Many BYU fans knew that despite their record, Utah would be no easy task for BYU. This is a Whittingham coached Utah team and he has somehow had our number for almost the entirety of his time at Utah. I’ve never quite seen anyone get their team hyped up to play their rival year after year quite like him. It doesn’t matter the record or how good each team is going in or personnel deficiencies, it’s almost always close and he’s masterful at prepping for it. Add to that that they went in knowing they had the chance to spoil BYU’s great season, it was at home for them in RES, and you have a recipe for an Utah upset. That BYU pulled this off despite basically being seemingly defeated after that 4th down play before the flag.. this team has some resilience to it.