But it is on the defensive side of the ball that a Kyle Whittingham team butters it's bread. Utah's scoring defense was impressive, especially considering they were shooting themselves in the foot with turnovers when Hayes first came in for the injured Wynn. The Utes gave up 30+ points vs Washington, Arizona State and California, and still finished in the top 20 in scoring defense in 2011. 2012 promises to be more of the same, without the lopsided, turnover-driven games. Of course, all of this happened after the Utes gave the same treatment to Jake Heaps and BYU.
Utah opens the 2012 season against Northern Colorado, the team that finished at the bottom of the Big Sky Conference in 2011. Then they have the two in-state games before beginning the PAC-12 schedule. They have USU in Logan and BYU in Salt Lake. The PAC-12 schedule is the mirror image of the 2011 schedule. Same teams, but in the opposite location. There is no Stanford nor Oregon on the schedule. The Utes are predicted to finish 2nd in the PAC-12 South, but in order to do that, they will need to see wins against Washington, California, Arizona State and Colorado...teams that they could not beat in 2011.
2012 Schedule
| Thu, Aug 30 | 7:15 PM ET | Tickets | |
| Fri, Sept 7 | 8:00 PM ET  | Tickets | |
| Sat, Sept 15 | 10:00 PM ET | Tickets | |
| Sat, Sept 22 | TBD | Tickets | |
| Thu, Oct 4 |
| 9:00 PM ET  | Tickets |
| Sat, Oct 13 |
| TBD | Tickets |
| Sat, Oct 20 | TBD | Tickets | |
| Sat, Oct 27 |
| TBD | Tickets |
| Sat, Nov 3 | TBD | Tickets | |
| Sat, Nov 10 | TBD | Tickets | |
| Sat, Nov 17 |
| TBD | Tickets |
| Fri, Nov 23 |
| 3:00 PM ET | Tickets |
Outlook...#wins
1-2 Unlikely
3-6 Pessimistic
7-10 Realistic
11 Optimistic
12+ Unrealistic
Post season outlook...
Probably Alamo or Holiday Bowl
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