In the end, the scoreboard, which read 63-9, looked like we thought it would when Utah hosted FCS Cal Poly on Saturday.

But Utah coach Kyle Whittingham and his staff will have things to correct from the Utes’ first-half performance during film study and practice this week. After a near-perfect 43-10 win over UCLA at the Rose Bowl last week, Utah’s play against Cal Poly was sloppy at times on both sides of the ball as rain poured down at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Before the end of the first quarter, the Utes had racked up more penalties (four) than they did all game against UCLA (three). Receiver Tobias Merriweather even got called for offensive encroachment, which is a very rare penalty.

Utah punted three times in the first half Saturday (including two three-and-outs), which was two more tim

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