The people wearing purple and gold Saturday in Seattle are major reasons why four of Utah's best football players stayed in school for their senior seasons.
If not for Washington’s 10-3 victory over Utah in last November’s Pac-12 championship game, sending the Huskies to the Rose Bowl, who knows? Running back Zack Moss and defensive stars Bradlee Anae, Leki Fotu and Julian Blackmon may have entered the NFL draft, figuring they had done all they could in college.
The Huskies left them with more to accomplish. And they've improved this season, in the judgment of coach Kyle Whittingham, while positioning the No.