After Wednesday's practice, he will fly back to Salt Lake City. He gets married Thursday to former Utah student trainer Kirsten Kingery at the Mormon church's historic downtown temple.
There's a reception planned Thursday night. On Friday, Croshaw plans to hop a 6 a.m. flight back to Las Vegas. Saturday's kickoff is 4 p.m. Whew! "I wouldn't have normally planned it this way," Croshaw said. "I would have liked to have some more time with Kirsten. After the game we plan to stay in Vegas a few days to relax since there's no school." The week was made somewhat easier when final exams ended Monday. Forget about the Christmas shopping for now. Yet Croshaw has kept a cool head, just like he did when he led the Utes to victories in their last two regular season games after starter Darnell Arceneaux suffered a concussion. "I really haven't had to worry about the wedding stuff," he said. "My fiancee has been taking care of that. She did all the arrangements. And the bowl game is just normal stuff, as if I wasn't getting married." Utah coach Ron McBride said although Arceneaux can play, Croshaw will start. And McBride said Croshaw seems to be acting normal this busy week. "He never says much," McBride said. "He's kind of the same every day." Croshaw and Kingery met during spring practice. They spoke briefly on the last day of spring drills but didn't see each other again until fall camp, when they secretly began dating. In September, they made plans to get married. Neither anticipated the Utes would play in a pre-Christmas bowl game. "If you were Catholic or just about any other religion you could probably reschedule it, but Mormon temple weddings are locked in," McBride said. "It's OK. I told T.D. we could work with it." Croshaw doesn't expect the wedding to distract from his game preparations, nor does he think the game will take anything away from the wedding. "I have the mental capacity to concentrate for three hours during the game," he said. "Prior to the game, as for getting ready for it, I don't think it's been a problem." That's because Croshaw works on football. His fiancee, his mother and his future mother-in-law handle the wedding. "They ask me what I think about this or that," Croshaw explained. "I usually say, 'That's fine. Just tell me where to stand."'