There’s no gimme on Saturday night for the University of Utah.

Unlike previous seasons, when the Utes have opened against an FCS or a bottom-tier FBS opponent, Utah is getting an early test in Week 1.

It’s not a foreign concept for the Utes — they’ve opened seasons against Michigan and Florida — but it comes with its own positives and negatives.

“What we do right now is not sustainable, I don’t believe it is, personally, so they’ve got to figure out a way to get some sanity to the whole thing.” — Utah coach Kyle Whittingham on state of college football

The biggest thing — and this can be a positive or negative depending on how you look at it — is there’s no time to ease into the season and no room for mistakes like there is against an FCS team, which is all but a guaranteed win.

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