"We showed great signs of a great team," Poppinga continued. "I'm not going to let some field goal, just because it was off by a few feet, determine something else that isn't true. Honestly, after the game, it felt like a win, even though in the record book it didn't go down as a win. In my mind, it was a win. I can live with that. If we're in that situation again, who's the guy that we are going to have 100 percent confidence in? It's going to be Payne. That was championship football that we played. We've got to continue to play like that."

Utah has still won 9 of 12 games...it can't be ignored. Close doesn't count except in......BYU football? Wins matter, not close losses.