PROVO — For one side, the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl might as well be the Super Bowl. A chance to knock off a rival, against its will, despite a tremendous effort to stop scheduling it in the regular season. A chance to finish with a better record than its rival, and enter a pivotal offseason with momentum as it looks to hire a new coach and change the face of its football program.
For the other, the game is absolutely worthless. A win offers little more than the personal pride of knocking off its rival, something its accomplished several times in the past.