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The new model for turning a college football program around is the transfer portal. All of a sudden, a four-win USC team can compete for Playoff berths in just a year and two-win Colorados can become overnight national attention-grabbers. While not everyone agrees with the portal, it's become important for player mobility. With mobility comes…

Georgia will chase a third consecutive national championship in 2023 as the favorite in the USA TODAY Sports way-too-early Top 25 for next season, ahead of the familiar run of teams that have come to dominate the Bowl Subdivision. The Bulldogs are followed by No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Penn State. After an…

Last year's Rose Bowl saw an absurd amount of offense and a wild 48-45 scoreline, and while the Utah Utes are back for the second straight year, our Rose Bowl betting picks are expecting a much different style of game - read more below. So often the most anticipated of the New Year's Six bowl games, the Rose Bowl kicks off on January 2 between the…

This season I have been breaking down a few of college football's biggest games each week and giving out at least one bet I like from each matchup. Let's take a look at the Rose Bowl matchup between Penn State and Utah. Penn State vs Utah Spread, current line: This looks like an even matchup, so I'll take the points and play Penn State against the…

After starting the season unranked, a young and feisty Penn State squad end the season in Pasadena. (#9)Penn State (10-2, 7-2) vs. (#7)Utah (10-3, 7-2) Kickoff: 5 p.m., Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA The Betting Line: Penn State+2 (Odds/lines subject to change. T&Cs apply. See draftkings.com/sportsbook for details.) TV: ESPN, 5 p.m. - Chris Fowler…

The Utah Utes (10-3) take on the Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) in the Granddaddy of Them All- the Rose Bowl- in Bowl Season. Kickoff comes from historic and iconic Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 2, at 4:00 p.m. CT. This is the final Rose Bowl as we know it. The game is a College Football Playoff semifinal next season and…

The Rose Bowl will see the Utah Utes and the Penn State Nittany Lions take the field on Monday, January 2, 2023. The matchup kicks off at 5:00 PM ET and airs on ESPN. In their last game, the Utes defeated the USC Trojans 47-24. The Nittany Lions are coming off of a 35-16 win over the Michigan State Spartans. In that matchup with the Trojans,…

Kyle Whittingham is completing his 18th full season as head coach at Utah. James Franklin is completing his ninth season as head coach at Penn State. After Franklin and the Nittany Lions went 11-11 combined during 2020 and 2021, they have compiled a10-2 record this season while Whittingham and the Utes have gone 10-3. Monday, Jan. 2, 5 p.m. ET at…

Penn State and Pitt both won every game they played in November, both got matched in bowl games against two of the top teams from the Pac-12, and both are underdogs to win - the Nittany Lions by about a field goal and Panthers by a touchdown. Pitt accepted a bid Sunday to play UCLA Dec. 30 in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas,…

The fourth-ranked USC Trojans attempt to follow their best regular season in more than a decade with a conference title when they face the No. 12 Utah Utes in the 2022 Pac-12 Championship Game on Friday. USC (11-1, 8-1 Pac-12) defeated Notre Dame 38-27 last weekend to cap its first 11-win campaign since 2008, when it also went 11-1. The Trojans now…

The No. 4 USC Trojans (11-1) and the No. 12 Utah Utes (9-3) will meet in the Pac-12 Championship Game on Friday, December 2, 2022. In their last game, the Trojans defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 38-27. Their last time out, the Utes won 63-21 over the Colorado Buffaloes. Caleb Williams threw for 232 yards, with one touchdown and no…

Boulder, Colo. • Saturday wasn't exactly poetic. No, that option for the University of Utah faded into the Pacific Northwest evening a week ago at Autzen Stadium. What transpired Saturday was part survival in handling its own business, and yeah, maybe a wing and a prayer as the Utes waited to see if all the outside help they needed for a trip back…

Isaiah Newell ran for the go-ahead touchdown with 8:11 remaining, and No. 21 Oregon State took advantage of critical mistakes in the fourth quarter by No. 9 Oregon to rally for a 38-34 victory Saturday in Corvallis, Ore. The Beavers (9-3, 6-3 Pac-12 Conference) trailed 31-10 late in the third quarter and 34-17 early in the fourth, but the Ducks…

Stanford Cardinal vs Utah Utes 11/12/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Stanford Cardinal will go against No.13 Utah Utes at the Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 10:00 PM (EDT). The Cardinal are in 11th place in the Pac-12 conference with a record of 3-6. Stanford is coming off with two straight…

Current Records: Stanford 3-6; Utah 7-2 A Pac-12 battle is on tap between the Utah Utes and the Stanford Cardinal at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Utah is out to keep their five-game home win streak alive. A well-balanced attack led the Utes over the Arizona Wildcats every single quarter on their way to victory last week. Utah made…

After almost knocking off USC, Oregon State heads to Salt Lake City to face the defending Pac-12 champs. Will Utah avenge its lone Pac-12 loss from last season when it hosts Oregon State on Saturday? The No. 12 Utes (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12) suffered their lone blemish in league play a year ago after falling 42-34 in Corvallis. Utah enters the rematch on a…

Tempe, Ariz. • The first real telltale sign that there was something wrong with Brant Kuithe on Saturday night didn't come until he was already out of the injury tent behind the University of Utah sideline at Sun Devil Stadium. After he emerged without his shoulder pads, with his injured right knee wrapped in ice, Jordan Noyes walked up to him. The…