It was projected to be a poor matchup when it was scheduled. People theorized it was done because rivalry weekend is crowded and this is the best rivalry in the conference. And they got the exact poor matchup that ever anticipated, just reversed. The game isn’t being showcased at the late window that has no competition at all.
I will laugh at Utah with the best of the them, they are a dumpster fire, it just doesn’t explain why they moved this game to early November last year.