Something like this has happened only once in Utah’s Pac-12 football era. Michigan’s 2015 visit to Rice-Eccles Stadium for Jim Harbaugh’s debut with the Wolverines is the only season-opening game that was even in the conversation about the Utes’ most compelling matchups of the year.
The 2019 opener at BYU is worth discussing, in that context. The rivals’ meeting in August for the first time creates a different offseason dynamic. Even so, other games on Utah’s schedule rise above it. The Utes’ Rose Bowl ambitions will be unaffected by what happens in Provo.
UTAH’S 2019 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
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