OGDEN — The rivalry between Weber State University and Utah State University is about to get bloody.
Luckily, people all over the U.S. stand to benefit.
That's because the annual "blood battle" between the two northern Utah schools — in which students, faculty and staff compete to see who can collect the most blood — kicked off Monday.
Nationally, the American Red Cross has had a shortage of blood since July, according to Tammy Nakamura, spokeswoman for the Lewis and Clark Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross, which covers Utah, Montana, Idaho and Las Vegas.