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Provo • BYU women’s basketball coach Jeff Judkins has a rebuilding project on his hands in the 2018-19 season because three key players graduated from a team that went just 16-14 last year and tied for third in the West Coast Conference race.

Three Real Salt Lake players pegged last week for international duty will not return from their assignments until Wednesday, making it unlikely they will start Thursday’s game against the New England Revolution, The Tribune confirmed Monday.

Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham has empathy for USC linebacker Porter Gustin, knowing him personally, but that's the extent of his reaction to how Gustin's being lost for the season due to a broken ankle will affect the Trojans in Saturday's game at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Utah’s offensive coaches defined Britain Covey’s role in August. The sophomore receiver would catch a half-dozen footballs every game via intermediate routes and, occasionally, throw a touchdown pass on a trick play.

While the Utah Utes rested Saturday, the rest of their schedule became more demanding.

Provo • Freshman quarterback Zach Wilson rightfully received the bulk of the attention and praise after leading BYU to a 49-23 win over Hawaii late Saturday night at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

Provo • Zach Wilson stood on the field in the aftermath of BYU’s 49-23 win over Hawaii, sweating and beaming, as his teammates walked by, patting him on the head, acknowledging his first start, his first victory as a college quarterback.

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In the first Ute Proud observance in November 2014, Arizona’s running game shredded Utah’s defense, Native American dancers performed in driving rain during halftime and Ute coach Kyle Whittingham walked onto the field in the closing seconds, preventing his offense from running one last play.

There are a couple of ways of looking at the replay-review controversy that swirled around the Pac-12 this past week, when it was discovered that a “third party” was involved in judging — and changing — a targeting play/call in the Washington State-USC game a few weeks ago.

He came here regarded as a guy who could do it all, a guy who could add dimension after dimension to the position. And it wasn’t necessarily an if, but more a when. So when the coaching staff tabbed him as the guy a year ago, what was then viewed as a stunning move; it was a move to develop in real time.

The Utes continue to become the Utes.

Provo • Graduate transfer Dylan Collie hasn’t been more involved than usual in BYU’s game plan this week as the Cougars prepared to take on his former team, Hawaii, on Saturday night.

Herriman • After Real Salt Lake’s 4-1 loss at home to the Portland Timbers on Saturday, coach Mike Petke was livid. His answers to questions from reporters were terse. The atmosphere in the room was tense.

In the roughly 11 seconds that Utah cornerback Jaylon Johnson took to cover 100 yards with an interception return last weekend at Stanford, the Utes altered the outlook of their football season.