Utah football to face Penn State in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2
Utes won the Pac-12 for the second straight season on Friday night thanks to a 47-24 Pac-12 championship game victory over USC; Nittany Lions have won 10 games for the fourth time under James Franklin
Utah tight end Thomas Yassmin holds up the trophy and celebrates with teammates after Utah defeated Southern California 47-24 in the Pac-12 Conference championship NCAA college football game Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
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.