The Holy War came to LaVell Edwards Stadium, and Provo was already vibrating with energy. Dating back to 1922, this rivalry remains one of the fiercest in college football and one of the biggest Big 12 matchups of the week. For those less familiar with the history, former Utah HC Urban Meyer’s intensity helped define the rivalry. During his tenure at Utah, Meyer banned blue pens and markers from the football offices, covered every visible “Y” around the facility, and instructed his players to never refer to BYU by name, only as “the team down south.” Naturally, when Meyer appeared on Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff pregame show in Provo, the BYU crowd responded accordingly.

Meyer was greeted with a chorus of boos from the BYU crowd. The jeers echoed across the stadium each time Meyer appear

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