SALT LAKE CITY — It’s 3 a.m. following a taxing football game. The brain is wired and sleep is fleeting. But in a few hours, church services begin and your toddler does not care what time you went to bed or how exhausted you or your body might feel.
It’s a familiar situation to many on the University of Utah football team — athletes and coaches alike. Football is an all-consuming sport, with little available time left for other responsibilities, including homework for student athletes, family life and for some, religious practices. Not only does the grueling sport take a physical toll on the body, it consumes all aspects of the lives involved.