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Football season is back! So what does the nation have to say about the Utes heading into week one as they welcome the Bears of Northern Colorado into Rice Eccles Stadium?
— John Coon of Yahoo Sports ranks Utah’s opener in his top 25 non-conference games to avoid watching. For context, Alcorn State at Arkansas State was also listed.
Game Notes- Utah (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) vs. Northern Colorado (0-0, 0-0 Big Sky)
- Date: Thursday, Aug. 30
- Time: 5:15 p.m. MDT
- Site: Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017/FieldTurf)
- TV: Pac-12 Networks • in Utah Comcast 757 (HD) & 37 (SD)
- Radio: ESPN700
- Series Record: Utah leads 2-0
- Last Meeting: 1937 (Utah 7-6)
- Kickoff Weather: Partly cloudy, temps in the upper 80s
— ESPN Pac-12 blogger Ted Miller takes a quick look (and I mean quick) at each week one match-up for Pac-12 teams, which means BYU also gets a mention.
— In an entertaining case of devil’s advocate, Miller also gives his best- and worst-case scenarios for the Utes’ upcoming season.
— Craig Morgan of CBS Sports includes the opener against Northern Colorado as part of Utah’s breeziest stretch in his schedule breakdown.
— Ben Kercheval of NBC Sports College Football Talk lobs his predictions for the Pac-12 in 2012, foreseeing a second place finish for the Utes in the Pac-12 South.
— The Pac-12 site gets set for kickoff week with a look around the conference.
— Vince Ferrara from the News Sentinel Sports Page at Examiner.com interviews Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham as part of his 2012 preview.
— For a bit of the NoCo perspective, the University of Northern Colorado Mirror takes a look at the Bears’ imminent trip to the Hill.
