The 103rd installment of the Utah-BYU rivalry carries the anticipation you would expect from a collision of ranked teams that happen to despise each other. The stakes start with positioning in the conference race and the playoff chase but include the legacy of one participant in particular.

Kyle Whittingham first grabbed a whistle four decades ago this fall, when he accepted a graduate coaching position with BYU, his alma mater. All but six of the subsequent 40 years have been spent coaching in Utah. All but nine have been spent coaching at Utah.

Since taking command of the Utes in December 2004, he has 172 wins, 11 bowl victories and three conference titles. He has 17 winning seasons and has beaten BYU 11 times (and lost just five). Eventually, Whittingham will be inducted into the Coll

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