One year ago, Kyle Whittingham walked off the muddy field in Orlando, Florida, officially ending the hardest season of his career.

“Pleasure to coach, even if we’re far from where we wanted to be,” Whittingam said after that game. “Way different season than we had hoped for.”

Twelve months later — following a 31-21 victory over Kansas and a 10-2 finish to the regular season — the Utes head coach ended his 21st regular season wearing a grin and flashing the “U” toward a crowd of Utah fans, as he strolled to the tunnel.

The No. 13 Utes now have a bowl game of some sort to look forward to, unlike in 2024. And if you ask the program’s winningest head coach, the ship has been righted.

“It’s huge. And I thought about maybe last year being the last go around, but I couldn’t — as I’ve said man

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