In the last five years, the Utah and UCLA football teams have had some epic battles since the Utes joined the Pac-10/12. It started in 2011 with a 31-6 smashing of the Bruins by the Utes in Rick Neuheisel‘s fnal year.
In the next season, in current head coach Jim Mora’s first year, the Bruins grinded out a 21-14 victory at the Rose Bowl. The was a hot midday affair that developed as slowly as this rivalry has.
In 2013, things seemed to be kicked up a notch when the Bruins went to Salt Lake City on a cold, rainy, snowy night that had the UCLA defense pick off Utah QB Travis Wilson six times.