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Brad Rock: Stakes are different but crowd "fully invested" in Utah-BYU game

SALT LAKE CITY -- It can be in late December, 400 miles from home in the Las Vegas Bowl, early September with the season just underway. Or it can be in its traditional time, on a late November night, with nothing on the line except self-respect.

Kyle Whittingham doesn’t make exceptions.

He wants ‘em all.

Saturday at Rice-Eccles, Whittingham won his eighth straight game over BYU, his alma mater, 35-27. Now that’s something to rise and shout about. The Utes move on to the Pac-12 championship game on Friday against Washington. Once upon a time, the BYU game was the season’s biggest.