QB Jordan Wynn left the game early in the 2nd and Utah was unable to overcome this injury

Utah knew that they were outmanned coming into this matchup with #4 Stanford, but when they lost their star QB Jordan Wynn early in the 2nd quarter the task became even more daunting. Wynn's subpar backup did more damage than good as he threw 2 picks including a crucial pick 6 to close out the 1st half. With Wynn on the shelf, the already heavy load on HB Thretton Palamo's shoulders became even heavier. He was nearly man enough to handle it, but despite a brilliant day, he'll be remembered for 1 play.

The game couldn't have started better for the Utes. On the 3rd play of the game, Palamo rumbled 53 yards for a TD to put Utah up 7-0. This was followed by a 3 and out for Stanford. The Utes' offense wasn't able to manage any more points in the 1st and Stanford would add 2 FGs to cut the deficit to 7-6. Palamo would strike again with 2 minutes left in the half with a 4 yard TD run to put Utah up 14-6, but Andrew Luck would hit Owusu about 2 inches from the sideline on a 47yd TD catch. Then, Utah's crappy backup QB would throw a 66 yard pick 6 to give Stanford a 20-14 halftime lead.

Utah got back to their grinding ways and Stanford's Taylor and Utah's Palamo would each get TD runs to keep the Stanford lead @ 6. In the 4th, Utah's defense played bend, but don't break but couldn't get the Cardinal off of the field. Finally, with about 3-4 minutes left in the game Stanford was driving deep into Utah territory. They had a 4th and 1 on the Utah 30, but the Stanford coach elected to go for it instead of kicking the FG to put them up by 9. They got the first down, but shortly after Luck would throw an interception, giving the Utes the ball, only down by 6.

The Utes' drive was nearly short lived as they faced a 4th and 1 on their own 30 yard line, but with under 3 minutes left, coach Jello elected to go for it and got the 1st down. Utah methodically drove the ball down the field and had the ball on the Stanford 25 yard line with 1:27 left on the clock. The Cardinal seemed unable to stop Palamo who had gained the majority of the yards on the drive on the ground. After gaining 194 yards and 3 TDs in the game and putting his team on his back on the potential game winning drive, Palamo was assured to get much cheerleader ass tonight. On the next play however, Palamo was absolutely destroyed by OLB Blake Lueders and he coughed the ball up which was then returned 75 yards by Stanford.

Game.

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