Alex Smith's lost legacy: Leading the team that 'changed college football'

By Pete Thamel, Yahoo Sports: In the fall of 2003, a Utah quarterback named Brett Elliott dove for the pylon in the final seconds of a September game at Texas A&M. If he crossed over the goal line, the Utes, led by first-year coach Urban Meyer, would force overtime and potentially land a breakthrough victory.

Instead, Elliott took a monster hit, fumbled and broke his wrist. He lost the game, his starting job and never took another Division I snap. Such began the career of Alex Smith, as no one could have predicted that moment would indelibly alter Utah football and college football in general for the next generation and beyond.

Alex Smith's lost legacy: Leading the team that 'changed college football'

Smith's name is still etched into record books at Utah, but what he'll be remembered for most is how he helped revolutionize college football with his command of the spread offense.

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