Red roundup: Yahoo! Sports pegs Utes the Pac-12 surprise team

By Dirk Facer, Deseret News

Published: Monday, Aug. 20 2012 11:22 a.m. MDT

Utah is ranked 25th in a preseason poll by Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports. Forde says the Utes are poised to be the Pac-12's surprise team.

— Jim Burton of the Standard-Examiner is glad to see Ron McBride and LaVell Edwards back together again

— Interviews aplenty on ESPN 700.

— KSL.com's Robert Jackson has got U. covered.

— The Oregonian previews Utah football.

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mussingaround

Palo Alto, CA

25. Utah

The Utes' introduction to the Pac-12 was brutal: They lost their first four league games and starting quarterback Jordan Wynn for the year to injury. But they rebounded to win four consecutive Pac-12 games and set a positive More..

11:35 a.m. Aug. 20, 2012
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SoonerUte

Salt Lake City, UT

"It's interesting that Forde completely ignored Utah's season-ending meltdown against Colorado".

National writers don't carry around the bitterness of a 54-10 loss when assessing Utah football. National writers More..

12:38 p.m. Aug. 20, 2012
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Elmer Fudd

Sandy, Utah

@ Snack WAC

"Nice try, but BYU has beaten the Utes 29 of the last 50 meetings and has beaten the Utes in 3 of the last 6 meetings".

Nice try, but Utah has beaten BYU 55 of the last 89 meetings. Haha! Oh and Utah leads More..

2:08 p.m. Aug. 20, 2012
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