Arizona
Game Preview, Prediction For Arizona vs No. 10 Utah Football
SALT LAKE CITY –Arizona vs No. 10 Utah is set for a late kick tonight in Utah’s Homecoming Game and Dark Mode theme.
The Wildcats come into this one off of a bye, looking to get their first Big 12 Conference win. Meanwhile, Utah is looking to stay unblemished and will be looking to avenge last year’s performance against Arizona.
Utah vs Oklahoma State is just hours away from kickoff in Stillwater. Both teams are battling to improve to 4-0 on the season and gain a significant advantage in the Big 12 Conference race.
Here are some final thoughts on the game and a score prediction on the game.
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Arizona vs Utah
Game Info
Location: Rice Eccles Stadium
TV: ESPN
Rado: AM 700
Records: No. 10 Utah, 4-0, 1-0; Arizona 2-1
Last Week: Utah def. Oklahoma State State, 22-10; Arizona bye
Three Game Day Thoughts
1. Night game at Rice-Eccles Stadium
Utah has really leaned into the Dark Mode theme this season. As they should. There is something truly extraordinary about Rice-Eccles at night.
“I don’t know (what it is) but there is something magical about Rice-Eccles and night games,” head coach Kyle Whittingham said in last week’s press conference.
The atmosphere in the stadium tonight should be pretty electric. It’s been a while since the last home game at night for the Utes, there weren’t any last season.
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Utah is also coming off of a rather momentous road victory at Oklahoma State, a rather ideal scenario for homecoming week. This weekend has featured the throwback uniforms, which now have the all black set to match the Dark Mode theme as well.
There is certainly a lot of excitement for this game, defensive tackle Junior Tafuna summed it up best earlier this week.
“Rice-Eccles is always louder after dark,” he said. “Rice-Eccles is going to be popping, it’s going to be loud and I’m excited, we’re all excited.”
2. A chance to go 5-0 with all the context around the start of this season
Utah football has a chance to do something significant this weekend in the Big 12 Conference.
But first, consider that Utah has seen their star quarterback in four quarters of action this season.
Not only that, but they lost their No. 2 cornerback within the first couple series of the season. Then their veteran defensive leader and top pass rusher have each missed the last two games.
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Yet, Utah has an opportunity tonight night to improve to 5-0 and solidify their standing atop the Big 12. Something many only considered possible if Cam Rising were healthy, let alone Kenan Johnson, Karene Reid, and Connor O’Toole.
Regardless of what happens tonight, Utah has positioned themselves favorably with their best ball ahead of them.
3. Curious to hear about the new concessions process
The fan experience is an important dynamic in football games. In the previous two home games, the experience was less than ideal.
Due to significant concourse congestion issues, Utah Athletics and Rice-Eccles Stadium have changed the process around their concessions.
These issues have centered around empty soda cups at purchase and long lines at refill stations, which exacerbated long-time congestion issues.
Utah fans will now be provided a full soda cup at initial purchase. That eliminates the primary issue of needing to wait in an additional line to fill up the cup with soda, whether initially or as a refill. Additional soda machines have been installed to help speed up the entire process for fans as well.
Curious to hear how much these changes help the fan experience tonight.
Two Arizona vs Utah Questions
1. How does Utah defend Tetairoa McMillan?
The Wildcats have one of the top receivers in the country. He’s averaging over 150 yards per game as the focal point of their passing attack. He’s the sort of talent that demands special attention.
At the same time, Arizona hasn’t gotten much out of their other pass catchers. Kansas State beat Arizona pretty handily by making it tough on McMillan but more importantly, limiting the production of others.
How Utah defends McMillan and the rest of the passing attack is something that I’ll be very interested in tonight.
2. What improvements does the Utah offense make?
The run game has really come on strong the past two weeks with the emergence of Micah Bernard as RB1.
Dorian Singer (161 yards), Brant Kuithe (142), and Money Parks (84) have been pretty productive in the passing game as well.
Utah is 4-0 but has only enjoyed stretches of highly potent offensive output.
The offense has lost the turnover battle in two games and it’s struggled to convert efficiently on 3rd downs this season.
There is plenty for the offense to clean up. There is also another level they can get to with their execution.
Utah needs to show offensive progress tonight, exactly what sort of progress will be interesting to see.
Score Prediction for Arizona vs Utah
The Utes will certainly be motivated for this one for several reasons. The defense needs another strong performance, while the offense needs to play make improvement. The home crowd also needs to play a big role tonight for Utah.
