Defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley wishes his 40th birthday this week could have come with Utah’s football team unbeaten and ranked in the top 10.
That status, spoiled by a 30-23 loss to USC last month, would have become another amazing milestone for Scalley. The Utes finished 12-0 in his senior season as a star safety in 2004 and went 13-0 in his first year as a full-time coach in 2008.
Reality struck Scalley and the 2019 Utes in Los Angeles, where USC scored four touchdowns against his defense, thanks mostly to four long pass completions.