It’s yet a long, long season, but Utah football finally stumbled into a challenge commensurate with what was either suspected of it or what was suspicious about it, depending on your point of view.

Having failed against Texas Tech, 34-10, at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday, the Utes proved something of note in defeat. Their offense stunk. Sure, they won their first three games this season, but remember, they also won their first four games a year ago. And then …

Yeah, and then. Their offense stunk.

Given the special test at hand, and the fact that I was sitting next to a pool at a vacation home in Florida, watching this game on a Fox channel with five diehard Utah fans, I decided to do something I never do — observe and jot down a smattering of what was happening on the screen, measurin

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