The Coliseum here is symbolic of what the Utah Utes will attempt to achieve on Friday night against the USC Trojans. It is an old structure, one with all kinds of history bolted to it, but it is new, too, having just undergone a $315 million renovation, a re-do that required engineers to preserve the bones and the facade of a National Historic Landmark while altering it, updating it for modern usage.
The Utes will attempt to alter, modernize, renovate their own history in the building, where they have never won, failing in four previous attempts as members of the Pac-12.