South Jordan • They all piled together into some cars on Friday morning, these former Utes and former Cougars, having left the team hotel in South Jordan to take an early ride up to Rice-Eccles Stadium for the morning team walk-through. They went early because the local guys wanted to soak it in before the rest of the Salt Lake Stallions got there. And there, on that turf, they talked about how the end zones remained bright crimson red rather than power Stallion blue.
He actually hopes it does, and soon. Once bitter rivals, they’re all now on the same team, playing for the same cause, to wreak havoc on either side of the ball just like they did during their respective college heydays, but also to introduce themselves to a community with an appetite for football that they say remains as hungry as ever.