(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune file) Utah Utes linebacker Francis Bernard (13) runs after making an interception as the Utah Utes host the Washington State Cougars in a Pac-12 football game at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Saturday Sept. 28, 2019. The Utes and the Cougars are scheduled to play each other in the 2020 opener on Sept. 26, but they have the same bye date in case COVID-19 disrupts the start of the season.
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.