It has almost been forgotten that the University of Utah, now a regular top-25 program, was once an average football team, at best. It was that way for decades, and nobody on The Hill seemed to really care, either. There was one man who changed all that.

Ron McBride . If there was no Ronnie Mac, there would have been no Pac-12, no Big 12, no Urban Meyer , no Kyle Whittingham , no unbeaten seasons, no Sugar Bowl or Fiesta Bowl wins, no conference championships. He was the bridge that led to all of that.

And to think he was turned down for the head coaching job twice before he landed it.

“He really put Utah football back on the map,” Whittingham told Yahoo recently. “Coach Mac was responsible for the resurgence of Utah football.”

And that is why Utah will officially induct McBride i

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