Standout quarterback Cameron Rising has skilled extra misfortune, and Utah’s season is teetering on a downward slope.
The Utes can have Isaac Wilson behind middle for the long run. They’ll look to halt a two-game skid on Saturday evening after they host TCU in Large 12 play at Salt Lake Metropolis.
Rising sustained a season-ending damage to his proper decrease leg throughout final weekend’s 27-19 setback to host Arizona State. The lack of Rising comes when the Utes (4-2, 1-2) are dealing with slim odds of being within the postseason playoff combine.
“They have to be warriors and wish to battle by means of some adversity,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham mentioned. “It isn’t like we’re 1-5 and sitting right here with a horrific season. We have now dropped a few video games in a row, and we’re not used to dropping two in a row round right here.”
Rising missed all of final season attributable to a serious left knee damage sustained within the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2, 2023. This season, the seventh-year participant missed three video games with a hand damage earlier than taking place in opposition to the Solar Devils.
“Throughout his time at Utah, Cam has been each an excellent participant and chief for our program, and he’ll clearly be missed,” Whittingham mentioned.
Wilson has handed for 830 yards and 6 touchdowns this season. Nevertheless, the freshman has been intercepted seven occasions and has accomplished simply 55.7 % of his makes an attempt.
Micah Bernard is coming off a 129-yard dashing efficiency that marks his fourth 100-yard outing of the season. Bernard has 676 yards and a wholesome 6.6 common per carry.
The Horned Frogs (3-3, 1-2) are coming off a bye. Two weeks in the past, they misplaced 30-19 to visiting Houston, a staff that was shut out in its earlier two video games.
TCU coach Sonny Dykes mentioned his program returned to fundamentals throughout the break.
“We tried to focus rather a lot on fundamentals,” he mentioned Tuesday. “Enjoying decrease up entrance, clearly higher ball safety and tackling, simply all of the stuff that is vital. We had a bunch of alternatives final week to get some work in, and I believed we had actually good practices and improved.”
The Horned Frogs characteristic an elite receiver in Jack Bech, who’s tied for fifth nationally with 702 receiving yards. He additionally has seven scores on 39 receptions.
Bech has 4 100-yard outings this season, topped by a 200-yard effort in opposition to UCF on Sept. 14.
Quarterback Josh Hoover has accomplished 68.6 % of his passes for two,007 yards and 16 touchdowns, with six interceptions. The yardage ranks fifth nationally.
Utah holds a 5-3 sequence lead. The packages beforehand have confronted off within the Western Athletic and Mountain West conferences.
–Discipline Stage Media
