(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes quarterback Byrd Ficklin (15) looks to pass the ball during the game between the Utah Utes and the Colorado Buffaloes at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. Kyle Whittingham said he saw it immediately at the dawn of Utah’s spring camp.

Utah’s 53-7 thrashing of Colorado featured 422 rushing yards, a poised freshman quarterback, and a head coach who called it one of the program’s best performances.

I’m just going to focus on us this week, our guys, our coaches, so I’m not going to give much thought on the opponent this week,” Utah’s head coach said.

Whittingham has an 11-6 record versus BYU since taking over the Utes’ head job in 2004. This is, however, the first time the head coach has lost three consecutive contests to the Cougars in his 21-year career. “It’s part of the deal,” Whittingham said. “You go from elation to devastation in a seven-day period of time.

Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham still refuses to acknowledge rival BYU. As a result, he would not say anything nice about Cougars starting

After BYU defeated Utah on Saturday night in Provo, Kalani Sitake could have opened his postgame press conference any way he wanted to. But after a quick opening statement, he chose to take some time to praise for Utah’s head coach.

Bear Bachmeier has gotten off to quite the impressive start to his collegiate career as a true freshman quarterback.