Dallas • Back-to-back wins to finish the season and the wealth of underclassmen set to return next season give the Utes ample optimism this coming offseason.
Closing wins over Colorado and West Virginia don’t completely change the view of the Utah football season, but those victories did give Utah a winning record (7-6) and certainly tempered any lingering frustration or disappointment from a stretch of six losses in seven games prior to the regular-season finale.
Those final two wins also send the senior class — a group which Utes coach Kyle Whittingham has repeatedly credited for solidifying the program’s footing in the Pac-12 Conference — out on a winning note.