Say goodbye and farewell to 2016. As for 2017, hey, we're glad to see ya.
Yes, 2016 — a year that brought Beehive State sports fans far too much sorrow and disappointment — is thankfully in the rearview mirror.
Between the death of beloved former BYU football coach LaVell Edwards, the passing of longtime BYU men's volleyball coach Carl McGown and cherished Weber State women's golf coach Jeff Smith, the tragic death of BYU assistant coach Reno Mahe's 3-year-old daughter Elsie, the illness that befell iconic Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, and good-but-frustrating seasons by the Jazz, along with the University of Utah and BYU football teams, and a terribly disappointing 3-win season by Utah State's football squad, well, let's just say that 2016 certainly left a lot of folks hoping for much better things to come in the new year.