Eddie Wide News

Congratulations to the University of Utah Utes and the Brigham Young University Cougars for big bowl wins capping off excellent seasons for both teams this week.

Isi Sofele and Keni Kaufusi both grew up in Salt Lake City and used to attend football camps at the University of Utah.

Uh-oh. Cal plays No. 23 Utah in the Poinsettia Bowl tonight, and the assignment for the defense is to stop the Utes' spread option attack.

Recognizing the insensitivity of using war images in football, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham no longer endorses the slogan his program adopted to describe how players fill the roles of fallen teammates.

BYU 26, UTAH 23 Utah RB Eddie Wide III runs the ball up the middle on the drive that produced his TD that, after the 2-point conversion had Utah trailing just 20-17. BYU defeated Utah 26-23, Saturday 11/28/09. The impact of the annual BYU-Utah football game lasts a year -- or much longer, in many cases.

The Utah Utes made a statement last year that teams from non-BCS conferences can crush the big boys.

Utah and California entered this season with their sights set on reaching a BCS bowl or possibly playing for a national title.

Utes and Bears to clash on Dec. 23 in San Diego. Dec. 7, 2009 SALT LAKE CITY - SALT LAKE CITY-- > No.

With 114 yards in last week's game at BYU, junior running back Eddie Wide became just the 10th player in University of Utah football history to rush for 1,000 in a season.

Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn's sore ankle is on the mend. He's no longer getting around with the aid of crutches.

Check back for insight throughout today's game between the No. 15 BYU Cougars and the No.

In the Mountain West Conference, it was the Year of the Horned Frog. So it came as no surprise that TCU nearly swept all the postseason football awards Tuesday.

Utes have nation's longest active bowl win streak. Nov. 30, 2009 Bowl Ticket Information > Utah, 9-3 and No.

Max Hall's second touchdown pass Saturday lifted 15th-ranked Brigham Young to a 26-23 Mountain West Conference overtime win over No.

There's a well-worn sports cliche - "That's why they play the game ..." - that gets thrown around whenever a surprising upset takes place.

Once again, a football game between BYU and Utah came down to an incredible finish.

Nov. 28, 2009 at 10:43 p.m. sudden death? BYU won the toss, they would have won the game the same... Cougs Nov.

Well, here it is. Although the outcome of this game doesn't promise a winner to the BCS or a conference championship, it should be producing just as much hype as recent rivalry games.

In the only game this week pitting two Top-25 programs against each other, the 18th-ranked BYU Cougars entertain the 22nd- ranked Utah Utes in Mountain West Conference action in Provo on Saturday afternoon.

During his brief tenure as Utah's offensive coordinator under Urban Meyer, UNLV head coach Mike Sanford witnessed extreme ends of the spectrum in games between BYU and Utah.