Isaac Wilson led No. 12 Utah to its first victory in program history against an AP Top 25 opponent with a true freshman quarterback under center.
at Boone Pickens Stadium Saturday, then leaned on the true freshman passer to land a statement victory in the program's inaugural Big 12 game.
Ahead of one of the most anticipated games on the 2024 Big 12 schedule, ESPN reported Saturday that Rising would be a game-time decision against Oklahoma State. The seventh-year passer has not played since injuring his throwing hand against Baylor on Sept. 7. Wilson made his first career start against Utah State in Week 3, completing 20 of his 33 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns in Rising's place during a 38-21 road victory.
"It was literally a game-time decision," Whittingham continued."Not gameday; It was game-time. We came into the locker room after all the warmups, had a little conference and decided that the guy who gave us the best chance to win was Isaac. Cam agreed. That's what we did and that's the direction we went."
A high school state champion and ESPN's 13th-ranked pocket passer in the 2024 class, Wilson began his second career start with a pair of incompletions before Oklahoma State safetyintercepted Wilson's first downfield throw of the day to end Utah's second offensive series. "The team's trusting me so I have to go make a play," Wilson said when asked where he drew his confidence in pressure situations."They were giving us zero-coverage pretty much the whole game. No one was man up on me. So when I broke that pocket I knew it was going to be there."
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