Given Arizona is coming off of a bye, they’ll be fresh and extra prepared for this one as well. That makes this one a competitive game. Still, Utah gets it down and goes into their bye week unblemished.
Utah 30, Arizona 24
Utah Football’s Remaining 2024 Schedule
- Utah Football vs. Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, September 28
- Utah Football @ Arizona State Sun Devils on Friday, October 11
- Utah Football vs. TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday, October 19
- Utah Football @ Houston Cougars on Saturday, October 26
- Utah Football vs. BYU Cougars on Saturday, November, 9
- Utah Football @ Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday, November 16
- Utah Football vs. Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday, November 23
- Utah Football @ UCF Knights on Friday, November 29
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Arizona
Arizona man pleads guilty after illegally living in forest for years among ‘1,000lbs of trash’
A man in Arizona has pleaded guilty to violating federal fire restrictions and unlawfully residing in a national forest, after authorities said he spent years living at a makeshift campsite surrounded by what officials described as “approximately 1,000 pounds of trash”.
Mark Aaron Gatz was arrested on 25 June at his illegal campsite in Arizona’s Tonto national forest, according to court records. A United States Forest Service (USFS) officer wrote in documents submitted to court that Gatz had been operating an “illegal campsite” with a “hot wood burning campfire” despite fire restrictions and that he had told investigators that he had been living in the forest for about eight years.
The officer wrote that a records check found that Gatz had previously received multiple citations and was the subject of six outstanding federal arrest warrants for earlier violations, including for building fires during fire restrictions, constructing on national forest service lands, unsanitary conditions and occupying national forest as a residence.
Gatz “said that he knew about current fire restrictions but had to have fire to eat”, authorities said. The documents show that USFS officers made contact with Gatz multiple times over the last year or so, and issued him warnings as well as a violation notice for having campfires during fire restrictions.
Notes from officers’ previous encounters with Gatz earlier this year, submitted into the court docket, state that authorities observed “trash such as clothing, pans, tools, and plastic cups scattered throughout the campsite along with a structure that was four feet in height build using wood panels”.
During an encounter with Gatz in May, officers reported observing “approximately 1,000 pounds of trash” at the site, which they said included tires, plastic bags, trash bags, aluminum cans and other items. They also wrote that they found that the campfire site had been left unattended by Gatz the previous day while still hot.
In a separate report filed by law enforcement from an encounter in February, one officer wrote that “upon arrival at the camp, I was flabbergasted by the amount of debris in the area”.
Investigators said that during that encounter, the debris consisted of three ladders, six to eight totes “overfilled with debris”, five 55-gallon drums, eight tires, multiple bicycle frames, 5 gallons of motor oil, plywood and other “miscellaneous lumber”, and they wrote that trash was scattered over approximately half an acre of Forest Service land and creating what officers described as public safety concerns.
In a separate report from July 2025, officers said they observed what they described as a “large messy campsite” while patrolling the area due to complaints “from the district office abut one large messy camp”.
“There was roughly half an acre of resources ruined due to so much trash and goods on the ground for an extended period of time,” the officer wrote.
This week, after Gatz pleaded guilty, he was sentenced to time served and three years of probation, according to court records.
A representative for Gatz did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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What time is the Powerball drawing?
Powerball drawings are at 7:59 p.m. Arizona time on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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PAGE, ARIZ., – A suspect has been arrested after two people were found shot to death inside a home near the Arizona-Utah border.
What we know:
On July 5 at 11:30 p.m., the Page Police and Fire Communications Center responded to a report that two people had been shot near Elm and El Camino.
Once at the home, officers found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
“The suspect was unknown and not on scene when officers arrived,” police said.
Dig deeper:
Police secured the home and obtained a search warrant. Investigators then began processing the crime scene.
“Evidence collected provided investigators with a person of interest who may have been present when the shootings occurred,” police said. “Investigators located the person of interest and interviewed him but did not initially charge him with any crimes related to the double homicide investigation.”
The next day, the person of interest was arrested and booked into jail. He’s accused of two counts of first-degree murder.
What we don’t know:
No identities were released. Police didn’t release any details on what led up to the shooting.
Local perspective:
Police “do not believe there is any remaining threat to the community, as the alleged suspect and the weapon allegedly used have been seized by law enforcement.”
What you can do:
If anyone has information related to the investigation, they advise contacting Detective Terry TerEick at ttereick@pageaz.gov.
Map of the cross streets where the shooting occurred:
The Source: Information for this article was gathered from the Page Police Department’s Facebook page.
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