I By MARCELLUS SNOW Chronicle Sports Editor A strong defense and a flexible offense will hold the key to Utah's football fortunes this Sports sages have generally picked the Redskins for second place honors in the Skyline this and several allow an outside chance for a defense-minded allowed personable Ray Ute grid He has worked under Oklahoma's Bud Wilkinson and the late Red Sanders of two strong exponents of defensive W s is NaSel's vear flex ms squad's defensive His from tackle to will be a challenge even to the season's toughest Husky veterans Ed Tony anc Ken Peterson could a figure in ail-American honors this Backfield and end positions were harder hit by graduation last year than was the Pre-season Km jitters over quarterback were eased somewhat after the Redskins' offensive chine got off the ground in the second half of the Ray gel Hawaii Quarterbacks Terry and Bill Cravens turned in fine performances and gave a reassuring hint of things to Will the the Redskins use a predominantly running offense as they did against Hawaii the rest of the Not says Coach Fans can look for a flexible offense with plenty of passing as well as depending on the Utah has a heritage of strong offensive and last year the ranked fifth in the nation in total A balance between a stronger-than-ever a promising and a sound kicking game spearheaded by converted cage star Gary appears to be Utah's to the Skyline crown over currently touted for first