Then there was that little game of football. Kick off was at 8 PM between BYU and the University of Utah. The locals call it the "Holy War". Last year these two met at BYU and the U ended up with a win 54-10 or something....that game was a ridiculous mess...and BYU served up a complete disaster handing the U a big win.
"The hatred between BYU and Utah is nothing compared to what it will be. It will be a crusade to beat BYU from now on."— Former Utah coach Wayne Howard (1977-1981)
This year the game was held at Rice-Eccles stadium in Salt Lake City. The place looked packed and the crowd was crazy! It was crazier than I have ever seen--the Utah crowd actually stormed the field right after a blocked field goal, with a live ball on the field. So BYU was given another shot at the field goal, after a 15 yard penalty, making the distance much more do-able. The game pushed to near midnight and finally ended with a field goal attempt that hit the upright and BYU lost 21-24.
Yikes. Too many people around here are far too invested in this rivalry. I'm not saying I wasn't yelling at the TV all evening too, but I had calmed way down by Sunday morning. I am glad the season still has much time left, so we can move on.
This year the game was held at Rice-Eccles stadium in Salt Lake City. The place looked packed and the crowd was crazy! It was crazier than I have ever seen--the Utah crowd actually stormed the field right after a blocked field goal, with a live ball on the field. So BYU was given another shot at the field goal, after a 15 yard penalty, making the distance much more do-able. The game pushed to near midnight and finally ended with a field goal attempt that hit the upright and BYU lost 21-24.
Yikes. Too many people around here are far too invested in this rivalry. I'm not saying I wasn't yelling at the TV all evening too, but I had calmed way down by Sunday morning. I am glad the season still has much time left, so we can move on.
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