Pac 12 Power Rankings Week 4: Three teams remain undefeated
What happens when a quarterback grows up and showcases his skills as a dual-threat quarterback rated No. 1 in the nation? He gets ignored and has to go to another school, but this school just so happened to be Utah. Williams was dominant the whole game and threw 270 yards and two touchdowns while running for another score in the come from behind victory over USC.
Tim Patrick catching an 18-yard touchdown pass at the pylon with 16 seconds remaining to cap a 15-play, 93-yard drive. Patrick had his third 100-yard receiving game of the season. USC was ahead for most of the contest and was leading 27-17 in the fourth quarter. Then Utah turned on the scoring machine by putting up 14 points and holding the Trojans to just three.
Utah wanted to establish the run against USC, a team that ranks 98th against the run in the nation, which opened the door for Williams, but that plan didn’t work as well as Utah hoped and had to change their game plan. Even though the Utes had 132 yards on the ground before halftime, they finished with 186 yards total.
Utah will now face Cal at Berkley and then Arizona at home. Utah is in a good spot to win the South but has stiff challenges in #10 Washington at home against Oregon and on the road at Colorado. Then will have to match up against Arizona State and UCLA.
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