Dick Harmon: Put this U.-BYU game into the 'Amazing' file

Utah's defense didn't deserve to lose the game, neither did BYU's offense. Both defensive coordinators, Bronco Mendenhall and Sitake called great games in what became a defensive face-off.

It was a chess match with BYU creeping up 13-0 only to have Utah scream back with a 17-point fourth quarter.

You take the stats and they read about the same.

"When you are in somebody else's stadium and you don't get the calls you think you should get, it's just a part of the nature of this beast," said Doman, whose had his share of big plays in the series including a last-gasp drive for a win in 2000 in LaVell Edwards' final game.

"But credit Utah," said Doman. "I felt we outplayed them for the game and they, doggone it, just finished. They kept fighting, fighting and fighting and it's a credit to their players and coaches to never give up and make the block at the end."

File Utah 17, BYU 16 in the folder labeled A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

Another one for the ages.

e-mail: dharmon@desnews.com