Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl Executive Director John Saccenti announces the matchup between Utah and BYU in the 2015 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl to be held in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015. The announcement was made in Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl / R. Marsh Starks)
Remember five days ago when BYU guard Nick Emery struck Utah's Brandon Taylor during the teams' annual matchup on the hardwood, fanning the flames of the schools' rivalry once again?
In some respects, that incident seems like a lifetime ago given the events of this weekend surrounding the sudden departure of Cougars' head football coach Bronco Mendenhall to Virginia on Friday and the announcement Sunday that the schools will face each other in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl on Dec.