Preparing for his 25th game vs. BYU as a Utah football staff member, having been immersed in the rivalry for three-fourths of his life as a coach’s son, player and coach on one side or the other, Kyle Whittingham was asked this week if he enjoys it.
And then he said, “It's competitive. It's intense. … It's still every bit as gratifying, I guess you could say, as always.”
Whittingham keeps winning in this decade, although rarely without a lot of agonizing on the sideline. With a ninth straight victory, he would match the series-record runs of two legendary coaches: Utah's Ike Armstrong (1929-37) and BYU's LaVell Edwards (1979-87).