Utah Football: 3 Bold Predictions for Alamo Bowl vs Texas
3. Utah wins by three touchdowns
The Alamo Bowl is one of the more lopsided matchups remaining in bowl season. The No. 11 team in the nation is playing a 7-5 team who oddsmakers would probably feel less kindly towards if they weren’t one of college football’s most distinguishable brands.
Even with that cache, Texas still comes into the game as a seven-point underdog. That might not sound like much, but it’s a hefty line for bowl season when the unexpected becomes a lot more regular. For context, Alabama is a seven-point favorite over Michigan and Auburn a seven-point favorite over Minnesota.
Texas has no coordinators and nothing to play for. And as good as Utah has been for the past two decades, the Utes don’t have the same level of prestige associated with their program, not yet. Texas won’t be as amped to play Utah as they were to play Georgia. The stakes aren’t nearly as high.
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The opposite is more likely to be true. Beating Texas sounds a lot better than beating Utah, even if the magnitude of those separate events could not be further from equal right now. No, Texas will not keep this one close. Utah wins in Texas, sending the once-proud ‘Horns back to Austin with a whimper.