah would drive down the field and with no time left on the clock,made a 26 yard field goal to send the game to overtime.

Arizona State won the coin toss and elected to play defense first. Utah came out strong wanting their third straight victory, and scored on a 11 yard touchdown pass from Wynn to Moeai. But Arizona State struck back on the first play on their ensuing drive, on a 25 yard touchdown pass, and after the extra point was successful, the game went into a second overtime. On third down of the next drive, Arizona State QB Mike Bercovici would hit a wide open Jamal Miles to give the Sun Devils the lead. The Utes would try a heave into the endzone on 4th down, but would be intercepted sealing the victory for ASU.

QB Jordan Wynn finished the day 19-27, for 217 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions. His favorite target was TE Moeai who finished with 4 receptions for 41 yards, and a touchdown. HB John White IV rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown. The Utah Utes get a bye next week to rest themselves before taking on the #1 team in the country, the USC Trojans.

Utah Utes at Arizona State Sun Devils
Sep 22, 2012 1 2 3 4 OT F UTAH (3-1) 3 7 0 10 7 27 ASU (2-2) 3 10 0 7 14 34 Top Performers PASS: M. Bercovici, QB (ASU) - 14/14, 255 yds, 4 TD RUSH: J. White IV (Utah) - 24 att, 118 yds, 1 TD REC: J. Miles, WR (ASU) - 3 rec, 79 yds, 2 TD	Team Stats Comparison UTAH ASU First Downs 17 15 3rd Down Efficiency 6-12 2-8 4th Down Efficiency 1-1 0-0 Total Yards 448 494 Passing Yards 217 311 Rushing Yards 106 74 Penalties-Penalty Yards 3-25 6-55 Turnovers 2 0 Time of Possession 19:38 12:22
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING UTAH ASU 5:29 (UTAH) C. Petersen, 47 yd FG 3 0 0:27 (ASU) A. Garoutte, 40 yd FG 3 3 SECOND QUARTER SCORING UTAH ASU 7:13 (ASU) J. Miles, 47 yd pass from M. Bercovici 3 10 3:43 (ASU) A. Garoutte, 22 yd FG 3 13 1:43 (UTAH) D. Anderson, 55 yd pass from J. Wynn 10 13 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING UTAH ASU 7:03 (UTAH) J. White IV, 6 yd run 17 13 5:21 (ASU) D. Lewis, 6 yd pass from M. Bercovici 17 20 0:00 (UTAH) C. Petersen, 26 yd FG 20 20 OVERTIME SCORING UTAH ASU -- (UTAH) K. Moeai, 11 yd pass from J. Wynn 27 20 -- (ASU) R. Ross, 25 yd pass from M. Bercovici 27 27 -- (ASU) J. Miles, 9 yd pass from M. Bercovici 27 34

In the second overtime, ASU QB M. Bercovici hit J. Miles for the game winning TD.