Patrick Kinahan: Utah college football programs hit their marks

SALT LAKE CITY — Now that the college football season has ended, save for the annual national championship game between Alabama and Clemson, it is time to review my preseason predictions for the local teams.

Collectively, accounting for the individual expectations, the three FBS teams in Utah had good seasons. Forecast-wise, my overall anticipation was Utah, Utah State and BYU would combine to go 24-12 during the regular season. They finished 25-11.

Here’s a recap of each team:

Coming off the mess that was last season, combined with a relatively strong schedule, my thought for the Cougars was 6-6. The results for some of the games were off, as usually is the case, but BYU did enough to finish…