(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes defensive back Marquise Blair (13) celebrates a hit with Utah Utes linebacker Cody Barton (30) as the University of Utah hosts Washington at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Saturday Sept. 15, 2018. Blair later was ejected from the game via a targeting penalty.
Kurt Kragthorpe has worked continuously for daily newspapers in Utah since 1977. He moved to The Tribune in 1990 and had a nine-year stint as sports editor, in between writing assignments that have included six Olympic Games, as well as several Super Bowls and major golf tournaments. Kurt and his wife, Sandra, enjoy traveling nationally and interna