It was scraping the barrel of moral victories.

It would be like Toyota releasing a statement after an airbag recall saying "Sure, our airbag darn near decapitated someone, but the fabric we use is sooooooo soft! We're very excited about how well our textile engineers were able to develop a fabric that is soft on the skin."

Talking about the Utah game at all was an incredibly dim witted move. He's fooling no one.