As soon as Utah drops a couple games, they are playing for as much as BYU (after BYU loses a couple too, I mean).
I guess Utah is playing for one on a few crappy bowls, whereas BYU pretty much knows which crappy bowl it will go to.
But the whole "nothing to play for after a couple loses" argument never made sense to me.
Then again. . . I think conference championship games are fun.
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