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Jody Genessy: BYU — and Utah! — are the champions, my friends

The University of Utah was belatedly proclaimed national champion for the 2008 football season, which, of course, meant one thing.

A scintillating quote from Kyle Whittingham. Drum roll and get ready to stop those presses — or pull the plug on the servers or whatever we do nowadays …

"That was interesting."

Whittingham reconfirmed what many knew: He voted the 2008 Sugar Bowl champions as the top team in the country that year, and why not?

On Saturday, the 2018 NCAA football records book listed the ’08 Utes champion of "major selector" Anderson/Hester.