As 2014 wound to a close, the chances of Kyle Whittingham returning as Utah's coach this season seemed iffy. There were reports circulating of a serious rift between Whittingham and his athletic director, Chris Hill, and Whittingham was particularly troubled that he was losing assistant coaches to other schools for better deals. The two sides obviously patched things up enough for Whittingham to agree to a new deal (a one-year extension and $200,000 yearly raise) at the school where he's been coaching in some capacity since 1994. And nobody has done a better coaching job than Whittingham in the first month of the season. He has the Utes 4-0 heading into October. His team has two of the season's best wins (hosting Michigan and at Oregon), and he's done it after losing both coordinators in the offseason. Whittingham downplayed the Utes' climb in the rankings following their 62-20 demolition of Oregon last Saturday. Utah is 10th this week in the AP poll after starting the...