The Pac-12’s tiebreaker procedure that sent the UtahUtes to the championship game has come under scrutiny. Head coach Kyle Whittingham doesn’t mind if some people are unhappy about it.
The Utes — one of three teams in the league with a 7-2 conference record — lost at 7-2 Oregon on Nov. 19, and never played 7-2 Washington, but are going to Las Vegas thanks to owning the strength-of-schedule tiebreaker over the Ducks and Huskies.
At that point, Oregon State had already ripped off 21 straight fourth-quarter points and led, 38-34. When that final score popped up on the Folsom Field video board, the Utah fans present went berserk. “I couldn’t believe it when they had pulled it off and then, of course, it was all down to one game that night,” Whittingham said. “We were all glued to our TV that night watching the Huskies and Washington State.”
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