New University of Utah athletic director Mark Harlan says that the two biggest topics people have asked him about since he took the job last June are the expansion of Utah’s stadium and the future of the football series with rival BYU.
That’s not a promise that the Cougars and Utes — who meet Saturday at 8 p.m. at Rice-Eccles Stadium in the annual instate rivalry game — will continue to play after this series’ contract expires in 2022, but it at least shows Utahns haven’t been shy about expressing how much the matchups mean to them.