SALT LAKE CITY – After getting to see the college football scene in Utah firsthand, Dave Portnoy had a hot take about the Utah-BYU rivalry.

He put the rivalry between the Utah Utes and the BYU Cougars up there with the most hostile in the country.

After being here for a few days I think there’s a chance the BYU Utah rivalry is the most heated rivalry we’ve got in the country pic.twitter.com/2BcGPeQR8J

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 20, 2025

A post from Portnoy on X read:

After being here for a few days I think there’s a chance the BYU Utah rivalry is the most heated rivalry we’ve got in the country

As a person who has been around the country to a lot of different college campuses, putting Utah-BYU with the likes of Michigan-Ohio State, Alabama-Auburn, Oklahoma-Texas,

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