Is Utah merely a good team, or possibly a great team? The next two weeks could tell

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The fate of Utah’s season could be decided over the next two games.

The Utes enter Saturday’s night game at Rice-Eccles Stadium with a 4-1 record and a 1-1 mark in conference play, staring at a tough two-game stretch that could have massive implications in the Big 12 conference title race.

With one conference loss, which came against what looks to be the conference standard-bearer in Texas Tech, the Utes are still alive for their first-ever Big 12 football title.

The margin for error, however, is slim to none, and the schedule ratchets up several notches in October.

Utah has done what good teams do and taken care of business against teams t