Utah's football coach, preparing his team to play Northwestern in the 41st Holiday Bowl on New Year's Eve, is convinced that his biggest moment of the inaugural game in San Diego is inaccurately recorded. Whittingham's 3-yard run for BYU on a fake punt? Exaggerated, he believes: “I would bet my life that I didn't get 3 yards.”
His version of the play vs. Navy in 1978 is he “needed a yard, got six inches,” Whittingham said. “In my defense, one of our guys up front didn't get the call. He thought we were punting, so he took off and didn't block his guy.