Despite receiving a handful of breaks, Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel’s program couldn’t capitalize off uncharacteristic miscues from Utah during Saturday’s Week 3 matchup at War Memorial Stadium.
Three missed field goals, a turnover in the redzone and self-inflicted penalties from the Utes gave the Cowboys several opportunities to seize momentum over the No. 20-ranked team in the country, though a sharper second half from Utah’s offense proved to be the difference maker in a 31-6 victory for Kyle Whittingham’s program from Laramie, Wyoming.
Here’s what Sawvel had to say about his team and Utah’s performance after the game.
On not being able to capitalize off Utah miscues
“We’re going to have to go back and really, really evaluate where we were at offensively in this game. They’re very good, OK, and so there’s a part of it where you look at it and say, ‘OK, did they outplay us at this spot? Or is that something there?’ And then, ‘How do we improve and get better?’ And I don’t think anybody in our program didn’t think that this was going to be a very difficult game — we knew that.”…