No. 21 Utah handles slow start, snow and Colorado 30-7

BOULDER, Colo. -- It was the No. 21 Utah Utes who weathered this storm, and they have a trip to their first Pac-12 title game to show for it. Jason Shelley threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns and the Utes mastered the sloppy conditions in a 30-7 rout of Colorado in freezing rain and snow Saturday. "It doesn't bother us a bit," coach Kyle Whittingham said. "We are up in the mountains in Salt Lake City, so not a problem at all. Our guys handled it very well. It didn't faze them." So comfortable were the Utes (8-3, 6-3) that several of them warmed up shirtless. "We're from Utah, so it's not like we don't play in the cold weather, too. It was nothing to us," said linebacker Francis Bernard , who had to step in for star Chase Hansen , who was ejected for targeting. Buffs senior wide receiver Jay MacIntyre , on the other hand, wasn't accustomed to the foul weather. "No, not really.