Kyle Whittingham is absolutely correct. His team played their hearts out. They did absolutely EVERYTHING they possibly could do to win the game.
Unfortunately, they were up against a better team. And even doing everything they possibly could to win the game - they still lost. Can't blame the players for the loss - they gave it their all. They just aren't good enough. Maybe blame the coaches - I'm not sure how KW feels about that. Maybe if the coaches were better they could've gotten more out of their players and won. But they didn't.
But yeah - I'm good accepting that Utah did everything they possibly could to win the game and still lost. Because their best wasn't good enough against a better opponent.