[NCAA News] BYU, Utah "Holy War" Taking A Two Year Hiatus

BYU, Utah "Holy War" Taking A Two Year Hiatus

by Chipper10 07-11-2012, 11:22 AM

With all the conference realignment going on in college football right now, some of the game's oldest rivalries are coming to a tragic end. However, two schools in the state of Utah are trying to make sure that doesn't happen to them. The game they call the "Holy War," which features BYU and Utah, has been played for 68 consecutive years dating back to 1946. It was confirmed Tuesday that the rivalry game will be taking a two-year hiatus beginning in 2014. Utah athletic director Chris Hill released a statement regarding his program's future and their decision to merely take a break from playing their oldest rival. "When we joined the Pac-12 Conference, we knew there would be opportunities for Utah athletics that were never available before. A home-and-home series with Michigan is an example of something that we would not have envisioned even a few years ago and felt we could not pass up. It made our already tough schedule that much tougher and I did not think it was fair to our football program to schedule BYU on those years."

Source Detroit Free Press

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07-11-2012, 02:08 PM

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iDIOT sAVANT

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/So fuck a 70 year rivalry just to play Michigan for two years?

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07-12-2012, 01:05 PM

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Back 2 Back! Roll Tide Roll!

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Pretty much. Sounds ridiculous, but i guess that's what this is coming to.

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