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Utah vs TCU: How to watch, listen to or stream the game
Utah (4-2, 1-2) vs. TCU (3-3, 1-2)
- Kickoff: Saturday, 8:30 p.m. MDT
- Venue: Rice-Eccles Stadium
- TV: ESPN
- Livestream: espn.com/watch
- Radio: ESPN 700 AM/92.1 FM
- Series: Utah leads 5-3
- Weather: Clear with temperatures in the low 50s at kickoff, dropping to mid 40s by end of game.
The trends
For Utah: The Utes have dropped two consecutive games, losing 23-10 to Arizona in Salt Lake City before falling to Arizona State 27-19 in Tempe last week.
For TCU: The Horned Frogs have lost three of their last four contests, losing 66-42 at rival SMU, then beating Kansas 38-27 before losing to Big 12 bottom-dweller Houston 30-19 last week. The Cougars entered the game having scored zero points in their previous two contests, but broke that streak against TCU.
What to watch for
This week, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham announced that starting quarterback Cam Rising, who suffered a leg injury early in his return against Arizona State, is out for the season.
That means that true freshman Isaac Wilson will be the Utes’ starter for the rest of the season.
It’s not a foreign position for Wilson, who has started three games in Rising’s absence this year, but this upcoming start feels different. No more dueling game plans in practice in case Rising is able to play, no more looking over his shoulder to see if Rising is going to come back this week.
Utah is finally tailoring a game plan just for Wilson, and the team has rallied behind him this week.
Wilson has had his struggles — too many interceptions (seven on the year) and not turning enough red-zone trips into touchdowns — and will still make freshman mistakes, but he’s shown flashes of potential and has generally moved the ball between the 20s well.
If the Utes can convert in the red zone this week, things will be looking up.
It will be interesting to see how Wilson performs with a week of game-planning tailored to his strengths. He’s shown a propensity to run, and TCU has struggled to contain rushing quarterbacks. Could we see more designed quarterback runs in Utah’s playbook this week?
Key player
Josh Hoover, TCU quarterback: Without a reliable rushing game, Hoover has been tasked with producing the majority of TCU’s offensive yards, and he’s delivered.
TCU coach Sonny Dykes has always favored the passing game, and he’s got a good quarterback under center to run his offense. Hoover has thrown for 2,007 yards and 16 touchdowns on 69% accuracy, with his favorite target being wide receiver Jack Bech, who has hauled in 39 receptions for seven scores and 702 yards.
TCU isn’t hurting for other weapons, either, with three other receivers over 300 yards on the season. All of that has added up to produce the nation’s fifth-best passing offense, which averages 342.8 yards and 35.3 points per game.
The weakness of the offense has been turning the ball over too much. The Horned Frogs had given the ball away 14 times this season — Hoover has thrown six interceptions and TCU has fumbled the ball eight times.
The Utes will have their hands full with one of the best quarterbacks they’ve faced this year.
Quotable
“What’s really impressive to me is their conversion down rate. Almost 50% on third down, almost 75% on fourth down and in the red zone they’re over 80% touchdown efficient. So they’re doing some really good things offensively and really difficult to stop.” — Utah coach Kyle Whittingham
“I think the fact that he’s got the whole week to prepare that there’s some clarity I think at that position, probably helps them just because I’m guessing that there’s been splitting reps and that kind of thing as Cam’s been trying to get healthy. I don’t know how much different it’s going to be for us from a preparation standpoint, but it will be a little bit.” — TCU coach Sonny Dykes
Next up
- Utah: at Houston
- TCU: vs. Texas Tech
Utah schedule
- Aug. 29: Utah 49, Southern Utah 0
- Sept. 7: Utah 23, Baylor 12
- Sept. 14: Utah 38, Utah State 21
- Sept. 21: Utah 22, Oklahoma State 19
- Sept. 28: Arizona 23, Utah 10.
- Oct. 5: Bye
- Oct. 11: Arizona State 27, Utah 19.
- Oct. 19: TCU (8:30 p.m., ESPN)
- Oct. 26: at Houston
- Nov. 2: Bye
- Nov. 9: BYU
- Nov. 16: at Colorado
- Nov. 23: Iowa State
- Nov. 29: at UCF (6 p.m., Fox)
All times Mountain time zone.
Jon Anderson will be charged with moving the Orem school forward following the death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on campus last year.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Incoming UVU President Jon Anderson poses for a photo with his family after an event announcing his selection at Utah Valley University in Orem on Friday, July 17, 2026.
BEAVER COUNTY, Utah — A massive community effort is underway as volunteers and Beaver County crews distribute thousands of sandbags to protect homes from the potential path of floodwaters.
After the Cottonwood Fires, residents have been waiting for weeks for relief to come in the form of rain, though officials now warn it may come all at once with an increased risk of flooding and debris flow.
Emergency Service Director Les Whitney believes that the fire has left plenty of debris to bring trouble for residents.
“We got a lot of water. We’re bringing debris with it, so tree branches, tree limbs, logs, lots of different size firewood, and that’s all in the creeks. We’re worried about that plugging up our bridges and stuff, so we have heavy equipment and excavators located in strategic places so that we can keep those bridges open,” said Whitney.
An estimated 140 homes and condominiums were spared from the flames, but remain in the paths of floodwaters.
Residents can also pick up sandbags at the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office or at the Beaver County Rodeo Fairgrounds.
EAGLE MOUNTAIN — An Eagle Mountain man currently on pretrial release in 4th District Court who is accused of abusing his dog has been arrested again for allegedly punching the same animal.
Keith Reaves Davis, 43, was booked into the Utah County Jail on Wednesday for investigation of aggravated cruelty to an animal.
Utah County sheriff’s deputies were called Wednesday afternoon to a grocery store on a report that a man was beating his dog after it had gotten off its leash and was stopped by a bystander, according to a police booking affidavit.
“I reviewed security camera footage from the grocery store, and an individual matching the description of the suspect was seen holding the dog in the air by one paw and repeatedly striking the dog on the right hind leg area. I observed the male strike the dog several times before dropping the dog from approximately 1-2 feet. The strikes appeared to be as hard as the male could hit,” the arresting deputy wrote in the affidavit. “The dog did not cry out or whimper as if the dog was accustomed to the abuse.”
When questioned, Davis “admitted to striking the dog because it was not behaving,” the affidavit states.
An animal control officer who responded to the scene to take custody of the dog noted it was the same dog he had taken from Davis exactly three months earlier during another animal abuse investigation.
In that case, Davis was charged in 4th District Court with aggravated cruelty to an animal, a class A misdemeanor; and public intoxication, a class C misdemeanor, after deputies received a tip from a neighbor that a dog was being abused at Davis’ home, according to charging documents. When questioned, Davis “acknowledged hitting his dog as punishment,” the charges state.
Deputies also reviewed videos that the neighbor had filmed. The neighbor told investigators “there was blood from the dog on the ground of the garage and (the neighbor) can hear the dog screaming as if it’s being hurt. Deputies got the videos from the (neighbor) and you can hear very loudly the dog screaming and crying with a lot of loud banging noises. In one of the videos, you can hear the dog sounding like it is being choked by a collar and is grasping for air,” a police booking affidavit states.
Davis’ next court hearing in the April case is scheduled for July 28.
In their latest booking report, sheriff’s deputies note that they “believe further harm will be inflicted on this dog if it is released back to the male a second time,” and have recommended the dog not be returned to Davis.
The Key Takeaways for this article were generated with the assistance of large language models and reviewed by our editorial team. The article, itself, is solely human-written.
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