This is the dilemma that Utah football fans always wished they would have: Should they spend money to attend Friday's Pac-12 championship game, or just hope the Utes win and make plans for the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day?
Other questions will come into play if Utes lose to Washington and miss their Rose Bowl opportunity. How many fans would follow the team to another bowl? And how far might the Utes fall in the Pac-12's bowl structure?
The novelty of Utah’s first appearance in the Pac-12 title game and a scheduling twist that enabled the Utes to clinch a Pac-12 South championship a week left in the regular season have driven ticket sales for Friday’s event.