One of the more clever responses to the University of Utah’s announcement last week about the planned seating capacity (51,444) of the expanded Rice-Eccles Stadium came from a fan who had hoped the increased number would send a message to the Utes' in-state football rival.
His suggested size: 54,210. Say that number as 54 to 10, and it evokes the score of the Utes' 2011 pounding of BYU in Provo.
That game remains memorable to both schools, partly because its one-sided outcome has become rarer as the years have gone along. The Utes keep winning; that part hasn’t changed.