The Heart of Dallas Bowl turned out to be a nice win for the Utes and a not-so-great viewing experience. And not just for West Virginia fans, who saw their team lose 30-14 in a game that wasn’t really that close.
Despite that, the numbers for the Heart of Dallas Bowl were pretty good. According to ESPN, 2.2 million viewers tuned in, a 36 percent increase over Army-North Texas (1.6 million) in 2016.
But the H of D Bowl was kind of in the middle of the pre-New Year’s weekend games — less than TCU-Stanford/Alamo (4.3 million), Oklahoma State-Virginia Tech/Cam[ing World (4.