Kyle Whittingham put it succinctly during his media availability this week:

“I was miserable at this point last year. Yeah, we all were,” Utah’s longtime head coach said.

Utah entered Thanksgiving week in 2024 without a ton to be grateful for, football-wise. The Utes headed into their regular-season finale in Orlando against UCF on the longest losing streak of the Kyle Whittingham era — seven games, all in Big 12 play.

Utah’s offense was a mess all season as starting quarterback Cam Rising missed the majority of the season with injury. Isaac Wilson was the Utes’ signal-caller for most of the year, and it was too much, too soon for the freshman. Longtime offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig resigned midseason and things didn’t get any better from there.

The Utes had one of the worst offens

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