misrepresented. Though, I admit I'm only going off the KSL headline. The original article on ESPN looked at the number of teams that did very well in 2024 after having around seven close losses in 2023. Utah fits that bill. The article extrapolated out that several teams could well do in 2025 what the 2024 teams did (including BYU).
I never got the feeling the ESPN article was a solid prediction as much as it was a musing on some "dark horse" teams to watch out for. It didn't analyze how many players were brought back in 2024 on those teams that had lost a lot of close games in 2023. Utah isn't bringing back as many players in 2025 as BYU did in 2024. Utah isn't even bringing back as many players in 2025 as BYU likely will in 2025.