Washington Football: 5 reasons Huskies will beat Utah for Pac-12 title

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - SEPTEMBER 15: Myles Gaskin #9 of the Washington Huskies tries to avoid the tackle by Chase Hansen #22 of the Utah Utes in the first half at Rice-Eccles Stadium on September 15, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images) /

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4. Myles Gaskin is a beast in the backfield for Washington

Myles Gaskin became the first Washington running back to run for 1000 yards in each of his four seasons in Seattle, breaking the record on an 80-yard touchdown run to put the final nail in the coffin against the Cougars in the Apple Cup.

Gaskin finished the snowy day in Pullman with 170 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground. It has been an injury-plagued year for the senior, but he has topped 100 yards in each of his three games since coming back from missing games against Colorado and California.

In his first three years, Gaskin went over 1,300 yards each year. With 1,076 yards so far this year, he needs to put up only 112 yards or more in each of his final two games of his college career to finish with four straight 1,300-yard seasons.

Against Utah earlier this year, Gaskin posted 143 yards and a touchdown in Salt Lake City. He should have another field day running on the Utes in Santa Clara.

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