Bronco Mendenhall’s magic at Utah State and the underselling of Utah Ute and BYU Cougar defenses set the stage as the local college football season kicks off this weekend.

Utah travels to UCLA, BYU hosts Portland State and Utah State will open the Mendenhall era against UTEP on Saturday. It’s about time we get actual games and see these guys play against someone else.

Everybody loves a nice quarterback story this time of the year. They’re the faces of the program. Their roles are critical and their performances are scrutinized to oblivion.

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Yes, the Devon Dampier story for the Utes is a tremendous storyline. What will he do? How ca

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