SALT LAKE CITY — The question hovering over the Wasatch Front this week isn’t just whether Utah can bounce back from its gut-punch rivalry loss to BYU — it’s who will be under center when the Utes take the field against Colorado.

After leaving Saturday’s 24–21 defeat with an apparent lower-body injury, quarterback Devon Dampier’s status remains uncertain. Kyle Whittingham confirmed Monday that the staff will need a few days to evaluate his recovery, saying:

“We have to wait a few days to see how these guys are healing up from the game, so that’s a distinct possibility, I can tell you that. On Wednesday you’ll start getting the availability report and the likelihood of who’s playing and who’s not.”

That “distinct possibility” is true freshman Byrd Ficklin.

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