Athlon Sports picks newcomer Utah to win Big 12 Conference football title

There’s been a long history of teams struggling in their first year in a new conference — something prognosticators don’t think will be a problem for Utah in its first year in the Big 12 Conference.  Athlon Sports has the Utes picked to win the Big 12 after coming over from the Pac-12 Conference with Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado in 2024, largely thanks to the return of seventh-year quarterback Cam Rising.  From Athlon Sports: “Utah is set to return quarterback Cam Rising in 2024 after he missed all of last season due to a knee injury.Porno 1xbet He threw for 3,034 yards, 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions in 2022 along with 465 yards rushing and six touchdown while leading the Utes to the Pac-12 title.” Kansas State was picked to finish second, followed by Oklahoma State, Kansas and Arizona. Utah opens the season on Aug. 29 at home against Southern Utah. Bad Moon Rising.Cam needed a yard…got 62🏈🏈Utah leads Ohio St 35-21 2nd qtr!!!#RoseBowl #UtahUtes #utahfootball pic.twitter.com/Dnc48xyKPc Tony Adame covers the Big 12 Conference for The Sporting News. He is a graduate of Southern Oregon University and has been a sports journalist for 20 years. He has won APSE Awards for breaking news, games stories and feature writing.