It was Phyllis Diller who once said she was so ugly as a kid that her mother had to tie a pork chop around her neck to get the dog to play with her.
It had its peaks, such as they were, and its nadirs, more of the latter than the former.
The Jazz helped build an All-Star, then lost him, then probably drafted one in embryonic form; BYU football was terrible and fired a school legend; Utah football was OK in a limited sort of way; BYU and Utah basketball didn’t do much; the NCAA Tournament returned to Salt Lake City; RSL failed to make the playoffs; a new women’s professional soccer team was founded; a BYU basketball player was investigated by the NCAA and left school; and an old arena was made new again.