was the university of utah football team able to stop the utc juggernaut?
Fort Worth, Texas ยป Utah’s special teams weren’t exactly special during Saturday night’s 55-28 beatdown at TCU. The Horned Frogs recovered a fumbled kickoff return, blocked a Utah punt and used a long punt return of their own to set up a touchdown — all in the opening 16 minutes. “… Just a lot of things you can’t do against a quality opponent,” said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. On the other hand, TCU linebacker Tank Carder called it “one of the best special teams games we’ve had in awhile. … Those guys came to play.” Utah survived its first mistake of the game, when David Reed fumbled on a kickoff return after TCU’s first touchdown. The Frogs recovered at the Utah 16, but they could not score. Utah trailed 14-7 late in the first quarter when Utah punter Sean Sellwood’s protection broke down. TCU blocked the kick, took over at the Utah 23 and scored four plays later. Trailing 21-7, Sellwood unloaded a 52-yard punt on the next possession. But the Frogs’ Jeremy Kerley returned it 39
