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BYU Football: Lessons Learned from the Holy War heartbreak

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BYU Football has made a habit of pulling defeat from the jaws of victory in the Holy War.

In six of the Cougars’ eight consecutive losses to Utah, they’ve had at least one opportunity to win the game late, but failed every singe time.

And Saturday’s collapse may be the most painful of all, since BYU dominated both sides of the ball for a majority of the game. But the playcalling became too conservative too early, allowing the Utes to storm back and pull out another Holy War win 35-27.

Here are the biggest takeaways from the loss:

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