For the first time in Mountain West Conference history, two teams ranked in the AP’s top-10 square off, as the fourth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs and the sixth-ranked Utah Utes battle for league supremacy in Salt Lake City.
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TCU Vs. Utah: Bring Your Best Game To GameDay
SB Nation’s Block U has a rundown of fan guidelines for Saturday’s visit from TCU and ESPN:
If you’re going to the game and you’re going to GameDay, it’s probably best to stay around campus once GameDay wraps up. The show ends at 10 and Utah’s game begins at 1:30. I feel like I’m lecturing now and I don’t want it to sound that way, however, we need everyone in their seats by the time the players take the field. Everyone. Not just half the stadium. So to ensure that happens, it’s probably best you stay close to the stadium. If you live outside the valley or in the south part of the valley, leaving and then returning could mean you’re late for the game. We don’t want any of that. Plus, tailgating will be going on all Friday night and all Saturday morning/early afternoon. Ute fans are some of the most hospitable fans I’ve met and they’ll almost assuredly welcome you with open arms, even if you’re a stranger.
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TCU, which represents the highest-ranked opponent that the Utes have faced in Rice-Eccles Stadium since it opened in 1998, has won nine straight road games dating back to last season and that ties Utah for the longest streak in MWC history. The Horned Frogs have also won 14 straight league outings, four shy of the record held by BYU, so being away from home and in a heated league meeting is nothing unusual for TCU.
The Frogs, who have won 22 straight regular season matchups, have been overwhelmingly dominant the last five games, holding foes to a combined 16 points during that stretch. Most recently the team crushed UNLV on the road last Saturday in a 48-6 final.
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