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Rivalry game deserved a better kickoff time, but it doesn't diminish its enormity

By Deseret News · November 5, 2026 · 1 min read
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It will be Breakfast at Rice-Eccles Saturday, and a chance for No. 3 Utah and No. 9 BYU to showcase their upward trajectory Drum roll, please. It's finally here: The showdown everybody has been awaiting BYU and Utah, mano a mano, starting with a weird, morning kickoff, brought to you by TV.

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