LAS VEGAS — Utah coach Kyle Whittingham and BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall will always be inextricably linked.
As everyone knows, Whittingham was nearly hired by his alma mater before he took the head coaching job with the Utes. That led to Mendenhall becoming the head coach at BYU.
Since that time, within The Rivalry, there’s been a rivalry between Mendenhall and Whittingham.
Fittingly, the two coaches, and their teams, meet in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Saturday (1:30 p.m. MST, ABC) at a sold-out Sam Boyd Stadium in what will be Mendenhall’s final game as the Cougar coach before he moves on to Virginia.