Idaho at Utah

Jim Boylen has had a lot of success at Utah in his first two seasons and last year's 24 wins will be hard to match. This program never falls far however, and I expect them to do well with three holdovers, three JUCO transfers, and three freshman all capable of contributing. Carlan Brown is ready to emerge as one of the Mountain West's best players. Idaho is in a conference where it seems like every year it is Utah State or Nevada and everyone else. Idaho is an improved team from their 1-15 season in their WAC debut in '05-06, but this is still a weak conference aside from the two at the top. Although they finished 9-7 last year, the jury is still out. The Vandals lost most of their deep range threats from a year ago and won't sneak up on anyone this year like they did a year ago, and that includes Utah. Utah with the win and cover in this one.