SAN DIEGO — Leading the game at halftime 20-3, No. 17 Utah looked ready to claim another bowl victory in the Kyle Whittingham era.
But Utah managed four turnovers in the third quarter of the Holiday Bowl and No. 22 Northwestern scored 28 unanswered points to eventually claim a 31-20 victory Monday night.
It’s not the way Utah hoped to end an otherwise successful season, but as Whittingham said after the game, “All streaks have to end sometime.”
Here are three takeaways from Utah’s loss to the Wildcats.
Momentum is the unquantifiable aspect to sports that is hard to factor into a game’s scheme.