It can be tough to rebound after taking a loss that takes some of the shine off your season, and oftentimes the best thing that can happen is that a bye week comes right after said defeat. That is what happened to the Utah Utes after they went down 31-24 to Washington a couple of weekends ago. That loss dropped them to 7-2 on the season, and essentially killed any shot that they may have had, however slim, at a playoff spot. The Utes have fallen away after a solid 4-0 start to the season, but they are not in as tough a position as their opponents on Thursday night, the Arizona State Sun Devils. They are coming into this one on a 3-game losing skid that has seen them drop to 5-4 on the season. The last time these two teams hooked up in Tempe, it was the Sun devils who came away with a 19-16 win, but their most recent meeting came last season when the Utes romped to a 34-18 win. Utah are coming into this game as a 5.5-point betting odds favorite.
