Monson: Utes have hope, still, even after a most difficult defeat

In a game that very well could have been an acceleration point for Utah football, the Utes couldn’t quite do what was required to earn that added speed hurtling into the crunch of their Pac-12 season.• Play black-and-blue football throughout.• Be tough and mean and nasty up front throughout.• Beat the Cardinal throughout.At the end, the final numbers on the board — Stanford 23, Utah 20 — that shined into the late darkness on Saturday night were absorbed by Kyle W